Learner Questionnaire
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Boy
Name: _______________________
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Date:__________________
Please read each question and answer as honestly and as accurately as you
can. You will normally answer by ticking a box which most applies to you
In this questionnaire, there are no right or wrong answers! Your answers
should be what are right for you. Your answers will be combined with others
to make averages and totals in which no individual can be identified. All your
answers will be kept confidential.
1. Thinking about what you learn in school:
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
agree
School has done little to prepare
me for adult life when I leave school
School has been a waste of time
School has helped give me confidence to
make decisions
School has taught me things which could
be useful in a job
2. Thinking about the PISA questions:
To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
I think the questions were easy to
answer
The questions were similar to what we
do at GCSE
The questions are hard to understand
We frequently use questions like this in
class
I enjoy questions like these
I feel confident I can answer them well
3.
Thinking about your views on mathematics:
Agree
Strongly
agree
To what extent do you agree or disagree about the following statements?
Strongly
agree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
agree
I enjoy reading about mathematics
Making an effort in mathematics is worth
it because it will help me in the work that
I want to do later on
I look forward to my mathematics lessons
I do mathematics because I enjoy it
Learning mathematics is worthwhile for
me because it will improve my career
prospects
I am interested in the things I learn in
mathematics
Mathematics is an important subject for
me because I need it for what I want to
study later on
I will learn many things in mathematics
that will help me get a job.
4.
How confident would you feel about having to do the following tasks on
your own?
Very
confident
Using a train timetable to work out
how long it would take to get from
one place to another
Calculating how much cheaper a TV
would be after a 30% discount
Understanding graphs presented in
newspapers
Solving an equation like
3x+5= 17
Finding the actual distance between
two places on a map with a 1:100
scale
Recognise the science question
that underlies a newspaper report
on a health issue
Interpret the scientific information
provided on the labels of food
items
Describe the role of antibiotics in
the treatment of disease
Identify the better of two
explanations for the formation of
Confident
Not
very Not at all
confident
confident
acid rain
Predict how changes to an
environment will affect the
survival of certain species
Explain why earthquakes occur
more frequently in some areas than
in others
Decide if a mobile phone is good
value for money
5.
Thinking about learning:
To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
Strongly
disagree
I am just not good at mathematics
I get very tense when I have to do
mathematics homework
In my mathematics class, I
understand even the most difficult
work
I only do mathematics in maths
lessons in school
I worry that I will get poor grades in
mathematics
I enjoy solving problems
I worry I might get things wrong
I generally have fun when I am
learning
I generally look forward to lessons
I ask questions in class
I find it uncomfortable to give my
opinions
I like to follow instructions rather
than find my own way of doing
things
I find learning easy
I’m often bored
I tend to give up easily on things
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
agree
6.
Thinking about how you learn:
To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
agree
When I am solving mathematics
problems, I often think of new ways to
get the answer
I think about how mathematics I have
learned can be used in everyday life
I try to understand new things by
relating them to things I already know
In order to remember the method for
solving a mathematics problem, I go
through examples again and again
When I cannot understand something, I
always search for more information to
clarify the problem
When I study, I start by figuring out
exactly what I need to learn
To learn mathematics, I try to
remember every step in a procedure
When learning mathematics, I try to
relate the work to things I have learned
in other subjects
When I study for a test, I read through
the text, underlining the most
important sentences. Then I write
them in my own words as a summary.
When I study, I read the text so many
times that I can recite it
When I study for a test, I try to
memorise everything.
7.
Thinking about how you learn in school:
To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
Strongly
disagree
I do my best work when I work with
other students
I would like to be the best in my class
I enjoy helping others to work well in a
group
I learn best when I work on my own
I like to discuss things
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
agree
I like making written notes
I like to plan my own experiments
I like to test out my ideas
I like to explain my ideas
I like to listen to other people’s ideas
I like to follow instructions
8.
Thinking about your classes, how often do the following activities
occur?
All lessons
Most lessons
Some
lessons
Students are given opportunities to
explain their ideas
The teacher gives students an
opportunity to express opinions
Students are asked to do an
investigation to test out their own
ideas
There is a class debate or discussion
Students do tasks by following the
instructions of the teacher
The students are asked to apply a
concept to everyday problems
The teacher continues teaching until all
the students understand
The teacher grades students’ work
The teacher poses questions that
motivate students to participate
actively
The teacher gives you feedback on
how to improve your work
The students give each other feedback
on how to improve their work
The teacher explains beforehand what
is expected of the students
Students choose how best to tackle a
task for themselves
Everyone is expected to participate in
lessons
Students mostly work on their own
The teacher does most of the talking
and students listen or copy notes
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or
hardly ever