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Frequency of activities in mathematics lessons - East Ayrshire
(% 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	239	38	32	21	10
	P5	234	27	31	32	10
	P7	228	19	39	32	9
	S2	179	16	29	37	18
*talking about different ways of working out answers?*	P3	236	42	41	10	7
	P5	232	54	35	8	3
	P7	227	46	43	9	2
	S2	180	42	38	15	4
*working at a computer?*	P3	236	18	53	19	11
	P5	231	18	39	21	22
	P7	225	7	41	31	20
	S2	180	3	16	28	54
*with the whole class being taught together?*	P3	236	42	32	22	4
	P5	235	49	30	14	7
	P7	226	51	25	16	8
	S2	179	81	12	6	1
*working quietly on your own?*	P3	237	55	33	7	5
	P5	231	65	22	10	4
	P7	228	61	27	9	3
	S2	178	56	37	4	3
*watching or talking about mathematics videos or DVDs?*	P3	236	9	23	31	36
	P5	233	4	13	28	55
	P7	225	1	7	35	58
	S2	180	3	11	24	61
*working with a partner on a shared or a group task?*	P3	235	24	35	31	9
	P5	233	27	43	25	4
	P7	228	21	47	26	6
	S2	179	14	27	41	18
*discussing everyday uses of mathematics?*	P3	234	37	34	15	14
	P5	234	48	33	13	6
	P7	228	29	47	18	6
	S2	179	29	36	22	13
*using textbooks?*	P3	213	38	37	15	10
	P5	248	73	22	3	2
	P7	237	92	8	.	.
	S2	151	83	15	2	1
*copying down information about mathematics?*	P3	210	22	37	25	16
	P5	248	20	40	26	14
	P7	238	23	39	31	7
	S2	150	36	43	16	5
*making or using tables or graphs to show information?*	P3	209	26	32	32	10
	P5	245	24	42	32	2
	P7	238	19	50	29	2
	S2	148	11	53	34	1
*working with number patterns?*	P3	211	26	44	17	14
	P5	248	26	38	26	11
	P7	239	18	55	23	4
	S2	149	7	48	41	5
*writing in your own words to explain how you solved a problem?*	P3	208	24	26	24	26
	P5	247	35	40	17	9
	P7	238	42	47	10	2
	S2	148	11	38	39	12
*using an interactive whiteboard?*	P3	208	28	27	17	27
	P5	247	28	29	21	22
	P7	237	32	22	30	16
	S2	148	41	20	14	26
*writing in your jotter?*	P3	207	65	20	6	9
	P5	244	90	9	.	1
	P7	237	97	3	.	.
	S2	146	97	3	.	.
*working in the school grounds?*	P3	206	14	19	26	40
	P5	246	21	15	25	39
	P7	236	28	14	29	29
	S2	148	25	7	16	51
completing worksheets?	P3	209	41	42	5	11
	P5	249	43	48	7	2
	P7	239	37	52	10	1
	S2	150	22	49	23	6
making or using models?	P3	207	14	20	32	34
	P5	246	6	20	35	39
	P7	239	3	20	52	24
	S2	148	3	12	38	47
using equipment to weigh or measure things?	P3	206	23	25	37	15
	P5	247	17	28	42	13
	P7	240	12	25	57	7
	S2	148	5	8	46	41

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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