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Table 402. Average 4th-grade mathematics scores, by content areas, average time spent studying mathematics out of school, and country: 1995 

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                            |     Average percent correct by content area                                |             Amount of daily out-of-school study time in mathematics
                            |____________________________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________
          Country           |           |       |Fractions |Measurement| Data repre-|        |Patterns,  |                   |                    |                    |
                            | Overall   |       |   and    |estimation,|sentation,  |Geometry|relations, |        No time    | Less than 1 hour   |   1 hour or more   | Average
                            |mathematics| Whole | propor-  |and number |analysis, an|        |   and     |___________________|____________________|____________________| hours\1\
                            | scores    |numbers|tionality |  sense    |probability |        |functions  |Percent |Mean score|Percent  |Mean score|Percent  |Mean score|
____________________________|___________|_______|__________|___________|____________|________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
             1              |    2      |     3 |    4     |    5      |     6      |    7   |    8      |    9   |    10    |    11   |    12    |    13   |    14    |    15
____________________________|___________|_______|__________|___________|____________|________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________
Australia\2\ ...............|   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\2\ .................|   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)
                            |           |       |          |           |            |        |           |        |          |         |          |         |          |
England\2\ .................|   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, SAR\3\ ..........|   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\2\ .................|   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)
                            |           |       |          |           |            |        |           |        |          |         |          |         |          |
Iran, Islamic Republic\4\ ..|   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\2,4\ ................|   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, Republic of .........|   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)
                            |           |       |          |           |            |        |           |        |          |         |          |         |          |
Kuwait\2\ ..................|   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)\2\ ......|   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\2\ .............|   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)
                            |           |       |          |           |            |        |           |        |          |         |          |         |          |
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\2\ ................|   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\2\ ................|   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)
                            |           |       |          |           |            |        |           |        |          |         |          |         |          |
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)
____________________________|___________|_______|__________|___________|____________|________|___________|________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|_________

---Not available. \1\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.
\2\Countries not meeting all International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's sampling specifications.
\3\SAR=Special Administrative Region.
\4\Indicates a 70 to 84 percent student response rate on question about time spent studying mathematics, with missing data having not been explicitly accounted for in the analysis.

NOTE: Data are for fourth-grade students or equivalent in most countries. Possible scores range from 1 to 1,000. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Mathematics Achievement in the Primary School Years, IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1997, by Albert E. Beaton et al. Copyright @ 1997 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. (This table was prepared July 1997.)


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