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schools have done this) and 100 means the department feels all six areas are a
‘high’ training priority (17 schools feel this is the case, of which 7 received LC
funding). Figure 18 shows the self-reported level of IWB training needs for every
Maths department. Only 9 schools appear to be confident in their use of IWBs –
showing training needs scores of 40 or lower. The typical Maths department can be
characterised as viewing all areas as a medium training priority and one or two as a
high priority.
Figure 18: Level of training needs in Maths departments
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Number of schools
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0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00
Scale of training needs in maths departments
Mean = 71.0717
Std. Dev. = 19.66873
N = 169
How much are IWBs used in Maths departments?
The use of existing IWBs reported by Heads of Maths in Maths lessons is reported
as being surprising high (Table 11). Around a quarter of Heads of Maths claimed
their IWBs were being used every lesson. However, it is possible that this figure is
not entirely representative of actual usage – a Head of Maths would typically observe
proportionately very few lessons taking place in the whole department and so may
be overly optimistic (or indeed pessimistic) about current use of the technology!
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