Table 404. | Eighth-grade students' perceptions about mathematics and hours spent on leisure activities, by country: 1999 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Students reporting that mathematics is not one of their strengths | Average hours spent each day\1\ |______________________________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________ Country | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly agree | Watching |Playing or| Doing | Playing | Reading | Playing |___________________|___________________|__________________|___________________| TV or | talking | jobs at | sports | for | computer | | | | Mean | | Mean | | Mean | videos | with | home | |enjoyment | games |Percent |Mean score|Percent | score |Percent | score |Percent | score | | friends | | | | ________________________|________|__________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 ________________________|________|__________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Australia ..............|18 (1.1)|573 (5.8)|36 (1.0)|546 (5.3)|28 (0.9)|499 (5.2)|17 (0.8)|478 (5.4)|2.3 (0.05)|1.5 (0.03)|0.9 (0.03)|1.6 (0.03)|0.6 (0.02)|0.8 (0.05) Belgium (Flemish) ......|17 (0.8)|598 (5.4)|30 (0.9)|581 (4.8)|31 (1.0)|540 (4.5)|21 (0.9)|526 (4.0)|2.1 (0.04)|1.8 (0.05)|1.0 (0.04)|1.8 (0.07)|0.6 (0.02)|0.9 (0.04) Bulgaria ...............|18 (1.9)|560 (10.6)|26 (1.2)|541 (6.3)|30 (1.4)|494 (4.9)|25 (1.5)|476 (5.1)|2.8 (0.05)|2.6 (0.06)|1.9 (0.04)|1.5 (0.05)|1.0 (0.03)|0.8 (0.05) Canada .................|26 (1.2)|577 (3.2)|31 (0.7)|542 (3.0)|26 (1.0)|502 (4.7)|17 (0.8)|485 (3.4)|2.2 (0.03)|2.1 (0.04)|1.1 (0.03)|1.9 (0.03)|0.7 (0.04)|0.8 (0.03) Chile ..................|15 (0.6)|444 (8.7)|27 (0.7)|408 (4.7)|35 (0.7)|382 (4.7)|23 (0.7)|367 (5.5)|2.7 (0.05)|1.9 (0.04)|1.5 (0.03)|2.0 (0.03)|0.7 (0.02)|0.6 (0.05) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei .........|16 (0.6)|646 (6.1)|28 (0.7)|623 (4.3)|34 (0.7)|564 (4.5)|23 (0.7)|533 (3.9)|2.0 (0.04)|1.3 (0.03)|1.0 (0.02)|1.2 (0.02)|0.9 (0.02)|0.9 (0.04) Cyprus .................|23 (1.0)|525 (4.3)|34 (0.8)|492 (2.8)|27 (0.9)|445 (2.9)|16 (0.6)|438 (4.3)|2.2 (0.04)|1.8 (0.04)|0.9 (0.03)|1.4 (0.04)|0.7 (0.02)|1.0 (0.04) Czech Republic .........|12 (0.9)|567 (6.9)|35 (1.2)|541 (5.0)|36 (1.1)|500 (4.7)|16 (0.9)|486 (5.8)|2.3 (0.05)|3.0 (0.07)|1.2 (0.03)|2.0 (0.05)|1.0 (0.04)|0.9 (0.05) England ................|19 (0.9)|539 (6.9)|40 (1.2)|512 (4.5)|28 (1.2)|471 (4.8)|13 (0.8)|458 (6.3)|2.6 (0.05)|2.5 (0.08)|0.8 (0.02)|1.6 (0.04)|0.6 (0.02)|1.2 (0.05) Finland ................|17 (0.8)|570 (4.4)|34 (1.0)|543 (3.8)|31 (1.1)|498 (2.6)|18 (1.0)|474 (3.7)|2.5 (0.04)|3.2 (0.07)|0.9 (0.02)|1.6 (0.04)|0.8 (0.02)|1.1 (0.04) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hong Kong ..............|11 (0.5)|619 (5.5)|31 (0.8)|606 (3.9)|39 (0.7)|573 (4.4)|20 (0.8)|549 (5.0)|2.4 (0.04)|1.3 (0.04)|0.6 (0.01)|1.0 (0.03)|0.8 (0.02)|1.0 (0.04) Hungary ................|15 (0.7)|598 (5.7)|34 (1.1)|552 (4.7)|40 (1.1)|503 (3.7)|11 (0.7)|493 (5.9)|2.7 (0.05)|2.0 (0.05)|1.6 (0.04)|1.5 (0.04)|0.8 (0.02)|1.0 (0.05) Indonesia ..............| 6 (0.4)|411 (10.6)|31 (0.8)|418 (5.2)|53 (1.0)|404 (4.6)|10 (0.5)|359 (10.7)|1.7 (0.05)|1.1 (0.02)|1.9 (0.03)|1.0 (0.02)|0.9 (0.02)|0.2 (0.05) Iran, Islamic Republic .|26 (1.0)|459 (4.6)|35 (0.7)|426 (3.3)|25 (0.9)|404 (4.5)|14 (0.6)|397 (5.2)|1.8 (0.04)|1.3 (0.04)|1.7 (0.04)|1.3 (0.06)|0.9 (0.02)|0.3 (0.04) Israel .................|29 (1.0)|508 (4.2)|32 (0.8)|483 (4.5)|25 (0.8)|438 (4.0)|14 (0.7)|418 (6.3)|3.1 (0.05)|2.4 (0.04)|1.3 (0.05)|1.8 (0.05)|1.0 (0.03)|1.5 (0.05) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Italy ..................|22 (0.9)|529 (5.6)|32 (0.9)|495 (3.6)|27 (0.8)|456 (4.9)|18 (0.9)|435 (5.0)|1.8 (0.03)|2.7 (0.05)|1.1 (0.03)|1.7 (0.03)|0.7 (0.02)|1.0 (0.03) Japan ..................|12 (0.5)|602 (4.9)|29 (0.7)|598 (2.7)|38 (0.6)|576 (2.7)|21 (0.7)|545 (3.3)|3.1 (0.05)|1.8 (0.04)|0.5 (0.02)|1.1 (0.03)|0.8 (0.02)|0.9 (0.05) Jordan\2\ ..............|27 (1.1)|491 (5.4)|29 (0.9)|446 (4.3)|26 (0.9)|401 (4.3)|17 (0.8)|386 (4.8)|1.7 (0.04)|1.1 (0.04)|1.3 (0.05)|1.4 (0.05)|1.4 (0.04)|0.8 (0.04) Korea ..................|10 (0.5)|648 (3.9)|33 (0.7)|621 (3.0)|41 (0.8)|564 (2.7)|15 (0.5)|536 (3.6)|2.9 (0.04)|1.3 (0.03)|0.6 (0.01)|0.6 (0.02)|0.6 (0.01)|0.8 (0.04) Latvia (Latvian- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | speaking schools) .....|10 (0.7)|572 (6.2)|28 (1.1)|534 (4.9)|41 (1.0)|487 (3.8)|20 (0.9)|470 (4.3)|2.8 (0.05)|2.6 (0.06)|1.7 (0.03)|1.3 (0.03)|0.9 (0.03)|0.7 (0.05) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lithuania ..............|11 (0.8)|536 (7.0)|35 (1.4)|508 (5.1)|42 (1.4)|461 (3.9)|12 (0.9)|436 (6.6)|2.4 (0.05)|2.4 (0.06)|1.6 (0.05)|1.0 (0.03)|0.7 (0.02)|0.6 (0.05) Macedonia, Republic of .|13 (0.6)|501 (7.2)|27 (0.9)|474 (5.3)|37 (1.0)|441 (5.4)|24 (1.1)|423 (4.9)|2.2 (0.05)|1.8 (0.05)|1.9 (0.04)|1.8 (0.05)|1.2 (0.04)|0.7 (0.05) Malaysia ...............|23 (0.9)|544 (5.4)|45 (0.9)|525 (4.6)|27 (1.0)|497 (5.1)| 5 (0.3)|481 (6.6)|1.9 (0.05)|1.2 (0.03)|1.8 (0.03)|1.1 (0.02)|1.1 (0.02)|0.5 (0.05) Moldova ................|17 (1.0)|506 (6.0)|44 (1.2)|477 (4.6)|29 (1.0)|455 (5.5)|10 (0.7)|440 (6.9)|2.6 (0.07)|1.9 (0.06)|3.2 (0.09)|1.4 (0.04)|1.5 (0.04)|1.0 (0.07) Morocco\3\ .............|18 (0.7)|378 (6.1)|32 (1.2)|350 (5.9)|28 (0.9)|324 (4.2)|22 (0.7)|320 (6.0)|1.1 (0.03)|0.9 (0.03)|1.5 (0.03)|1.5 (0.04)|1.4 (0.05)|0.7 (0.03) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands ............|16 (0.8)|570 (7.4)|28 (1.4)|557 (7.9)|36 (1.5)|529 (8.2)|20 (1.0)|515 (9.2)|2.4 (0.10)|2.6 (0.09)|0.8 (0.04)|1.8 (0.06)|0.7 (0.04)|0.9 (0.10) New Zealand ............|16 (0.8)|548 (6.7)|36 (1.1)|518 (5.4)|32 (0.9)|466 (4.7)|15 (0.8)|436 (5.1)|2.5 (0.05)|1.6 (0.04)|1.0 (0.03)|1.5 (0.04)|0.7 (0.02)|0.9 (0.05) Philippines ............|14 (0.5)|374 (9.6)|37 (1.1)|368 (6.9)|31 (0.8)|337 (5.7)|17 (0.8)|309 (6.1)|1.7 (0.04)|1.2 (0.03)|2.4 (0.05)|1.6 (0.04)|1.6 (0.04)|0.7 (0.04) Romania ................|11 (0.7)|517 (6.2)|26 (1.1)|498 (6.5)|44 (1.3)|466 (6.3)|19 (1.0)|450 (7.1)|2.2 (0.06)|1.6 (0.05)|2.0 (0.06)|1.2 (0.04)|1.0 (0.03)|0.6 (0.06) Russian Federation .....|21 (0.9)|580 (5.8)|40 (0.9)|538 (5.6)|30 (1.2)|501 (7.3)| 9 (0.6)|471 (10.0)|2.6 (0.05)|3.0 (0.05)|1.5 (0.03)|1.3 (0.03)|1.2 (0.03)|0.7 (0.05) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Singapore ..............|16 (0.7)|631 (7.3)|37 (0.7)|614 (6.1)|33 (0.8)|593 (6.4)|13 (0.6)|575 (6.9)|2.4 (0.04)|1.5 (0.04)|0.9 (0.02)|1.5 (0.04)|1.0 (0.02)|1.1 (0.04) Slovak Republic ........|12 (0.7)|586 (7.8)|34 (1.1)|554 (4.4)|40 (1.2)|516 (3.9)|14 (0.8)|498 (5.6)|2.5 (0.06)|2.7 (0.06)|1.6 (0.05)|1.9 (0.04)|0.7 (0.02)|0.6 (0.06) Slovenia ...............|24 (0.8)|583 (4.4)|40 (1.2)|542 (3.4)|24 (0.9)|490 (3.8)|12 (0.8)|471 (5.7)|2.3 (0.05)|1.8 (0.04)|1.2 (0.03)|1.6 (0.04)|0.7 (0.02)|0.9 (0.05) South Africa ...........|18 (0.6)|313 (8.5)|26 (1.0)|295 (12.4)|31 (0.8)|264 (6.8)|26 (0.9)|247 (5.2)|2.0 (0.07)|1.5 (0.04)|2.0 (0.04)|2.0 (0.05)|1.8 (0.05)|0.8 (0.07) Thailand ...............| 7 (0.4)|515 (8.5)|34 (0.9)|490 (5.2)|46 (0.9)|454 (5.3)|13 (0.5)|435 (7.5)|2.1 (0.05)|1.6 (0.04)|1.6 (0.02)|1.5 (0.03)|1.0 (0.02)|0.4 (0.05) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tunisia ................|25 (0.8)|476 (3.7)|31 (0.8)|452 (3.7)|25 (0.7)|432 (5.0)|19 (0.6)|428 (3.5)|2.0 (0.04)|1.3 (0.03)|1.7 (0.04)|1.9 (0.04)|1.4 (0.03)|0.9 (0.04) Turkey\4\ ..............|13 (0.5)|468 (5.9)|36 (0.8)|446 (4.8)|36 (0.8)|425 (3.8)|15 (0.6)|397 (6.4)|1.6 (0.04)|1.5 (0.03)|1.1 (0.04)|1.4 (0.03)|1.2 (0.03)|0.4 (0.04) United States ..........|26 (0.8)|547 (4.6)|33 (0.6)|517 (4.5)|24 (0.6)|478 (4.4)|18 (0.7)|455 (4.3)|2.5 (0.06)|2.4 (0.05)|1.1 (0.03)|1.9 (0.03)|0.6 (0.02)|0.9 (0.06) ________________________|________|__________|________|__________|________|_________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
\1\Average hours based on: No time = 0; less than 1 hour = .5; 1-2 hours = 1.5; 3-5 hours = 4; more than 5 hours = 7.
NOTE: Data are for 8th grade or equivalent in most countries. 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 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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