| Table 403. | Average 8th-grade mathematics scores, by content areas, average time spent studying out of school, and country: 1999 |
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| Average achievement scale score | Distribution of daily out-of-school study time
| | in mathematics, with mean mathematics scores
Country |_____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
| Mathe- |Fractions| | |Data repre-| | | |
| matics | and |Geometry |Algebra |sentation, |Measure- | No time | Less than 1 hour | 1 hour or more
| overall |number | | | analysis | ment |____________________|__________________|___________________
| |sense | | | and prob- | |Percent |Mean |Percent |Mean |Percent |Mean
| | | | | ability | | |score | |score | |score
_________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|_________|__________|________|_________|________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
_________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________|_________|_________|__________|________|_________|________|__________
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International average .| 487(0.7)|487 (0.7)| 487(0.7)| 487(0.7)| 487 (0.7)| 487(0.7)| 10(0.1)| 455 (1.7)| 50(0.2)| 495(0.8)| 40(0.2)| 486 (0.9)
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Australia ...............| 525(4.8)|519 (4.3)| 497(5.7)| 520(5.1)| 522 (6.3)| 529(4.9)| 15(1.0)| 493 (6.3)| 63(1.1)| 537(5.0)| 22(1.0)| 515 (6.3)
Belgium (Flemish) .......| 558(3.3)|557 (3.1)| 535(4.1)| 540(4.6)| 544 (3.8)| 549(4.0)| 3(0.8)| 476(21.8)| 50(1.0)| 573(3.8)| 47(1.2)| 550 (3.1)
Bulgaria ................| 511(5.8)|503 (6.6)| 524(5.9)| 512(5.1)| 493 (6.1)| 497(6.6)| 12(1.2)| 494 (9.5)| 45(1.3)| 516(5.5)| 43(1.7)| 521 (7.9)
Canada ..................| 531(2.5)|533 (2.5)| 507(4.7)| 525(2.4)| 521 (4.5)| 521(2.4)| 11(0.8)| 527 (5.2)| 61(1.0)| 542(2.8)| 28(1.0)| 510 (3.3)
Chile ...................| 392(4.4)|403 (4.9)| 412(5.4)| 399(4.3)| 429 (3.8)| 412(4.9)| 17(0.8)| 384 (5.9)| 54(0.7)| 400(4.7)| 29(1.0)| 394 (7.1)
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Chinese Taipei ..........| 585(4.0)|576 (4.2)| 557(5.8)| 586(4.4)| 559 (5.1)| 566(3.4)| 31(1.3)| 529 (4.8)| 44(0.8)| 604(3.5)| 25(1.0)| 627 (4.7)
Cyprus ..................| 476(1.8)|481 (3.0)| 484(4.6)| 479(1.6)| 472 (4.6)| 471(4.0)| 9(0.6)| 425 (7.2)| 51(1.1)| 496(2.7)| 40(1.1)| 469 (2.4)
Czech Republic ..........| 520(4.2)|507 (4.8)| 513(5.5)| 514(4.0)| 513 (5.9)| 535(5.0)| 12(1.0)| 525 (9.2)| 68(1.3)| 528(4.6)| 20(1.1)| 493 (5.2)
England .................| 496(4.1)|497 (3.8)| 471(4.2)| 498(4.9)| 506 (8.0)| 507(3.8)| ---(---)| --- (---)|---(---)| ---(---)|---(---)| --- (---)
Finland .................| 520(2.7)|531 (3.8)| 494(6.0)| 498(3.1)| 525 (3.8)| 521(4.7)| 7(0.6)| 506 (8.1)| 85(0.8)| 525(2.5)| 8(0.7)| 486 (6.8)
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Hong Kong, SAR\1\ .......| 582(4.3)|579 (4.5)| 556(4.9)| 569(4.5)| 547 (5.4)| 567(5.8)| 25(1.2)| 552 (6.1)| 51(0.9)| 591(3.9)| 24(1.1)| 600 (4.8)
Hungary .................| 532(3.7)|526 (4.2)| 489(4.3)| 536(4.1)| 520 (5.9)| 538(3.5)| 4(0.4)| 497 (9.9)| 71(1.0)| 540(3.6)| 25(1.1)| 514 (5.0)
Indonesia ...............| 403(4.9)|406 (4.1)| 441(5.1)| 424(5.7)| 423 (4.4)| 395(5.1)| 10(0.8)| 396 (8.4)| 38(1.0)| 405(5.6)| 51(1.4)| 406 (5.4)
Iran, Islamic Republic ..| 422(3.4)|437 (4.5)| 447(2.9)| 434(4.9)| 430 (6.0)| 401(4.7)| 3(0.3)| 375(14.1)| 22(0.8)| 425(3.7)| 75(1.0)| 427 (3.7)
Israel\2\ ...............| 466(3.9)|472 (4.4)| 462(5.4)| 479(4.5)| 468 (5.1)| 457(5.1)| 8(0.6)| 436(11.3)| 48(1.1)| 491(4.2)| 44(1.4)| 454 (4.3)
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Italy ...................| 479(3.8)|471 (5.0)| 482(5.6)| 481(3.6)| 484 (4.5)| 501(5.0)| 5(0.5)| 400 (9.5)| 39(1.2)| 488(4.5)| 57(1.3)| 482 (4.0)
Japan ...................| 579(1.7)|570 (2.6)| 575(5.1)| 569(3.3)| 555 (2.3)| 558(2.4)| 26(1.2)| 558 (3.8)| 54(0.9)| 586(2.0)| 20(0.9)| 585 (2.5)
Jordan ..................| 428(3.6)|432 (3.2)| 449(7.1)| 439(5.3)| 436 (7.8)| 438(4.4)| 8(0.6)| 374 (9.8)| 33(0.8)| 441(4.6)| 60(1.0)| 445 (4.3)
Korea, Republic of .....| 587(2.0)|570 (2.7)| 573(3.9)| 585(2.7)| 576 (4.2)| 571(2.8)| 34(1.0)| 560 (2.6)| 45(0.7)| 598(2.0)| 21(0.9)| 610 (4.1)
Latvia (Latvian-speaking | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools)\2\ ............| 505(3.4)|496 (3.7)| 522(5.6)| 499(4.3)| 495 (4.8)| 505(3.5)| 3(0.4)| 480(13.8)| 58(1.3)| 516(4.1)| 40(1.3)| 493 (4.1)
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Lithuania\2\ ............| 482(4.3)|479 (4.3)| 496(5.8)| 487(3.7)| 493 (3.6)| 467(4.0)| 3(0.5)| 417(15.8)| 68(1.4)| 486(4.4)| 29(1.3)| 483 (5.3)
Macedonia, Republic of ..| 447(4.2)|437 (4.7)| 460(6.1)| 465(4.0)| 442 (6.2)| 451(5.2)| 6(0.4)| 429 (9.2)| 49(1.1)| 461(4.6)| 45(1.2)| 448 (4.1)
Malaysia ................| 519(4.4)|532 (4.7)| 497(4.4)| 505(4.8)| 491 (4.0)| 514(4.6)| 2(0.2)|\3\ \3\ | 28(0.9)| 523(6.5)| 71(1.0)| 519 (4.2)
Moldova .................| 469(3.9)|465 (4.2)| 481(5.0)| 477(3.7)| 450 (5.7)| 479(4.9)| 8(0.7)| 452 (7.6)| 48(1.4)| 476(4.1)| 44(1.6)| 473 (5.0)
Morocco .................| 337(2.6)|335 (3.6)| 407(2.2)| 353(4.7)| 383 (3.5)| 348(3.5)| 13(0.9)| 324 (8.0)| 29(0.9)| 341(6.6)| 58(1.5)| 350 (3.2)
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Netherlands .............| 540(7.1)|545 (7.1)| 515(5.5)| 522(7.7)| 538 (7.9)| 538(5.8)| 8(1.1)| 559(14.0)| 78(1.3)| 546(6.7)| 14(1.5)| 507(12.2)
New Zealand .............| 491(5.2)|493 (5.0)| 478(4.2)| 497(4.7)| 497 (5.0)| 496(5.3)| 14(0.9)| 444 (6.7)| 66(1.2)| 507(5.3)| 20(1.2)| 480 (6.6)
Philippines .............| 345(6.0)| 378(6.3)| 383(3.4)| 345(5.8)| 406 (3.5)| 355(6.2)| 5(0.4)| 288(13.2)| 42(0.8)| 363(6.2)| 53(0.8)| 347 (6.7)
Romania .................| 472(5.8)|458 (5.7)| 487(6.4)| 481(5.2)| 453 (4.7)| 491(4.9)| 9(0.7)| 417 (7.7)| 25(1.5)| 457(6.2)| 66(1.8)| 494 (5.4)
Russian Federation ......| 526(5.9)|513 (6.4)| 522(6.0)| 529(4.9)| 501 (4.8)| 527(6.0)| 6(0.5)| 483(10.0)| 49(1.3)| 537(6.7)| 45(1.5)| 530 (5.2)
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Singapore ...............| 604(6.3)|608 (5.6)| 560(6.7)| 576(6.2)| 562 (6.2)| 599(6.3)| 5(0.5)| 562(10.7)| 34(1.0)| 612(7.6)| 61(1.1)| 604 (5.7)
Slovak Republic .........| 534(4.0)|525 (4.8)| 527(7.3)| 525(4.6)| 521 (4.6)| 537(3.3)| 6(0.6)| 535 (8.3)| 70(0.8)| 542(3.9)| 23(0.9)| 513 (4.7)
Slovenia ................| 530(2.8)|527 (3.7)| 506(6.2)| 525(2.9)| 530 (4.2)| 523(3.7)| 8(0.7)| 530 (7.7)| 63(1.1)| 541(3.3)| 29(1.0)| 511 (4.1)
South Africa ............| 275(6.8)|300 (6.0)| 335(6.6)| 293(7.7)| 356 (3.8)| 329(4.8)| 10(0.8)| 241(14.1)| 37(0.7)| 293(8.6)| 53(1.1)| 273 (7.9)
Thailand ................| 467(5.1)|471 (5.3)| 484(4.4)| 456(4.9)| 476 (4.0)| 463(6.2)| 6(0.4)| 424 (5.6)| 45(1.1)| 459(5.8)| 49(1.2)| 482 (5.8)
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Tunisia .................| 448(2.4)|443 (2.8)| 484(4.4)| 455(2.7)| 446 (5.1)| 442(3.1)| 7(0.5)| 439 (5.3)| 27(0.8)| 452(3.4)| 66(0.9)| 450 (2.9)
Turkey ..................| 429(4.3)|430 (4.3)| 428(5.7)| 432(4.6)| 446 (3.3)| 436(6.5)| 6(0.6)| 398 (7.1)| 41(1.0)| 422(4.4)| 52(1.4)| 448 (4.7)
United States ...........| 502(4.0)|509 (4.2)| 473(4.4)| 506(4.1)| 506 (5.2)| 482(3.9)| 15(1.1)| 466 (4.8)| 58(0.7)| 514(4.0)| 27(1.1)| 505 (4.5)
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Data are for 8th-grade or equivalent in most countries. Possible scores range from 1 to 1,000. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1999, TIMSS 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 May 2001.)
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