STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
| (1) | What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘mathematics’? |
| (2) | Do you like ‘maths’ – the British English pronunciation and spelling, or ‘math’ the American versions? |
| (3) | Were you good at maths at school? |
| (4) | Did you like maths at school? |
| (5) | Are you good at mental arithmetic now? |
| (6) | What is maths useful for nowadays if we have computers and calculators? |
| (7) | Would you like to study maths again? |
| (8) | Why is maths so important at schools? |
| (9) | Are people who are really good at maths very interesting? |
| (10) | Did you have a favourite or a hated maths teacher? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
| (1) | Are all intelligent people good at maths? |
| (2) | How often do you use maths of some kind in a normal day? |
| (3) | Can you remember what your first real kiss was like? |
| (4) | Do you know your times tables up to 12 times 12? |
| (5) | Are girls or boys better at maths? |
| (6) | How many different branches of mathematics do you know of? |
| (7) | What do you know about the history of maths? |
| (8) | What is the philosophy of mathematics? |
| (9) | What’s most confusing to you: algebra, statistics, probability or chaos theory? |
| (10) | Are there times when two plus two equals five? |
