Module:

5301B Research Methods

Tutor: Dr Sukon
Task: Questionnaire Design
Group:
Ms. Toorawah Fawziah
Ms. Lafrance Carol
Ms. Jonas Karine
Ms. Khoyratty Khursheed B.
Date: Tuesday 27th March 2012.

Form 3 National Examinations 2011

Dear Colleagues,
The Form 3 National Examinations has been piloted in 34 schools in the
country in October 2011. This year the Ministry of Education has decided to
extend the whole project to national level. We would like to know your point of
view concerning such a crucial decision.
We need to know whether or not educators are agreeable to the moves made
the Form 3 National Examinations. Our query goes as far as to investigate
what reasons motivate educators in their standpoint. We also need to find out
why some opposition to the project. As educators you must be aware of the
state of confusion and anxiety concerning the Form 3 National Examinations.
Our concern is to assess how far the form 3 National Examinations caters to
the overall welfare of the student population in Mauritius.
You are kindly hereby called upon to fill in the following questionnaire as it
will enable us to probe the extent to which this ministerial decision has the
scope of being successfully institutionalised in 2012.
Rest assured that all information acquired through this questionnaire will be
treated with absolute confidentiality.
Your views will be of great value to the research.
Thank you for cooperating.

Please circle the most suitable number or letter of each question or

statement which is most closely to correspond to your response.
1. Have you been involved with the teaching of any subjects at form 3 level over
the last year?
Yes / No.
If yes, go to question 2/ If no, go to question 3
2. If yes what was/were the subject/s that you taught?
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3.Did your school participate in the pilot project?
Yes/No.

4.i) Are you in favour that your school participates in the pilot project?
Totally in Favour In Favour
1

Neutral

Partly in favour
4

Not in Favor at all

5

ii)Why?
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5. Define your student profile:.........................................
(i.e: High flyers/Average/Slow Learners/ Mixed ability groups- In case of Mixed
ability groups state which type please)

6.i) To what extent are you satisfied with the current Form 3 National
Examinations?
Very satisfied
1

Satisfied

Neutral
3

Not satisfied

Very dissatisfied

6. ii)Why?
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7. i)Do you agree that it has been proper decision making to implement Form 3
National Examination?

Agree Strongly
Agree Moderately
Agree Slightly
Disagree Slightly
Disagree Moderately
Disagree Strongly

1
2
3
4
5
6

7.ii) Why do you feel so?

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8. Please rate the relevance of the paper set in your subject area by ticking the
boxes. How far did the content matched the syllabus you taught at school level.

Relevance/adequacy
Topics covered in your school
syllabus
Other (please
specify)

Matching

Barely
Matching

Not
Matching

9. Is the time allocated for the your subject area paper sufficient?

A Great Deal sufficient

Much sufficient
Somewhat sufficient
Little
Not sufficient at all

1
2
3
4
5

10. Is the level of difficulty the paper set in your subject area
A too high for the needs of your students?
B reasonable and met with the needs of the students?
C low and did not cater for the needs of the students?
D very low?

11. The National Curriculum Framework syllabus 2011 recommends teachers

to use a student's centered approach to teaching and learning: projects,
portfolios, presentations....were supposed to be used to conduct the learning
process and determined the assessment.
How far were you able to vary your teaching strategies from a teacher centered
to a learner centered one?
Very able to

Able to

Neutral

Not Able to Not able at all

9. In any of the above case state what were the challenges you met with in
trying to either to gear your teaching strategies in a learning centered
approach.
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10. Were the texts used in your subject area matching with the requirements
as per to the demands of the proposed syllabus?

Matching

Barely
Matching

Not
Matching

Other (please specify, i.e. did you have to have recourse to self-devised
materials?)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11. One of the objectives of the Form3 NE is to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of the students. How have the students been informed of their
strengths and weaknesses? I f yes, how and when?
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12. Have you as a reflective practioner been able to use any form of remedial
strategy to improve the lacking you noticed in
i ) your teaching strategies?
(yes/no)
When? how?
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ii) your students possible failures?
(yes/no)
When?/How?
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13. Another objective of the Form 3 NE was to help students make their
choices of subjects for form 4. How far did this examinations help your
students make their decision about their choice of subjects?
Helped a lot

Just Helped

Neutral

Did not Help

Did not help at all 5

14. What good points have you noticed about the pilot project?
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15. Is there any recommendations you would like to make?
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School:..............................................
Years of Experience:..........................
Position Held:....................................
Gender:.............................................
Your views are most welcome.
Thank you for filling the questionnaire

Reference to online PDF and Resources:

1. TayLor-Powell Helen,(1998), Questionnaire Design: Asking questions with a
Purpose, Marshall Publication.
2. N. Auriat & M. Siniscalo, (2005), Questionnaire Design, Unesco.
3.
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/siegle/research/Instrument%20Reliability%20and%20Validity/Likert.html
4. http://www.hkadesigns.co.uk/websites/msc/reme/likert.htm