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AUTHOR Zhang, LiruTITLE Delaware Student Testing Program: Report of Student

Questionnaire Survey--2000 Administration in Science andSocial Studies for Grades 4 and 6.

INSTITUTION Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment andAccountability Branch.

PUB DATE 2001-11-00NOTE 45p.; Document Number 95-01/01/11/12.PUB TYPE Tests/Questionnaires (160)EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Academic Standards; Achievement Tests; *Elementary School

Students; Homework; Intermediate Grades; *Sciences; *SocialStudies; Standardized Tests; State Programs; StateStandards; *Student Attitudes; Student Surveys;-Tables(Data); Testing Programs

IDENTIFIERS Delaware; *Delaware Student Testing Program

ABSTRACTAt the administration of the Delaware Student Testing

Program (DSTP) science and social studies tests in 2000, a questionnairesurvey was given to students in grades 4 and 6. Survey questions weredeveloped in three categories: (1) Opportunity To Learn; (2) Science; and (3)Social Studies. Student responses were analyzed by test, grade, gender,racial/ethnic group, and achievement level (based on raw scores for 2000).Findings show that about 58% of students in grade 4 and 51% in grade 6 talkedabout what they had learned in school with someone at home almost every day.As was similar to previous findings for other grades, more high-scoringstudents in science talked at home about what they had learned. According tothe survey, 28% of fourth graders and 42% of sixth graders spent an hour ormore on their homework, with 62% for fourth graders and 46% of sixth gradersspending about half an hour on homework. Only 27% of students in grade 4 and25% in grade 6 actually used scientific equipment in their classes almostevery day. Most students believed that the concepts and knowledge theylearned in science classes helped them understand the world better. Forty-twopercent of fourth graders and 46% of sixth graders reported that theirteachers asked them to apply the concepts and knowledge they learned insocial studies to real life problems. Information is also given about studenttelevision watching and homework habits and instructional time. (Contains twotables.) (SLD)

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Delaware

Student

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Report of Student Questionnaire Survey

2000 Administration inScience and Social Studies for Grades 4 and 6

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November 2001

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BESTOOPY MARA

Officers of the Delaware Department of Education

Valerie A. WoodruffSecretary of Education

Jennifer W. DavisDeputy Secretary of Education

David BlowmanExecutive Assistant

Robin R. Taylor, M.EdAssociate Secretary, Assessment and Accountability Branch

Mark A. Dufendach, Ed.D.Associate Secretary, Finance and Administrative Services Branch

Nancy J. Wilson, Ph.D.Associate Secretary, Curriculum and Instructional Improvement Branch

Wendy B. Roberts, Ph.D.Director, Assessment and Analysis Group

Darlene J. Bo lig, Ed.D.Helen Dennis, M.Ed.Jeffery Fleming, M.S.

James F. Hertzog, M.Ed.Nancy Maihoff, Ph.D.

Jon Manon. Ph. D., University of DelawareJoann F. Prewitt, M.A.Julie A. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Carole D. White, M.B.A.Liru Zhang, PhD.

Support Staff:Elaner M. Brown Barbara F. O'NealKrista D. Holloway Erin L. Pieshala

Kimberly K. Rodriguez

State Board of Education

Joseph A. Pika, Ph.D., PresidentJean W. Allen, Vice President

Robert J. GilsdorfMary B. Graham, Esquire

Valarie PepperDennis J. Savage

Claiboune D. Smith, Ph.D.

The Department of Education does not discriminate in employment or educational programs, services or activities, based on race, color,national origin, age or handicap in accordance with state and federal laws. Inquiries should be directed to the Department of Education,Human Resources and Quality Management, P.O. Box 1402, Dover, DE 19903-1402, or Telephone (302) 739-4604. For moreinformation about the DSTP, write to the Department of Educ ation, Assessment & Accountability Branch, P.O. Box 1402, Dover, DE19903-1402, or telephone (302) 739-6700.

Document Control No. 95-01/01/11/12

This report was prepared by Lim Zhang and reviewed by Wendy Roberts, Julie Schmidt,Rachel Wood, Joann Prewitt, and Lewis Hoffman. If you have any questions regardingthis report and/or would like to have the survey results for your district or school, pleasecontact Dr. Roberts, Director of Assessment and Analysis at (302) 739-6700(wroberts(state.de.us).

Report for the 2000 Student Questionnaire Survey inScience and Social Studies (Grades 4 and 6)

Introduction

Along with the 2000 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) science and socialstudies tests, a que stionnaire survey was given to students in grades 4 and 6 (AppendixA). The survey questions were developed in three categories: Opportunity to Learn,Science, and Social Studies. Student responses to the questions were analyzed by test,grade, gender, racial/ethnic group, and achievement level. Since the performance levelswere not available in 2000 for science and social studies, student achievement wasidentified using the raw scores. Test scores at or higher than one standard deviation abovethe mean score were considered as Level 4; test scores between the mean and onestandard deviation above the mean were Level 3; test scores below the mean, but at orhigher than one standard deviation below the mean were Level 2; test scores lower thanone standard deviation below the mean were Level 1.

Cross grades comparisons were reported only if a meaningful pattern of student responseswas found. Caution is advised in the use of the survey results because they are based onstudent self-reported data.

Results of Statistical Analysis

Survey Results for Grade 4

Opportunity to Learn

The survey results show that 58% of the students in grade 4 talked about what theyhad learned in school at home almost every day, 18% did once or twice a week, and5% did once or twice a month (Table 1). However, 14% of the students reported thatthey never discussed their studies at home. More high-scoring students than low-scoring students in science talked about their studies at home every day (61% Level4, 59% Level 3, 58% Level 2, and 55% Level 1).

Over one-third of the students in grade 4 used the school or the public library almostevery day or once or twice a week for their assignments, but 35% of the studentsnever or hardly ever used the library. Over 50% of the students used the school or thepublic library for enjoyment almost every day (13%) or once or twice a week (42%),13% once or twice a month, 7% used it a couple of times a year and 18% of thestudents reported that they never or hardly ever used the library for their ownenjoyment.

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Twenty-eight percent of the students reported that they spent one hour or more ontheir homework, 62% spent about a half hour on their homework. More high-scoringstudents than low-scoring students spent about a half hour for homework, for instance65% of level 4, but 51% of level 1. Moreover, more low-scoring students than high-scoring students reported that either they did not do their homework (0% level 4, 1%level 3, 2% level 2, and 5% level 1) or they did not have homework (1% level 4, 2%level 3, 2% level 2, and 5% levell).

About 42% of the students in grade 4 watched television for two hours or more perschool day and 21% for about one hour. Among racial/etImic groups, AfricanAmerican students had higher percentage (52%), but Asian (32%) and Caucasianstudents (37%) had lower percentage of spending two hours or more watchingtelevision during school days.

Science

Notes: Since the proficiency levels had not been set for science during the 2000 DSTPadministration, three artificial cut-off scores were used to divide test scores into fourscore levels, from the lowest score range (called score range level 1) to the highest scorerange (called score range level 4). The 'cut-off scores" are the grade mean scores, onestandard deviation above the mean score, and one standard deviation below the meanscore.

Based on the survey, only 8% of the students in grade 4 had science homeworkalmost every day, 27% once or twice a week, 14% once or twice a month, and 43% ofthe students reported that they never or hardly ever received science homework.

About 27% of the students in grade 4 actually used scientific equipment in theirscience class almost every day, 27% at least once or twice a week, 13% once or twicea month, but 26% of the students reported that they never or hardly ever used any.More high-scoring students than low-scoring students used scientific equipment atleast once or twice a week (61% Level 4, 55% Level 3, 52% Level 2, and 53% Level1). Moreover, more low-scoring students than high-scoring students reported thatthey never used the scientific equipment in their classes (16%, 25%, 30%, and 27% ofthe students from Level 4 to Level 1, respectively).

The majority of the students in grade 4 (53%) shared their ideas and reports withother students in class either almost every day (27%) or once or twice a week (26%).More low-scoring students than high-scoring students reported that they never orhardly ever shared their ideas with the class (19% level 4, 25% Le vel 3, 28% Level 2,and 25% Level 1).

Twenty- four percent of the students reported that their teachers asked them to writeexplanations in their journals or notebooks 24% all the time, 24% most the time, 34%sometimes, and 11% of the students were never asked to write explanations.

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Over 60% of the students (62%) agreed that the knowledge they had learned inscience class helped them to understand the world better, 14% of the studentssomewhat agreed, but 14% of the students either were not sure or did no t agree.

In response to the question of whether the science class prepared them to do well onthe DSTP science assessment, 59% of the students felt prepared, 14% somewhatprepared, 17% not sure, and 4% of the students felt that they were not prepared.

Eighty percent of the students reported that they tried very hard on the DSTP scienceassessment, 8% somewhat, and 5% of the students did not try very hard. The dataalso show that more low-scoring students than high-scoring students did not try hardon the test (1% level 4, 3% level 3, 7% level 2, and 12% level 1).

Social Studies

Notes: Since the proficiency levels had not been set for social studies during the 2000DSTP administration, three artificial cut-off scores were used to divide test scores intofour score levels, from the lowest score range (called score range level 1) to the highestscore range (called score range level 4). The 'cut-off scores" are the grade mean scores,one standard deviation above the mean score, and one standard deviation below themean score.

Based on students' responses, 18% of their teachers asked them to use a map to locateplaces every time, 30% most of the time, 34% sometimes in their classes; 13% oftheir teachers asked them to use a map to explain their answers ewry time, 28% mostof the time, and 39% sometimes in their classes. Data also show that more high-scoring students than low-scoring students used maps for just locating places most ofthe time (36% level 4, 32% level 3, 29% level 2, and 24% level 1).

About 19% of the teachers asked their students to collect information from graphs orcharts to explain their answers every time in the social studies class, 32% of theteachers did most of the time, 33% sometimes, and 9% of the teachers never askedtheir students to do it.

Based on students' responses, 15% of their teachers asked them to apply theknowledge learned in class to solve real life problems every time, 27% most of thetime, 35% sometimes, and 17% never asked their students to do so.

About 30% of the teachers asked their students to use primary sources every time ormost of the time, 34% sometimes, and 29% of the teachers never asked students to doso in their classes.

The instructional time that teachers spent in teaching social studies varied from sub-content area to sub-content area. For example, 17% and 15% of the teachers taughthistory and geography, respectively, every class, but only 8% of the teachers taught

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civics & government and economics every class. Over 30% of the teachers rarely orhardly ever taught civics & government and economics in their class.

The survey results also provide evidence to support that the instructional timeteachers spent on the four sub-content areas associated with student performance onthe DSTP. More high-scoring students than low-scoring students reported that theirteachers taught geography and history in most of their social studies classes (26%level 4, 24% level 3, 22% level 2, and 20% level 1 for geography; 26% level 4, 23%level 3, 22% level 2, and 19% level 1 for history). Similarly, more low-scoringstudents than high-scoring students reported that their teachers rarely or hardly evertaught economics and history in their social studies classes (37% level 2, 36% level 3,and 31% level 4 for economics; 25% level 1, 23% level 2, 20% level 3, and 16% level4 for history).

Survey Results for Grade 6

Opportunity to Learn

The survey results show that 51% of the students in grade 6 talked about what theyhad learned in school with someone at home almost every day, 23% once or twice aweek, 6% once or twice a month, and 14% of the students never discussed theirstudies with their families (Table 2). More students who scored higher in sciencefrequently talked about their studies at home (55%, 55%, 49%, and 42% from level 4to level 1, respectively); whereas more low-scoring students never or hardly everdiscussed their studies with their families (10%, 12%, 16%, and 20% from level 4 tolevel 1, respectively).

Twenty-six percent of the students used the school or the public library almost everyday (4%) or once or twice a week (22%) for their assignments, but 27% of thestudents reported that they never or hardly ever used the school or the public libraryfor assignments. About 36% of the students used libraries at least once or twice aweek for their enjoyment, but 27% of the students reported never use it.

According to the survey, 42% of the students in grade 6 spent one hour or more ontheir homework, 46% about a half hour, but 5% reported that they did not do theirhomework or they usually did not have homework. More low-scoring students thanhigh-scoring students in science reported that they either did not do their homework(1%, 2%, 3%, and 7% for level 4 to level 1, respectively) or never had sciencehomework (2%, 1%, 2% and 6% for level 4 to level 1, respectively).

Over 70% of the students in grade 6 watched television for one hour (25%) to twohours or more (47%) each school day. More low-scoring students than high-scoringstudents watched television for at least two hours (35% level 4, 47% level 3, 53%level 2, and 50% level 1). Among the racial/ethnic groups, African Americanstudents had a higher percentage (60%), but Asian (36%) and Caucasian students

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(41%) had a lower percentage of spending two hours or more watching television perschool day.

Science

Notes: Since the proficiency levels have not been set in science, three artificial cut-offscores were used to divide test scores into four score levels, from the lowest score range(called score level 1) to the highest score range (called score level 4). The 'cut-offscores" are the grade mean scores, one standard deviation above the mean score, andone standard deviation below the mean score.

The majority of the sixth graders reported that they usually had science homeworkalmost every day (24%), once or twice a week (40%), or once or twice a month (9%).However, 21% of the students reported that they never or hardly ever had sciencehomework. The data show that more high-scoring students than low-scoring studentsin science usually had homework at least once or twice a week (68%, 65%, 65%, and56% from level 4 to level 1); whereas more low-scoring students than high-scoringstudents never or hardly ever had science homework (24%, 22%, 21%, and 16% fromscore level 1 to score level 4).

Only 25% of the students in grade 6 actually used scientific equipment almost everyday, 31% once or twice a week, 16% once or twice a month, abut 22% of the studentsnever or hardly ever used the scientific equipment in their science class. More high-scoring students than low-scoring students used scientific equipment at least once ortwice a week in their classes (64%, 59%, 52%, and 45% from score level 4 to scorelevel 1, respectively); whereas more low-scoring students than high-scoring studentsnever or hardly ever had the opportunities to used scientific equipment (28%, 26%,20%, and 14% from level 1 to level 4, respectively).

Over one half of the sixth graders (51%) shared their ideas and reports with theirclassmates at least once or twice a week. More high-scoring than low scoringstudents shared their work with their classmates almost every day (28%, 25%, 24%,and 22% for level 4 to level 1, respectively); whereas more low-scoring than higher-scoring students reported that they never or hardly ever to do so (28%, 25%, 21%,and 14% for level 1 to level 4, respectively).

According to the survey results, 32% of the teachers asked their students to writeexplanations all the time, 27% most the time, 27% sometimes, but 7% of the studentsreported that their teachers never asked them to do so.

The majority of the students (80%) thought that the concepts and knowledge they hadlearned in science classes helped them understand the world better or somewhathelped them.

Seventy-one percent of the students felt that their science classes prepared them(43%) or somewhat prepared them (28%) to do well on the DSTP, however, 16% of

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the students were not sure about it. More high- scoring students than low-scoringstudents (50%, 44%, 41%, and 37% for level 4 to level 1, respectively) reported beingprepared; whereas more low-scoring students than high-scoring students did not feelbeing prepared for the science assessment (12%, 6%, 5% and 5% for level 1 to level4, respectively).

About 74% of the sixth graders tried very hard on the DSTP science assessment, 15%tried somewhat hard, only 4% of the students reported that they did not try very hard.Among them, more high-scoring students than low-scoring students reported that theytried very hard (80%, 78%, 72%, and 62% for level 4 to level 1, respectively); morelow-scoring than high-scoring students did not tried very hard (10%, 4%, 2% and 2%for level 1 to level 4, respectively).

Social Studies

Notes: Since the proficiency levels have not been set in social studies, three artificial cut-off scores were used to divide test scores into four score levels, from the lowest scorerange (called score range level 1) to the highest score range (called score range level 4).The 'cut-off scores" are the grade mean scores, one standard deviation above the meanscore, and one standard deviation below the mean score.

According to the survey, 51% of the students in grade 6 reported that their teachersasked them to use maps for more than just locating places every time or most the timein their social studies classes, 34% sometimes, but 9% reported that their teachersnever asked them to do so.

About 46% of the students reported that their teachers asked them to collectinformation to justify their answers every time (13%), most the time (33%), orsometimes (38%), but 10% of the students reported that their teachers never did so.

The majority of the students reported that their teachers asked them to apply theconcepts and knowledge they had learned in social studies classes to solve the reallife problems (16% every time, 31% most of the time, 34% sometimes), but 13% ofthe students never or hardly ever did it in the class. Over 59% of the students usedprimary sources, such as documents, diaries, and artifacts, most of the time orsometimes in their social studies classes.

More high-scoring students than low-scoring students reported that their teachersasked them to explain why there are often different interpretations of the same eventsmost of the time in their classes (35%, 33%, 32%, and 28% for level 4 to level 1,respectively); whereas, more low-scoring students than high-scoring students reportedthat their teachers never or hardly ever asked them to do the some thing (13% forlevels 1 and 2, 12% for level 3, and 11% for level 4).

Based on students' responses to the survey, 41% of their teachers taught geographyevery class or most classes, 37% taught in some of their classes, and 15% of thestudents reported that their teachers rarely or hardly ever taught this content.

Thirty-two percent of the teachers taught civics every class or most of the classes,40% some of the classes, and 22% of the teachers rarely or hardly ever taught thecontent. Twenty-six percent of the teachers taught economics every class or most theclasses, 38% some of the classes, and 29% rarely or hardly ever taught the content.In history, 57% of the students reported that their teachers taught this content everyclass or most of the classes, 27% taught some of the classes, and 10% of the studentsreported that their teachers rarely or hardly ever taught history.

The data show a connection between students' scores in social studies and theinstructional time teachers spent on the four sub-content areas. More high-scoringthan low-scoring students reported that their teachers taught geography, civics &government, economics, and history in most of the classes (36%, 28%, 22%, and 23%fro level 4 to level 1, respectively, in geography; 25%, 23%, 21%, and 21% for level4 to level 1, respectively, in civics & government; 23%, 18%, 17%, and 17% for level4 to level 1, respectively, in economics; 31%, 28%, 25%, and 20% for level 4 to level1, respectively, in history); whereas more lo w-scoring than high-scoring studentsreported that their teachers rarely or hardly ever taught the four content areas (19%,20%, 14%, and 7% for level 1 to level 4, respectively, in geography; 27%, 35%, 29%,and 24% for level 1 to level 4, respectively, in economics; 16%, 12%, 7%, and 5%,for level 1 to level 4, respectively, in history).

Summary of Findings

The following findings are summarized from the results of statistical analysis for the2000 DSTP Student Questionnaire Survey in Science and Social Studies for Grades 4 and6.

1. About 58% and 51% of the students in grades 4 and 6, respectively, talked about whatthey had learned in school with someone at home almost every day; whereas 14% of thestudents in both grades reported that they never or hardly ever talked about their studiesat home. A similar pattern to the survey results for grades 3, 5, 8, 10, and 11 is observedthat more high-scoring students than low-scoring students in science frequently talkedabout what they had learned in school with someone at home.

2. According to the survey, 28% of the fourth graders and 42% of the sixth graders spentone hour or more on their homework, 62% and 46% of the students in grades 4 and 6,respectively spent about a half hour on their homework. More low-scoring than high-scoring students reported they did not do their homework or they usually did not havehomework (10%, 4%, 3%, and 1% from level 1 to level 4, respectively, for grade 4; 13%,5%, 3%, and 3% for level 1 to level 4, respectively, for grade 6)..

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3. In grade 4, 21% of the students watched television for one hour and 42% for twohours or more each school day; in grade 6, 25% of the students watched television forone hour and 47% for two hours or more each school day. The data show that in grade 6more low-scoring students than high-scoring students in science spent at least two hourswatching television (50%, 53%, 47%, and 35% from level 1 to level 4, respectively).

4. Over one-third of the students in grade 4 (35%) and two-thirds of the students in grade6 (64%) had science homework at least once or twice a week, however, 43% of thestudents in grade 4 and 21% of the students in grade 6 reported that they never or hardlyever has science homework.

5. Only one-fourth of the students in grades 4 (27%) and 6 (25%) actually used scientificequipment in their classes almost every day, 27% in grade 4 and 31% in grade 6 did onceor twice a week in their science classes. The data for both grades indicate that more high-scoring than low-scoring students used scientific equipment frequently; whereas morelow-scoring than high-scoring students reported that they never or hardly ever used theseequipment in their science classes.

6. Seventy- four percent of the students in grade 4 and 80% of the students in gradesbelieved that the concepts and knowledge they had learned in science classes helped themor somewhat helped them understand the world better.

7. The survey results show that 59% of the students in grade 4 and 43% of the students ingrade 6 reported that their science classes had prepared them to do well on the DSTP.Moreover, 80% of the fourth graders and 74% of the sixth graders tried very hard to dowell on the science assessment.

8. Forty-two percent of the fourth graders and 46% of the six graders reported that theirteachers asked them to apply the concepts and knowledge they learned in their socialstudies classes to solve real life problems every time or most of the time.

9. In grade 6, over 80% of the students reported that teachers asked them to explain whythere are often different interpretations of the same event at least sometimes in theirsocial studies classes. Among them, more high-scoring students than low-scoringstudents did the explanations most of the time in their classes (35%, 33%, 32%, and 28%for level 4 to level 1, respectively); whereas, more low-scoring students than high-scoringstudents never or hardly ever to do so (13% for levels 1 and 2, 12% for level 3, and 11%for level 4).

10. According to students' responses, the instructional time for social studies in grade 4varied from 39% in history, 38% in geography, to 28% in civics & government and 26%in economics every class or most of the classes. Similarly, in grade 6, the instructionaltime varied from 57% in history, 41% in geography, to 32% in civics & government and26% in economics every class or most of the classes.

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11. The survey results provide evidence to support the impact of the instructional timeteachers spent in teaching geography, civics & government, economics, and history onstudent performance on the DSTP social studies test. In grade 4, more high-scoringstudents than low-scoring students reported that their teachers taught geography andhistory in most of their social studies classes (26% level 4, 24% level 3, 22% level 2, and20% level 1 for geography; 26% level 4, 23% level 3, 22 level 2, and 19% level 1 forhistory); whereas more low-scoring students than high-scoring students reported that theirteachers rarely or hardly ever taught economics and history in their social studies classes(37% level 2, 36% level 3, and 31% level 4 for economics; 25% level 1, 23% level 2,20% level 3, and 16% level 4 for history). This pattern becomes clearer in grade 6, wheremore high-scoring than low-scoring students reported that their teachers taughtgeography, civics & government, economics, and history in most of the classes (36%,28%, 22%, and 23% from level 4 to level 1, respectively, in geography; 25%, 23%, 21%,and 21% fir level 4 to level 1, respectively, in civics & government; 23%, 18%, 17%,and 17% for level 4 to level 1, respectively, in economics; 31%, 28%, 25%, and 20% forlevel 4 to level 1, respectively, in history); whereas more low-scoring than high-scoringstudents reported that their teachers rarely or hardly ever taught the four content areas(19%, 20%, 14%, and 7% for level 1 to level 4, respectively, in geography; 27%, 35%,29%, and 24% for level 1 to level 4, respectively, in economics; 16%, 12%, 7%, and 5%,for level 1 to level 4, respectively, in history).

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017

.015

.116

.710

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1

b. O

nce

or tw

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a w

eek

3475

42.0

44.7

39.4

55.0

37.4

50.8

43.8

43.9

30.9

41.9

44.2

47.8

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

1059

12.8

13.2

12.4

10.0

10.2

13.0

9.6

14.4

9.9

9.9

14.0

18.9

d. O

nce

or tw

ice

a ye

ar57

16.

96.

67.

30.

06.

84.

94.

27.

47.

06.

67.

07.

1

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ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

1506

18.2

16.4

19.9

10.0

21.8

10.8

19.4

16.5

22.9

20.5

17.4

10.3

No

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pons

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16.

96.

47.

320

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85.

46.

37.

08.

86.

76.

46.

8

8274

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

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mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

4. H

ow m

uch

time

do y

ou s

pend

on

your

hom

ewor

k ea

ch d

ay?

a. O

ne h

our

or m

ore

2284

27.6

27.5

27.8

10.0

27.1

31.4

27.2

27.9

30.3

26.5

27.5

27.8

b. A

bout

a h

alf

hour

5105

61.7

62.7

60.9

60.0

59.4

61.6

62.3

63.0

50.8

63.2

63.6

64.7

c. I

hav

e ho

mew

ork

but I

don

't us

ually

do

it.14

91.

81.

22.

30.

03.

00.

02.

21.

14.

81.

91.

00.

3

d. I

usu

ally

don

't ha

ve h

omew

ork

assi

gned

.18

22.

22.

41.

95.

03.

40.

52.

01.

55.

42.

11.

50.

6

No

Res

pons

e55

46.

76.

27.

125

.07.

16.

56.

36.

58.

76.

36.

46.

6

8274

5. H

ow m

uch

tele

visi

on d

o yo

u w

atch

eac

hsc

hool

day

?

a. T

wo

hour

s or

mor

e34

8342

.137

.945

.945

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.631

.844

.237

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.746

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b. A

bout

one

hou

r17

2920

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.419

.615

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.629

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.518

.223

.028

.6

c. A

bout

a h

alf

hour

1597

19.3

21.1

17.8

10.0

16.5

19.5

21.0

20.8

21.4

18.0

19.4

20.3

d. N

one

902

10.9

12.3

9.5

10.0

10.4

14.6

10.0

11.1

13.0

11.2

9.6

11.4

No

Res

pons

e56

36.

86.

37.

220

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94.

96.

76.

78.

46.

36.

66.

6

8274

II. S

cien

ce

6. H

ow o

ften

do

you

have

sci

ence

hom

ewor

k?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay69

58.

47.

98.

85.

010

.98.

112

.76.

615

.88.

76.

74.

1

b. O

nce

or tw

ice

a w

eek

2226

26.9

27.2

26.6

15.0

27.1

30.8

28.3

26.5

25.2

27.2

26.4

29.1

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

1150

13.9

13.8

14.1

20.0

10.3

24.4

13.2

15.5

9.2

11.5

15.8

19.5

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

3558

43.0

43.9

42.1

45.0

44.4

30.8

37.5

43.2

40.5

45.2

43.3

39.7

No

Res

pons

e64

57.

87.

28.

415

.07.

35.

98.

38.

29.

37.

47.

87.

6

8274

16

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

7. H

ow o

ften

do

you

actu

ally

use

sci

entif

iceq

uipm

ent (

e.g.

, bal

ance

s, r

uler

s, th

erm

omet

ers,

hand

lens

es, e

tc.)

in y

our

scie

nce

clas

s?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay22

5927

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.926

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e or

twic

e a

wee

k22

6727

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e or

twic

e a

mon

th10

9213

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.213

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.5

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

2126

25.7

26.1

25.3

10.0

29.4

21.1

25.7

23.8

26.6

29.8

25.2

16.3

No

Res

pons

e53

06.

46.

16.

720

.06.

54.

95.

16.

58.

25.

86.

26.

682

74

8. H

ow o

ften

do

you

shar

e yo

ur id

eas

and

repo

rts

with

stu

dent

s in

you

r cl

ass?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay22

1726

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e or

twic

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twic

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mon

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er o

r ha

rdly

eve

r20

6925

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pons

e57

16.

96.

77.

015

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95.

46.

06.

98.

66.

56.

47.

082

74

9. I

n yo

ur s

cien

ce c

lass

, how

oft

en d

oes

your

teac

her

ask

you

to w

rite

exp

lana

tions

in y

our

jour

nals

or

note

book

s?

a. A

ll th

e tim

e19

8624

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.523

.515

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.320

.821

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t the

tim

e19

9424

.123

.125

.025

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etim

es27

9733

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er87

710

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19.

410

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4N

o R

espo

nse

621

7.5

7.1

8.0

20.0

8.1

6.5

6.9

7.3

9.6

7.3

6.8

7.6

8274

1819

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

10. D

o yo

u th

ink

that

wha

t you

hav

e le

arne

d in

your

sci

ence

cla

sses

hel

ps y

ou to

und

erst

and

the

wor

ld a

roun

d yo

u?

a. Y

es51

6362

.462

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.160

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.361

.459

.563

.463

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Som

ewha

t11

2513

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.110

.09.

010

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016

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810

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sur

e96

811

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7d.

No

223

2.7

2.1

3.3

0.0

3.7

3.2

2.0

2.2

4.5

3.2

2.1

1.2

No

Res

pons

e79

49.

69.

010

.220

.010

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09.

29.

412

.010

.08.

69.

082

74

11. D

o yo

u fe

el p

repa

red

by y

our

scie

nce

clas

sto

do

wel

l on

the

DST

P sc

ienc

e as

sess

men

t?

a. Y

es48

4058

.558

.058

.955

.058

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.961

.258

.453

.556

.960

.761

.2b.

Som

ewha

t11

4213

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.613

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.010

.213

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016

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910

.915

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sur

e14

1517

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19.4

20.5

19.2

15.6

20.2

21.3

14.8

10.4

d. N

o33

94.

13.

64.

65.

05.

72.

76.

03.

18.

24.

92.

81.

8

No

Res

pons

e53

86.

56.

26.

720

.06.

54.

95.

66.

58.

26.

06.

26.

482

74

12. H

ow h

ard

did

you

try

to d

o w

ell o

n th

eD

STP

scie

nce

asse

ssm

ent?

a. V

ery

hard

6603

79.8

82.7

77.1

70.0

77.3

81.1

79.0

81.2

69.7

78.5

83.2

84.1

b. S

omew

hat

687

8.3

7.0

9.5

10.0

7.8

8.6

6.9

8.7

9.5

8.5

7.7

8.1

c. N

ot v

ery

hard

405

4.9

3.8

6.0

0.0

7.4

4.9

8.3

3.3

11.6

6.1

2.7

1.3

No

Res

pons

e57

97.

06.

57.

420

.07.

55.

45.

86.

89.

26.

96.

46.

582

74

' 0e.

,21

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

III.

Soc

ial S

tudi

es13

- 1

7. H

ow o

ften

doe

s yo

ur te

ache

r as

k yo

uto

do

the

follo

win

g w

hen

you

have

a s

ocia

lst

udie

s cl

ass?

13. U

se m

aps

to lo

cate

pla

ces

a. E

very

tim

e15

2018

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.118

.710

.023

.212

.022

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.823

.822

.015

.811

.4

b. M

ost o

f th

e tim

e25

1130

.430

.929

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.027

.939

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.328

.931

.836

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c. S

omet

imes

2834

34.3

34.7

34.0

35.0

31.6

37.0

36.0

35.5

31.6

32.5

35.9

36.9

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

818

9.9

9.8

10.0

10.0

10.1

6.5

8.1

10.1

11.2

10.0

9.7

8.8

No

Res

pons

e57

87.

06.

57.

425

.07.

24.

95.

57.

09.

16.

56.

76.

582

61

14. U

se m

aps

to e

xpla

in y

our

answ

ers

(e.g

.,co

llect

info

rmat

ion

from

map

s to

sup

port

you

ran

swer

)

a. E

very

tim

e10

9913

.313

.313

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.812

.017

.310

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3

b. M

ost o

f th

e tim

e23

3828

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c. S

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3180

38.5

39.5

37.4

45.0

35.9

42.4

40.0

39.5

32.1

37.3

40.7

41.9

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

1115

13.5

13.9

13.1

5.0

12.7

10.8

8.8

14.5

11.8

12.6

13.7

16.3

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pons

e52

96.

45.

87.

025

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34.

96.

46.

59.

35.

56.

26.

1

8261

15. C

olle

ct in

form

atio

n fr

om g

raph

s or

cha

rts

to e

xpla

in o

r ju

stif

y yo

ur a

nsw

ers

a. E

very

tim

e15

5318

.818

.519

.25.

021

.419

.620

.617

.319

.921

.017

.916

.3

b. M

ost o

f th

e tim

e26

4432

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.632

.435

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.630

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.028

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c. S

omet

imes

2759

33.4

34.6

32.2

20.0

31.0

38.0

32.3

34.7

31.1

33.6

33.6

34.8

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

735

8.9

8.9

8.9

15.0

9.0

6.6

6.9

9.2

10.1

8.1

8.8

9.8

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Res

pons

e57

06.

96.

47.

325

.07.

05.

46.

06.

810

.25.

96.

66.

4

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

8261

16. U

se w

hat y

ou h

ave

lear

ned

in s

ocia

l stu

dies

(e.g

., ec

onom

ics,

his

tory

, geo

grap

hy, a

ndci

vics

) to

sol

ve r

eal l

ife

prob

lem

s.

a. E

very

tim

e12

3114

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018

.019

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.012

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.8

b. M

ost o

f th

e tim

e22

0626

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.025

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.527

.125

.026

.527

.526

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c. S

omet

imes

2850

34.5

35.9

33.2

25.0

30.5

39.1

33.8

36.6

30.7

34.1

34.8

38.3

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

1396

16.9

16.8

17.1

25.0

18.8

12.5

13.2

16.4

15.5

17.5

17.1

16.8

No

Res

pons

e57

87.

06.

47.

625

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24.

96.

57.

010

.26.

26.

76.

482

61

17. U

se p

rim

ary

sour

ces,

suc

h as

doc

umen

ts,

diar

ies,

and

art

ifac

ts

a. E

very

tim

e76

89.

39.

78.

815

.010

.57.

110

.78.

512

.710

.27.

96.

9

b. M

ost o

f th

e tim

e16

6920

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.220

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019

.119

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.020

.723

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.119

.219

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c. S

omet

imes

2817

34.1

35.2

33.2

20.0

32.1

42.4

34.5

35.0

29.0

33.6

35.3

37.5

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

2363

28.6

27.4

29.8

35.0

29.9

26.1

26.0

28.3

23.5

28.8

30.3

29.3

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Res

pons

e64

47.

87.

58.

125

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45.

47.

87.

511

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27.

36.

6

8261

18-2

1 H

ow o

ften

do

you

lear

n ab

out t

hefo

llow

ing

cont

ent i

n yo

ur s

ocia

l stu

dies

cla

ss?

18. G

eogr

aphy

a. E

very

cla

ss12

3114

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.018

.612

.521

.016

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.211

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b. M

ost o

f th

e cl

asse

s18

9222

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of th

e cl

asse

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d. R

arel

y or

har

dly

ever

1760

21.3

22.0

20.6

35.0

20.4

16.8

18.1

22.1

18.7

22.8

22.5

18.0

242'

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

No

Res

pons

e62

07.

56.

88.

125

.07.

74.

47.

67.

411

.06.

87.

06.

582

61

27

26

Tab

le 1

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

4

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

19. C

ivic

s an

d G

over

nmen

t

a. E

very

cla

ss66

98.

17.

78.

40.

09.

14.

98.

77.

613

.48.

16.

37.

0

b. M

ost o

f th

e cl

asse

s16

1119

.519

.419

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.020

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.221

.719

.122

.719

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.719

.1

c. S

ome

of th

e cl

asse

s28

4234

.435

.133

.720

.030

.440

.835

.436

.228

.333

.636

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d. R

arel

y or

har

dly

ever

2487

30.1

30.8

29.4

40.0

32.1

28.3

25.7

29.4

24.2

31.6

31.8

28.8

No

Res

pons

e65

37.

97.

08.

825

.08.

44.

88.

57.

711

.47.

47.

37.

1

8261

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cono

mic

s

a. E

very

cla

ss63

67.

77.

67.

95.

09.

27.

611

.26.

712

.28.

66.

05.

5

b. M

ost o

f th

e cl

asse

s14

8718

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017

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.617

.918

.421

.116

.318

.018

.6

c. S

ome

of th

e cl

asse

s26

6032

.231

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.535

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.837

.531

.533

.729

.130

.332

.737

.8

d. R

arel

y or

har

dly

ever

2800

33.9

35.7

32.2

35.0

35.6

30.4

31.3

33.3

25.5

37.1

35.7

30.8

No

Res

pons

e67

78.

27.

39.

125

.09.

04.

98.

17.

912

.17.

77.

67.

3

8261

21. H

isto

ry

a. E

very

cla

ss13

7116

.616

.117

.110

.018

.612

.020

.415

.419

.618

.015

.114

.3

b. M

ost o

f th

e cl

asse

s18

4222

.322

.522

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.020

.123

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.923

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.823

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.6

c. S

ome

of th

e cl

asse

s26

6032

.233

.331

.225

.029

.441

.830

.633

.525

.430

.734

.536

.8

d. R

arel

y or

har

dly

ever

1751

21.2

21.2

21.0

25.0

23.6

18.5

20.8

19.9

25.0

22.7

20.3

16.1

No

Res

pons

e63

67.

76.

98.

525

.08.

34.

38.

37.

411

.56.

97.

17.

1

8261

A.I

. - A

mer

ican

Ind

ian

A.A

. - A

fric

an A

mer

ican

His

p. -

His

pani

c

Cau

. - C

auca

sian

002

9

Tab

le 2

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

6

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

L O

ppor

tuni

ty to

Lea

rnI.

How

oft

en d

o yo

u ta

lk a

bout

wha

t you

hav

ele

arne

d in

sch

ool w

ith s

omeo

ne a

t hom

e?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay42

3350

.856

.046

.048

.346

.655

.941

.653

.541

.748

.854

.654

.8

b. O

nce

or tw

ice

a w

eek

1883

22.6

22.4

22.7

17.2

21.3

24.2

26.9

22.9

19.1

21.1

23.9

25.7

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

508

6.1

5.1

7.1

13.8

7.6

9.3

5.4

5.3

8.0

7.4

4.9

4.8

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

1175

14.1

11.0

17.0

13.8

16.3

7.5

15.7

13.0

19.9

16.4

11.6

9.8

No

Res

pons

e53

36.

45.

57.

26.

98.

23.

110

.45.

311

.36.

35.

04.

9

8333

2. H

ow o

ften

do

you

use

the

scho

ol o

r pu

blic

libra

ry f

or y

our

assi

gnm

ents

?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay35

04.

24.

34.

013

.85.

85.

05.

43.

26.

84.

63.

62.

2

b. O

nce

or tw

ice

a w

eek

1842

22.1

23.7

20.7

17.2

25.5

28.0

24.0

20.1

26.6

23.8

21.3

16.7

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

2333

28.0

30.6

25.6

17.2

21.6

42.9

24.7

31.1

16.6

24.1

30.9

39.6

d. O

nce

or tw

ice

a ye

ar10

5812

.712

.812

.613

.910

.18.

17.

914

.58.

210

.614

.516

.9

e. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

2233

26.8

23.3

30.1

31.0

29.1

13.0

27.8

26.0

31.0

30.8

25.0

19.6

No

Res

pons

e51

76.

25.

37.

06.

97.

93.

010

.25.

110

.86.

14.

75.

0

8333

3. H

ow o

ften

do

you

use

the

scho

ol o

r pu

blic

libra

ry f

or y

our

own

enjo

ymen

t?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay67

58.

18.

67.

610

.39.

413

.79.

37.

110

.78.

17.

37.

2

b. O

nce

or tw

ice

a w

eek

2317

27.8

30.2

25.6

17.2

29.6

37.9

27.8

26.7

24.2

28.3

28.7

28.3

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

1850

22.2

24.4

20.1

24.1

18.1

25.5

18.6

24.4

14.6

19.5

24.5

29.2

d. O

nce

or tw

ice

a ye

ar76

79.

28.

69.

93.

97.

16.

88.

410

.57.

68.

59.

511

.7

e. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

2208

26.5

22.9

29.8

37.6

28.0

13.0

25.3

26.2

31.8

29.5

25.3

18.7

No

Res

pons

e51

76.

25.

37.

06.

97.

83.

110

.65.

111

.16.

14.

74.

9

8333

31

Tab

le 2

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

6

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A.

A. A

.A

.H

isp.

Cau

.1

23

4

4. H

ow m

uch

time

do y

ou s

pend

on

your

hom

ewor

kea

ch d

ay?

a. O

ne h

our

or m

ore

3533

42.4

44.8

40.3

34.5

37.3

60.2

40.7

44.6

33.0

39.7

44.8

51.4

b. A

bout

a h

alf

hour

3825

45.9

45.9

45.9

48.3

47.2

34.9

42.3

45.9

42.6

48.9

47.0

41.1

c. I

hav

e ho

mew

ork

but I

don

't us

ually

do

it.25

03.

02.

03.

96.

94.

10.

63.

22.

46.

93.

41.

90.

8d.

I u

sual

ly d

on't

have

hom

ewor

k as

sign

ed.

200

2.4

1.8

2.8

3.4

3.4

0.6

2.9

1.9

6.2

1.8

1.4

1.8

No

Res

pons

e52

56.

35.

57.

16.

98.

03.

710

.95.

211

.36.

24.

94.

983

33

5. H

ow m

uch

tele

visi

on d

o yo

u w

atch

eac

h sc

hool

day?

a. T

wo

hour

s or

mor

e39

2547

.144

.149

.844

.859

.736

.045

.041

.450

.452

.646

.934

.8b.

Abo

ut o

ne h

our

2067

24.8

27.6

22.3

24.2

16.1

29.8

21.9

29.2

16.9

19.7

27.6

35.4

c. A

bout

a h

alf

hour

1192

14.3

15.5

13.1

20.7

10.1

20.5

15.5

16.0

13.1

13.8

14.2

16.4

d. N

one

625

7.5

7.4

7.7

3.4

6.1

10.6

7.0

8.2

8.5

7.7

6.5

8.4

No

Res

pons

e52

56.

35.

47.

16.

98.

03.

110

.65.

211

.16.

24.

85.

083

33

II. S

cien

ce

6. H

ow o

ften

do

you

have

sci

ence

hom

ewor

k?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay19

6723

.624

.023

.324

.124

.031

.126

.223

.024

.425

.122

.622

.4b.

Onc

e or

twic

e a

wee

k33

5040

.241

.239

.441

.437

.341

.637

.342

.031

.639

.542

.145

.6c.

Onc

e or

twic

e a

mon

th75

09.

08.

39.

513

.87.

89.

96.

49.

68.

46.

910

.011

.0d.

Nev

er o

r ha

rdly

eve

r17

4220

.921

.220

.713

.823

.013

.718

.820

.324

.422

.320

.516

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o R

espo

nse

525

6.3

5.3

7.1

6.9

7.9

3.7

11.3

5.1

11.2

6.2

4.8

5.0

8333

Tab

le 2

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

6

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

7. H

ow o

ften

do

you

actu

ally

use

sci

entif

iceq

uipm

ent (

e.g.

, bal

ance

s, r

uler

s, th

erm

omet

ers,

hand

lens

es, e

tc.)

in y

our

scie

nce

clas

s?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay21

0025

.226

.124

.510

.322

.224

.220

.427

.320

.623

.826

.529

.5

b. O

nce

or tw

ice

a w

eek

2550

30.6

31.3

29.9

41.4

27.2

33.5

30.5

32.1

24.8

28.4

32.9

34.9

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

1292

15.5

15.1

16.0

13.8

14.9

18.0

13.8

16.0

14.4

15.6

15.5

16.6

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

1842

22.1

22.0

22.1

27.6

27.5

21.2

24.2

19.2

28.3

25.9

20.0

13.9

No

Res

pons

e55

06.

65.

57.

56.

98.

23.

111

.15.

411

.96.

35.

15.

1

8333

8. H

ow o

ften

do

you

shar

e yo

ur id

eas

and

repo

rts

with

stu

dent

s in

you

r cl

ass?

a. A

lmos

t eve

ry d

ay20

5024

.627

.122

.341

.425

.521

.722

.924

.321

.823

.625

.028

.2

b. O

nce

or tw

ice

a w

eek

2217

26.6

28.1

25.3

20.7

23.3

34.8

25.5

28.1

22.3

24.7

28.2

30.8

c. O

nce

or tw

ice

a m

onth

1700

20.4

20.3

20.4

20.7

17.0

24.3

19.2

22.0

16.2

20.4

21.1

22.4

d. N

ever

or

hard

ly e

ver

1833

22.0

19.0

24.7

10.3

25.9

15.5

21.5

20.4

28.0

24.9

20.9

13.7

No

Res

pons

e53

36.

45.

57.

36.

98.

33.

710

.95.

211

.76.

44.

84.

9

8333

9. I

n yo

ur s

cien

ce c

lass

, how

oft

en d

oes

your

teac

her

ask

you

to w

rite

exp

lana

tions

in y

our

jour

nals

or

note

book

s?

a. A

ll th

e tim

e26

7532

.132

.232

.044

.834

.133

.526

.731

.430

.732

.832

.730

.8

b. M

ost t

he ti

me

2250

27.0

27.8

26.3

13.8

23.7

34.8

27.1

28.5

20.4

24.8

29.7

31.4

c. S

omet

imes

2258

27.1

27.7

26.5

24.1

24.9

24.3

28.3

28.1

28.3

28.3

25.8

26.3

d. N

ever

608

7.3

6.8

7.8

10.4

8.9

4.3

6.8

6.7

8.7

7.8

6.9

6.3

No

Res

pons

e54

26.

55.

5.

7.4

6.9

8.4

3.1

11.1

5.3

11.9

6.3

4.9

5.2

8333

Tab

le 2

Res

ults

of

Stud

ent S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es f

or G

rade

6

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

10. D

o yo

u th

ink

wha

t you

hav

e le

arne

d in

you

rsc

ienc

e cl

asse

s he

lps

you

to u

nder

stan

d th

e w

orld

arou

nd y

ou?

a. Y

es44

6653

.652

.954

.155

.253

.361

.557

.053

.148

.554

.654

.853

.8

b. S

omew

hat

2242

26.9

30.1

24.0

24.1

22.6

26.1

19.9

29.7

18.4

25.3

29.7

31.8

c. N

ot s

ure

750

9.0

8.4

9.6

10.4

10.9

7.5

7.9

8.3

14.9

10.1

7.2

5.6

d. N

o33

34.

03.

14.

83.

44.

81.

24.

13.

66.

13.

73.

33.

9

No

Res

pons

e54

26.

55.

57.

56.

98.

43.

711

.15.

312

.16.

35.

04.

9

8333

11. D

o yo

u fe

el p

repa

red

by y

our

scie

nce

clas

s to

do w

ell o

n th

e D

STP

scie

nce

asse

ssm

ent?

a. Y

es35

5842

.741

.244

.248

.340

.947

.834

.244

.236

.740

.843

.849

.5b.

Som

ewha

t23

5828

.331

.725

.231

.023

.129

.224

.731

.117

.626

.632

.931

.7

c. N

ot s

ure

1350

16.2

15.9

16.3

6.9

19.6

14.9

20.8

14.1

223

19.7

13.8

8.8

d. N

o52

56.

35.

66.

96.

98.

24.

48.

55.

311

.76.

34.

65.

0N

o R

espo

nse

542

6.5

5.6

7.4

6.9

8.2

3.7

11.8

5.3

11.7

6.6

4.9

5.0

8333

12. H

ow h

ard

did

you

try

to d

o w

ell o

n th

e D

STP

scie

nce

asse

ssm

ent?

a. V

ery

hard

6175

74.1

79.3

69.3

86.2

70.9

80.7

68.3

75.8

62.2

72.2

78.3

79.5

b. S

omew

hat

1275

15.3

11.9

18.3

6.9

15.3

13.0

14.5

15.5

16.2

17.0

14.5

13.2

c. N

ot v

ery

hard

342

4.1

3.3

5.0

0.0

5.6

3.2

5.9

3.4

10.2

4.3

2.2

2.4

No

Res

pons

e54

26.

55.

57.

46.

98.

23.

111

.35.

311

.46.

55.

04.

983

33

36

Tab

le 2

Res

ults

of S

tude

nt S

urve

y in

Sci

ence

and

Soc

ial S

tudi

es fo

r G

rade

6

Surv

ey Q

uest

ions

Tot

alG

ende

rR

ace

Scor

e R

ange

N.

%Fe

mal

eM

ale

A. I

.A

. A.

A.

His

p.C

au.

12

34

III.

Soc

ial S

tudi

es

1317

. How

oft

en d

oes

your

teac

her

ask

you

todo

the

follo

win

g w

hen

you

have

a s

ocia

l stu

dies

clas

s?

13. U

se m

aps

for

mor

e th

an ju

st lo

catin

g pl

aces

(e.g

., co

llect

evi

denc

e fr

om m

aps

to s

uppo

rt y

our

answ

er)

a. E

very

tim

e10

9813

.213

.313

.16.

916

.716

.113

.311

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