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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Jordan72.6%
2 Egypt71.4%
3 Saudi Arabia65.4%
4 Turkiye62.5%
5 Iran59.5%
6 Oman59.2%
7 Kuwait59.0%
8 Bahrain57.3%
9 United Arab Emirates54.6%
10 Qatar50.7%
11 United States48.8%
12 South Africa47.1%
13 Israel44.1%
14 Malaysia43.6%
15 United Kingdom40.3%
16 Taiwan40.2%
17 Norway38.8%
18 Italy38.6%
19 New Zealand38.2%
20 Singapore38.0%
21 Ireland37.6%
22 Australia37.0%
23 Chile36.1%
24 Hong Kong, China31.8%
25 Republic of Korea19.7%
26 Japan 18.7%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 212 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.083006 X +7.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -81023.847899 X +79154.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -23.766463 X +89.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.640
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.410

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.061965 X +0.380
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -23.358921 X +19.171
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370