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Mathematics Class Survey

See also: teaching-mathematics

Collection of ideas for initial (and perhaps on-going) surveys of students in mathematics classes.

Initial survey#

2024 initial design#

The Vic DoE Boaler survey plus

  • free text questions

    • Where you hear the work "maths", what words pop into your head?
    • What do you do in your maths classes?
    • What do you "see" in your maths classes? ???
    • What would you like to do more of in maths class?

    • What would you like to do less of in maths class?

    • For year 11 add

      • What might you be doing after finishing school (work, study...)? (or some variation)

  • Agree/not sure/disagree

    • I think I am good at maths.
    • My peers think I am good at maths.

Implemented as a one pager in print. No space for names.

Vic DoE#

Victorian DoE survey based on Boaler's work

When it comes to learning mathematics, where am I now? (scale is 4 point from "not like me" to "a lot like me")

  1. When something is hard I keep trying - I don't give up easily.
  2. When I get stuck I just look for different ways to get unstuck.
  3. I feel comfortable being wrong.
  4. When I’m struggling a bit I know that means I’m really learning.
  5. I enjoy maths more and learn better when it is challenging.
  6. I know that making mistakes is how people learn so I don’t get upset if I make a mistake.
  7. I believe the more time and effort I put into my learning the better I will get at maths.
  8. I like to find different ways to solve problems.
  9. I think it’s more important to really understand the maths we’re learning than getting every answer right.
  10. I believe I can get better at Maths.

Emergent math - mindset and attitudes survey#

Some open ended questions. The website has some pie charts showing % responses - might be useful for comparisons.