CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ADDITIONAL
MATHEMATICS
SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT 2020

CANDIDATE’S NAME: Deomatie Persaud

CANDIDATE’S NUMBER:
SUBJECT: Additional Mathematics
SCHOOL: President’s College
SCHOOL’S CODE:
TERRITORY: Guyana
TITLE: An investigation to determine whether being served by
President’s College school’s canteen or being served at the
school’s dining hall is more efficient.
TEACHER: Mr. Henry Brandon
 ACKNOWLEGDEMENTS

The successful completion of this study would not have been possible without the assistance and
cooperation of group members. The researchers would like to honor the Almighty for good
health and strength. Also, they would like to thank members of family and friends who directly
and indirectly contributed to the successful completion of this assessment. And to those who
have been a constant source of encouragement and offered assistance whenever it was necessary.

The researchers would like to thank President’s College for giving them the opportunity to do
this School Based Assessment.

The researchers owe deep gratitude to our mathematics teacher, Mr. Henry Brandon, who took
interest in our work and guided us all along till the completion of this project by providing all the
necessary aid for developing a good School Based Assessment.
CONTENTS
 PROJECT TITLE

An investigation to determine whether or not time spent being served for lunch and recess affects
punctuality to classes.
 PURPOSE OF PROJECT

The students of Eleven (11) Agriculture Science would like to be aware of the effects of being
served at President’s College school’s canteen and the school’s dining hall in terms of
punctuality of attending classes. The aim of this project is to determine whether it would be less
time consuming for the students to just sit at the canteen instead of being part of a queue to
receive food at the dining hall during the lunch period and how this decision would affect the
time of arriving to classes directly after this interval at the required time stated. Not only is the
lunch period investigated but also the time taken to be served at the canteen during the school’s
recess intervals.
Variables:
 Duration of time taken to be served by the school’s canteen and dining hall.
 Punctuality of attending classes.
 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

Data was obtained using the interview method.

Interview method:
An interview was conducted among a total of thirty (30) random students of President’s College
on the (date after survey), regarding the impacts of the time taken to be served at the canteen and
the dining hall on their punctuality of arriving the upcoming class at the required time.
The following questions were asked:
1) Does being served at the canteen during recess/break cause you to be late for your next
class? If yes state, the time in minutes of how late you usually are for your class.

2) Does being served at the canteen during lunch period cause you to be late for your next
class? If yes state, the time in minutes of how late you usually are for your class.

3) Does being served at the dining hall during lunch period cause you to be late for your
next class? If yes state, the time in minutes of how late you usually are for your class.

CANTEEN
Candidate Student’s response on Lateness
whether being served [Approximate
affects their punctuality to time(minutes)]
approaching class.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Table 1: The table above was used to record students’ response regarding whether being served
at the canteen during recess affects their punctuality to classes and the approximate time if they
are late for their upcoming class.
 CANTEEN
Candidate Student’s response on Lateness
whether being served [Approximate
affects their punctuality to time(minutes)]
approaching class.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Table 2: The table above was used to record students’ response regarding whether being served
at the canteen during the lunch period affects their punctuality to classes and the approximate
time if they are late for their upcoming class.
DINING HALL
Candidate Student’s response on Lateness
whether being served [Approximate
affects their punctuality to time(minutes)]
approaching class.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Table 3: The table above was used to record students’ response regarding whether being served
at the dining hall during the lunch period affects their punctuality to classes and the approximate
time if they are late for their upcoming class.
 PRESENTATION OF DATA
CANTEEN
Candidate Student’s response on Lateness
whether being served [Approximate
affects their punctuality to time(minutes)]
approaching class.
1 Yes 10
2 No 0
3 Yes 5
4 Yes 7
5 Yes 15
6 No 0
7 Yes 5
8 Yes 5
9 Yes 8
10 Yes 10
Table 4: The table above is illustrating students’ responses on whether being served at the canteen
during recess affects their punctuality to approaching class and the approximate time if they are late for
their class.

CANTEEN
Candidate Student’s response on Lateness
whether being served [Approximate
affects their punctuality to time(minutes)]
approaching class.
1 No 0
2 Yes 20
3 Yes 10
4 Yes 10
5 No 0
6 Yes 25
7 Yes 10
8 Yes 30
9 No 0
10 Yes 15
Table 5: The table above is illustrating students’ responses on whether being served at the canteen
during lunch break affects their punctuality to approaching class and the approximate time if they are
late for their class.

DINING HALL
Candidate Student’s response on Lateness
whether being served
 affects their punctuality to [Approximate
approaching class. time(minutes)]
1 Yes 10
2 No 0
3 No 0
4 No 0
5 Yes 5
6 Yes 15
7 No 0
8 No 0
9 Yes 10
10 No 0
Table 6: The table above is illustrating students’ responses on whether being served at the dining hall
during lunch break affects their punctuality to approaching class and the approximate time if they are
late for their class.
 Column chart illustrating students' responses on whether
being served at the canteen during recess affects their
punctuality to approaching class and approximate time.
16 15
Approximate lateness (minutes)

14
12
10 10
10
8
8 7
6 5 5 5
4
2
0 0
0
Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Students' Responses

Figure 1:

Column graph illustrating students' responses on whether

being served at the canteen during lunch break affects their
punctuality on approaching class and approximate time.
35
Approximate lateness (minutes)

30

25

20

15

10

0
No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Students's Responses

Figure 2:
 Column chart illustrating students' responses on
whether being served at the dining hall during lunch
period affects their punctuality to approaching class
and approximate time.
16
Approximate lateness (minutes)

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No
Students' Responses

Figure 3: