| Table 401. | Average fourth grade mathematics scores,\1\ by content areas, and average time spent studying mathematics out of school, bycountry: 1994-95 |
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| Average percent correct by content area | Amount of daily out-of-school study time in mathematics
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| | |Fractions |Measurement,|Data | |Patterns, | | | |
|Overall | |and |estimation, |representation| |relations, | No time | Less than 1 hour | 1 hour or more |
|mathematics| Whole |proportion-|and number |analysis, and | |and |_______________________|_______________________|_______________________| Average
Country |scores | numbers |ality |sense |probability |Geometry |functions | Percent|Mean score | Percent |Mean score | Percent|Mean score | hours\2\
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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Australia\3\................| 63 (0.6)| 67 (0.6)| 51 (0.7)| 60 (0.7)| 67 (0.8) | 74 (0.7)| 64 (0.9)| 15 (0.9)| 526 (5.6) | 61 (1.2)| 559 (3.2)| 24 (1.0)| 530 (4.4)| 0.8 (0.02)
Austria\3\................ | 65 (0.7)| 74 (0.8)| 51 (0.8)| 69 (0.8)| 66 (1.1) | 67 (0.8)| 64 (1.1)| 4 (0.7)| 555 (8.6) | 58 (1.8)| 571 (3.8)| 38 (1.6)| 546 (4.1)| 1.0 (0.03)
Canada .....................| 60 (1.0)| 68 (0.9)| 48 (1.0)| 54 (1.1)| 68 (1.4) | 72 (1.4)| 62 (1.5)| 14 (1.1)| 526 (4.4) | 60 (1.4)| 544 (4.0)| 26 (1.2)| 522 (5.0)| 0.8 (0.02)
Cyprus .................... | 54 (0.6)| 65 (0.7)| 48 (0.7)| 48 (0.8)| 52 (0.9) | 53 (0.9)| 55 (1.1)| 9 (0.7)| 473 (6.1) | 51 (1.9)| 519 (3.6)| 40 (1.6)| 495 (3.8)| 1.1 (0.03)
Czech Republic ............ | 66 (0.6)| 75 (0.6)| 53 (0.8)| 68 (0.7)| 67 (0.9) | 71 (0.7)| 67 (0.9)| 9 (0.9)| 547 (6.6) | 69 (1.2)| 576 (3.6)| 22 (1.1)| 560 (4.3)| 0.7 (0.02)
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England\4,5\ ...............| 57 (0.7)| 58 (0.7)| 45 (0.8)| 52 (0.7)| 64 (0.9) | 74 (0.8)| 55 (1.0)| --- ---| --- ---| --- ---| --- ---| --- ---| --- ---| --- ---
Greece .....................| 51 (0.9)| 62 (1.0)| 42 (1.1)| 48 (1.0)| 50 (1.2) | 53 (1.2)| 47 (1.2)| 6 (0.5)| 453 (6.8) | 38 (1.6)| 512 (4.1)| 56 (1.7)| 493 (4.0)| 1.6 (0.04)
Hong Kong ..................| 73 (0.9)| 79 (0.9)| 66 (1.0)| 69 (0.9)| 76 (1.0) | 74 (0.8)| 73 (1.2)| 6 (0.7)| 550 (7.9) | 44 (1.2)| 595 (4.2)| 50 (1.2)| 586 (4.5)| 1.3 (0.03)
Hungary\3\............... | 64 (0.8)| 76 (0.7)| 49 (0.9)| 64 (0.9)| 60 (1.0) | 66 (0.8)| 69 (1.1)| 5 (0.7)| 543 (10.8)| 58 (1.3)| 563 (3.9)| 37 (1.4)| 533 (4.2)| 1.0 (0.03)
Iceland ................... | 50 (0.8)| 56 (0.9)| 36 (1.0)| 44 (0.9)| 58 (1.2) | 63 (1.0)| 48 (1.4)| 10 (0.8)| 457 (4.3) | 63 (1.4)| 483 (3.5)| 27 (1.4)| 472 (3.2)| 0.8 (0.02)
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Iran, Islamic Republic\6\...| 38 (0.9)| 51 (1.2)| 32 (1.0)| 36 (0.9)| 23 (0.9) | 42 (0.9)| 40 (1.4)| 5 (0.7)| 402 (6.6) | 17 (1.3)| 433 (6.0)| 78 (1.5)| 443 (4.5)| 2.3 (0.07)
Ireland ....................| 63 (0.8)| 70 (0.8)| 58 (1.0)| 56 (0.9)| 69 (0.9) | 66 (0.8)| 64 (1.0)| 7 (0.6)| 516 (7.1) | 70 (1.3)| 565 (3.2)| 23 (1.2)| 530 (4.9)| 0.8 (0.02)
Israel\3,6,7\...............| 59 (1.0)| 71 (1.0)| 48 (1.1)| 54 (1.0)| 64 (1.2) | 62 (1.0)| 60 (1.5)| 14 (1.3)| 525 (6.4) | 46 (2.2)| 535 (4.7)| 40 (1.9)| 528 (4.1)| 1.1 (0.05)
Japan .....................| 74 (0.4)| 82 (0.4)| 65 (0.6)| 72 (0.5)| 79 (0.5) | 72 (0.6)| 76 (0.6)| 10 (0.7)| 558 (4.3) | 60 (1.1)| 598 (2.3)| 31 (1.2)| 610 (3.0)| 0.9 (0.02)
Korea ......................| 76 (0.4)| 88 (0.3)| 65 (0.5)| 72 (0.5)| 80 (0.6) | 72 (0.6)| 83 (0.7)| 14 (0.8)| 593 (4.2) | 44 (1.1)| 610 (2.5)| 42 (1.2)| 621 (2.3)| 1.0 (0.02)
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Kuwait \3\................ | 32 (0.5)| 36 (0.5)| 25 (0.5)| 35 (0.6)| 26 (0.6) | 36 (0.6)| 33 (1.0)| 5 (0.7)| 372 (5.7) | 34 (1.4)| 410 (3.0)| 60 (1.5)| 401 (2.8)| 1.9 (0.05)
Latvia (Latvian- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
speaking schools)\3\ ......| 59 (1.0)| 68 (0.9)| 44 (1.3)| 60 (1.0)| 54 (1.3) | 67 (1.0)| 65 (1.2)| 7 (0.7)| 476 (7.5) | 61 (1.9)| 542 (6.3)| 33 (1.7)| 518 (5.1)| 1.0 (0.03)
Netherlands\3\..............| 69 (0.7)| 75 (0.8)| 60 (0.9)| 70 (0.8)| 75 (0.9) | 71 (0.8)| 65 (1.1)| 47 (2.7)| 593 (4.3) | 39 (2.3)| 578 (3.6)| 14 (1.5)| 541 (6.1)| 0.5 (0.03)
New Zealand ................| 53 (1.0)| 57 (1.0)| 41 (1.1)| 49 (1.1)| 61 (1.3) | 66 (1.1)| 52 (1.2)| 21 (1.6)| 488 (9.7) | 54 (1.7)| 512 (4.4)| 25 (1.4)| 493 (5.2)| 0.8 (0.03)
Norway .....................| 53 (0.7)| 61 (0.8)| 38 (0.7)| 56 (0.7)| 59 (0.9) | 58 (0.9)| 50 (1.2)| 23 (1.3)| 503 (4.1) | 58 (1.2)| 512 (3.3)| 19 (1.1)| 497 (5.3)| 0.6 (0.02)
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Portugal ...................| 48 (0.7)| 57 (0.8)| 38 (0.7)| 49 (0.8)| 43 (1.1) | 52 (1.0)| 47 (1.1)| 3 (0.5)| 420 (9.1) | 55 (1.7)| 489 (3.9)| 42 (1.6)| 470 (3.9)| 1.3 (0.03)
Scotland\4\............... | 58 (0.8)| 61 (0.8)| 46 (1.0)| 53 (0.9)| 66 (1.0) | 72 (0.8)| 57 (1.0)| 26 (1.8)| 519 (7.2) | 63 (2.0)| 528 (3.8)| 11 (1.0)| 501 (8.9)| 0.5 (0.02)
Singapore ................ | 76 (0.8)| 83 (0.7)| 74 (1.0)| 67 (1.0)| 81 (0.8) | 72 (0.8)| 76 (0.9)| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Slovenia\3\.............. | 64 (0.6)| 74 (0.6)| 50 (0.9)| 64 (0.9)| 64 (1.0) | 72 (0.8)| 68 (0.8)| 3 (0.4)| 502 (11.4)| 57 (1.5)| 563 (3.7)| 40 (1.4)| 548 (3.7)| 1.0 (0.03)
Thailand\3\............... | 50 (1.1)| 58 (1.3)| 44 (1.0)| 44 (1.0)| 56 (1.5) | 53 (1.2)| 50 (1.3)| 17 (1.3)| 470 (4.3) | 44 (1.6)| 496 (4.5)| 39 (1.8)| 489 (6.1)| 1.0 (0.03)
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United States ..............| 63 (0.6)| 71 (0.7)| 51 (0.8)| 53 (0.6)| 73 (0.9) | 71 (0.7)| 66 (0.9)| 8 (0.5)| 516 (4.4) | 60 (1.1)| 561 (3.1)| 32 (1.1)| 528 (2.9)| 1.0 (0.03)
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\1\Fourth grade students or equivalent in most countries. \2\Average hours based on: No time = 0; Less than 1 hour = .5; 1-2 hours = 1.5; 3-4 hours = 3.5; More than 4 hours = 5. \3\Did not satisfy one or more guidelines for sample participation rates, age/grade specifications, or classroom sampling procedures. \4\Met guidelines for sample participation only after replacement schools were included for question about mathematics content areas. \5\National defined population covers less than 90 percent of international desired population. \6\Indicates a 70 to 84 percent student response rate on question about time spent studying mathematics. \7\National defined population does not cover all of international desired population. ---Data not available or not applicable. NOTE.---Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Mathematics Achievement in the Primary School Years, and Science Achievement in the Primary School Years: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1997. (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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