Elementary and Secondary Education
School Characteristics and Climate
Table A-29-1. Percentage of fourth-grade and eighth-grade students whose mathematics teachers reported that they participated in various professional development activities in the 2 years prior to assessment, by country: 2007
| Country |
Content |
Pedagogy/instruction |
Critical thinking or problem solving |
Assessment |
| Grade 4 |
|
|
|
|
| England1 |
59.6 |
69.8 |
58.6 |
42.6 |
| Germany2 |
44.3 |
36.6 |
28.1 |
27.1 |
| Italy |
22 |
25.2 |
22 |
13.6 |
| Japan |
47.6 |
54.7 |
27 |
21.3 |
| Russian Federation |
66.1 |
67.3 |
58.2 |
55.2 |
| Scotland |
43.6 |
62.0 |
56.6 |
33.2 |
| United States |
60.2 |
49.5 |
50.6 |
47.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Grade 8 |
|
|
|
|
| England1 |
66.0 |
79.5 |
39.7 |
58.5 |
| Germany2 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Italy |
15.5 |
33.6 |
8.8 |
16.7 |
| Japan |
74.5 |
76.2 |
38.6 |
39.1 |
| Russian Federation |
83.8 |
73.4 |
61.8 |
60.4 |
| Scotland |
79.9 |
92.8 |
55.9 |
71.2 |
| United States |
80.8 |
76.1 |
65.2 |
69.1 |
| — Not available. |
| 1 Eighth grade data for England met international guidelines for participation rates in 2007 only after substitute schools were included. |
| 2 Data for Germany are only available at the fourth grade because Germany did not participate in TIMSS 2007 at the eighth grade. |
| NOTE: For more information on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), see supplemental note 5. |
| SOURCE: Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics Report: Findings From IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 6.4. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College. |
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