2010 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Wave 1

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

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

Student Grade 4 Geography Questions

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

Updated June 10, 2009

2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

27

Student Questionnaire
Geography — Grade 4
Section 4

This section has 22 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question except where instructed otherwise.
VB594977

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

VC472674

2. In this school year, have you studied geography? [4]
A Yes
B No
C I don’t know

VE040257

3. 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
2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

28

VE040260

4. 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

VE040264

5. 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

VE040269

6. 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
2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

29

VE040273

7. 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

VE040279

8. 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

VE040281

9. 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
2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

30

VE040284

10. 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

VB594978

11. 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

VB331452

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

2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

31

Questions 13-18. The following questions are about things you do when you study
social studies. Include things you do in class and things you do for homework
assignments.
VB331555

13. Do you do research projects about social studies topics using a CD or the Internet?
[4]
A Yes
B No

VB331556

14. Do you use computer programs in which you pretend to be an explorer, travel to
new places, or do things like build cities? [4]
A Yes
B No

VB331557

15. Do you create or use maps using computer programs? [4]
A Yes
B No

VB331558

16. Do you use a computer to put social studies information into tables, charts, or
graphs? [4]
A Yes
B No

2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

32

VB331559

17. Do you use a computer to write reports or other things about social studies? [4]
A Yes
B No

VB331560

18. Do you put together words, pictures, and sounds on the computer to create
projects about social studies? [4]
A Yes
B No

VB345590

19. How much do you like studying geography? [4]
A It is one of my favorite subjects.
B I like most other subjects better.
C I have never studied geography.

VB595182

20. 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

2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

33

VC034559

21. 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

VB595184

22. 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

2010 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

34