NAEP 2011 Wave I (Reading, Math, Science, Economics)

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

Wave 1 Submittal for 2011
VOLUME II
Part 1c
BACKGROUND QUESTIONS
FOR 2011 ASSESSMENT

Student Grade 4 Mathematics Questions

Part 1c contains:
Student Grade 4 Mathematics Questions
The amount of time estimated to complete this form is 10 minutes.

March 31,2010

2011 OMB Wave 1
Grade 4 -Part 1 of 3

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Section 4

This section has 21 questions. Mark your answers in your booklet. Fill in only one oval
for each question.
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1. How often do you use a computer for
math at school?

2. Do you use a computer for math
homework at home?

A Never or hardly ever

A Yes

B Once every few weeks

B No

C About once a week
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D Two or three times a week

3. Do you use the Internet at home?

E Every day or almost every day

A Yes
B No

Questions 4–21. 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.
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4. Do you use a computer to practice or
drill on math?

6. Do you use a computer to make charts
or graphs for math?

A Yes

A Yes

B No

B No
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5. Do you use a computer to play math
games?

7. Do you use the Internet to learn things
about math?

A Yes

A Yes

B No

B No

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8. How often do you use a calculator?

12. How often do you feel your math
classwork is too hard?

A Never or hardly ever
A Never or hardly ever
B Once in a while
B Sometimes
C Almost every day
C Often
D Always or almost always

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9. What kind of calculator do you
normally use?
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A I don’t have a calculator.

13. How often do you feel your math
classwork is too easy?

B Regular calculator (addition,
subtraction, multiplication,
division)

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes

C Graphing calculator
C Often
D Always or almost always

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10. When you take a math test or quiz,
how often do you use a calculator?
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A Never

14. How often do you like what you do in
class for math?

B Sometimes
A Never or hardly ever
C Always
B Sometimes
C Often

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11. Do you study or do work for math at
an after-school or tutoring program?

D Always or almost always

A Yes
B No

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15. How often do you feel you can do a
good job on your math tests?

19. How hard was this test compared to
most other tests you have taken this
year in school?

A Never or hardly ever
A Easier than other tests
B Sometimes
B About as hard as other tests
C Often
C Harder than other tests
D Always or almost always
D Much harder than other tests
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16. How often do you feel you can do a
good job on your math assignments?

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20. 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?

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes

A Not as hard as on other tests
C Often
B About as hard as on other tests
D Always or almost always
C Harder than on other tests
D Much harder than on other tests

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17. How often do you feel you like math?

A Never or hardly ever

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21. How important was it to you to do
well on this test?

B Sometimes
C Often

A Not very important

D Always or almost always

B Somewhat important
C Important
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D Very important

18. How often do you feel math is one of
your favorite subjects?

A Never or hardly ever
B Sometimes
C Often
D Always or almost always

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