Current and former second grade teachers

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Hello Second Grade Teachers,
My name is Dawn Eros and I am currently pursuing my Masters in Mathematics Education K-6.  I found that when I was teaching in a second grade, that my students had difficulty with understanding place value.  Since it seemed like such a problem area, I decided to make the difficulties that students have with place value my focus.  As I was reading other’s research on student’s difficulties with place value, I found that this is a problem with many students.  For one of my assignments, I need to conduct a needs analysis.  This is where I need your help.  I would really appreciate it if you would fill out this survey for me so that I can look at the surveys that are filled out by second grade teachers.  I hope that you will fill this out since it will help in my results.  With the results, I will be able to see what aspects of place value that students are having difficulties with.  Then I will be able to construct a unit that would focus directly with those difficulties and be able to help students understanding.  If you have any questions, my e-mail is dawneros@....  If you could send this survey back to me as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated.  If you would like the results of my findings, please let me know when you send the survey.  Again, I would like to thank you for taking the time to fill out my survey.

Thank you and have a wonderful day,
Dawn Eros

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
dawneros@...

Please answer the following questions

1. What is your name (optional)?
2. What school do you teach at (optional)?
3. How long have you been teaching?
4. What was your major in school?
5. What was your minor in school?
6. How many students are in your class?
7. What is the ratio of boys to girls in your classroom?
8. What math program do you use?

9. Using a rating system, 1 – 5, 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most difficult, please rate the following math subjects:

Place value
Addition
Subtraction
Counting
Grouping
Money
Time

10. What percentage of your students understands the concept of place value?

11. What strategies have you used to attain student learning?

12. What strategies have you used for teaching place value?

13. Do you teach strictly what is in the math book, or do you go outside of it?

14. Could you please rate each of the following place value concepts with 1 being the easiest topic for your students and 5 being the most difficult?

Money and place value
Multi-digit addition
Multi-digit subtraction
Place value and hundreds chart
Identifying the correct place value when given numbers
Recognizing the value of base-ten blocks

15. What have you found to be the most effective teaching strategy for teaching place value?

16. What have you found to be the most effective teaching strategy for teaching mathematics?

17. Have you used math games or activities to teach place value?

• If yes, was it effective?

• If no, what have you tried?

18. Have you used math games or activities to teach mathematics?


• If yes, what happened?

• If no, please move on to the next question.

19. Do you like the current math program that you are using?

• What are the positives to the program?

• What are the negatives to the program?

20. If you could change to another math program, what would it be?

21. Does it seem like certain students have an easier time with place value, ex. boys versus girls?

22. Do you plan to or did you use a pre-assessment before teaching place value?

• What type of pre-assessment?

• What were your results?

23. Do you plan to or did you do any assessments during the unit on place value?

• What type of assessments?

24. Did you do a post-test?

• What were your results?

25. Do you think that place value is an important concept for students to know?

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.  Have a wonderful day.
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