Students are given eight pictures of animals and are asked to identify which of these are mammals. Students are also asked to give two features of mammals.
Answers/responses:
Y5 (04/01)
a)
Circles around:
Cat, Horse, Rat, Baby.
all correct – difficult
one mistake – easy
b)
Any 2 of:
Fur/hair.
Young born alive.
Warm blood.
Young fed milk.
2 correct – very difficult
1 correct – moderate
Diagnostic and formative information:
Analysis of correct responses
a)
The % of students who correctly circled cat, horse, rat, baby:
Cat – correctly circled by 88% of students.
Horse – correctly circled by 83% of students.
Rat – correctly circled by 64% of students.
Baby – correctly circled by 72% of students.
The % of students who correctly left frog, fish, hen, lizard uncircled:
Frog – correctly left uncircled by 68% of students.
Fish – correctly left uncircled by 68% of students.
Hen – correctly left uncircled by 67% of students.
Lizard – correctly left uncircled by 82% of students.
