Elementary and Secondary Education
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Table S-16-3. Standard errors for the average science and content domain scale scores of 4th-grade students, by sex and country: 2007
| Country (ordered by total score) |
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Content domain |
| Total science |
|
Life science |
|
Physical science |
|
Earth science |
| Male |
|
Female |
|
|
Male |
|
Female |
|
|
Male |
|
Female |
|
|
Male |
|
Female |
| International average |
1.2 |
|
1.2 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
0.7 |
| Singapore |
4.4 |
|
4.3 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
4.1 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
4.5 |
|
|
3.7 |
|
3.7 |
| Chinese Taipei |
2.4 |
|
2.3 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
3.4 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
2.2 |
| Hong Kong SAR |
4.3 |
|
3.6 |
|
|
4.2 |
|
3.3 |
|
|
4.4 |
|
3.3 |
|
|
4.1 |
|
2.7 |
| Japan |
2.4 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
2.9 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.6 |
|
|
2.9 |
|
4.2 |
| Russian Federation |
5.0 |
|
5.1 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
5.0 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
5.1 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
4.9 |
| |
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| Latvia |
3.0 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
2.8 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
2.8 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
3.1 |
|
2.9 |
| England |
3.4 |
|
3.1 |
|
|
3.4 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
3.2 |
| United States |
3.1 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
2.9 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.9 |
| Hungary |
3.6 |
|
4.4 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
3.8 |
|
|
3.7 |
|
4.2 |
|
|
4.6 |
|
4.4 |
| Italy |
3.7 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
3.5 |
|
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3.6 |
|
3.2 |
|
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3.5 |
|
3.4 |
| |
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| Kazakhstan |
6.3 |
|
5.5 |
|
|
6.0 |
|
4.6 |
|
|
6.9 |
|
5.4 |
|
|
6.5 |
|
5.0 |
| Germany |
2.9 |
|
2.6 |
|
|
2.3 |
|
2.2 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
3.1 |
|
2.8 |
| Australia |
3.5 |
|
4.0 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
3.7 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
3.4 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
4.3 |
| Slovak Republic |
4.8 |
|
5.2 |
|
|
4.6 |
|
4.3 |
|
|
5.1 |
|
5.0 |
|
|
4.9 |
|
5.2 |
| Austria |
2.9 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
2.9 |
|
2.8 |
|
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2.8 |
|
2.6 |
| |
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| Sweden |
3.7 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
3.3 |
| Netherlands |
2.8 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
2.8 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.9 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
3.8 |
| Slovenia |
2.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
2.2 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
2.5 |
| Denmark |
3.6 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
3.7 |
|
2.5 |
|
|
3.4 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
3.1 |
| Czech Republic |
3.4 |
|
3.7 |
|
|
3.4 |
|
3.1 |
|
|
3.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
3.0 |
| |
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| Lithuania |
2.9 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
2.4 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
1.9 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
3.4 |
| New Zealand |
3.5 |
|
2.8 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
3.2 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
2.9 |
| Scotland |
2.4 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
2.9 |
|
|
2.5 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
2.8 |
| Armenia |
5.2 |
|
7.3 |
|
|
5.5 |
|
7.3 |
|
|
4.4 |
|
6.4 |
|
|
6.0 |
|
6.3 |
| Norway |
4.2 |
|
3.8 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
3.6 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
3.5 |
|
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3.4 |
|
3.6 |
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| Ukraine |
3.5 |
|
3.4 |
|
|
2.8 |
|
3.1 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
3.9 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
4.0 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
6.0 |
|
5.6 |
|
|
6.4 |
|
5.9 |
|
|
6.1 |
|
5.7 |
|
|
5.2 |
|
5.8 |
| Georgia |
5.1 |
|
4.7 |
|
|
3.9 |
|
4.1 |
|
|
4.9 |
|
4.3 |
|
|
5.5 |
|
6.0 |
| Colombia |
6.0 |
|
5.5 |
|
|
5.8 |
|
5.7 |
|
|
5.5 |
|
5.4 |
|
|
6.8 |
|
5.9 |
| El Salvador |
4.6 |
|
4.5 |
|
|
4.3 |
|
4.8 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
5.0 |
|
|
4.7 |
|
4.4 |
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| Algeria |
6.0 |
|
6.5 |
|
|
6.5 |
|
7.3 |
|
|
6.2 |
|
5.7 |
|
|
6.3 |
|
6.4 |
| Kuwait |
7.3 |
|
4.6 |
|
|
8.7 |
|
5.3 |
|
|
7.5 |
|
5.9 |
|
|
7.2 |
|
4.9 |
| Tunisia |
6.2 |
|
6.4 |
|
|
6.2 |
|
5.8 |
|
|
7.1 |
|
6.8 |
|
|
6.8 |
|
7.1 |
| Morocco |
6.8 |
|
6.4 |
|
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7.0 |
|
8.4 |
|
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7.3 |
|
6.8 |
|
|
7.8 |
|
7.5 |
| Qatar |
2.8 |
|
2.9 |
|
|
2.2 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
3.7 |
|
3.7 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
1.9 |
| Yemen |
8.1 |
|
9.9 |
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| † Not applicable. |
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| SOURCE: Martin, M.O, Mullis, I.V.S., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Science Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibits 1.5 and 3.3, data from International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. |
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