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| Table 419. | Percentage distribution of science lesson time spent by eighth-grade students on various activities in a typical week, by country: 2007 |
| Country or other jurisdiction | Reviewing homework | Listening to lecture-style presentations | Working problems with teacher's guidance | Working problems on their own without teacher's guidance | Listening to teacher re-teach and clarify content/ procedures | Taking tests or quizzes | Participating in classroom management tasks not related to the lesson's content/ purpose |
Other student activities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| International average | 9 | (0.1) | 25 | (0.2) | 17 | (0.1) | 13 | (0.1) | 13 | (0.1) | 10 | (0.1) | 6 | (0.1) | 7 | (0.1) |
| Algeria1 | 10 | (0.4) | 22 | (1.5) | 14 | (0.7) | 12 | (0.7) | 20 | (1.3) | 10 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.6) |
| Armenia | 12 | (0.5) | 24 | (0.6) | 15 | (0.4) | 13 | (0.4) | 13 | (0.4) | 11 | (0.3) | 6 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.3) |
| Australia | 7 | (0.3) | 19 | (0.8) | 20 | (0.8) | 15 | (0.7) | 11 | (0.5) | 7 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.7) | 12 | (1.1) |
| Bahrain2 | 10 | (0.3) | 24 | (0.9) | 16 | (0.4) | 10 | (0.3) | 13 | (0.4) | 12 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.3) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina1 | 6 | (0.2) | 34 | (1.1) | 20 | (0.6) | 13 | (0.5) | 11 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.4) |
| Botswana2 | 11 | (0.5) | 20 | (1.3) | 17 | (1.0) | 15 | (0.9) | 13 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.7) | 6 | (0.4) | 7 | (0.7) |
| Bulgaria2,3 | 6 | (0.3) | 30 | (1.0) | 17 | (0.6) | 13 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.3) | 17 | (0.6) | 4 | (0.4) | 4 | (0.4) |
| Chinese Taipei | 10 | (0.5) | 48 | (1.5) | 11 | (0.6) | 5 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.8) | 8 | (0.6) | 4 | (0.3) | 3 | (0.4) |
| Colombia | 11 | (0.6) | 17 | (1.0) | 18 | (1.3) | 18 | (1.1) | 11 | (0.6) | 11 | (0.6) | 7 | (0.5) | 6 | (0.5) |
| Cyprus1 | 12 | (0.2) | 23 | (0.4) | 18 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.1) | 7 | (0.2) | 6 | (0.2) |
| Czech Republic | 5 | (0.2) | 31 | (0.6) | 18 | (0.3) | 15 | (0.4) | 10 | (0.3) | 10 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.3) | 6 | (0.3) |
| Egypt1 | 11 | (0.7) | 28 | (1.4) | 13 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.6) | 14 | (0.8) | 10 | (0.5) | 6 | (0.4) | 7 | (0.5) |
| El Salvador | 12 | (0.5) | 16 | (0.7) | 16 | (0.7) | 14 | (0.7) | 16 | (0.7) | 11 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.4) | 7 | (0.5) |
| England2,4 | 7 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.9) | 28 | (1.0) | 20 | (0.8) | 10 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.6) |
| Georgia2,5 | 12 | (0.4) | 23 | (1.4) | 12 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.4) | 18 | (0.6) | 6 | (0.4) | 10 | (1.2) |
| Ghana2 | 11 | (0.7) | 16 | (0.9) | 17 | (0.8) | 14 | (0.6) | 12 | (0.7) | 15 | (0.6) | 8 | (0.5) | 7 | (0.4) |
| Hong Kong SAR4,6 | 9 | (0.6) | 39 | (1.6) | 15 | (1.0) | 8 | (0.9) | 8 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.9) | 5 | (0.4) | 8 | (1.0) |
| Hungary2 | 8 | (0.2) | 20 | (0.7) | 19 | (0.5) | 16 | (0.4) | 13 | (0.4) | 14 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.4) |
| Indonesia1 | 12 | (0.5) | 24 | (1.1) | 15 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.5) | 12 | (0.5) | 13 | (0.7) | 7 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.3) |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9 | (0.3) | 17 | (0.7) | 15 | (0.6) | 12 | (0.5) | 15 | (0.6) | 14 | (0.6) | 8 | (0.5) | 9 | (0.4) |
| Israel3 | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Italy | 12 | (0.4) | 29 | (0.7) | 13 | (0.4) | 10 | (0.4) | 16 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.3) | 5 | (0.4) |
| Japan2 | 3 | (0.3) | 47 | (1.5) | 15 | (1.0) | 5 | (0.8) | 14 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.5) | 2 | (0.3) | 8 | (1.3) |
| Jordan | 13 | (0.5) | 20 | (1.1) | 17 | (0.5) | 12 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.5) | 12 | (0.5) | 6 | (0.3) | 6 | (0.4) |
| Korea, Republic of2 | 5 | (0.3) | 49 | (1.6) | 9 | (0.4) | 8 | (0.4) | 13 | (0.8) | 6 | (0.4) | 6 | (0.5) | 5 | (0.5) |
| Kuwait7 | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Lebanon1 | 16 | (0.8) | 18 | (1.2) | 19 | (0.8) | 8 | (0.7) | 14 | (0.9) | 14 | (0.6) | 6 | (0.4) | 6 | (0.4) |
| Lithuania5 | 8 | (0.2) | 12 | (0.5) | 22 | (0.5) | 23 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.4) | 14 | (0.5) | 3 | (0.2) | 3 | (0.3) |
| Malaysia2 | 13 | (0.6) | 24 | (1.4) | 15 | (0.7) | 11 | (0.6) | 13 | (0.8) | 10 | (0.5) | 9 | (0.7) | 6 | (0.5) |
| Malta | 10 | (#) | 31 | (0.1) | 15 | (#) | 10 | (0.1) | 13 | (0.1) | 5 | (#) | 9 | (0.1) | 7 | (#) |
| Norway | 8 | (0.4) | 27 | (0.8) | 18 | (0.9) | 16 | (0.7) | 12 | (0.4) | 6 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.3) | 9 | (0.8) |
| Oman2 | 10 | (0.7) | 21 | (1.5) | 16 | (0.8) | 13 | (0.6) | 14 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.7) | 5 | (0.3) | 9 | (0.9) |
| Palestinian National Authority1 | 11 | (0.5) | 25 | (1.3) | 16 | (0.7) | 11 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.8) | 10 | (0.4) | 6 | (0.4) | 7 | (0.4) |
| Qatar1 | 11 | (#) | 25 | (0.1) | 13 | (#) | 12 | (#) | 12 | (#) | 10 | (#) | 7 | (#) | 11 | (#) |
| Romania | 9 | (0.3) | 24 | (0.8) | 19 | (0.5) | 13 | (0.4) | 11 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.5) | 5 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.2) |
| Russian Federation | 12 | (0.3) | 23 | (0.5) | 19 | (0.4) | 16 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.2) | 15 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.1) | 4 | (0.2) |
| Saudi Arabia | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Scotland2,4 | 6 | (0.2) | 23 | (0.6) | 28 | (0.7) | 18 | (0.8) | 9 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.3) | 5 | (0.3) |
| Serbia2,5,8 | 5 | (0.2) | 39 | (0.8) | 19 | (0.6) | 11 | (0.4) | 11 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.3) | 3 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.4) |
| Singapore | 12 | (0.3) | 34 | (0.8) | 14 | (0.5) | 10 | (0.3) | 9 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.4) |
| Slovenia | 6 | (0.2) | 28 | (0.7) | 22 | (0.6) | 16 | (0.4) | 13 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.5) |
| Sweden2 | 5 | (0.3) | 25 | (0.7) | 29 | (0.8) | 15 | (0.9) | 11 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.2) | 4 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.6) |
| Syrian Arab Republic1 | 12 | (0.6) | 28 | (1.4) | 14 | (0.6) | 10 | (0.5) | 14 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.5) | 6 | (0.3) | 6 | (0.3) |
| Thailand | 11 | (0.6) | 21 | (1.2) | 14 | (0.7) | 11 | (0.6) | 18 | (0.8) | 11 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.4) | 7 | (0.4) |
| Tunisia2 | 9 | (0.7) | 14 | (1.2) | 26 | (1.5) | 14 | (1.0) | 18 | (1.0) | 11 | (0.9) | 5 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.5) |
| Turkey | 8 | (0.3) | 18 | (0.8) | 19 | (0.9) | 12 | (0.6) | 15 | (0.8) | 9 | (0.6) | 9 | (0.6) | 8 | (0.4) |
| Ukraine | 12 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.8) | 15 | (0.4) | 15 | (0.4) | 20 | (0.8) | 14 | (0.4) | 3 | (0.1) | 6 | (0.4) |
| United States4,8 | 9 | (0.4) | 20 | (0.8) | 18 | (0.6) | 15 | (0.6) | 11 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.3) | 12 | (0.9) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 Data are available for at least 50 percent but less than 70 percent of students. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 Data are available for at least 70 percent but less than 85 percent of students. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 National Defined Population covers less than 90 percent of National Target Population (but at least 77 percent). | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 National Target Population does not include all of the International Target Population defined by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 Kuwait tested the same cohort of students as other countries, but later in 2007, at the beginning of the next school year. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 National Defined Population covers 90 to 95 percent of National Target Population. | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data provided by teachers. Countries were required to sample students in the grade that corresponded to the end of 8 years of formal schooling, providing that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years. 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), 2007, TIMSS 2007 International Science Report, by Michael O. Martin et al. (This table was prepared July 2009.) |
