CMTP: Changes in Mathematics Teaching Project

Displaying mathematical behaviour

Statement or question	Format of answer	Summary of yr7/yr8 responses	Discussion
In maths lessons I...
have imaginative ideas	Often/ sometimes /never	Often 4/8 Sometimes 25/23 Never 4/2	It appears that imaginative ideas were not suppressed by teachers
ask questions		Often 9/8 Sometimes 21/20 Never 3/5	Students are not silenced in maths - but 'never' increases
make mistakes and use them to learn new things		Often 17/10 Sometimes 15/21 Never 1/2	We are not sure whether this is taken to mean 'make more/fewer mistakes' or 'learn less/more from them'
am organised and systematic		Often 7/10 Sometimes 22/20 Never 4/3	The main increase in 'often' was in a school that introduced setting in yr 8 so this could be teacher-specific, emphasising organisation for PLAS
look for patterns and connections		Often 9/4 Sometimes 19/23 Never 5/6	All schools emphasised this kind of activity in year 7
keep going when it is difficult		Often 14/13 Sometimes 18/20 Never 1/0	The similarities mask differences in schools: there was significant increase in a school that stayed with all attainment groupings, and a decrease elsewhere.