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National frequency of activities in mathematics lessons
(% pupils giving the indicated response)

When you do mathematics work in school how often do you spend time:	Stage	Count of pupils	During most lessons	Most weeks	Once or twice each	Once a year or less
talking on your own with your teacher?	P3	5,194	36	34	20	11
	P5	5,198	26	37	29	8
	P7	5,189	20	38	35	7
	S2	4,582	15	30	38	17
talking about different ways of working out answers?	P3	5,163	49	36	10	5
	P5	5,188	53	36	9	2
	P7	5,174	48	41	9	2
	S2	4,588	36	44	15	5
working at a computer?	P3	5,165	20	47	19	15
	P5	5,171	16	43	26	15
	P7	5,171	10	38	35	17
	S2	4,548	4	12	27	58
with the whole class being taught together?	P3	5,152	49	32	12	7
	P5	5,188	51	30	13	6
	P7	5,189	51	28	16	6
	S2	4,588	80	15	4	1
working quietly on your own?	P3	5,157	56	29	9	6
	P5	5,190	58	30	8	4
	P7	5,194	56	32	9	3
	S2	4,587	56	35	6	3
watching or talking about mathematics videos or DVDs?	P3	5,119	11	19	26	44
	P5	5,156	6	15	31	48
	P7	5,158	3	9	30	58
	S2	4,561	2	6	23	69
working with a partner on a shared or a group task?	P3	5,159	27	44	20	9
	P5	5,199	25	46	24	5
	P7	5,198	22	49	26	3
	S2	4,576	11	30	40	19
discussing everyday uses of mathematics?	P3	5,167	35	38	15	12
	P5	5,197	36	40	16	7
	P7	5,197	31	44	19	6
	S2	4,584	19	37	30	14
using textbooks?	P3	5,101	40	39	12	10
	P5	5,043	76	20	3	1
	P7	5,055	85	15	0	0
	S2	4,687	86	12	2	0
copying down information about mathematics?	P3	5,037	25	34	23	18
	P5	5,010	20	38	30	12
	P7	5,138	17	41	33	8
	S2	4,673	44	40	13	3
making or using tables or graphs to show information?	P3	5,008	22	33	33	12
	P5	4,986	22	42	31	4
	P7	5,144	16	48	34	2
	S2	4,665	14	52	32	2
working with number patterns?	P3	5,025	29	40	21	10
	P5	5,025	21	46	27	6
	P7	5,169	15	48	34	3
	S2	4,666	11	40	43	6
writing in your own words to explain how you solved a problem?	P3	4,996	26	32	23	19
	P5	5,023	34	40	19	7
	P7	5,174	32	45	20	4
	S2	4,665	17	36	34	13
using an interactive whiteboard?	P3	5,008	38	29	14	19
	P5	5,007	35	33	18	14
	P7	5,139	35	29	21	14
	S2	4,645	44	18	15	24
writing in your jotter?	P3	5,040	63	28	5	4
	P5	4,962	89	10	0	1
	P7	5,128	93	7	0	0
	S2	4,641	96	3	.	.
working in the school grounds?	P3	4,989	12	18	29	41
	P5	5,018	17	15	33	34
	P7	5,164	24	12	32	33
	S2	4,603	26	7	14	54
completing worksheets?	P3	5,023	43	40	11	5
	P5	5,043	40	47	11	1
	P7	5,179	32	52	16	1
	S2	4,686	21	41	31	7
making or using models?	P3	4,969	12	22	31	35
	P5	5,005	5	20	43	32
	P7	5,150	4	16	51	29
	S2	4,657	2	9	36	53
using equipment to weigh or measure things?	P3	5,033	18	29	36	17
	P5	5,020	15	30	45	9
	P7	5,161	9	25	54	12
	S2	4,660	5	11	35	49

R - This table was first published without the last 3 activities on the table. This was revised 25/05/2009.

Page updated: Tuesday, September 01, 2009

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