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Frequency of activities in mathematics lessons - East Renfrewshire
(% 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	35	33	23	9
	P5	255	19	37	35	9
	P7	232	18	33	42	7
	S2	175	12	39	35	14
talking about different ways of working out answers?	P3	238	53	34	10	3
	P5	254	52	40	7	1
	P7	228	50	41	8	2
	S2	175	37	50	12	2
working at a computer?	P3	239	19	55	14	12
	P5	254	16	47	26	12
	P7	230	9	41	38	12
	S2	174	3	6	28	63
with the whole class being taught together?	P3	236	52	30	10	8
	P5	254	57	31	8	4
	P7	233	64	22	11	3
	S2	176	88	11	1	1
working quietly on your own?	P3	240	65	24	7	5
	P5	251	67	27	4	2
	P7	234	67	26	5	3
	S2	175	55	39	5	1
watching or talking about mathematics videos or DVDs?	P3	233	9	14	22	55
	P5	255	4	8	33	55
	P7	233	3	6	25	65
	S2	175	5	7	27	61
working with a partner on a shared or a group task?	P3	237	26	47	21	6
	P5	251	22	54	18	6
	P7	234	21	49	27	3
	S2	174	11	34	40	14
discussing everyday uses of mathematics?	P3	238	40	37	13	9
	P5	254	39	38	18	6
	P7	234	35	43	17	6
	S2	175	21	39	31	9
using textbooks?	P3	235	41	45	11	2
	P5	238	77	19	3	1
	P7	241	86	14	.	0
	S2	196	80	18	2	.
copying down information about mathematics?	P3	233	33	30	21	16
	P5	238	18	42	28	12
	P7	241	12	46	36	7
	S2	195	38	51	10	1
making or using tables or graphs to show information?	P3	229	27	32	32	9
	P5	234	17	37	41	6
	P7	237	13	42	44	0
	S2	194	8	57	32	3
working with number patterns?	P3	233	27	36	27	10
	P5	236	13	47	36	5
	P7	241	12	38	48	2
	S2	193	10	44	40	6
writing in your own words to explain how you solved a problem?	P3	232	29	39	20	11
	P5	237	35	44	17	3
	P7	240	27	48	23	3
	S2	196	14	37	35	14
using an interactive whiteboard?	P3	231	51	27	13	10
	P5	239	56	26	12	6
	P7	244	64	25	9	3
	S2	194	79	9	6	6
writing in your jotter?	P3	231	69	25	3	3
	P5	235	91	9	.	0
	P7	242	93	5	.	1
	S2	192	98	2	.	.
working in the school grounds?	P3	231	20	20	23	37
	P5	235	20	11	34	35
	P7	240	14	11	30	45
	S2	188	23	5	14	57
completing worksheets?	P3	231	44	40	11	4
	P5	236	35	51	12	2
	P7	242	24	52	21	2
	S2	196	13	46	36	5
making or using models?	P3	229	14	23	36	27
	P5	237	3	22	42	34
	P7	244	2	11	51	36
	S2	195	2	8	36	55
using equipment to weigh or measure things?	P3	234	20	27	37	17
	P5	236	11	25	53	10
	P7	241	3	22	56	20

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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