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Question: Thinking about your teaching in the class, how often do you the following: I give tasks that require students to think critically.
Choices: "Never or almost never" "Occasionally" "Frequently" "Always"
Data: % of "Frequently" "Always"
Period:
Area:
48 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Colombia87.54%
2 Brazil84.22%
3 South Africa83.06%
4 United Arab Emirates82.36%
5 Argentina81.29%
6 United States78.88%
7 Kazakhstan78.65%
8 Georgia76.82%
9 Lithuania76.60%
10 Canada76.04%
11 Cyprus75.03%
12 Latvia73.40%
13 Chile69.98%
14 Australia69.48%
15 New Zealand69.36%
16 Portugal68.40%
17 Romania67.91%
18 Italy67.72%
19 United Kingdom67.50%
20 Mexico67.41%
21 Spain65.37%
22 Saudi Arabia62.20%
23 Denmark61.06%
24 Bulgaria60.58%
25 Croatia60.37%
26 Russian Federation59.69%
27 Malta59.64%
28 Slovakia59.07%
29 Slovenia57.65%
30 Hungary55.93%
31 Turkiye54.66%
32 Netherlands54.30%
33 Singapore54.10%
34 China53.29%
35 Norway51.07%
36 France50.32%
37 Iceland50.09%
38 Sweden48.90%
39 Taiwan48.82%
40 Israel48.64%
41 Austria47.18%
42 Estonia46.19%
43 Republic of Korea44.81%
44 Belgium43.73%
45 Viet Nam41.27%
46 Czech Republic39.81%
47 Finland37.17%
48 Japan 12.60%

Note
Argentina: Buenos Aires only. Canada: Alberta only. China: ShangHai only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 190 countries.

Source
OECD (2019) TALIS 2018 Results (Volume I) Table I.2.1

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -1.008985 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -37501.639796 X +57589.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -15.437656 X +87.541
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 0.511664 X +1.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -2.443527 X +11.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005