Table 403. | Average fourth grade science scores,\1\ by content areas, and average time spent teaching science in school, by country: 1994-95 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Science content areas |Average number of hours science is taught weekly to science classes Country |____________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | |Environmental| | | | |Overall | | | |issues and | Less than 1 hour | 1 to 2 hours | 2 to 3 hours |More than 3 hours |science |Earth |Life |Physical|the nature |_______________________|_______________________|_______________________|_______________________ |scores |science |science |science |of science |Percent |Mean score |Percent |Mean score |Percent |Mean score |Percent |Mean score _________________________|__________|________|_________|________|_____________|__________|____________|__________|____________|__________|____________|__________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 _________________________|__________|________|_________|________|_____________|__________|____________|__________|____________|__________|____________|__________|____________ Australia\2,3\...........| 66 (0.5)|61 (0.6)|72 (0.5) |63 (0.7)| 63 (0.8)| 35 (3.9)| 556 (5.0) | 55 (4.0)| 568 (5.9) | 5 (1.5)| 562 (18.1) | 5 (2.1)| 562 (8.4) Austria\2\ ..............| 66 (0.7)|62 (0.8)|72 (0.7) |64 (0.8)| 54 (1.0)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 97 (1.8)| 566 (3.6) | 3 (1.8)| 540 (30.3) Canada ..................| 64 (0.6)|62 (0.6)|68 (0.6) |61 (0.7)| 56 (0.7)| 8 (2.0)| 536 (10.1) | 42 (3.8)| 542 (5.1) | 27 (3.3)| 567 (5.4) | 23 (3.2)| 550 (4.6) Cyprus ..................| 51 (0.5)|48 (0.7)|55 (0.5) |50 (0.7)| 42 (1.0)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- Czech Republic ..........| 65 (0.5)|64 (0.6)|71 (0.5) |62 (0.7)| 56 (0.9)| 2 (1.1)|--- --- | 79 (3.6)| 557 (3.9) | 3 (1.4)| 572 (6.8) | 16 (3.2)| 563 (7.3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | England\4,5\.............| 63 (0.6)|61 (0.6)|68 (0.6) |60 (0.8)| 56 (1.0)| 6 (1.7)| 540 (8.7) | 27 (4.1)| 548 (7.5) | 44 (4.8)| 556 (5.9) | 23 (3.8)| 550 (8.2) Greece ..................| 54 (0.8)|52 (0.9)|61 (0.9) |49 (0.9)| 43 (1.2)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- Hong Kong ...............| 62 0.7 |61 0.6 |68 (0.7) |60 (0.8)| 50 (1.1)| 13 (3.4)| 530 (13.3) | 84 (3.7)| 534 (4.3) | 2 (1.5)|--- --- | 1 (0.8)|--- --- Hungary\2\ ..............| 62 (0.6)|62 (0.7)|66 (0.6) |59 (0.8)| 50 (0.9)| 6 (2.2)| 556 (13.3) | 72 (4.1)| 529 (3.7) | 8 (3.0)| 521 (8.4) | 14 (3.1)| 549 (10.5) Iceland\3\ ..............| 55 (0.7)|55 (0.7)|60 (0.8) |52 (0.7)| 47 (1.2)| 17 (4.1)| 513 (7.3) | 41 (5.6)| 504 (7.7) | 30 (5.1)| 499 (6.5) | 12 (4.3)| 523 (6.8) Iran, Islamic Republic ..| 40 (0.7)|38 (0.7)|44 (0.7) |40 (0.9)| 26 (0.9)|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ireland .................| 61 (0.6)|60 (0.8)|66 (0.6) |57 (0.7)| 55 (0.9)| 47 (5.0)| 536 (5.6) | 40 (4.4)| 540 (5.8) | 11 (3.1)| 550 (7.1) | 2 (0.9)|--- --- Israel\2,3,6\ ...........| 57 (0.8)|51 (0.8)|61 (0.9) |55 (0.9)| 51 (1.3)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 53 (5.6)| 508 (5.5) | 32 (5.8)| 494 (6.9) | 15 (4.3)| 493 (10.6) Japan ..................| 70 (0.3)|66 (0.4)|73 (0.3) |70 (0.4)| 62 (0.6)| 2 (1.3)|--- --- | 1 (0.6)|--- --- | 95 (1.8)| 575 (1.8) | 2 (1.2)|--- --- Korea ...................| 74 (0.4)|72 (0.5)|76 (0.4) |75 (0.5)| 70 (0.8)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 1 (0.6)|--- --- | 95 (1.8)| 597 (1.9) | 5 (1.7)| 588 (10.3) Kuwait\2,3\ .............| 39 (0.5)|36 (0.6)|45 (0.6) |37 (0.5)| 25 (0.7)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 1 (0.7)|--- --- | 96 (2.0)| 402 (3.9) | 4 (1.8)| 416 (42.2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Latvia (Latvian- | | | | | | | | | | | | | speaking schools\2,6\ ..| 56 (0.8)|57 (1.0)|60 (0.8) |54 (0.9)| 46 (1.2)| 89 (2.9)| 505 (5.7) | 5 (2.2)| 538 (47.2) | 5 (2.2)| 532 (11.9) | 1 (0.8)|--- --- Netherlands\2\ ..........| 67 (0.5)|61 (0.6)|73 (0.5) |65 (0.6)| 61 (0.9)| 38 (5.1)| 559 (4.0) | 44 (4.8)| 556 (4.5) | 9 (2.6)| 556 (7.2) | 9 (2.7)| 549 (20.1) New Zealand\3\ ..........| 60 (0.9)|57 (0.9)|66 (0.9) |57 (1.1)| 54 (1.2)| 29 (4.2)| 542 (8.3) | 48 (4.4)| 536 (6.1) | 14 (3.1)| 537 (17.2) | 9 (2.6)| 509 (21.2) Norway\3\ ...............| 60 (0.6)|60 (0.6)|67 (0.7) |55 (0.7)| 53 (0.9)| 73 (5.0)| 527 (5.4) | 27 (5.0)| 535 (7.6) | 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 0 (0.0)|--- --- Portugal ................| 50 (0.7)|50 (0.8)|54 (0.8) |49 (0.9)| 39 (1.0)| 2 (1.1)|--- --- | 3 (1.4)| 486 (28.2) | 12 (3.1)| 474 (8.8) | 84 (3.6)| 481 (4.8) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Scotland\3,4\ ...........| 60 (0.8)|58 (0.9)|65 (0.8) |57 (0.8)| 53 (1.2)| 35 (4.7)| 543 (5.9) | 44 (4.7)| 534 (6.4) | 14 (3.3)| 531 (13.2) | 7 (2.5)| 529 (12.5) Singapore ...............| 64 (0.8)|58 (0.8)|70 (0.8) |64 (0.8)| 53 (1.1)| 0 (0.0)|--- --- | 4 (1.5)| 548 (18.9) | 96 (1.5)| 547 (5.1) | 0 (0.0)|--- --- Slovenia\2\ .............| 64 (0.7)|64 (0.7)|68 (0.7) |61 (0.8)| 54 (0.8)| 3 (1.9)| 544 (18.9) | 60 (5.3)| 541 (4.6) | 18 (4.0)| 550 (9.5) | 19 (3.4)| 548 (6.8) Thailand\2,3\ ...........| 49 (0.9)|48 (0.9)|52 (0.8) |46 (1.0)| 48 (1.4)| 2 (1.2)|--- --- | 9 (3.5)| 463 (21.5) | 17 (6.1)| 469 (16.5) | 73 (6.6)| 477 (6.5) United States\3\ ........| 66 (0.5)|64 (0.7)|71 (0.6) |60 (0.6)| 65 (0.8)| 9 (2.1)| 562 (11.5) | 16 (2.9)| 550 (10.2) | 33 (3.8)| 578 (5.9) | 42 (4.1)| 565 (5.1) _________________________|__________|________|_________|________|_____________|__________|____________|__________|____________|__________|____________|__________|____________ |
---Not Available. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Science 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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