2010 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Wave 1

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

Wave 1 Submittal for 2010
VOLUME II
Part 1c
BACKGROUND QUESTIONS
FOR 2010 ASSESSMENT

Student Grade 4 Civics Questions

Part 1c contains:
Student Grade 4 Civics Questions
The amount of time estimated to complete this form is 15 minutes.

Updated June 10, 2009

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Student Questionnaire
Civics — Grade 4
SECTION 4
This section has 26 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one
oval for each question.

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1. How often do you study social studies in school? [4/8]
(A) Never or hardly ever
(B) Once or twice a month
(C) Once or twice a week
(D) Almost every day

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2. During this school year, have you studied how the government works? [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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3. During this school year, have you studied the rules and laws of government? [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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4. During this school year, have you studied elections and voting? [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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5. During this school year, have you studied the president and leaders of our
country? [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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6. During this school year, have you studied your community? [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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7. During this school year, have you studied the rights and responsibilities of
citizens? [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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8. During this school year, have you studied how people try to solve disagreements?
[4]
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) I don’t know.

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9. When you study social studies in school, how often do you read material from a
textbook? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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10. When you study social studies in school, how often do you memorize material
for class? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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11. When you study social studies in school, how often do you read extra materials
not in your textbook, such as newspapers, magazines, maps, charts, or cartoons?
[4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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12. When you study social studies in school, how often do you complete a work
sheet? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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13. When you study social studies in school, how often do you write reports? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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14. When you study social studies in school, how often do you discuss current
events? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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15. When you study social studies in school, how often do you watch television
shows or videos in class? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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16. When you study social studies in school, how often do you discuss television
shows or videos in class? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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17. This year in school, how often have you been asked to write long answers to
questions or assignments that involved social studies? [4/8]
(A) Never
(B) Once or twice this year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) At least once a week

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18. How often do you use computers at school for social studies? [4/8]
(A) Never or hardly ever
(B) Once every few weeks
(C) About once a week
(D) Two or three times a week
(E) Every day

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19. When you study social studies, do you do research projects about social studies
topics using a CD or the Internet? Include things you do in class and things you
do for homework assignments. [4]
(A) Yes
(B) No

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20. When you study social studies in school, how often do you take part in debates?
[4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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21. When you study social studies in school, how often do you take part in role
playing, mock trials, or dramas? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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22. When you study social studies in school, how often do you write a letter to give
your opinion or help solve a community problem? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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23. When you study social studies in school, how often do you have visits from
people in your community to learn about important events and ideas? [4]
(A) Never
(B) A few times a year
(C) Once or twice a month
(D) Once or twice a week
(E) Almost every day

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24. How hard was this test compared to most other tests you have taken this year in
school? [4/8/12]
(A) Easier than other tests
(B) About as hard as other tests
(C) Harder than other tests
(D) Much harder than other tests

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25. How hard did you try on this test compared to how hard you tried on most other
tests you have taken this year in school? [4/8/12]
(A) Not as hard as on other tests
(B) About as hard as on other tests
(C) Harder than on other tests
(D) Much harder than on other tests

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26. How important was it to you to do well on this test? [4/8/12]
(A) Not very important
(B) Somewhat important
(C) Important
(D) Very important

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