| Table 408. | Average science scores, at the end of secondary school, by sex, and average time spent studying science out of school, by country: 1994-95 |
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| Average score in science Amount of daily out-of-school study time in mathematics
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| | | | Less than 1 hour | One to two hours | Three or more hours |
|Science |Males |Females |_______________________|_______________________|_______________________| Average
Country |Overall | | | Percent|Mean score | Percent |Mean score | Percent|Mean score | hours\1\
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
_________________________|___________|___________|___________|__________|____________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________
Australia\2\ ............| 527 (9.8)| 547 (11.5| 513 (9.4)| 58 (1.8)| 540 (9.5) | 35 (1.7)| 575 (6.9)| 7 (1.0)| 588 (33.0| 1.0 (0.04)
Austria\2\ ..............| 520 (5.6)| 554 (8.7)| 501 (5.8)| 87 (1.4)| 529 (6.0) | 11 (1.4)| 526 (13.8| 1 (0.3)|--- --- | 0.4 (0.03)
Canada\2\ ...............| 532 (2.6)| 550 (3.6)| 518 (3.8)| 57 (2.1)| 554 (4.2) | 35 (1.8)| 567 (6.8)| 8 (0.9)| 537 (18.0| 1.1 (0.05)
Cyprus\2\ ...............| 448 (3.0)| 459 (5.8)| 439 (3.0)| 80 (1.1)| 436 (3.7) | 16 (0.9)| 483 (10.7| 4 (0.6)| 552 (11.8| 0.5 (0.03)
Czech Republic ..........| 487 (8.8)| 512 (8.8)| 460 (11.0| 84 (2.6)| 520 (11.6)| 14 (2.3)| 571 (11.5| 3 (0.5)| 583 (13.6| 0.5 (0.05)
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Denmark\2\ ..............| 509 (3.6)| 532 (5.4)| 490 (4.1)| 73 (1.8)| 555 (4.7) | 25 (1.6)| 570 (6.1)| 3 (0.6)| 565 (15.0| 0.7 (0.03)
France\2\ ...............| 487 (5.1)| 508 (6.7)| 468 (4.8)| 59 (2.0)| 497 (5.7) | 35 (1.8)| 525 (7.0)| 6 (0.8)| 515 (9.1)| 1.0 (0.04)
Germany\2\ ..............| 497 (5.1)| 514 (7.9)| 478 (8.5)| --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- ---
Hungary..................| 471 (3.0)| 484 (4.2)| 455 (4.3)| 67 (1.2)| 475 (3.9) | 27 (0.9)| 486 (4.9)| 6 (0.6)| 497 (11.5| 0.9 (0.03)
Iceland\2\ ..............| 549 (1.5)| 572 (2.7)| 530 (2.1)| 87 (1.0)| 566 (2.5) | 12 (1.0)| 575 (4.6)| 1 (0.3)| --- --- | 0.4 (0.01)
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Italy\2\.................| 475 (5.3)| 495 (6.7)| 458 (5.6)| 70 (2.8)| 487 (6.3) | 25 (2.5)| 482 (9.7)| 5 (1.2)| 462 (13.9| 0.8 (0.06)
Lithuania\2\ ............| 461 (5.7)| 481 (6.4)| 450 (7.3)| 69 (1.5)| 465 (5.5) | 26 (1.3)| 469 (6.5)| 5 (0.6)| 470 (11.4| 0.8 (0.03)
Netherlands\2\ .........| 558 (5.3)| 582 (5.7)| 532 (6.2)| 78 (2.8)| 593 (6.4) | 20 (2.9)| 605 (16.9| 1 (0.4)| --- --- | 0.7 (0.03)
New Zealand .............| 529 (5.2)| 543 (7.1)| 515 (5.2)| 80 (1.1)| 551 (6.3) | 18 (1.1)| 581 (6.6)| 3 (0.5)| 553 (15.3| 0.6 (0.02)
Norway\2\ ...............| 544 (4.1)| 574 (5.1)| 513 (4.5)| 74 (2.4)| 592 (7.1) | 23 (2.2)| 598 (10.8| 3 (0.7)| 583 (23.8| 0.7 (0.05)
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Russian Federation\2\ ...| 481 (5.7)| 510 (5.7)| 463 (6.7)| 61 (1.6)| 478 (6.0) | 30 (1.3)| 488 (7.0)| 10 (0.8)| 501 (8.0)| 1.1 (0.04)
Slovenia\2\..............| 517 (8.2)| 541 (12.7| 494 (6.4)| 85 (2.0)| 528 (8.1) | 13 (1.9)| 548 (8.9)| 2 (0.6)| --- --- | 0.5 (0.04)
South Africa\2\ .........| 349 (10.5| 367 (11.5| 333 (13.0| 47 (1.6)| 373 (15.5)| 35 (1.3)| 367 (12.2| 18 (1.4)| 326 (7.3)| 1.5 (0.05)
Sweden ..................| 559 (4.4)| 585 (5.9)| 534 (3.5)| 81 (1.9)| 599 (7.4) | 17 (1.8)| 632 (10.1| 2 (0.5)| --- --- | 0.6 (0.03)
Switzerland .............| 523 (5.3)| 540 (6.1)| 500 (7.8)| 76 (2.3)| 564 (6.6) | 21 (2.3)| 564 (10.9| 3 (0.9)| 508 (29.0| 0.7 (0.04)
United States\2\ ........| 480 (3.3)| 492 (4.5)| 469 (3.9)| 76 (2.1)| 505 (4.3) | 21 (2.1)| 517 (5.7)| 2 (0.4)| --- --- | 0.7 (0.04)
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---Not available. NOTE: End of secondary school is equivalent to 12th-grade in the U.S. and a few other countries, but ranges from 9th- to 14th-grade among the survey countries. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Mathematics and Science Achievement in the Final Year of Secondary School: IEA's Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 1998, by Ina V.S. Mullis et. al. Copyright @ 1998 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. (This table was prepared October 1998.)
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