Table 403. | Average size of 8th-grade mathematics classes, and frequency teachers assign mathematics homework, by country: 1999 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Percent distribution of | Percent of students, by frequency and average length of |Overall | mathematics classes, by | mathematics assignments |average | average size |______________________________________________________________ Country | class | | | Assigning | Assigning | Assigning | size |_____________________________| | homework less |homework once or | homework 3 or | | | | | Never |than once a week | twice a week |more times a week | |1 to 20 |21 to 35 | 36 or | assig- |_________________|_________________|_________________ | |students |students | more | ning | 30 | More | 30 | More | 30 | More | | | |students |homework|minutes |than 30 |minutes |than 30 |minutes |than 30 | | | | | |or less |minutes |or less |minutes |or less |minutes _________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ Australia ...............| 27 (0.3)| 9 (2.4)| 91 (2.4)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.6)| 2 (1.1)| 1 (0.9)|25 (3.6)| 6 (2.0)|60 (3.9)| 6 (2.0) Belgium (Flemish) .......| 19 (0.4)| 58 (3.5)| 42 (3.5)| 0 (0.0)| 5 (3.2)|18 (3.3)| 3 (1.2)|48 (4.9)| 9 (2.0)|15 (2.7)| 2 (0.9) Bulgaria ................| 22 (0.6)| 35 (4.4)| 63 (4.8)| 2 (1.3)| 1 (1.0)| 1 (0.6)| 1 (0.5)|16 (3.5)| 6 (1.7)|31 (4.5)|44 (5.6) Canada ..................| 27 (0.3)| 11 (2.1)| 87 (2.3)| 2 (1.0)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.7)| 0 (0.0)|22 (2.8)| 3 (1.5)|58 (3.5)|16 (2.6) Chile ...................| 34 (0.6)| 6 (1.5)| 48 (4.3)| 46 (4.1)| 4 (1.7)|19 (2.9)| 2 (1.0)|39 (3.9)|13 (2.8)|16 (2.6)| 7 (2.2) | | | | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei ..........| 39 (0.5)| 0 (0.0)| 14 (2.9)| 86 (3.0)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.1)| 2 (1.1)|27 (3.4)|23 (3.4)|21 (3.1)|25 (3.6) Cyprus\1\ ...............| 29 (0.2)| 0 (0.2)|100 (0.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (0.1)| 0 (0.0)|55 (5.1)|44 (4.9) Czech Republic\1\ .......| 24 (0.4)| 18 (4.2)| 82 (4.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)|13 (3.8)| 0 (0.0)|69 (5.1)| 2 (1.3)|15 (3.7)| 0 (0.2) England .................|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | 0 (0.0)| 2 (0.8)| 1 (0.3)|48 (3.9)|46 (4.1)| 3 (1.4)| 1 (0.6) Finland ................ | 19 (0.3)| 66 (3.7)| 34 (3.7)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)|11 (2.2)| 1 (0.8)|79 (3.0)| 9 (2.3) | | | | | | | | | | | Hong Kong, SAR ..........| 37 (0.5)| 7 (1.8)| 15 (3.0)| 78 (3.4)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.2)| 1 (0.0)|26 (3.1)|23 (3.7)|30 (4.0)|19 (3.1) Hungary .................| 21 (0.5)| 48 (4.2)| 51 (4.1)| 1 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.0)| 1 (0.0)|81 (2.9)|17 (3.0) Indonesia\1\ ............| 45 (0.9)| 1 (0.3)| 10 (2.3)| 89 (2.4)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.8)|15 (3.2)|25 (4.2)|23 (4.1)|36 (4.2) Iran, Islamic Republic\2\| 33 (0.5)| 5 (1.6)| 57 (4.2)| 38 (4.2)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.0)| 2 (0.9)| 6 (1.9)|67 (4.5)| 2 (1.5)|23 (4.0) Israel\1\ ...............| 26 (0.7)| 31 (3.2)| 50 (4.0)| 19 (3.3)| 1 (0.9)| 1 (0.5)| 1 (0.3)| 6 (1.8)| 2 (1.0)|35 (3.6)|53 (3.4) | | | | | | | | | | | Italy ...................| 20 (0.3)| 55 (3.9)| 44 (3.9)| 1 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 5 (1.7)|12 (2.5)|15 (2.6)|68 (3.8) Japan ...................| 36 (0.2)| 1 (0.0)| 41 (3.4)| 58 (3.3)| 9 (2.3)|34 (4.3)| 6 (2.0)|27 (4.0)| 8 (2.1)|14 (2.7)| 3 (1.4) Jordan ..................| 36 (0.7)| 4 (1.3)| 43 (3.4)| 53 (3.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 8 (2.4)| 4 (1.2)|61 (4.0)|28 (3.7) Korea ...................| 42 (0.5)| 0 (0.0)| 12 (2.2)| 88 (2.2)| 2 (0.7)|14 (2.6)| 6 (2.0)|29 (3.4)|15 (2.7)|24 (3.3)| 9 (2.3) Latvia (Latvian- | | | | | | | | | | | speaking schools)\1\ ...| 22 (0.5)| 45 (4.2)| 55 (4.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.4)| 0 (0.0)| 7 (2.5)| 1 (0.9)|70 (3.9)|20 (3.7) | | | | | | | | | | | Lithuania ...............| 23 (0.3)| 32 (2.8)| 68 (2.8)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.5)| 1 (0.6)|73 (4.0)|24 (3.6) Macedonia, Republic of ..| 28 (0.4)| 10 (2.5)| 84 (3.4)| 6 (2.2)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.6)| 0 (0.0)|16 (3.1)| 4 (1.7)|44 (4.3)|36 (4.4) Malaysia ................| 38 (0.6)| 1 (0.0)| 26 (3.7)| 73 (3.6)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 3 (1.5)| 6 (2.0)|24 (3.5)|66 (3.9) Moldova\1\ ..............| 26 (0.4)| 15 (3.0)| 83 (3.3)| 2 (1.6)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.3)| 2 (1.2)| 4 (2.1)|38 (4.3)|54 (4.2) Morocco\1\ ..............| 33 (0.8)| 12 (2.4)| 49 (3.4)| 39 (3.6)| 1 (0.4)|11 (1.8)|40 (3.5)| 8 (1.5)| 9 (2.1)|21 (2.6)|11 (1.9) | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands\1\ ..........| 25 (0.5)| 13 (4.1)| 87 (4.1)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.6)| 1 (0.6)| 0 (0.0)|13 (3.3)| 3 (1.3)|73 (4.4)| 9 (2.6) New Zealand .............| 25 (0.4)| 17 (2.9)| 82 (2.8)| 1 (0.0)| 1 (0.8)| 2 (1.1)| 0 (0.0)|32 (3.5)| 3 (1.2)|58 (3.9)| 2 (1.4) Philippines\1\ ..........| 50 (0.6)| 0 (0.0)| 5 (1.5)| 95 (1.5)| 0 (0.0)| 2 (1.1)| 0 (0.0)|10 (2.6)| 0 (0.0)|74 (3.2)|14 (3.0) Romania .................| 24 (0.4)| 30 (2.9)| 65 (3.2)| 5 (1.9)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (0.5)| 1 (1.0)| 4 (1.2)|21 (3.7)|73 (3.9) Russian Federation ......| 24 (0.5)| 19 (3.2)| 81 (3.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.5)| 0 (0.0)|42 (4.5)|57 (4.6) | | | | | | | | | | | Singapore ...............| 37 (0.3)| 1 (0.4)| 32 (3.8)| 68 (3.8)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 8 (2.1)|12 (2.4)|26 (4.2)|54 (4.3) Slovak Republic ........ | 25 (0.4)| 15 (2.6)| 85 (2.6)| 0 (0.2)| 1 (0.0)| 3 (1.8)| 0 (0.0)|12 (3.2)| 1 (0.0)|81 (3.5)| 2 (1.5) Slovenia ................| 22 (0.3)| 29 (3.2)| 71 (3.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 3 (1.5)| 0 (0.0)|79 (3.1)|17 (2.8) South Africa\1\ .........| 50 (1.4)| 2 (0.8)| 14 (2.6)| 85 (2.7)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)|10 (2.6)| 4 (1.4)|64 (4.1)|22 (3.2) Thailand\1\ .............| 42 (0.9)| 3 (1.0)| 23 (3.9)| 75 (3.7)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 4 (1.5)|16 (3.3)|23 (3.6)|57 (4.4) | | | | | | | | | | | Tunisia .................| 34 (0.4)| 3 (1.5)| 56 (3.9)| 42 (4.1)| 2 (1.3)| 3 (1.5)|26 (3.6)| 3 (1.2)| 8 (2.3)|35 (4.2)|24 (3.9) Turkey\3\ ...............| 43 (1.3)| 2 (1.1)| 28 (3.9)| 70 (3.9)| 0 (0.0)| 4 (1.4)| 0 (0.3)|35 (4.1)|39 (4.3)|10 (2.4)|12 (2.4) United States\1\ ........| 26 (0.7)| 21 (2.6)| 73 (3.0)| 6 (1.4)| 1 (0.7)| 1 (0.7)| 0 (0.0)| 7 (1.6)| 1 (0.6)|63 (2.8)|27 (2.4) _________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data are for 8th grade or equivalent in most countries. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1999, TIMSS 1999 International Mathematics Report, by Ina V.S. Mullis et al. Copyright @ 2000 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). (This table was prepared May 2001.)
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