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Mathematics teacher’s and assistant’s questionnaires completed after the two lessons of Maths in English
10th and 24th April questionnaires 1) Which activities have the students done in the multimedia lab today? 10th April: Teacher: they have worked on equations Assistant: solution of equations 24th April: Teacher: they have done a lot of algebra problems Assistant: they have resolved problems following the steps presented in the Website
2) Do you think it is a useful work for the subject you teach? 10th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes 24th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes
3) Have the students asked you questions about Mathematics? In English or in Italian? 10th April: Teacher: yes, in Italian when they asked me and in English when they asked the English teacher Assistant: yes, in Italian and in English 24th April: Teacher: yes, in Italian to me and in English to their English teacher Assistant: Italian and English
4) Have the students asked the English teacher any questions about the language? In English or in Italian? 10th April: Teacher: only some Assistant: yes 24th April: Teacher: a few Assistant: yes
5) Do you think the students looked interested during the lesson? 10th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: most of them 24th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes, quite interested
6) Do you think the students looked involved in doing the activities of today? 10th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes 24th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes
7) Do you think the students have practised and learned anything new of English? 10th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes 24th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes
8) Have the students had exchanges with the English teacher? If they have, in English or in Italian? 10th April: Teacher: yes, in English Assistant: yes, in English 24th April: Teacher: yes, in English; only some words in Italian when they didn’t understand Assistant: yes, in English
9) Do you think the students have improved their competence in Mathematics or learned anything new? 10th April: Teacher: yes, they have done a lot of equations Assistant: yes 24th April: Teacher: yes Assistant: yes, they have learned how to lay out the logic steps to resolve a problem
10) What are the advantages of a lesson carried out with the help of the computer, for example by using Internet resources like the one we have used today? 10th April: Teacher: the immediate responses to their choices and the big quantity of exercises at their disposal Assistant: the possibility to have materials that are always different and new 24th April: Teacher: the quantity and the variety of the material Assistant: the novelty represented by the new resources, for example these guided problems
11) What are the disadvantages? 10th April: Teacher: none Assistant: the students, in front of a computer connected to the Internet, could do other things, if not controlled by the teachers 24th April: Teacher: none Assistant: they can do the activities without thinking, just going ahead at random
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