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| Table 407. | Average 4th-grade science scores in content areas and average time spent teaching science in school, by country: 2003 |
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| Science content areas | Average|Science instruc-
Country |_______________________________________|yearly science| tional time as
| | | | instructional| a percent of
| Life| Physical| Earth| time in hours| total instruc-
| science| science| science| | tional time\1\
________________________|_____________|____________|____________|______________|_______________
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6
________________________|_____________|____________|____________|______________|_______________
Armenia ................| 435(4.4)| 429(4.3)| 450(3.6)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Australia ..............| \2\ 523(3.8)|\2\ 518(3.9)|\2\ 518(4.1)|\3\ 45 (2.6)| 5 (0.3)
Austria ................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Belgium (Flemish) ......| 524(1.7)| 507(2.3)| 522(1.7)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Canada .................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
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Chinese Taipei .........| 540(1.6)| 554(2.0)| 559(2.6)| 84 (1.0)| 11 (0.2)
Cyprus .................| 482(2.1)| 479(2.3)| 487(2.5)|\3\ 46 (1.4)| 5 (0.2)
Czech Republic .........| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
England ................| \2\ 532(3.1)|\2\ 546(3.2)|\2\ 535(3.5)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Greece .................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
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Hong Kong, SAR\4\ ......| \2\ 535(2.6)|\2\ 548(2.7)|\2\ 536(2.7)|\3\ 77 (5.4)| 8 (0.5)
Hungary ................| 536(2.5)| 526(2.7)| 526(3.7)|\3\54 (1.0)| 6 (0.1)
Iceland ................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Iran, Islamic Republic .| 424(4.6)| 419(4.5)| 428(3.0)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Ireland ................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
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Israel .................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Italy ..................| 521(3.5)| 512(3.5)| 519(3.7)|\5\73 (2.3)|\5\ 8 (0.3)
Japan ..................| 530(1.3)| 557(1.7)| 535(1.9)| 81 (1.2)| 8 (0.2)
Korea, Republic of\6\ ..| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Kuwait .................| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
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Latvia .................| 531(2.3)| 532(2.6)| 534(2.9)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Lithuania ..............|\2,7\516(2.0)|\2,7512(2.5)|\2,7503(3.2)| 53 (1.6)| 6 (0.2)
Netherlands ............| \2\ 547(1.8)|\2\ 505(1.9)|\2\ 503(2.3)|\3\ 33 (1.8)| 3 (0.2)
New Zealand ............| 520(2.3)| 516(2.3)| 522(2.3)|\3\ 65 (3.5)| 7 (0.4)
Norway .................| 480(2.2)| 456(2.3)| 473(2.8)|\5\ 38 (1.8)|\5\ 4 (0.2)
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Phillipines ............| 330(9.0)| 343(9.6)| 324(9.2)|\5\176 (3.2)|\5\ 16 (0.4)
Portugal ...............| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Russian Federation .....| 526(4.7)| 527(5.2)| 527(6.0)|\3\ 33 (1.2)| 5 (0.2)
Scotland ...............| \2\ 506(3.1)|\2\ 503(2.6)|\2\ 498(2.6)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
Singapore ..............| 506(3.1)| 503(2.6)| 498(2.6)| 64 (0.6)| 7 (0.1)
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Slovenia ...............| 489(2.9)| 497(2.3)| 490(2.7)|\5\75 (2.2)|\5\ 9 (0.3)
Thailand ...............| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Tunisia ................| 290(5.9)| 324(5.3)| 336(4.8)| ‡ (†) | ‡ (†)
United States ..........| \2\ 537(2.2)|\2\ 531(2.3)|\2\ 535(2.5)|\5\83 (3.0)|\5\ 8 (0.3)
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---Data not available. NOTE: Data are for 4th grade or equivalent in most countries. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2003, TIMSS 2003 International Mathematics Report, by Ina V.S. Mullis et al. (This table was prepared April 2005.)
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