IEA: Trends in weekly intended and implemented instructional time for TIMSS fourth-grade mathematics, by country: 2007

International Activities Program

Return

Download Excel Excel format

(510 KB)

Table C.3.03a.

IEA: Trends in weekly intended and implemented instructional time for TIMSS fourth-grade mathematics, by country: 2007

	Intended time prescribed in the curriculum				Time implemented in schools
	Total hours of instructional time per week		Mathematics instructional time as a percent of total instructional time		Total hours of instructional time per week							Mathematics instructional time as a percent of total instructional time
Jurisdiction	Total hours of instructional time per week				2007 Hours		s.e.	Difference from 2003		s.e.		2007 Percent		s.e.	Difference from 2003		s.e.
International average	23		18		24		0.1	#		†		16		0.1	#		†

Algeria	32		16		30		0.3	—		†		17	¹	0.3	—		†
Armenia	23		20		27	²	0.5	‡		†	▼	15		0.4	—		†
Australia	27		20		25		0.2	#		†		18	¹	0.5	#		†
Austria	21		18		21		0.1	—		†		17		0.2	—		†
Chinese Taipei	20		14		23		0.4	-1	!	0.4	▼	13		0.3	2		0.4	∆

Colombia	25		†	³	27		0.4	—		†		17		0.5	—		†
Czech Republic	18		21		19		0.1	—		†		19		0.1	—		†
Denmark	20		17		21	¹	0.2	—		†		15	¹	0.2	—		†
El Salvador	19		20		24		0.7	—		†		17		0.4	—		†
England	24		20		25	¹	0.2	1	!	0.4	∆	19		0.2	—		†

Georgia	23		20		19	¹	0.3	—		†		19	²	0.4	—		†
Germany	21		18		22		0.2	—		†		17	¹	0.2	—		†
Hong Kong SAR	23		13		27	¹	0.3	#		†		15	²	0.4	1		0.5
Hungary	17		13		20	¹	0.3	-4		0.3	▼	16	²	0.3	2		0.3	∆
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	21		16		21	²	0.2	-3		0.4	▼	16		0.4	—		†

Italy	30		20		30	¹	0.3	#		†		19	¹	0.3	#		†
Japan	20		16		22		0.2	-5		0.3	▼	16		0.2	3		0.3	∆
Kazakhstan	20		19		22		0.2	—		†		18		0.3	—		†
Kuwait	30		14		26		0.3	—		†		4	²	0.4	—		†
Latvia	17		20		20		0.4	-3		0.5	▼	18	¹	0.4	3		0.5	∆

Lithuania	18		19		20		0.2	-3		0.3	▼	18	¹	0.3	2		0.4	∆
Mongolia	22		13		—		†	—		†		—		†	—		†
Morocco	28		18		28	¹	0.4	#		†		17	²	0.3	—		†
Netherlands	†	³	†	³	27	¹	0.1	#		†		16	²	0.4	#		†
New Zealand	†	³	†	³	24		0.1	#		†		16		0.2	1		0.4	∆

Norway	19		16		23		#	#		†		13		0.3	1		0.4
Qatar	26		11		31		#	—		†		12	²	#	—		†
Russian Federation	15		20		19	²	0.2	-4		0.3	▼	17	²	0.2	3		0.3	∆
Scotland	25		15		25		0.1	#		†		19	²	0.3	#		†
Singapore	25		22		26		#	-5		0.2	▼	21		0.1	3		0.2	∆

Slovak Republic	20		20		21		0.3	—		†		18		0.2	—		†
Slovenia	18		21		19		0.1	-3		0.2	▼	20	¹	0.2	2		0.3	∆
Sweden	†	³	†	³	24		0.3	—		†		12	¹	0.3	—		†
Tunisia	25		20		29	¹	0.9	#		†		18	¹	0.4	—		†
Ukraine	16		17		18		0.2	—		†		17		0.3	—		†

United States	32		16		30		0.2	1		0.3	∆	16	²	0.4	2		0.5	∆
Yemen	23		18		24		0.4	—		†		15		0.5	—		†

Benchmarking Participants
Alberta, Canada	25		15		27		0.2	—		†		15		0.3	—		†
British Columbia, Canada	24		†	³	24		0.2	—		†		17	¹	0.3	—		†
Dubai, UAE	24		17		28	¹	#	—		†		—		†	—		†
Massachusetts, US	25		†	³	28		0.5	—		†		21	¹	0.9	—		†
Minnesota, US	29		4		29		0.5	—		†		15		0.8	—		†

Ontario, Canada	25		†	³	26		0.5	#		†		18	¹	0.5	2	!	0.6	∆
Quebec, Canada	25		20		25		0.1	1		0.2	∆	22	¹	0.4	‡		†

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)

‡ Reporting standards not met.

∆ 2007 significantly higher.

▼2007 significantly lower.

¹Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85% of the students.

²Indicates data are available for at least 50 but less than 70% of the students.

³Not prescribed by the curriculum.

Note: Intended instructional time provided by National Research Coordinators. Implemented instructional time for mathematics provided by teachers, and total instructional time provided by schools. For Norway, hours of intended instructional time is only an estimate and only prescribed for grades 1–7 and 8–10, not for single grades. Standard errors are noted by s.e. Because results are rounded to the nearest whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.

SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., and Foy, P. (2008). TIMSS 2007 International Mathematics Report: Findings from IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study at the Fourth and Eighth Grades, exhibit 5.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College