Assessing the Use of Technology and Using Technology to Assess

A Case Study

Alex Heidenberg
Michael Huber

Department of Mathematical Sciences
The United States Military Academy
West Point, New York

Appendix D      Questions used in Attitude and Perceptions Survey

The following questions were given to students and were  rated on a Likert-Scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).

            1.    An understanding of mathematics is useful in my everyday life.

            2.    I believe that mathematics involves exploration and experimentation.

            3.    I believe that mathematics involves curiosity.

            4.    I can structure (model) problems mathematically.

            5.    I am confident in my ability to solve problems using mathematics.

            6.    Mathematics helps me to think logically.

            7.    There are many different ways to solve most mathematics problems.

            8.    I am confident in my ability to communicate mathematics orally.

            9.    I am confident in my ability to communicate mathematics in writing.

            10.  I am confident in my ability to transform a word problem into a mathematical 

                   expression.

            11.  I am confident in my ability to transform a mathematical expression into my

                   own words.

            12.  I believe that mathematics is a language which can be used to describe the world

                   around us. 

            13.  Learning mathematics is in individual responsibility.

            14.  Mathematics is useful in my other courses.

            15.  I can use numerical and tabular displays of data to solve problems.

            16.  I can use graphs and their properties to solve problems.