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Table 405. | Average fourth-grade science scores in content areas and average time spent teaching science in school, by country: 2003 |
Country | Average score by content area | Average yearly science instructional time in hours |
Science instructional time as a percent of total instructional time1 |
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Science overall | Life science | Physical science | Earth science | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Armenia | 437 | (4.3) | 435 | (4.4) | 429 | (4.3) | 450 | (3.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
Australia | 521 | 2 | (4.2) | 523 | 2 | (3.8) | 518 | 2 | (3.9) | 518 | 2 | (4.1) | 45 | 3 | (2.6) | 5 | (0.3) | ||
Austria | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Belgium (Flemish) | 518 | (1.8) | 524 | (1.7) | 507 | (2.3) | 522 | (1.7) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
Canada | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Chinese Taipei | 551 | (1.7) | 540 | (1.6) | 554 | (2.0) | 559 | (2.6) | 84 | (1.0) | 11 | (0.2) | |||||||
Cyprus | 480 | (2.4) | 482 | (2.1) | 479 | (2.3) | 487 | (2.5) | 46 | 3 | (1.4) | 5 | (0.2) | ||||||
Czech Republic | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
England | 540 | 2 | (3.6) | 532 | 2 | (3.1) | 546 | 2 | (3.2) | 535 | 2 | (3.5) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
Greece | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Hong Kong, SAR4 | 542 | 2 | (3.1) | 535 | 2 | (2.6) | 548 | 2 | (2.7) | 536 | 2 | (2.7) | 77 | 3 | (5.4) | 8 | (0.5) | ||
Hungary | 530 | (3.0) | 536 | (2.5) | 526 | (2.7) | 526 | (3.7) | 54 | 3 | (1.0) | 6 | (0.1) | ||||||
Iceland | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 414 | (4.1) | 424 | (4.6) | 419 | (4.5) | 428 | (3.0) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
Ireland | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Israel | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Italy | 516 | (3.8) | 521 | (3.5) | 512 | (3.5) | 519 | (3.7) | 73 | 5 | (2.3) | 8 | 5 | (0.3) | |||||
Japan | 543 | (1.5) | 530 | (1.3) | 557 | (1.7) | 535 | (1.9) | 81 | (1.2) | 8 | (0.2) | |||||||
Korea, Republic of6 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Kuwait | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Latvia | 532 | (2.5) | 531 | (2.3) | 532 | (2.6) | 534 | (2.9) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
Lithuania | 512 | (2.6) | 516 | 2,7 | (2.0) | 512 | 2,7 | (2.5) | 503 | 2,7 | (3.2) | 53 | (1.6) | 6 | (0.2) | ||||
Netherlands | 525 | 2 | (2.0) | 547 | 2 | (1.8) | 505 | 2 | (1.9) | 503 | 2 | (2.3) | 33 | 3 | (1.8) | 3 | (0.2) | ||
New Zealand | 520 | (2.5) | 520 | (2.3) | 516 | (2.3) | 522 | (2.3) | 65 | 3 | (3.5) | 7 | (0.4) | ||||||
Norway | 466 | (2.6) | 480 | (2.2) | 456 | (2.3) | 473 | (2.8) | 38 | 5 | (1.8) | 4 | 5 | (0.2) | |||||
Philippines | 332 | (9.4) | 330 | (9.0) | 343 | (9.6) | 324 | (9.2) | 176 | 5 | (3.2) | 16 | 5 | (0.4) | |||||
Portugal | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Russian Federation | 526 | (5.2) | 526 | (4.7) | 527 | (5.2) | 527 | (6.0) | 33 | 3 | (1.2) | 5 | (0.2) | ||||||
Scotland | 502 | 2 | (2.9) | 506 | 2 | (3.1) | 503 | 2 | (2.6) | 498 | 2 | (2.6) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
Singapore | 565 | (5.5) | 506 | (3.1) | 503 | (2.6) | 498 | (2.6) | 64 | (0.6) | 7 | (0.1) | |||||||
Slovenia | 490 | (2.5) | 489 | (2.9) | 497 | (2.3) | 490 | (2.7) | 75 | 5 | (2.2) | 9 | 5 | (0.3) | |||||
Thailand | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |||||||
Tunisia | 314 | (5.7) | 290 | (5.9) | 324 | (5.3) | 336 | (4.8) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
United States | 536 | 2 | (2.5) | 537 | 2 | (2.2) | 531 | 2 | (2.3) | 535 | 2 | (2.5) | 83 | 5 | (3.0) | 8 | 5 | (0.3) |
—Not available. †Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Computed as the ratio of science instructional time to the total instructional time averaged across students. 2 Met guidelines for participation rates only after replacement schools were included. 3 Data are available for at least 50 but less than 70 percent of the students. 4 SAR = Special Administrative Region. 5 Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of the students. 6 Korea tested the same cohort of students as other countries, but later in 2003, at the beginning of the next school year. 7 National Desired Population does not cover all of International Desired Population. NOTE: Data are for fourth grade or equivalent in most countries. 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), 2003, TIMSS 2003 International Science Report, by Michael O. Martin et al. (This table was prepared October 2005.) |