Classroom, home, and science activities of 13-year-olds in educational systems participating in the International Assessment of Educational Progress: 1991

Table 397.

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                        |          |          | Percent of |Percent of|Percent of| Percent of |  Percent of
                        | Average  |Percent of|  students  |students  | students | students   |  students
        Country         | percent  | students |with 2 hours|who watch |who never | who take a |with positive
                        | correct  | who read |  or more   |TV 5 hours| conduct  |science quiz|  attitudes
                        |on science| for fun  |  homework  | or more  | experi-  | at least   |   towards
                        |  test    |every day |   daily    |  daily   |  ments   |once a week |   science
________________________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|______________
           1            |     2    |     3    |     4      |     5    |     6    |     7      |     8
________________________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|______________
Populations             |          |          |            |          |          |            |
 (comprehensive)        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
Korea.................. |  78 (0.5)|  11 (0.8)|  38 (1.5)  |  10 (0.8)|  35 (1.7)|  21 (1.6)  |  27 (1.3)
Taiwan..................|  76 (0.4)|  17 (1.1)|  44 (1.3)  |   7 (0.7)|  25 (1.3)|  67 (1.2)  |  51 (1.2)
Switzerland\1\..........|  74 (0.9)|  49 (1.2)|  21 (1.3)  |   7 (0.6)|  36 (1.7)|  18 (1.2)  |  59 (1.5)
Hungary.................|  73 (0.5)|  44 (1.3)|  61 (1.5)  |  16 (1.1)|  31 (1.7)|  27 (1.6)  |  69 (1.2)
(Former) Soviet Union\2\|  71 (1.0)|  48 (1.1)|  52 (1.6)  |  19 (1.3)|  13 (0.8)|  88 (1.2)  |  66 (1.4)
Slovenia................|  70 (0.5)|  43 (1.5)|  27 (1.4)  |   5 (0.6)|  22 (1.5)|  18 (1.0)  |  78 (1.2)
Israel\3\...............|  70 (0.7)|  40 (1.4)|  49 (1.4)  |  20 (1.2)|  35 (1.4)|  28 (1.9)  |  62 (1.6)
Canada\4\...............|  69 (0.4)|  36 (0.9)|  26 (0.9)  |  15 (0.7)|  13 (0.7)|  26 (1.1)  |  62 (1.0)
France..................|  69 (0.6)|  39 (1.5)|  55 (1.6)  |   4 (0.5)|  20 (1.7)|  47 (1.4)  |  55 (1.3)
Scotland................|  68 (0.6)|  37 (1.4)|  15 (1.5)  |  23 (1.3)|   3 (0.3)|  11 (1.0)  |  66 (1.2)
Spain\5\ ...............|  68 (0.6)|  34 (1.5)|  62 (1.9)  |  11 (0.9)|  51 (2.3)|  42 (2.6)  |  78 (1.4)
United States...........|  67 (1.0)|  29 (1.4)|  31 (1.6)  |  22 (1.7)|  25 (1.9)|  69 (2.0)  |  57 (2.1)
Ireland ................|  63 (0.6)|  40 (1.3)|  66 (1.6)  |   9 (0.9)|  27 (2.1)|  18 (1.1)  |  57 (1.4)
Jordan..................|  57 (0.7)|  22 (1.0)|  54 (2.0)  |  10 (0.9)|  26 (1.4)|  73 (1.8)  |  82 (1.0)
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
Populations             |          |          |            |          |          |            |
 (with exclusions or    |          |          |            |          |          |            |
 low participation)     |          |          |            |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |            |          |          |            |
Italy\6\................|  70 (0.7)|  45 (1.4)|  78 (1.2)  |   7 (0.8)|  59 (1.9)|   9 (1.0)  |  73 (1.4)
England.................|  69 (1.2)|  36 (1.8)|  26 (2.8)  |  23 (1.7)|   2 (0.6)|   8 (0.9)  |  66 (2.9)
China\7\................|  67 (1.1)|  28 (1.4)|  35 (2.1)  |   2 (0.4)|  29 (2.4)|  42 (2.2)  |  74 (1.7)
Portugal................|  63 (0.8)|  47 (1.2)|  30 (1.7)  |  11 (0.9)|  48 (1.7)|  34 (2.0)  |  71 (1.4)
Brazil, Sao Paulo.......|  53 (0.6)|  31 (1.1)|  48 (1.9)  |  18 (1.1)|  35 (1.6)|  45 (1.2)  |  69 (1.3)
Brazil, Fortaleza.......|  46 (0.6)|  41 (1.2)|  50 (2.0)  |  20 (1.5)|  44 (1.9)|  55 (1.9)  |  74 (1.3)
________________________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|______________

\1\Fifteen cantons.
\2\Schools in 14 republics, where instruction is in Russian.
\3\Schools where instruction is in Hebrew.
\4\Nine provinces.
\5\Schools where instruction is in Spanish, in all regions except Cataluna.
\6\Emilia-Romagna province only.
\7\Twenty provinces and independent cities.

NOTE.--Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, International Assessment of Educational Progress, "Learning Science," by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared February, 1992.)

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