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department feels all six areas are a ‘high’ training priority (21 schools, of which 12
received LC funds).
Figure 22 shows that just 10 schools could be described as being very confident in
their use of IWBs – these are the 10 schools with trainings needs scores equal to or
lower than 40. The self-reported training needs of Science departments can be
characterised as viewing all areas of IWB training as medium priority, with a couple
of areas as high priority.
Figure 22: Level of training needs in Science departments
40
30
Number of schools
20
10
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0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00
Scale of training needs in science departments
Mean = 75.00
Std. Dev. = 21.21524
N = 158
How much are IWBs used in Science departments?
Answers to this question by Heads of Science departments show quite a high usage
of IWBs during Science lessons (Table 13). There is some association between
reported IWB usage and the mean level of training needs reported in the previous
questions.
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