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Assessment of Achievement Programme
Report of the First AAP Survey of Social Subjects Enquiry Skills (2002)

Appendix H: Selected results from the pupil questionnaire

Table H.1 Activities with family adults (% pupils giving each frequency: 603 S2 pupils, 788 P7 pupils
Spend time with family adult(s)…	Stage	Most days	Most weeks	Once/month	2-3 times/year	Hardly ever
..watching TV/videos	S2	60	25	7	2	6
..watching TV/videos	P7	56	24	8	3	9
..listening to music	S2	60	18	6	3	12
..listening to music	P7	49	21	10	5	16
..talking about school work/progress	S2	46	29	13	3	10
..talking about school work/progress	P7	45	28	11	5	11
..talking about free time activities	S2	42	26	10	3	19
..talking about free time activities	P7	43	26	8	3	20
..playing sport/games, or keeping fit	S2	38	29	11	6	16
..playing sport/games, or keeping fit	P7	41	26	12	6	15
..talking about films/TV programmes	S2	34	37	13	5	11
..talking about films/TV programmes	P7	33	34	13	6	15
..talking about news events	S2	25	31	14	7	23
..talking about news events	P7	19	30	17	6	27
..on outings/visits to places/events	S2	12	28	33	16	11
..on outings/visits to places/events	P7	10	32	35	15	8
..reading or talking about books	S2	11	16	19	11	43
..reading or talking about books	P7	17	20	16	11	37
..at the cinema	S2	5	18	38	17	22
..at the cinema	P7	5	19	46	17	14
..at the theatre, concert or dance	S2	3	5	16	24	53
..at the theatre, concert or dance	P7	6	6	16	31	41

Table H.2 Activities within social subjects lessons* (% pupils giving each frequency: 603 S2 pupils, 788 P7 pupils
Activity…	Stage		Most lessons	Most weeks	Each term	Rarely
..taught as a whole class	S2		85	14	1	0
..taught as a whole class	P7		78	13	4	5
..writing in jotter/file	S2		88	9	2	1
..writing in jotter/file	P7		71	19	4	6
..working quietly alone	S2		74	18	5	4
..working quietly alone	P7		57	27	9	7
..completing worksheets	S2		66	27	5	1
..completing worksheets	P7		57	29	9	5
..reading text/reference books	S2		62	29	6	3
..reading text/reference books	P7		45	37	11	7
..making/using maps, diagrams..	S2		41	39	13	7
..making/using maps, diagrams..	P7		27	46	23	4
..talking about topic with others	S2		37	37	18	8
..talking about topic with others	P7		32	46	17	5
..watching video/audio tapes	S2		25	46	24	5
..watching video/audio tapes	P7		16	41	35	8
..working with a partner	S2		18	40	33	8
..working with a partner	P7		21	53	21	4
..working in a group	S2		17	36	38	10
..working in a group	P7		25	49	22	4
..working in school grounds	S2		19	11	21	49
..working in school grounds	P7		15	18	43	24
..talking one-to-one with teacher	S2		14	29	30	27
..talking one-to-one with teacher	P7		14	30	35	22
..handling objects/artefacts	S2		11	21	37	31
..handling objects/artefacts	P7		13	38	38	11
..using tools/instruments	S2		10	20	38	32
..using tools/instruments	P7		14	31	38	17
..working at computer alone	S2		8	15	36	41
..working at computer alone	P7		18	40	30	13
..working at computer with partner	S2		7	13	37	42
..working at computer with partner	P7		14	47	29	10
..taught in small group	S2		7	20	46	26
..taught in small group	P7		15	43	34	8
..visiting places outside school	S2		4	6	23	67
..visiting places outside school	P7		8	12	59	21
* Environmental studies at P7, geography, history, modern studies or social subjects at S2

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