The Interactive Whiteboards, Pedagogy and Pupil Performance ...

Annex E
Analysis of Pupil Survey
1. IWB Usage
1.1. Is usage higher in Maths?
Frequency tables and bar charts show that the pupils report the highest usage in Maths
lessons and the lowest usage in English.
Table 1: Percent Usage of IWBs by Subject
Usage Maths (%) Science (%) English (%)
Never 6 13 27
Hardly ever 2 10 10
Some lessons 6 11 13
Most lessons 18 19 16
Every lesson 68 48 34
100 100 100
n 536 532 531
The majority of pupils (86%) report IWBs are used in most or every Maths lesson, compared
to 67% for Science and 50% for English. Over a quarter (27%) report IWBs are never used
for English compared to 13% for Science and only 6% for Maths.
1.2. Does usage differ for high and low ability groups?
Cross-tabulations show that usage of IWBs does differ by ability group.
Table 2: Percent Usage of IWBs by Subject and Ability Group
Subject Maths Science English
Ability group High Low High Low High Low
Never 5 10 16 14 29 1
Hardly ever 1 4 12 2 8 7
Some lessons 4 8 10 1 17 10
Most lessons 16 11 19 15 17 24
Every lesson 74 67 43 69 29 59
Table 2 shows that for Maths the pattern of IWB use is similar for high and low ability
groups, and in fact the difference between groups for this subject is only marginally
significant (p = .045).
For Science similar proportions of high and low ability groups report IWBs are never used,
but when they are used in this subject frequency of use is higher for low ability groups.
Twenty-two percent of the high ability group compared to only 3% of the low ability group
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