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Figure 9: Teacher Responses on Methods: Degree of Comfort in Percent10080604020012.343.6 42.12.0 0.2TeacherPresentationLittle Medium High Very High4.635.659.6Teacher Questionand Answer49.0 48.144.033.528.726.117.5 14.220.84.8 4.1 9.1Students WorkSmall GroupDiscussionsStudentPresentationFigure 9 above presents the extent to which teachers were comfortable in using the five methods. Again,Teacher Questions & Answers rates highest with 99.8% of teachers reporting a comfort level of mediumor above, compared to 98.0% for Teacher Presentation, 95.0% for both Students Working in Pairs andSmall Group Discussions, and finally 90.9% for Student Presentation. This figure reinforces what wasfound with the results of how well teachers understood the methods. Teacher-centered methods havethe fewest ‘little’ ratings and the most ‘very high’ ratings, while student-centered methods have the most‘little’ ratings and fewer ‘very high’ ratings of comfort. It is also interesting to note that the ‘very high’rating was chosen more often than ‘high’ when teachers reflected on their understanding of studentcenteredmethodologies; however, when asked about comfort the ‘high’ rating was chosen more oftenthan ‘very high’ suggesting that even when teachers have a very high understanding of a methodology,they are not necessarily equally as comfortable in using the methodology. On the other hand, overall,the responses show a high level of comfort with all five strategies.Figure 10: Teacher Responses on Methods: Degree of Usage in Percent10080604020040.741.636.415.12.6 5.70.9TeacherPresentationLittle Medium High Very High57.0Teacher Questionand Answer46.3 43.4 40.831.522.0 23.726.917.615.7 16.68.0 7.5Students WorkSmall GroupDiscussionsStudentPresentation16