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(21 KB)| Table 400. | Average size of eighth grade mathematics classes, and frequency teachers assign mathematics homework, by country: 1994-95 |
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|Average size of mathematics classes |Percent of students, by frequency and average length of mathematics assignments
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Country |__________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________
| | | | |Never |Assigning homework |Assigning homework |Assigning homework
| 1 to 20 |21 to 30 |31 to 40 |41 or mor|assigning |less than once a week|once or twice a week |3 or more times a week
| students |students |students |students |homework |_____________________|_____________________|______________________
| | | | | |30 minutes|More than |30 minutes|More than |30 minutes|More than
| | | | | |or less |30 minutes|or less |30 minutes|or less |30 minutes
________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
________________________|____________|_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________
Australia\1\ ...........|\2\ 13 (2.4)| 71 (3.3)| 16 (2.6)| 1 (0.5)|\2\ 1 (0.8) | 6 (1.6) | 0 (0.2) | 21 (2.6) | 4 (1.9)| 62 (3.4)| 5 (1.7)
Austria\1\ .............| --- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |\2\ 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (4.4) | 3 (1.4)| 63 (5.0)|10 (2.1)
Belgium (Flemish) ......| 49 (3.6)| 51 (3.6)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) |17 (3.5) | 2 (1.1) | 52 (4.8) | 10 (2.6)| 15 (2.9)| 5 (2.1)
Belgium (French)\1\ ....|\3\ 43 (5.3)| 57 (5.3)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (1.2) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 30 (5.1) | 5 (2.2)| 55 (5.5)| 7 (2.8)
Bulgaria\1\ ............| --- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- ---
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Canada .................|\2\ 11 (2.1)| 65 (4.0)| 23 (3.6)| 1 (0.5)|\2\ 2 (1.1) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.7) | 22 (3.4) | 2 (0.9)| 59 (3.7)|13 (2.7)
Colombia\1\ ............|\2\ 16 (4.2)| 6 (2.2)| 29 (4.0)| 48 (4.6)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.8) | 17 (4.7) | 13 (2.9)| 29 (4.2)|39 (4.2)
Cyprus .................| 1 (0.0)| 37 (3.9)| 62 (3.9)| 0 (0.0)|\2\ 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0)| 50 (5.3)|50 (5.3)
Czech Republic .........| 13 (3.3)| 77 (5.3)| 11 (4.5)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.4) |14 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 62 (5.2) | 0 (0.3)| 23 (3.5)| 1 (0.6)
Denmark\1\ .............|\2\ 49 (4.8)| 51 (4.8)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (4.7) | 3 (1.6)| 49 (5.2)| 2 (1.0)
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England\1\ .............|\3\ 18 (3.1)| 62 (3.7)| 20 (3.4)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.6) | 44 (3.8) | 47 (3.7)| 3 (1.4)| 2 (1.1)
France .................| 11 (2.6)| 86 (2.9)| 3 (1.8)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 7 (2.5) | 4 (1.2)| 77 (3.9)|10 (2.8)
Germany ................|\3\ 25 (4.4)| 72 (4.5)| 3 (1.8)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (4.4) | 0 (0.0)| 73 (5.0)| 3 (1.8)
Greece\1\ ..............| 9 (2.3)| 64 (4.4)| 27 (3.9)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.2)| 31 (3.4)|67 (3.5)
Hong Kong ..............| 3 (1.9)| 4 (2.2)| 56 (5.7)| 37 (5.9)| 1 (1.4) | 4 (2.2) | 3 (1.8) | 25 (4.7) | 15 (4.1)| 38 (6.0)|14 (4.1)
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Hungary ................| 37 (4.0)| 57 (4.1)| 6 (2.2)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0)| 82 (3.0)|15 (3.1)
Iceland ................|\2\ 36 (5.9)| 64 (5.9)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.0) | 1 (1.0)| 75 (5.5)|19 (5.5)
Iran, Islamic Republic .|\2\ 1 (0.9)| 26 (4.5)| 54 (5.3)| 19 (4.4)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (1.4) | 10 (3.0) | 59 (4.4)| 2 (1.1)|26 (4.3)
Ireland ................|\2\ 12 (2.7)| 68 (4.5)| 20 (3.9)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0)| 94 (2.2)| 5 (2.0)
Israel\1\ ..............|\2\ 14 (5.1)| 36 (7.4)| 49 (9.1)| 2 (1.6)|\2\ 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.2) | 0 (0.0)| 48 (7.1)|48 (6.8)
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Japan ..................| 0 (0.2)| 4 (1.4)| 88 (2.0)| 8 (1.5)| 0 (0.0) |27 (4.0) | 4 (1.7) | 37 (3.7) | 10 (2.3)| 16 (2.9)| 6 (1.5)
Korea ..................| 2 (1.2)| 1 (1.0)| 4 (1.5)| 93 (2.0)| 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.6) | 8 (2.2) | 27 (3.7) | 21 (3.3)| 21 (3.2)|18 (3.4)
Kuwait\1\ ..............| 0 (0.0)| 49 (6.5)| 49 (6.3)| 2 (1.9)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (6.1) | 2 (2.0)| 60 (8.3)|18 (6.0)
Latvia (Latvian- | | | | | | | | | | |
speaking schools)\1\ ..|\2\ 41 (4.0)| 51 (3.8)| 4 (2.1)| 4 (2.0)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.8) | 1 (0.9)| 83 (3.9)| 9 (2.4)
Lithuania\1\ ...........|\2\ 43 (3.8)| 54 (3.7)| 3 (1.6)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0)| 76 (3.9)|22 (3.9)
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Netherlands\1\ .........| 16 (4.7)| 77 (5.6)| 7 (3.6)| 0 (0.0)| 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (3.5) | 2 (1.4)| 81 (4.2)| 4 (2.2)
New Zealand ............| 11 (2.2)| 68 (3.8)| 21 (3.1)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.9) | 2 (0.1) | 34 (4.3) | 4 (1.5)| 54 (4.2)| 2 (1.2)
Norway .................|\2\ 20 (3.5)| 79 (3.7)| 1 (0.5)| 1 (0.8)|\2\ 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.7) | 8 (2.7)| 67 (4.3)|18 (4.0)
Portugal ...............| 12 (2.8)| 80 (3.7)| 7 (2.6)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.5) | 30 (4.0) | 2 (1.1)| 57 (4.1)| 9 (2.4)
Romania\1\ .............| 23 (2.7)| 51 (4.3)| 24 (4.1)| 2 (1.2)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.6)| 11 (2.8)|87 (2.8)
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Russian Federation .....| 15 (2.7)| 75 (3.6)| 9 (2.3)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.8)| 42 (3.5)|55 (3.4)
Scotland\1\ ............|\2\ 12 (2.8)| 80 (3.8)| 8 (2.7)| 0 (0.0)|\2\ 0 (0.4) |20 (4.3) | 4 (2.0) | 46 (5.1) | 6 (2.3)| 24 (4.1)| 0 (0.0)
Singapore ..............| 1 (0.7)| 10 (2.5)| 72 (4.3)| 18 (4.0)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) | 11 (3.1)| 26 (4.1)|58 (4.5)
Slovak Republic ........| 15 (2.8)| 67 (4.2)| 19 (3.6)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (2.8) | 1 (0.7)| 83 (3.4)| 4 (1.7)
Slovenia\1\ ............|\2\ 15 (3.1)| 80 (3.6)| 5 (1.8)| 0 (0.0)|\2\ 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0)| 74 (4.4)|24 (4.2)
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South Africa\1\ ........| --- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- ---
Spain ..................|\2\ 13 (2.8)| 48 (4.0)| 36 (4.2)| 4 (1.7)|\2\ 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (3.3) | 9 (2.7)| 47 (4.4)|22 (3.7)
Sweden .................|\2\ 36 (3.9)| 61 (4.0)| 2 (1.2)| 0 (0.0)|\2\ 0 (0.4) |19 (3.0) | 7 (1.9) | 45 (4.0) | 26 (3.3)| 2 (1.2)| 1 (1.2)
Switzerland\1\ .........|\3\ 56 (4.5)| 44 (4.5)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0)| 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 26 (4.2) | 4 (1.5)| 61 (4.4)| 6 (2.3)
Thailand\1\ ............| --- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |\2\ 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (3.5) | 20 (4.8)| 16 (4.7)|58 (6.6)
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United States ..........|\3\ 24 (3.0)| 59 (3.9)| 12 (2.2)| 4 (1.8)|\2\ 0 (0.1) | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.8) | 3 (0.9)| 64 (2.9)|23 (3.1)
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\1\Countries not meeting all International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's sampling specifications.
NOTE: Data are for 8th grade or equivalent in most countries. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Mathematics Achievement in the Middle School Years: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1997, by Albert E. Beaton et al. Copyright @ 1996 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. (This table was prepared June 1997.)
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