| Table 409. | Average 8th-grade science 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
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Country |__________________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
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|Overall | Earth | Life |Physics |Chemistry| mental |Scientific | No Time | Less than one hour| 1 hour or more
|science |science |science | | | and |inquiry and|___________________|___________________|____________________
|scores | | | | |resource|the nature |Percent |Mean score|Percent |Mean score|Percent |Mean score
| | | | | | issues |of science | | | | | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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International average ....|488(0.7)|488(0.9)|488(0.7)|488(0.9)|488 (0.8)|488(0.7)| 488 (0.7)| 14(0.2)| 462 (1.2)| 49(0.2)| 495 (1.0)| 36 (0.2)|486 (1.0)
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Australia ..................|540(4.4)|519(6.1)|530(4.4)|531(6.3)|520 (5.0)|530(6.3)| 535 (4.9)| 21(1.4)| 510 (6.6)| 65(1.4)| 553 (4.4)| 14 (0.8)|533 (6.9)
Belgium (Flemish) ..........|535(3.1)|533(3.5)|535(4.6)|530(3.5)|508 (3.3)|513(3.5)| 526 (4.9)| 14(1.1)| 537 (8.7)| 55(1.2)| 543 (4.0)| 31 (1.4)|520 (3.9)
Bulgaria ...................|518(5.4)|520(5.7)|514(6.9)|505(5.8)|527 (5.7)|483(6.4)| 479 (5.6)| 17(1.6)| 505 (8.7)| 38(1.2)| 523 (6.7)| 45 (1.5)|528 (7.0)
Canada .....................|533(2.1)|519(3.7)|523(3.8)|521(3.8)|521 (5.4)|521(3.5)| 532 (5.1)| 20(1.0)| 525 (4.1)| 62(0.9)| 541 (2.3)| 18 (0.7)|515 (4.4)
Chile ......................|420(3.7)|435(7.0)|431(3.7)|428(5.6)|435 (5.2)|449(4.8)| 441 (4.7)| 17(0.7)| 415 (4.9)| 53(0.8)| 431 (4.7)| 30 (1.0)|417 (5.4)
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Chinese Taipei .............|569(4.4)|538(3.0)|550(3.3)|552(3.9)|563 (4.3)|567(4.0)| 540 (4.9)| 38(1.3)| 530 (5.7)| 42(0.9)| 588 (4.4)| 20 (0.9)|607 (4.7)
Cyprus .....................|460(2.4)|459(5.4)|468(3.8)|459(2.9)|470 (3.4)|475(4.3)| 467 (4.6)| 18(0.7)| 425 (6.6)| 57(0.9)| 474 (3.1)| 25 (1.0)|461 (5.0)
Czech Republic .............|539(4.2)|533(6.9)|544(4.1)|526(4.2)|512 (5.2)|516(5.7)| 522 (5.7)| 18(1.1)| 529 (7.0)| 62(1.2)| 546 (4.5)| 20 (1.1)|530 (5.0)
England ....................|538(4.8)|525(3.9)|533(6.2)|528(4.5)|524 (5.5)|518(5.8)| 538 (5.1)|---(---)|--- (---) |---(---)|--- (---) |--- (---) |---(---)
Finland ....................|535(3.5)|520(5.5)|520(4.0)|520(4.4)|535 (4.5)|514(7.1)| 528 (4.0)| 8(0.8)| 514 (9.7)| 84(0.9)| 541 (3.5)| 8 (0.6)|511(10.8)
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Hong Kong, SAR\1\ ..........|530(3.7)|506(4.3)|516(5.5)|523(4.9)|515 (5.2)|518(4.9)| 531 (2.8)| 39(1.3)| 513 (4.2)| 48(1.0)| 543 (4.0)| 13 (0.6)|539 (6.6)
Hungary ....................|552(3.7)|560(3.9)|535(4.0)|543(4.3)|548 (4.7)|501(6.6)| 526 (5.9)| 6(0.6)| 505 (8.6)| 49(1.2)| 558 (4.0)| 45 (1.3)|554 (4.0)
Indonesia ..................|435(4.5)|431(6.4)|448(3.6)|452(5.5)|425 (3.9)|489(4.8)| 446 (4.3)| 13(0.8)| 432 (6.7)| 40(0.9)| 442 (4.9)| 47 (1.1)|435 (5.9)
Iran, Islamic Republic .....|448(3.8)|459(5.2)|437(3.7)|445(5.7)|487 (4.1)|470(5.5)| 446 (5.3)| 3(0.3)| 432(16.0)| 29(1.0)| 453 (4.1)| 68 (1.1)|451 (4.6)
Israel\2\ ..................|468(4.9)|472(5.2)|463(4.0)|484(5.3)|479 (4.7)|458(4.0)| 476 (8.3)| 17(0.8)| 449 (7.8)| 60(1.1)| 487 (4.6)| 23 (1.1)|450 (6.5)
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Italy ......................|493(3.9)|502(5.9)|488(4.6)|480(4.1)|493 (4.8)|491(5.4)| 489 (4.6)| 7(0.7)| 435 (8.6)| 48(1.4)| 501 (4.3)| 45 (1.4)|498 (4.3)
Japan ......................|550(2.2)|533(6.2)|534(5.4)|544(2.9)|530 (3.1)|506(5.5)| 543 (2.8)| 39(1.4)| 535 (3.2)| 50(1.2)| 560 (2.3)| 12 (0.7)|555 (7.5)
Jordan .....................|450(3.8)|446(3.5)|448(4.1)|459(3.6)|483 (5.5)|476(6.0)| 440 (5.5)| 7(0.5)| 396 (9.2)| 37(1.0)| 466 (5.0)| 56 (1.1)|465 (3.7)
Korea, Republic of .........|549(2.6)|532(2.7)|528(3.6)|544(5.1)|523 (3.7)|523(4.5)| 545 (7.3)| 45(0.8)| 527 (2.9)| 42(0.7)| 564 (3.1)| 13 (0.6)|578 (4.6)
Latvia (Latvian-speaking | | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools)\2\ ...............|503(4.8)|495(5.4)|509(3.9)|495(3.9)|490 (3.7)|493(5.2)| 495 (4.7)| 9(0.6)| 480 (9.9)| 66(1.0)| 509 (5.4)| 25 (1.0)|496 (6.3)
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Lithuania\2\ ...............|488(4.1)|476(4.4)|494(4.6)|510(4.3)|485 (4.6)|458(5.1)| 483 (6.4)| 10(0.9)| 456 (8.2)| 66(1.2)| 493 (4.8)| 25 (1.2)|494 (4.9)
Macedonia, Republic of .....|458(5.2)|464(4.2)|468(4.9)|463(6.0)|481 (6.1)|432(4.2)| 464 (3.6)| 3(0.3)| 428(15.3)| 25(1.0)| 453 (5.9)| 72 (1.2)|470 (5.3)
Malaysia ...................|492(4.4)|491(4.2)|479(5.4)|494(4.1)|485 (3.5)|502(4.4)| 488 (4.5)| 4(0.3)| 460(10.6)| 36(1.1)| 493 (5.1)| 60 (1.2)|495 (4.9)
Moldova ....................|459(4.0)|466(4.2)|477(3.9)|457(5.5)|451 (5.6)|444(6.2)| 471 (3.8)| 7(0.6)| 439(10.8)| 29(1.0)| 460 (5.8)| 63 (1.2)|467 (4.2)
Morocco ....................|323(4.3)|363(3.3)|347(2.8)|352(4.2)|372 (4.8)|396(5.1)| 391 (4.2)| 14(0.8)| 323(12.4)| 35(1.2)| 330 (4.9)| 51 (1.7)|335 (6.4)
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Netherlands ................|545(6.9)|534(7.2)|536(7.2)|537(6.5)|515 (6.4)|526(8.5)| 534 (6.5)| 6(0.8)| 530(11.6)| 80(1.5)| 555 (6.4)| 15 (1.3)|507(12.9)
New Zealand ................|510(4.9)|504(5.8)|501(5.6)|499(4.7)|503 (4.9)|503(5.2)| 521 (6.8)| 18(1.1)| 472 (6.8)| 66(1.2)| 528 (4.8)| 15 (1.0)|491 (7.7)
Philippines ................|345(7.5)|390(5.0)|378(5.7)|393(6.3)|394 (6.5)|391(7.6)| 403 (5.5)| 5(0.4)| 294(14.4)| 41(0.8)| 365 (9.7)| 54 (0.9)|348 (7.7)
Romania ....................|472(5.8)|475(5.5)|475(6.0)|465(6.8)|481 (6.1)|473(6.6)| 456 (5.5)| 16(0.9)| 451 (8.4)| 36(1.0)| 479 (7.8)| 48 (1.3)|484 (5.6)
Russian Federation .........|529(6.4)|529(5.1)|517(6.5)|529(6.3)|523 (8.0)|495(6.6)| 491 (4.9)| 5(0.4)| 494 (8.4)| 34(1.3)| 534 (7.1)| 61 (1.3)|536 (6.4)
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Singapore ..................|568(8.0)|521(7.3)|541(7.2)|570(6.7)|545 (8.3)|577(8.3)| 550 (5.9)| 7(0.6)| 507(13.2)| 38(1.1)| 573 (9.9)| 55 (1.2)|573 (7.1)
Slovak Republic ............|535(3.3)|537(4.3)|535(6.2)|518(4.1)|525 (4.9)|512(4.5)| 507 (3.9)| 8(0.7)| 521 (7.5)| 67(1.2)| 539 (3.7)| 25 (1.2)|532 (4.8)
Slovenia ...................|533(3.2)|541(4.3)|521(3.9)|525(4.4)|509 (5.4)|519(3.4)| 513 (4.3)| 10(0.8)| 526 (6.7)| 52(1.1)| 546 (3.7)| 38 (1.1)|521 (4.2)
South Africa ...............|243(7.8)|348(4.8)|289(7.3)|308(6.7)|350 (4.0)|350(8.5)| 329 (6.4)| 15(1.8)| 211(14.0)| 39(1.1)| 269(11.1)| 47 (1.3)|237 (8.7)
Thailand ...................|482(4.0)|470(3.9)|508(4.5)|475(4.2)|439 (4.3)|507(3.0)| 462 (4.2)| 8(0.5)| 455 (4.8)| 50(1.1)| 480 (4.8)| 42 (1.2)|493 (5.2)
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Tunisia ....................|430(3.4)|442(2.7)|441(5.0)|425(6.3)|439 (3.7)|462(5.0)| 451 (3.4)| 13(0.8)| 438 (8.2)| 39(0.9)| 434 (5.3)| 48 (1.0)|425 (2.8)
Turkey .....................|433(4.3)|435(4.6)|444(4.5)|441(4.0)|437 (5.0)|461(3.6)| 445 (6.3)| 6(0.5)| 409(12.9)| 44(0.9)| 433 (4.0)| 51 (1.2)|444 (4.4)
United States ..............|515(4.6)|504(4.2)|520(4.1)|498(5.5)|508 (4.8)|509(6.4)| 522 (4.3)| 24(1.4)| 495 (6.4)| 60(1.3)| 532 (4.6)| 16 (0.8)|502 (5.9)
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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. 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, TIMSS 1999 International Science Report, by Michael O. Martin et al. Copyright © 2000 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). (This table was prepared June 2001.)
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