Table 400. | Instructional practices and time spent teaching mathematics in 8th-grade, by country: 1999 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of students reporting almost always or pretty often| Number of hours mathematics is taught weekly |___________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________________________________________ Country | We | Teacher |We work on | We work | We begin | Less than 2 hours | At least 2, but | At least 3.5, but | 5 hours or more | discuss | shows us |worksheets | on | our | | less than 3.5 hours | less than 5 hours | | our | how to do | or |mathematics| homework |______________________|_______________________|______________________|______________________ | completed |mathematics|textbooks | projects | | Percent | Mean | Percent |Mean | Percent | Mean | Percent |Mean | homework | |on our own | | | | score | |score | | score | |score ____________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 ____________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________ Australia ..........| 44 (1.8)| 93 (0.7)| 91 (1.2)| 25 (1.7)| 56 (1.6)| 3 (1.4)|565 (30.5)| 50 (4.6)|517 (6.7)| 44 (4.4)|534 (7.7)| 3 (1.7)|530 (46.0) Belgium (Flemish) ..| 43 (1.4)| 69 (0.9)| 64 (1.0)| 16 (1.1)| 20 (1.4)| 13 (3.4)|502 (18.9)| 43 (3.8)|544 (7.7)| 40 (2.8)|595 (4.1)| 4 (1.0)|590 (11.7) Bulgaria ...........| 48 (1.9)| 89 (1.0)| 32 (1.2)| 15 (1.0)| 21 (1.4)| 14 (3.3)|543 (9.0)| 73 (4.6)|498 (5.0)| 8 (2.3)|525 (27.0)| 4 (3.0)|606 (29.5) Canada .............| 62 (1.4)| 92 (0.5)| 92 (0.5)| 28 (1.1)| 82 (1.2)|\1\ 3 (0.9)|503 (6.3)|\1\ 26 (2.7)|523 (6.1)|\1\55 (3.2)|544 (3.9)|\1\17 (2.2)|520 (6.4) Chile ..............| 47 (1.3)| 89 (0.9)| 40 (1.1)| 46 (1.6)| 55 (1.2)| 1 (0.7)|--- --- | 3 (1.3)|414 (12.7)| 83 (2.8)|391 (5.0)| 13 (2.4)|394 (13.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei .....| 55 (1.0)| 91 (0.5)| 59 (1.2)| 55 (1.2)| 34 (1.0)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 51 (4.5)|577 (5.5)| 48 (4.4)|592 (5.8)| 1 (1.1)|--- --- Cyprus .............| 72 (1.1)| 92 (0.7)| 67 (1.0)| 29 (1.0)| 52 (2.3)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 100 (0.0)|476 (1.8)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 0 (0.0)|--- --- Czech Republic .....| 42 (1.8)| 86 (1.1)| 51 (2.4)| 8 (0.6)| 16 (1.6)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 44 (4.4)|517 (6.4)| 52 (4.4)|517 (5.3)| 4 (2.1)|600 (28.1) England.............| 62 (1.5)| 93 (0.7)| 88 (1.5)| 35 (1.4)| 27 (1.6)|\2\ 0 (0.0)|--- --- |\2\ 95 (2.0)|512 (5.3)|\2\ 3 (1.4)|481 (10.2)|\2\ 2 (1.2)|--- --- Finland ............| 37 (1.3)| 67 (1.3)| 90 (1.0)| 7 (0.8)| 47 (2.0)| 4 (1.5)|518 (12.2)| 87 (2.9)|520 (2.9)| 7 (2.4)|535 (14.0)| 1 (0.9)|--- --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hong Kong, SAR ....| 35 (1.1)| 91 (0.6)| 69 (1.2)| 67 (1.4)| 40 (1.1)| 3 (1.5)|553 (16.7)| 17 (3.1)|587 (11.1)| 71 (4.0)|583 (5.6)| 9 (2.3)|579 (15.2) Hungary ............| 71 (1.5)| 87 (1.0)| 63 (1.7)| 96 (0.4)| 18 (1.2)| 1 (0.8)|--- --- | 80 (2.9)|531 (3.9)| 15 (2.7)|522 (12.6)| 3 (1.1)|583 (34.4) Indonesia ..........| 48 (1.0)| 88 (0.6)| 36 (1.5)| 86 (0.9)| 13 (0.7)| 3 (1.2)|409 (27.4)| 1 (0.2)|--- --- | 76 (3.8)|408 (6.1)| 21 (3.7)|384 (9.4) Iran, Islamic | | | | | | | | | | | | | Republic .........| 56 (1.0)| 82 (0.7)| 45 (0.9)| 30 (1.1)| 34 (1.3)| 24 (4.0)|429 (5.7)| 50 (4.8)|423 (4.9)| 14 (2.9)|413 (8.9)| 12 (2.6)|419 (11.4) Israel .............| 64 (1.3)| 90 (0.6)| 72 (1.2)| 20 (1.0)| 65 (1.5)|\1\ 2 (1.2)|--- --- |\1\ 29 (3.9)|481 (8.5)|\1\65 (4.1)|464 (5.8)|\1\ 4 (1.5)|470 (28.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Italy ..............| 64 (1.4)| 80 (1.2)| 34 (1.2)| 22 (1.3)| 39 (2.3)| 6 (1.8)|484 (10.3)| 29 (4.0)|475 (7.4)| 55 (3.8)|483 (5.3)| 9 (2.1)|469 (11.5) Japan ..............| 19 (1.2)| 88 (0.7)| 38 (1.5)| 6 (0.7)| 20 (1.3)| 2 (0.9)|--- --- | 95 (2.0)|577 (2.1)| 2 (1.3)|--- --- | 1 (1.3)|--- --- Jordan .............| 76 (0.9)| 92 (0.6)| 45 (1.1)| 40 (1.4)| 59 (1.1)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 88 (2.8)|424 (3.7)| 7 (2.2)|439 (20.1)| 5 (1.9)|463 (21.0) Korea ..............| 10 (0.5)| 85 (0.8)| 29 (0.7)| 46 (1.2)| 17 (0.7)| 3 (1.1)|587 (11.7)| 93 (1.8)|587 (2.1)| 3 (1.1)|602 (9.6)| 2 (0.9)|--- --- Latvia (Latvian- | | | | | | | | | | | | | speaking schools) .| 48 (1.8)| 86 (1.0)| 54 (1.2)| --- --- | 28 (1.6)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 31 (4.2)|491 (5.6)| 62 (3.9)|516 (4.6)| 7 (2.5)|487 (17.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lithuania\3\ .......| --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- |--- --- | --- --- |--- --- Macedonia, Rep. of .| 72 (1.3)| 86 (0.8)| 66 (1.6)| 37 (1.1)| 30 (1.4)| 1 (0.6)|--- --- | 97 (1.2)|447 (4.4)| 2 (1.0)|--- --- | 0 (0.0)|--- --- Malaysia ...........| 61 (1.0)| 92 (0.5)| 13 (0.7)| 68 (1.1)| 67 (1.3)| 5 (1.8)|533 (24.0)| 93 (2.1)|520 (4.6)| 2 (1.2)|--- --- | 0 (0.0)|--- --- Moldova ............| 61 (1.3)| 91 (0.8)| 66 (1.7)| 52 (1.6)| 32 (1.6)| 7 (1.9)|467 (19.7)| 5 (1.5)|485 (18.0)| 80 (3.3)|466 (4.5)| 8 (2.4)|481 (17.9) Morocco ............|\4\69 (0.8)| 86 (0.6)|\4\53 (1.0)|\4\49 (1.1)|\4\53 (1.2)| 1 (0.6)|--- --- | 3 (1.0)|338 (10.5)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 96 (1.1)|337 (2.9) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ........| 68 (3.7)| 70 (2.7)| 92 (1.1)| 3 (0.7)| 89 (1.5)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 100 (0.5)|537 (7.2)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 0 (0.0)|--- --- New Zealand ........| 55 (1.8)| 92 (0.6)| 89 (1.0)| 33 (1.5)| 43 (1.7)| 2 (1.1)|--- --- | 41 (3.8)|488 (8.3)| 56 (3.9)|494 (7.0)| 1 (0.0)|--- --- Philippines ........| 78 (0.8)| 87 (0.8)| 64 (1.0)| 56 (1.2)| 49 (1.1)| 3 (0.9)|361 (22.5)| 78 (3.4)|343 (7.1)| 8 (2.5)|384 (33.0)| 11 (2.5)|326 (15.0) Romania.............| 62 (1.4)| 83 (0.9)| 49 (1.1)| 38 (2.0)| 27 (1.6)| 10 (2.4)|481 (15.3)| 70 (3.9)|471 (6.8)| 12 (2.3)|483 (12.0)| 9 (2.5)|477 (21.8) Russian Federation .| 53 (1.4)| 78 (1.2)| 62 (1.3)| 19 (0.9)| 10 (0.8)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 32 (3.8)|513 (8.5)| 57 (4.1)|528 (7.7)| 11 (2.5)|553 (13.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Singapore...........| 61 (1.0)| 97 (0.4)| 75 (0.9)| 15 (1.1)| 60 (1.9)| 5 (2.0)|608 (20.0)| 48 (4.0)|623 (7.5)| 37 (3.8)|586 (11.2)| 9 (2.3)|592 (24.7) Slovak Republic ....| 59 (1.9)| 81 (1.0)| 53 (1.6)| 11 (0.8)| 39 (1.9)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 44 (4.7)|534 (6.1)| 50 (4.8)|534 (5.3)| 5 (2.1)|503 (15.2) Slovenia ...........| 60 (1.7)| 76 (1.5)| 57 (1.8)| 19 (0.9)| 28 (1.9)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 74 (4.1)|528 (3.3)| 26 (4.1)|537 (4.5)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- South Africa........| 72 (0.8)| 83 (0.7)| 67 (1.2)| 59 (1.4)| 69 (1.1)| 10 (2.4)|273 (17.2)| 23 (3.5)|269 (13.3)| 58 (4.2)|277 (8.8)| 9 (2.6)|275 (24.4) Thailand............| 29 (1.2)| 91 (0.7)| 52 (1.1)| 19 (1.0)| 80 (0.9)|\1\ 2 (1.4)|--- --- |\1\ 58 (5.1)|461 (7.3)|\1\ 9 (3.3)|448 (18.5)|\1\30 (4.9)|483 (11.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tunisia ............| 63 (1.2)| 85 (0.9)| 57 (1.0)| 77 (0.7)| 32 (1.1)| 1 (1.0)|--- --- | 12 (2.6)|441 (6.7)| 86 (2.8)|448 (2.8)| 1 (1.0)|--- --- Turkey .............| 35 (1.1)| 84 (0.7)| 38 (0.9)| 22 (0.8)| 21 (1.2)|\1\13 (2.7)|427 (11.0)|\1\ 77 (3.4)|429 (5.0)|\1\ 5 (1.6)|415 (10.5)|\1\ 5 (1.6)|418 (16.3) United States ......| 79 (1.2)| 94 (0.6)| 86 (0.7)| 29 (1.3)| 74 (1.6)| 11 (2.3)|491 (14.5)| 17 (2.6)|528 (11.6)| 56 (3.4)|501 (4.9)| 16 (2.2)|490 (9.2) ____________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________|___________|__________|___________|__________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data are for 8th grade or equivalent in most countries. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Third International Mathematics and Science Study 1999, International Mathematics Report, by Ina V.S. Mullis et al. Copyright @ 2000 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). (This table was prepared June 2001.)
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