Table 398. | Average 8th-grade mathematics scores by content areas, and average time spent studying out of school, by country: 1999 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Average achievement scale score | Distribution of daily out-of-school study time | | in mathematics, with mean mathematics scores Country |_____________________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________ |Mathe- |Fractions| | |Data repre-| | | | |matics |and |Geometry |Algebra |sentation, |Measure- |No time |Less than 1 hour |1 hour or more |overall |number | | |analysis |ment |___________________|__________________|___________________ | |sense | | |and prob- | |Percent |Mean |Percent |Mean |Percent |Mean | | | | |ability | | |score | |score | |score ____________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ____________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________ | | | | | | | | | | | | International average\1\ .|487 (0.7)|487 (0.7)|487 (0.7)|487 (0.7)| 487 (0.7)|487 (0.7)|10 (0.1)|455 (1.7)|50 (0.2)|495 (0.8)|40 (0.2)|486 (0.9) |_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________ Australia ..................|525 (4.8)|519 (4.3)|497 (5.7)|520 (5.1)| 522 (6.3)|529 (4.9)|15 (1.0)|493 (6.3)|63 (1.1)|537 (5.0)|22 (1.0)|515 (6.3) Belgium (Flemish) ..........|558 (3.3)|557 (3.1)|535 (4.1)|540 (4.6)| 544 (3.8)|549 (4.0)| 3 (0.8)|476 (21.8)|50 (1.0)|573 (3.8)|47 (1.2)|550 (3.1) Bulgaria ...................|511 (5.8)|503 (6.6)|524 (5.9)|512 (5.1)| 493 (6.1)|497 (6.6)|12 (1.2)|494 (9.5)|45 (1.3)|516 (5.5)|43 (1.7)|521 (7.9) Canada .....................|531 (2.5)|533 (2.5)|507 (4.7)|525 (2.4)| 521 (4.5)|521 (2.4)|11 (0.8)|527 (5.2)|61 (1.0)|542 (2.8)|28 (1.0)|510 (3.3) Chile ......................|392 (4.4)|403 (4.9)|412 (5.4)|399 (4.3)| 429 (3.8)|412 (4.9)|17 (0.8)|384 (5.9)|54 (0.7)|400 (4.7)|29 (1.0)|394 (7.1) | | | | | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei .............|585 (4.0)|576 (4.2)|557 (5.8)|586 (4.4)| 559 (5.1)|566 (3.4)|31 (1.3)|529 (4.8)|44 (0.8)|604 (3.5)|25 (1.0)|627 (4.7) Cyprus .....................|476 (1.8)|481 (3.0)|484 (4.6)|479 (1.6)| 472 (4.6)|471 (4.0)| 9 (0.6)|425 (7.2)|51 (1.1)|496 (2.7)|40 (1.1)|469 (2.4) Czech Republic .............|520 (4.2)|507 (4.8)|513 (5.5)|514 (4.0)| 513 (5.9)|535 (5.0)|12 (1.0)|525 (9.2)|68 (1.3)|528 (4.6)|20 (1.1)|493 (5.2) England ....................|496 (4.1)|497 (3.8)|471 (4.2)|498 (4.9)| 506 (8.0)|507 (3.8)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- Finland ....................|520 (2.7)|531 (3.8)|494 (6.0)|498 (3.1)| 525 (3.8)|521 (4.7)| 7 (0.6)|506 (8.1)|85 (0.8)|525 (2.5)| 8 (0.7)|486 (6.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | Hong Kong ..................|582 (4.3)|579 (4.5)|556 (4.9)|569 (4.5)| 547 (5.4)|567 (5.8)|25 (1.2)|552 (6.1)|51 (0.9)|591 (3.9)|24 (1.1)|600 (4.8) Hungary ....................|532 (3.7)|526 (4.2)|489 (4.3)|536 (4.1)| 520 (5.9)|538 (3.5)| 4 (0.4)|497 (9.9)|71 (1.0)|540 (3.6)|25 (1.1)|514 (5.0) Indonesia ..................|403 (4.9)|406 (4.1)|441 (5.1)|424 (5.7)| 423 (4.4)|395 (5.1)|10 (0.8)|396 (8.4)|38 (1.0)|405 (5.6)|51 (1.4)|406 (5.4) Iran, Islamic Republic .....|422 (3.4)|437 (4.5)|447 (2.9)|434 (4.9)| 430 (6.0)|401 (4.7)| 3 (0.3)|375 (14.1)|22 (0.8)|425 (3.7)|75 (1.0)|427 (3.7) Israel\2\ ..................|466 (3.9)|472 (4.4)|462 (5.4)|479 (4.5)| 468 (5.1)|457 (5.1)| 8 (0.6)|436 (11.3)|48 (1.1)|491 (4.2)|44 (1.4)|454 (4.3) | | | | | | | | | | | | Italy ......................|479 (3.8)|471 (5.0)|482 (5.6)|481 (3.6)| 484 (4.5)|501 (5.0)| 5 (0.5)|400 (9.5)|39 (1.2)|488 (4.5)|57 (1.3)|482 (4.0) Japan ......................|579 (1.7)|570 (2.6)|575 (5.1)|569 (3.3)| 555 (2.3)|558 (2.4)|26 (1.2)|558 (3.8)|54 (0.9)|586 (2.0)|20 (0.9)|585 (2.5) Jordan .....................|428 (3.6)|432 (3.2)|449 (7.1)|439 (5.3)| 436 (7.8)|438 (4.4)| 8 (0.6)|374 (9.8)|33 (0.8)|441 (4.6)|60 (1.0)|445 (4.3) Korea, Republic of ........|587 (2.0)|570 (2.7)|573 (3.9)|585 (2.7)| 576 (4.2)|571 (2.8)|34 (1.0)|560 (2.6)|45 (0.7)|598 (2.0)|21 (0.9)|610 (4.1) Latvia (Latvian-speaking | | | | | | | | | | | | schools)\2\ ...............|505 (3.4)|496 (3.7)|522 (5.6)|499 (4.3)| 495 (4.8)|505 (3.5)| 3 (0.4)|480 (13.8)|58 (1.3)|516 (4.1)|40 (1.3)|493 (4.1) | | | | | | | | | | | | Lithuania\2\ ...............|482 (4.3)|479 (4.3)|496 (5.8)|487 (3.7)| 493 (3.6)|467 (4.0)| 3 (0.5)|417 (15.8)|68 (1.4)|486 (4.4)|29 (1.3)|483 (5.3) Macedonia, Republic of .....|447 (4.2)|437 (4.7)|460 (6.1)|465 (4.0)| 442 (6.2)|451 (5.2)| 6 (0.4)|429 (9.2)|49 (1.1)|461 (4.6)|45 (1.2)|448 (4.1) Malaysia ...................|519 (4.4)|532 (4.7)|497 (4.4)|505 (4.8)| 491 (4.0)|514 (4.6)| 2 (0.2)|\3\ \3\ |28 (0.9)|523 (6.5)|71 (1.0)|519 (4.2) Moldova ....................|469 (3.9)|465 (4.2)|481 (5.0)|477 (3.7)| 450 (5.7)|479 (4.9)| 8 (0.7)|452 (7.6)|48 (1.4)|476 (4.1)|44 (1.6)|473 (5.0) Morocco ....................|337 (2.6)|335 (3.6)|407 (2.2)|353 (4.7)| 383 (3.5)|348 (3.5)|13 (0.9)|324 (8.0)|29 (0.9)|341 (6.6)|58 (1.5)|350 (3.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ................|540 (7.1)|545 (7.1)|515 (5.5)|522 (7.7)| 538 (7.9)|538 (5.8)| 8 (1.1)|559 (14.0)|78 (1.3)|546 (6.7)|14 (1.5)|507 (12.2) New Zealand ................|491 (5.2)|493 (5.0)|478 (4.2)|497 (4.7)| 497 (5.0)|496 (5.3)|14 (0.9)|444 (6.7)|66 (1.2)|507 (5.3)|20 (1.2)|480 (6.6) Philippines ................|345 (6.0)|378 (6.3)|383 (3.4)|345 (5.8)| 406 (3.5)|355 (6.2)| 5 (0.4)|288 (13.2)|42 (0.8)|363 (6.2)|53 (0.8)|347 (6.7) Romania ....................|472 (5.8)|458 (5.7)|487 (6.4)|481 (5.2)| 453 (4.7)|491 (4.9)| 9 (0.7)|417 (7.7)|25 (1.5)|457 (6.2)|66 (1.8)|494 (5.4) Russian Federation .........|526 (5.9)|513 (6.4)|522 (6.0)|529 (4.9)| 501 (4.8)|527 (6.0)| 6 (0.5)|483 (10.0)|49 (1.3)|537 (6.7)|45 (1.5)|530 (5.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | Singapore ..................|604 (6.3)|608 (5.6)|560 (6.7)|576 (6.2)| 562 (6.2)|599 (6.3)| 5 (0.5)|562 (10.7)|34 (1.0)|612 (7.6)|61 (1.1)|604 (5.7) Slovak Republic ............|534 (4.0)|525 (4.8)|527 (7.3)|525 (4.6)| 521 (4.6)|537 (3.3)| 6 (0.6)|535 (8.3)|70 (0.8)|542 (3.9)|23 (0.9)|513 (4.7) Slovenia ...................|530 (2.8)|527 (3.7)|506 (6.2)|525 (2.9)| 530 (4.2)|523 (3.7)| 8 (0.7)|530 (7.7)|63 (1.1)|541 (3.3)|29 (1.0)|511 (4.1) South Africa ...............|275 (6.8)|300 (6.0)|335 (6.6)|293 (7.7)| 356 (3.8)|329 (4.8)|10 (0.8)|241 (14.1)|37 (0.7)|293 (8.6)|53 (1.1)|273 (7.9) Thailand ...................|467 (5.1)|471 (5.3)|484 (4.4)|456 (4.9)| 476 (4.0)|463 (6.2)| 6 (0.4)|424 (5.6)|45 (1.1)|459 (5.8)|49 (1.2)|482 (5.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | Tunisia ....................|448 (2.4)|443 (2.8)|484 (4.4)|455 (2.7)| 446 (5.1)|442 (3.1)| 7 (0.5)|439 (5.3)|27 (0.8)|452 (3.4)|66 (0.9)|450 (2.9) Turkey .....................|429 (4.3)|430 (4.3)|428 (5.7)|432 (4.6)| 446 (3.3)|436 (6.5)| 6 (0.6)|398 (7.1)|41 (1.0)|422 (4.4)|52 (1.4)|448 (4.7) United States ..............|502 (4.0)|509 (4.2)|473 (4.4)|506 (4.1)| 506 (5.2)|482 (3.9)|15 (1.1)|466 (4.8)|58 (0.7)|514 (4.0)|27 (1.1)|505 (4.5) ____________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________ |
---Not available. \1\Data are for 8th grade or equivalent in most countries. \2\Countries not meeting all International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's sampling specifications. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest whole number some totals may appear inconsistent. 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.) |