| Student Memory Interview: Question 77: What did the students
wish to do with the loans? |
Conclusion: 67% (16) of 24 students remembered wanting to do something in
response to the loans. Their memories included wanting to either touch (5) or distance
themselves from the object (3); or wanting to use (5) or explore (3) the object. It is
clear that not all the students wanted to respond in the same way to the loans.
Summary of findings:
These findings are based on interviews with 24 primary students in Y3-Y6: 12
higher ability and 12 lower ability; 12 females and 12 males. The students were
interviewed 7 - 10 months after their use of these loans in the classroom.
67% (16) of 24 students remembered wanting to do something in response to the
loans:
- · 31% (5) wanted to touch the object
- · 31% (5) wanted to do an action - real or imaginary - associated with the object's
function
- · 19% (3) wanted to study the object and find out how it worked
- · 19% (3) wanted to physically distance themselves from the loans
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| Student Memory Interview: Question 77: Individual Student
Descriptions |
Students wanted to touch the object: 5
1. Student B3: Female: Low Ability: Y4: Victorian Clog
I wanted to...touch it. I was afraid it would break.
2. Student G3: Female: Low ability: Y6: WWII Hand Grenade
I wanted to...feel it and see how it felt because I had never held a grenade before.
3. Student H4: Female: High Ability: Y5: Mummified Cat (under perspex)
I wanted to...touch it. I wanted to but we couldn't because there was glass around it.
I didn't know what it felt like. I've never felt anything with bandages around it, that's
dead.
4. Student L3: Female: Low Ability: Y6: Spirit of St. Louis Model Plane (under
perspex)
I wanted to... pick it up and look through the little windows.
5. Student L4: Female: High Ability: Y6: Spirit of St. Louis Model Plane (under
perspex)
I wanted to...break it open and see what was inside. I wanted to keep it and make
little people for it.
Students wanted to do an action - real or imaginary - associated with the
object's function: 5
6. Student B1: Male: Low Ability: Y5: Victorian Flat Iron
I wanted to...iron something.
7. Student H3: Female: Low Ability: Y5: Ancient Egyptian Jewellery
I wanted to...try them on and put them on.
8. Student L1: Male: Low Ability: Y6: Spirit of St. Louis Model Plane
I wanted to...fly in it - a real one.
9. Student L2: Male: High Ability: Y6: Victorian Post Carriage Model
I wanted to...go for a ride. I said I'll get the horses and drive and you can have the
relaxation in the back.
10. Student M3: Female: Low Ability: Y6: 1930s Pink Dress
I wanted to...try and put it on but I think it was too fragile.
Students wanted to study the object and find out how it worked: 3
11. Student G1: Male: Low Ability: Y6: 1930s Music Box
I wanted to...find out how it worked. I slightly lifted the green material -
looking at the cogs and stuff.
12. Student G2: Male: High Ability: Y6: WWII Helmet
I wanted to...just look at it and study it.
13. Student M4: Female: High Ability: Y6: 1930s Model Tram
I wanted to...I'd have liked to have had a little go to see how it would have worked
and see how slowly it would have gone.
Students wanted to physically distance themselves from the loans: 3
14. Student H1: Male: Low Ability: Y5: Mummified Cat
I wanted to...throw it in the bin!
15. Student H2: Male: High Ability: Y5: Mummified Cat
I wanted…to leave it alone.
16. Student G4: Female: High Ability: Y6: WWII Helmet
I wanted to…(try it on?) Not really. Because everyone else wanted to try
it on but I didn't really feel like trying it on. There was something about it which I
mentioned a couple of minutes ago which made me feel a bit…
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