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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your science lessons? - My teacher links new lessons to what I already know.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States 48.8%
2 United Kingdom40.3%
3 Italy38.6%
4 Australia37.0%
5 Republic of Korea19.7%
6 Japan18.7%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 8

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.585968 X +5.620
Correlation coefficient (r)0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.578

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 113979.988588 X +9246.941
Correlation coefficient (r)0.739
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.546

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -19.700688 X +88.502
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.798
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.637

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.064386 X +0.681
Correlation coefficient (r)0.743
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.552

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -23.035396 X +19.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220