Past Polls


August 25, 2013
Poll question:  If you could go back in a time machine and change your past, would you                           still become an English teacher? 
  • 66% - Yes
  • 34% - No
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November 7, 2012
Poll question:  How often do you use Hebrew when teaching English?
  •  4% - Never
  • 41% - Sometimes
  • 26% - About half the time
  • 18% - Frequently
  • 11% - Most of the time  

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August 27, 2012
Poll question:  How often do you get your students to read aloud in class?
  •  3% - Never
  • 29% - Rarely
  • 30% - Sometimes
  • 38% - Frequently  

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July 5, 2012
Poll question:  Choose topic to be "hashed out" at ETAI Output Session
  • 11% - Error correction
  • 23% - Dealing with Technology in the classroom
  • 07% - Homework
  • 11% - Getting students to collaborate (group work, pair work)
  • 37% - Staying "sane" and motivated over the years
  • 11% - Getting students to use English outside the class  

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May 24, 2012
Poll question:  To what extent has the new Literature Program affected your teaching?
  • 12% - It has increased my motivation and led to greater satisfaction in my teaching.
  • 76% - It has made me less motivated and led to more frustration in my teaching.
  • 12% - It hasn't really changed the way that I feel about my teaching.

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April 3, 2012
Poll question: Rising standardized test scores are usually the result of:
  • 22% - better teaching
  • 22% - lower standards
  • 56% - foul play

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June 1, 2011
Poll question: How much do your colleagues influence your teaching?

  • 18% - Alot
  • 53% - Somewhat
  • 29% - Very little

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April 3, 2011
Poll question: Do you believe same gender classes raise student achievement?
  • 70% - yes
  • 30% - no

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January 8, 2011
Poll question: If I had the chance to do it all over again, I'd choose...
  • 56% - a different profession
  • 44% - still to be a teacher
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November 29, 2010
Poll question: From an educator's point of view, what is the best invention ever created?
  • 35% - the printing press
  • 17% - computers
  • 17% - copying machines
  • 12% - the Internet
  • 7%  - whiteboards
  • 5%  - coffee
  • 2%  - ball point pens
  • 2%  - text books
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