Abstract
Summary. The use of time by teachers and pupils was examined in eight secondary mathematics classes by systematic observations made during a week of lessons in the autumn and again in the spring. Time lost from instructional activities was assessed for each classroom in terms of a ‘time filter’ from which was derived a figure indexing the probable value of the minutes per week a typical child in the class spent actively ‘on‐task’. On average this figure was slightly more than half the minutes per week scheduled for mathematics. Results were discussed in terms of the stability of the observations and the interpretation of time‐use data.
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