(56KB)| Table 414. | Instructional practices and time spent teaching science in eighth grade, by country: 2003 |
| Country or other jurisdiction |
Percent of students who reported doing activity about half the lessons or more | Students' average yearly instructional time in hours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watch the teacher demonstrate an experiment or investigation | Design or plan an experiment or investigation | Conduct an experiment or investigation | Work in small groups on an experiment or investigation | Write explanations about what was observed and why it happened | Relate what is being learned in science to our daily lives | General integrated science | Earth science | Chemistry | Biology | Physics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| International average | 64 | (0.2) | 49 | (0.2) | 57 | (0.3) | 59 | (0.3) | 66 | (0.2) | 57 | (0.2) | 117 | (0.7) | 55 | (0.6) | 61 | (0.8) | 61 | (0.8) | 68 | (0.6) | |||||||||||
| Australia | 54 | (1.6) | 49 | (1.7) | 60 | (2.2) | 68 | (2.1) | 75 | (1.5) | 42 | (1.1) | 132 | 1 | (3.6) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Bahrain | 83 | (0.8) | 63 | (0.8) | 64 | (0.8) | 66 | (1.1) | 68 | (0.9) | 64 | (0.9) | 119 | (1.1) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Belgium (Flemish) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 52 | 1 | (3.2) | — | (†) | 55 | 1 | (3.3) | 58 | 1 | (2.7) | ||||||||
| Botswana | 61 | (0.9) | 45 | (0.8) | 48 | (1.0) | 50 | (1.1) | 61 | (0.9) | 71 | (0.8) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Bulgaria | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 53 | 2 | (2.2) | 63 | 2 | (2.9) | 65 | 1 | (3.2) | 64 | 2 | (3.3) | |||||||
| Chile | 57 | (1.3) | 56 | (1.4) | 54 | (1.5) | 61 | (1.4) | 69 | (1.0) | 62 | (0.7) | 118 | 2 | (2.2) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 48 | 3 | (1.1) | 24 | 3 | (0.9) | 36 | 3 | (1.3) | 37 | 3 | (1.5) | 37 | 3 | (1.1) | 40 | 3 | (1.0) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | 4 | (†) | — | (†) | 134 | 4 | (2.0) | |||
| Cyprus | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 53 | 1 | (0.7) | 34 | 1 | (1.6) | — | (†) | 52 | 1 | (0.8) | ||||||||
| Egypt | 80 | (0.7) | 61 | (1.0) | 62 | (1.0) | 60 | (0.8) | 71 | (0.7) | 73 | (0.7) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| England | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Estonia | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 55 | (2.9) | 65 | (3.9) | 80 | (4.8) | 59 | (1.8) | |||||||||||
| Ghana | 73 | (1.2) | 54 | (1.3) | 55 | (1.3) | 54 | (1.5) | 64 | (1.5) | 75 | (1.0) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong, SAR5 | 66 | (1.2) | 35 | (1.0) | 71 | (1.5) | 75 | (1.2) | 67 | (1.2) | 61 | (0.8) | 103 | 1 | (4.0) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Hungary | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 58 | 1 | (2.5) | 59 | 1 | (2.1) | 61 | 1 | (2.8) | 57 | 1 | (2.5) | |||||||
| Indonesia | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 93 | 1 | (3.6) | 93 | 1 | (3.3) | |||||||||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 87 | (1.0) | 66 | (1.4) | 77 | (1.2) | 73 | (1.5) | 78 | (1.0) | 70 | (1.0) | 106 | 1 | (3.7) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Israel | 73 | (1.6) | 56 | (1.4) | 63 | (1.6) | 52 | (1.8) | 76 | (1.3) | 56 | (1.0) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Italy | 26 | (1.3) | 16 | (0.9) | 13 | (0.8) | 12 | (0.8) | 32 | (1.4) | 35 | (1.1) | 69 | 1 | (1.1) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Japan | 66 | (1.5) | 51 | (1.7) | 75 | (1.7) | 79 | (1.6) | 69 | (1.5) | 27 | (1.1) | 99 | 2 | (1.5) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Jordan | 67 | (1.5) | 56 | (1.4) | 55 | (1.7) | 53 | (1.6) | 66 | (1.3) | 70 | (1.1) | 135 | (0.8) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Korea, Republic of | 31 | (1.0) | 14 | (0.8) | 20 | (1.1) | 39 | (1.3) | 44 | (1.3) | 36 | (0.9) | 103 | 1 | (2.7) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Latvia | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 64 | 1 | (4.2) | 56 | 1 | (4.1) | |||||||||
| Lebanon | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 59 | 2 | (0.4) | 65 | 2 | (1.2) | 46 | 2 | (3.5) | 60 | 2 | (0.8) | |||||||
| Macedonia | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 53 | 2 | (1.4) | 64 | 2 | (2.5) | 59 | 2 | (2.0) | 79 | 2 | (1.5) | |||||||
| Malaysia | 83 | (1.1) | 46 | (1.3) | 71 | (1.7) | 77 | (1.3) | 73 | (1.0) | 72 | (1.0) | 119 | (1.8) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Moldova, Republic of | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Morocco | 82 | (1.2) | 62 | (1.3) | 61 | 2 | (1.2) | 50 | (1.3) | 74 | (1.0) | 65 | 2 | (1.2) | — | (†) | — | 6 | (†) | — | 4 | (†) | ‡ | 6 | (†) | ‡ | 4 | (†) | |||||
| Netherlands | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 54 | 1 | (1.7) | — | 4 | (†) | 58 | 1 | (1.8) | 68 | 2.4 | (2.4) | |||||||
| New Zealand | 60 | (2.0) | 50 | (2.1) | 56 | (2.5) | 66 | (2.3) | 73 | (1.8) | 45 | (1.3) | 132 | (2.4) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Norway | 40 | (1.5) | 34 | (1.6) | 49 | (2.2) | 49 | (2.2) | 56 | (1.9) | 31 | (0.9) | 92 | (2.5) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Palestinian National Authority | 70 | (1.2) | 56 | (1.2) | 57 | (1.0) | 54 | (1.5) | 66 | (1.2) | 69 | (0.9) | 101 | 1 | (1.8) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Philippines7 | 74 | (0.9) | 58 | (1.2) | 57 | (1.0) | 62 | (1.1) | 72 | (1.0) | 76 | (0.8) | 202 | (4.2) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Romania | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 60 | 2 | (1.1) | 67 | 2 | (2.4) | 38 | 2 | (2.6) | 67 | 2 | (2.4) | |||||||
| Russian Federation | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 49 | 2 | (0.7) | 59 | 2 | (1.2) | 49 | 2 | (0.8) | 49 | 2 | (0.9) | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 68 | (1.3) | 50 | (1.3) | 51 | (1.4) | 43 | (1.4) | 60 | (1.3) | 67 | (1.0) | 106 | 1 | (1.6) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 69 | (1.4) | 54 | (1.3) | 74 | (1.4) | 81 | (1.2) | 83 | (1.1) | 47 | (1.0) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Serbia | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 53 | 2 | (2.2) | 61 | 1 | (3.7) | 53 | 1 | (1.0) | 56 | 1 | (2.5) | |||||||
| Singapore | 49 | (0.9) | 31 | (0.6) | 55 | (1.0) | 57 | (0.8) | 68 | (0.8) | 58 | (0.7) | 107 | (1.9) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Slovak Republic | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 66 | 2 | (3.9) | 76 | 2 | (3.8) | 72 | 2 | (5.2) | 70 | 2 | (4.5) | |||||||
| Slovenia | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 59 | (1.1) | 56 | (0.7) | 57 | 2 | (0.5) | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 72 | (1.1) | 64 | (1.2) | 63 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.1) | 73 | (0.7) | 77 | (0.7) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| Sweden | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 131 | 2 | (7.6) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
| Tunisia | 79 | (0.7) | 65 | (1.0) | 69 | (1.0) | 55 | (1.2) | 73 | (0.8) | 54 | (0.9) | ‡ | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||||||
| United States | 57 | (1.3) | 48 | (1.2) | 55 | (1.4) | 65 | (1.5) | 65 | (1.4) | 51 | (0.9) | 135 | 1 | (2.2) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||||||||||
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— Not available. † Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Data are available for at least 50 but less than 70 percent of the students. 2 Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of the students. 3 Students in Chinese Taipei were asked about natural science; data pertain to grade 8 physics/chemistry course. 4 Data reported in physics column are for grade 8 physics/chemistry. 5 SAR = Special Administrative Region. 6 Data reported in biology column are for grade 8 biology/earth science. 7 Students study only biology at grade 8. NOTE: Data are for eighth grade or equivalent in most countries. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003, TIMSS 2003 International Science Report, by Michael O. Martin et al. (This table was prepared April 2005.) |