2010 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Wave 1

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

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

Student Grade 4 Mathematics Questions

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

April 21, 2009

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Student Questionnaire – Grade 4
SECTION 4: Mathematics

This section has 24 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question.
1.

How often do you use a computer for math at school? (VB525162) [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 or almost every day

2.

Do you use a computer for math homework at home? (VC497143) [4/8]
A Yes
B No

3.

Do you use the Internet at home? (VC189591) [4/8/12]
A Yes
B No

Questions 4–24. For the following questions, think about all the times you do things for
math. Include things you do at home, at school, or anywhere else.
4.

Do you use a computer to practice or drill on math? (VB525166) [4]
A Yes
B No

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5.

Do you use a computer to play math games? (VB525172) [4]
A Yes
B No

6.

Do you use a computer to make charts or graphs for math? (VB525168) [4]
A Yes
B No

7.

Do you use the Internet to learn things about math? (VB525170) [4]
A Yes
B No

8.

How often do you use e-mail, instant messages, blogs, or text messages to talk online
with friends about math work? (VC497176) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Once or twice a month
C Once or twice a week
D Every day or almost every day

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9.

How often do you use e-mail, instant messages, blogs, or text messages to get help
with math from someone other than your teacher, family, classmates, or friends?
(VC497181) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Once or twice a month
C Once or twice a week
D Every day or almost every day

10. How often do you use a calculator? (VB525173) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Once in a while
C Almost every day
11. What kind of calculator do you normally use? (VB525174) [4]
A I don't have a calculator.
B Regular calculator (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
C Graphing calculator

12. Have you ever used a graphing calculator? (VB525171) [4]
A Yes
B No
C I don't know what a graphing calculator is.
13. When you take a math test or quiz, how often do you use a calculator? (VB517158) [4/8]
A Never
B Sometimes
C Always

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14. Do you study or do work for math at an after-school or tutoring program? (VC290281)
[4/8]
A Yes
B No
15. How often do you feel your math classwork is too hard? (VC497182) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always
16. How often do you feel your math classwork is too easy? (VC497186) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always
17. How often do you like what you do in class for math? (VC497557) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always
18. How often do you feel you can do a good job on your math tests? (VC497558) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always

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19. How often do you feel you can do a good job on your math assignments? (VC497560)
[4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always
20. How often do you feel you like math? (VC497562) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always

21. How often do you feel math is one of your favorite subjects? (VC497563) [4]
A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always
22. How hard was this test compared to most other tests you have taken this year in
school? (VB595182) [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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23. 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? (VC034559) [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
24. How important was it to you to do well on this test? (VB595184) [4/8/12]
A Not very important
B Somewhat important
C Important
D Very important

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