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TeachingandLearningPracticesinSecondaryMathematics FirstStudentQuestionnaire Dearpupil, YouarebeinginvitedtotakepartinaresearchstudyrunbyDrMariaPampakafromthe UniversityofManchester.Thequestionnaireyouareabouttocompleteisaboutyour mathematicslessonsinyourschool. Nooneelsewillseeyouranswerstothisquestionnaireasitisstrictlyconfidential.Weareonly askingyoutoenteryouruniqueusername,whichwillbegivenbyyourteacher,becausewehope torepeatthissurveytwicemoreandwouldliketobeabletomatchyouranswersbetween surveys. PleaseanswerALLquestionsashonestlyaspossible. Bycompletingandreturningthisquestionnairewetakeitthatyou arehappytotakepartinthisresearchandwouldliketothankyou verymuchinadvance! PartAAboutyourselfandyourschool Pleasecompletethefollowingquestionsaboutyourschoolandyourself,byfillingintheboxes. Yourusername,andmathsclassnameshouldhavebeenprovidedtoyoubyyourteacher. Username 1. Myusernameis: 2. 3. 4. Thenameofmyschoolis: Thenameofmymathsclass/setis: Thenameofmymathsteacheris:

5. Ihaveasecondmathsteacher,whois: (Ifyouonlyhaveonemathsteacher,leavethisboxempty) 6. 7. Myyeargroupis(pleasecircleone): Iama: Boy Girl Year7Year8Year9Year10Year11

8.Whichisyourfavouritesubjectinschool? 9.Whichisyourleastfavouritesubjectinschool?
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 10.Howdoyourateyourabilityinthefollowingsubjects? (Pleasecirclewhatyouthinkisappropriateineachline) Mathematics Poor Average English Poor Average Science Poor Average 11.Howoftendoyourparents/carersdothefollowing? (Pleasecirclethemostappropriatenumber in eachline) Checkwhetheryouhavedoneyourhomework Helpyouwithyourhomework Praiseorrewardyouforgoodgrades Reduceyourrewardsbecauseoflowgrades Findyouatutortohelpyouwithyour homework PartBYourfeelingsaboutMathematics Wewould,now,likeyoutotellushowyoufeelaboutmathematics. Howmuchdoyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatements? (Pleasecircletheappropriatenumberineachline) 1 Mathematicsisimportanttome. 2 Mostpeoplecanlearntobegoodatmaths. 3 Myparents/carerslikemaths. 4 Mathsisoneofthemostinterestingschoolsubjects. 5 Learningmathsisenjoyableforme. 6 Ihaveamathematicalmind. 7 Icangetgoodresultsinmaths. 8 Icancopewithdifficultiesinmaths 9 Iaminterestedinlearningnewthingsinmaths. 10 Inmathsyougetrewardsforyoureffort. 11 Beinggoodatmathsissomethingyouarebornwith. 12 Icanlearnmathsevenifitishard. 13 IlikeusingmathsIamfamiliarwithratherthannew mathstopics. 14 Iammoreworriedaboutmathsthananyother subject.
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Excellent Excellent Excellent

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 (Pleasecircletheappropriatenumberineachline) 15 Ioftenneedhelpwithmaths. 16 Comparedtomyclassmates,Iamgoodatmaths. 17 Myparents/carersenjoysolvingmathematical problems. 18 Ineverwanttotakeanothermathematicscourse. 19 Iwouldprefermyfuturestudiestoincludealotof maths. 20 Iwouldlookforwardtostudyingmoremathematics afterschool. 21 Iwouldliketobeamathematician. 22 Mathsisimportantformyfuture(afterschool)

Strongly Strongly Disagree Unsure Agree Disagree Agree

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PartCAboutwhatyouwouldliketodoafteryoufinishschool Inthissectionweaskaboutyourplansafteryoufinishsecondaryschool,andthepeoplewho mayhaveaninfluenceontheseplans.Pleasefollowtheinstructionsforeachquestion. 1.WhichofthefollowingoptionswouldyouprefertodowhenyoufinishYear11(afteryour GCSEs)?PleasewritetheappropriateletterfromAtoHintheboxesbelow: A.Continuestudyingatthisschool B.Studyfulltimeatacollege C.Studyparttimeatacollegewhileworking D.Takeanapprenticeship(atrainingcourseinapractical subject,e.g.plumbing,hairdresser,etc) E.Workinthefamilybusiness F.Workinafulltimejob G.Workinaparttimejob H.Other Ifyouchooseother,pleasetelluswhat:

1st choice:

2nd choice:

2. Howconfidentareyouthatyouwillbeabletogetyourfirstchoice?(Pleasecircle) Notatallconfident

Somewhatconfident

Veryconfident

3.Whatjobwouldyouliketodointhefuture? Job Why?

4.Doyouplantogotouniversity?(Tickonestatementonly) Yes No Idontknow

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Ifyouplantogotouniversity,whatsubjectwouldyoumostliketostudy? Subjectname 5. WhichofthesemightstopyoufromcontinuingyoureducationafterYear11? (Pleasetickalltheboxesthatapplytoyou) LowGCSEgrades Parents Friends Otherrelatives Havingtoleavefriendsandfamily Iamnotinterestedinstudying Havingtocareforsomeoneinthefamily IdontknowwhatIreallywanttodo Iwanttostartearningmoneyinafulltimejob Idonotlikeschool Idonotfeelthatgoingtoschoolisimportant Idonothaveenoughmoney Noneoftheabove 6.Whowillinfluenceorinspireyourdecisionsaboutwhatyouwanttodoaftersecondaryschool? (Pleasetickoneboxineachline) YES Maybe NO Myfriends Myparents Teachers Mybrothersorsisters Mycousins Otherrelatives(aunts,uncles,grandparents) Counsellorsatschool Other(pleasetellus____________________)

7.Pleasealsotellusifyouknowofanypeoplewhohavebeentouniversitybytickingthe appropriateboxinthefollowingtable: Atuniversity Idont YES NO now know Myparents/carers Mybrothersorsisters Myfriends Mycousins Otherrelatives(aunts,uncles,grandparents) Other(pleasetellus_____________________)
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PartDHowmathsistaughtandlearnt Inthissectionwewanttofindouthowmathsistaughtthisyear. Pleasetellus,howoftendoesthefollowinghappeninyourmathslessons? [Pleasecircletheappropriatenumberineachline] 1 Theteacherasksusquestions. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Theteacherasksustoexplainhowwegetouranswers. Theteacherstartsnewtopicswithproblemsabouttheworld. Theteachertellsustoworkmorequickly. Theteacherusesthecomputertoteachsometopics. Weworktogetheringroupsonprojects. Welistentotheteachertalkaboutthetopic. Wecopytheteachersnotesfromtheboard. Wetalkwithotherstudentsabouthowtosolveproblems. Weaskotherstudentstoexplaintheirideas. Wedoprojects(assignments)thatincludeotherschoolsubjects. Weusetextbooks. Weusecalculators. Weusecomputers. Weuseotherthingslikenewspapers,magazines,orvideo. Wediscussideaswiththewholeclassroom. Weexplainourworktothewholeclass. Welearnhowmathematicshaschangedovertime. Whatwelearnisrelatedtoouroutofschoollife.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Welearnthatmathematicsisaboutinventingrules. Wegetassignmentstoresearchtopicsonourown. Theteachergivesusproblemstoinvestigate. Theteacherexpectsustorememberimportantideaswelearned 1 23 inthepast. 24 Theteachertellsuswhichquestions/activitiestodo. 1 25 Theteacherasksuswhatwealreadyknowaboutalessontopic. 1 Theteachertellsuswhatvaluethelessontopichasforfuture 1 26 use. 27.Mostofthetimemymathslessonsfeel: Tooeasy Aboutright

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28.Ifyouusethecomputerorthecalculators foryourmathslessons,pleasetelluswhatare youusingthemfor:

Weusecomputersfor Weusecalculatorsfor

PartEHowconfidentareyouwithdifferenttopicsinmathematics? Inthissection,weareaskingyoutosayhowconfidentyouwouldbeatusingmathematicstosolve differentproblems.Wedontaskyoutoactuallysolvetheproblems. Imaginethatyouhavebeengiventhefollowingquestionstodo.Youwouldbeabletouseyour notes,textbooks,calculator,andsoonwhennecessary.Pleasetellushowconfidentyouarethat youwouldbeabletosolveeachproblem,withoutactuallydoingtheproblem. Howconfidentareyouthatyouareabletosolveproblemsofthekindgivenineachcase? Pleasecircleoneresponseforeachtask. [PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASK] 1. Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemsinvolvingnumber machinessuchas:

Notconfidentatall Notveryconfident Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

Notconfidentatall

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Fairlyconfident

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2. Howconfidentareyoutosolvesimplesubstitutionssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident
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Veryconfident

[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 3. Howconfidentareyoutosolve problemsinvolvingmoneysuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

4. Howconfidentareyoutosolve placevalueproblemssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 5. Howconfidentareyoutosolve problemsinvolvingfractionssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

6. Howconfidentareyoutosolveplacevalueproblemssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 7. Howconfidentareyoutosolvenumberlineproblemssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

8.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemsinvolvingdifferentunitssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

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9.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemswithnumberlinessuchas:

Notconfidentatall

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[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 10.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemsthatinvolvereflectioninamirrorlinesuchas:

Notconfidentatall Notveryconfident Fairlyconfident Veryconfident

11.Howconfidentareyoutosolveareaproblemssuchas:

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[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 12.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemsthatrequirereadinginformationfromatable such as:

Notconfidentatall

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Veryconfident

13.Howconfidentareyoutosolvesortingproblemssuchas:

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Notveryconfident Fairlyconfident Veryconfident

[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 14.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemswhereyouinterpretchartssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

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Veryconfident

15.Howconfidentareyoutosolveprobabilityproblemssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

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Fairlyconfident
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Veryconfident

[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 16.Howconfidentareyoutocalculatetherangeofasetofnumberssuchas:

Notconfidentatall Notveryconfident Fairlyconfident Veryconfident

17.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemsinvolvingtwowaytablessuchas:

Notconfidentatall
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Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

Veryconfident

[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 18.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemsinvolvingmeasurementandestimationsuchas:

Notconfidentatall Notveryconfident Fairlyconfident Veryconfident

19.Howconfidentareyoutosolvenumbersequenceproblemssuchas:

Notconfidentatall

Notveryconfident

Fairlyconfident

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[PLEASEDONOTTRYTOCOMPLETETHETASKS] 20.Howconfidentareyoutosolveproblemswhichinvolvereadinggraphssuchas:

Notconfidentatall Notveryconfident Fairlyconfident Veryconfident

Thankyouverymuchforcompletingthesurvey! Yourresponsesarecompletelyanonymousandwillbetreatedasconfidential. Ifyouhaveanyqueriesaboutthisresearchproject,pleasecheckourwebsitewww.teleprism.com orcontactMariaPampakaon01612757213.

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