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(44 KB) | Table 410. | Instructional practices and time spent teaching science in eighth-grade, by country: 1999 |
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| Percent of students reporting almost always | Number of hours science is taught weekly
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Country |___________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________________________
|We dis- |Teacher |We work on |We work |We begin| Less than 2 hours| At least 2 to less | At least 3.5, but| 5 hours or more
|cuss our |shows us |worksheets | on | our | | than 3.5 hours | less than 5 hours|
|complete |how to do|or textbooks|science |homework|___________________|_____________________|___________________|___________________
|homework |science |on our own |projects | |Percent |Mean score|Percent |Mean score |Percent |Mean score|Percent |Mean score
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
________________________|_________|_________|____________|_________|________|________|__________|_________|___________|________|__________|________|__________
Australia\1\ ...........| 48 (1.6)| 73 (1.4)| 75 (1.2)| 51 (1.6)| 40(1.5)| 6(1.8)|523 (15.2)| 64(3.9)| 535 (5.5)| 28(3.5)| 555 (8.2)| 3(1.2)|526 (16.0)
Canada\2\ ..............| 56 (1.4)| 74 (1.2)| 76 (1.1)| 62 (1.5)| 68(1.8)| 7(1.6)|501 (9.0)| 71(3.5)| 536 (3.3)| 17(3.2)| 549 (6.6)| 5(1.5)|520 (8.7)
Chile ..................| 50 (1.1)| 84 (0.9)| 51 (1.0)| 72 (1.2)| 57(1.1)| 4(1.5)|419 (9.9)| 93(1.9)| 422 (4.2)| 2(1.2)|--- (---) | # (#) |394 (---)
Chinese Taipei\3\ ......| 50 (1.4)| 88 (0.7)| 61 (1.3)| 52 (1.3)| 29(0.9)|---(---)|--- (---) |--- (---)|--- (---) |---(---)|--- (---) |---(---)|--- (---)
Cyprus\2\ ..............| 76 (0.9)| 86 (0.9)| 66 (1.0)| 52 (1.1)| 47(1.2)| 72(3.7)|462 (3.3)| 28(3.7)| 463 (5.5)| # (#) |--- (---) | # (#) |--- (---)
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England\2\ .............| 53 (1.6)| 87 (0.9)| 63 (2.1)| 55 (1.6)| 28(1.3)| 7(2.1)|582 (19.4)| 72(4.3)| 532 (6.2)| 17(4.0)| 568(16.9)| 4(1.6)|668 (21.8)
Hong Kong, SAR\4\ .....| 33 (1.0)| 86 (0.8)| 54 (1.1)| 43 (1.1)| 34(1.1)| 4(1.7)|525 (22.7)| 79(3.9)| 532 (4.3)| 7(2.3)| 551 (9.4)| 10(2.8)|514 (14.2)
Indonesia\5\ ...........| 46 (1.1)| 87 (0.8)| 48 (1.7)| 76 (1.1)| 11(0.8)|---(---)|--- (---) |--- (---)|--- (---) |---(---)|--- (---) |---(---)|--- (---)
Iran, Islamic Republic .| 49 (1.0)| 89 (0.7)| 43 (1.1)| 38 (1.3)| 33(1.1)| 29(4.3)|455 (6.8)| 54(4.6)| 445 (6.4)| 9(2.5)| 458(11.5)| 8(2.3)|454 (9.9)
Israel\1\ ..............| 63 (1.2)| 62 (1.3)| 67 (1.5)| 49 (1.5)| 55(1.5)| 23(3.2)|460 (11.6)| 68(3.7)| 472 (6.9)| 9(2.5)| 467(23.8)| # (#) |--- (---)
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Italy ..................| 49 (1.4)| 56 (1.5)| 38 (1.3)| 35 (1.7)| 30(1.6)| 27(3.5)|498 (5.8)| 71(3.7)| 490 (5.0)| 1(0.9)|--- (---) | 1(0.8)|--- (---)
Japan ..................| 10 (0.8)| 74 (1.1)| 29 (1.3)| 21 (0.8)| 7(0.6)| 4(1.3)|599 (14.2)| 96(1.3)| 547 (2.4)| # (#) |--- (---) | # (#) |--- (---)
Jordan .................| 71 (1.2)| 91 (0.8)| 50 (1.2)| 55 (1.4)| 57(1.0)| 1 (0.0|--- (---) | 25(3.6)| 458 (9.4)| 63(---)| 449 (4.8)| 11(2.8)|441 (15.2)
Korea, Republic of .....| 14 (0.8)| 73 (1.1)| 27 (0.8)| 36 (1.0)| 12(0.6)| 10(1.9)|546 (4.7)| 84(2.6)| 550 (2.8)| 4(1.7)| 531 (8.6)| 1(0.8)|--- (---)
Malaysia ...............| 51 (1.0)| 89 (0.6)| 56 (1.2)| 41 (1.5)| 45(1.3)| 1(0.9)|--- (---) | 96(1.8)| 493 (4.6)| 3(1.5)| 497(26.7)| # (#) |--- (---)
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New Zealand ............| 53 (1.4)| 81 (1.0)| 70 (1.6)| 57 (1.6)| 35(1.8)| 2(1.0)|--- (---) | 55(4.1)| 508 (6.5)| 41(4.0)| 516 (8.9)| 2(1.0)|--- (---)
Philippines ............| 77 (0.7)| 86 (0.8)| 64 (0.8)| 64 (1.1)| 51(1.0)| 4(1.4)|368 (35.3)| 2(1.3)|--- (---) | 2(1.3)|--- (---) | 92(2.4)|347 (7.8)
Singapore ..............| 58 (0.9)| 85 (0.9)| 75 (0.9)| 39 (1.5)| 44(1.6)| 5(1.9)|497 (38.7)| 42(4.2)| 550 (14.1)| 50(4.2)| 586 (8.6)| 4(1.4)|608 (28.0)
South Africa ...........| 71 (0.7)| 84 (1.1)| 68 (0.9)| 66 (1.4)| 67(1.1)| 26(3.9)|235 (15.5)| 33(4.3)| 256 (17.4)| 33(4.2)| 251(18.9)| 8(2.4)|259 (31.6)
Thailand\1\.............| 36 (1.2)| 75 (1.2)| 56 (1.1)| 42 (1.7)| 81(0.8)| 1(1.0)|--- (---) | 76(4.2)| 491 (5.5)| # (#) |--- (---) | 23(4.1)|461 (10.8)
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Tunisia ................| 54 (1.2)| 79 (0.8)| 44 (1.2)| 69 (0.9)| 29(1.0)| 63(4.1)|432 (4.2)| 36(4.1)| 425 (4.3)| 1 (#) |--- (---) | # (#) |--- (---)
Turkey .................| 32 (1.0)| 90 (0.7)| 38 (1.0)| 29 (1.0)| 22(1.2)| 12(2.8)|439 (12.4)| 82(3.0)| 432 (4.3)| 1(0.7)|--- (---) | 4(1.4)|416 (17.8)
United States\1\ .......| 63 (1.9)| 69 (1.4)| 76 (1.5)| 59 (1.3)| 57(2.0)| 11(2.3)|521 (18.3)| 16(2.3)| 533 (11.4)| 61(3.0)| 523 (5.0)| 13(2.0)|490 (8.0)
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| ---Not available. #Rounds to zero. NOTE: Data are for 8th-grade or equivalent in most countries. Possible scores range from 1 to 1,000. Standard errors appear in parentheses. In the 23 countries shown, science is taught as a single subject. In other countries separate, courses are offered in the different science subjects (earth science, biology, physics, and chemistry). Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Third International Mathematics and Science Study 1999, TIMSS 1999 International Science Report, by Michael O. Martin et al. Copyright © 2000 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). (This table was prepared July 2001.)
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