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| Table 402. | Average science scores at the end of secondary school, by sex, average time spent studying science out of school, and country: 1995 |
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| Average score in science| Amount of daily out-of-school study time in science
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| | | | Less than 1 hour | 1 to 2 hours | 3 or more hours |
| | | |___________________|____________________|____________________|Average
Country | Total| Male| Female| Percent|Mean score| Percent|Mean score| Percent|Mean score|hours\1\
_______________________|_________|_________|_________|________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11
_______________________|_________|_________|_________|________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
Australia\2\ ..........|527 (9.8)|547(11.5)|513 (9.4)| 58(1.8)| 540 (9.5)| 35(1.7)| 575 (6.9)| 7(1.0)| 588(33.0)|1.0(0.04)
Austria\2\ ............|520 (5.6)|554 (8.7)|501 (5.8)| 87(1.4)| 529 (6.0)| 11(1.4)| 526(13.8)| 1(0.3)| --- (†) |0.4(0.03)
Canada\2\ .............|532 (2.6)|550 (3.6)|518 (3.8)| 57(2.1)| 554 (4.2)| 35(1.8)| 567 (6.8)| 8(0.9)| 537(18.0)|1.1(0.05)
Cyprus\2\ .............|448 (3.0)|459 (5.8)|439 (3.0)| 80(1.1)| 436 (3.7)| 16(0.9)| 483(10.7)| 4(0.6)| 552(11.8)|0.5(0.03)
Czech Republic ........|487 (8.8)|512 (8.8)|460(11.0)| 84(2.6)| 520(11.6)| 14(2.3)| 571(11.5)| 3(0.5)| 583(13.6)|0.5(0.05)
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Denmark\2\ ............|509 (3.6)|532 (5.4)|490 (4.1)| 73(1.8)| 555 (4.7)| 25(1.6)| 570 (6.1)| 3(0.6)| 565(15.0)|0.7(0.03)
France\2\ .............|487 (5.1)|508 (6.7)|468 (4.8)| 59(2.0)| 497 (5.7)| 35(1.8)| 525 (7.0)| 6(0.8)| 515 (9.1)|1.0(0.04)
Germany\2\ ............|497 (5.1)|514 (7.9)|478 (8.5)| ---(†) | --- (†)| --- (†) | --- (†)| --- (†) | --- (†) | --- (†)
Hungary ...............|471 (3.0)|484 (4.2)|455 (4.3)| 67(1.2)| 475 (3.9)| 27(0.9)| 486 (4.9)| 6(0.6)| 497(11.5)|0.9(0.03)
Iceland\2\ ............|549 (1.5)|572 (2.7)|530 (2.1)| 87(1.0)| 566 (2.5)| 12(1.0)| 575 (4.6)| 1(0.3)| --- (†) |0.4(0.01)
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Italy\2\ ..............|475 (5.3)|495 (6.7)|458 (5.6)| 70(2.8)| 487 (6.3)| 25(2.5)| 482 (9.7)| 5(1.2)| 462(13.9)|0.8(0.06)
Lithuania\2\ ..........|461 (5.7)|481 (6.4)|450 (7.3)| 69(1.5)| 465 (5.5)| 26(1.3)| 469 (6.5)| 5(0.6)| 470(11.4)|0.8(0.03)
Netherlands\2\ ........|558 (5.3)|582 (5.7)|532 (6.2)| 78(2.8)| 593 (6.4)| 20(2.9)| 605(16.9)| 1(0.4)| --- (†) |0.7(0.03)
New Zealand ...........|529 (5.2)|543 (7.1)|515 (5.2)| 80(1.1)| 551 (6.3)| 18(1.1)| 581 (6.6)| 3(0.5)| 553(15.3)|0.6(0.02)
Norway\2\ .............|544 (4.1)|574 (5.1)|513 (4.5)| 74(2.4)| 592 (7.1)| 23(2.2)| 598(10.8)| 3(0.7)| 583(23.8)|0.7(0.05)
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Russian Federation\2\ .|481 (5.7)|510 (5.7)|463 (6.7)| 61(1.6)| 478 (6.0)| 30(1.3)| 488 (7.0)| 10(0.8)| 501 (8.0)|1.1(0.04)
Slovenia\2\ ...........|517 (8.2)|541(12.7)|494 (6.4)| 85(2.0)| 528 (8.1)| 13(1.9)| 548 (8.9)| 2(0.6)| --- (†) |0.5(0.04)
South Africa\2\ .......|349(10.5)|367(11.5)|333(13.0)| 47(1.6)| 373(15.5)| 35(1.3)| 367(12.2)| 18(1.4)| 326 (7.3)|1.5(0.05)
Sweden ................|559 (4.4)|585 (5.9)|534 (3.5)| 81(1.9)| 599 (7.4)| 17(1.8)| 632(10.1)| 2(0.5)| --- (†) |0.6(0.03)
Switzerland ...........|523 (5.3)|540 (6.1)|500 (7.8)| 76(2.3)| 564 (6.6)| 21(2.3)| 564(10.9)| 3(0.9)| 508(29.0)|0.7(0.04)
United States\2\ ......|480 (3.3)|492 (4.5)|469 (3.9)| 76(2.1)| 505 (4.3)| 21(2.1)| 517 (5.7)| 2(0.4)| --- (†) |0.7(0.04)
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---Not available. †Not applicable. \1\Average hours based on: No time = 0; Less than 1 hour = .5; 1-2 hours = 1.5; 3-5 hours = 4; More than 5 hours = 7. \2\Country did not meet all International Association for the Evaluation of Education Achievement's sampling specifications. NOTE: End of secondary school is equivalent to 12th grade in the United States and a few other countries, but ranges from 9th to 14th grade among the survey countries. Possible scores range from 1 to 1,000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1998, by Ina V. S. Mullis et. al. (This table was prepared October 1998.) |