Post Test Question 1

 

Categories:  A          Marking with a Flag

                     B           Searching by Ground Type

                     C           Map

                     D          Careful Count

                     E           Visual Sweep

                     X          not relevant to question asked

 

                     *DNP    denotes did not participate

 

 

 

1          trace      C        Since the computer had a map you could make sure that there was a (dot) in every part of the field. *

2         trace      D       I think that you should keep going everywhere for a while to find the mushrooms.  You should look around a lot.

3         trace      ACD   They should go put flags by all the mushrooms and recount and look around for mushrooms. *

4         ---           ABD   They could first go in circles over and over in the sand and make sure that there are as many as they counted and then they could move onto the Rock and then grass but to help show if they counted it they could put a flag on it.

5         map         ABE   One of the strategies they could of used was for example first going into the sand area and counting the mushrooms and standing in the middle of the sand area and looking if there were any left.  You could do the same for the grass and rock areas.

6         DNP*      A       They should have a checklist with mushrooms on it so they check off one mushroom every time they put a flag by a mushroom.

7         map         X       (blank)

8         blip         AB     They could put flags on the mushrooms they already counted, you could stay in the rocks until you found them all and the same for the sand and grass.

9         trace      X       The strategies they could use is they could of told us how many mushrooms were in all, so for example we could find as many in the sand and grass and the rocks and see if they all added up to the number told us.

10      trace      AD     They could go around the field 5 times putting flags by the mushrooms. *

11       map         ABD   They should use the flags to mark the mushrooms they found in the place.  One of the other people should tally what they found on the sand, the rock and the grass.  They should take their time counting all of the mushrooms.   Even if they see a mushroom in the distance, they should go there just in case. *

12      trace      ABE   They could use the strategy of going in each different kind of ground and use flags to mark each one.  Then when they think they are done they will turn around and look around to see if they missed any of the mushrooms.

13      DNP        X       They should use a chart that could help them count every day and then estimate all the days that’s what I think.

14      blip         A       They could put two flags by each mushroom so they could count the mushrooms as they put down the flags.

15      map         AD     I think they should go up and down the field twice putting flags by the mushroom and counting.  Then they should go over the field again and count the mushrooms to make sure they didn’t miss any or they didn’t put two on one mushroom.  They could count the field then they could count again.  They could look at the other peoples’ answers and see if it fits in the pattern.  Then it would probably be accurate.

16      trace      AB     They should leave flags by the mushrooms they counted.  They should also search one place at a time.  First the grass, then the rocks and last the sand.

17      blip         A       You should go and check with flags put at least two flags by a mushroom.  But, that is just a guess because I was not in a group.

18      DNP        A       They should use every time they got a mushroom they should write down a tally for each one and at the end they’ll probably get the right answer.

19      map         ABD   They could go around counting the mushrooms in the sand and put a flag by the ones they got.  They could do the same for the rock and grass then they could recount them.

20     blip         AB     I would tell them to keep track of the mushrooms when they found them.  Their strategy could be to stay in one area first and then to go to each other one when you’re done counting in the first area.