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Question: In mathematics lessons, how often do you work problems on your own?
Choices: "Every or almost every lesson" "About half the lessons" "Some lessons" "Never"
Data: % of "Every or almost every lesson"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan66.9%
2 Germany66.0%
3 Republic of Korea63.7%
4 Australia59.4%
5 United Kingdom59.1%
6 Italy58.4%
7 United States57.9%
8 Canada50.6%
9 Sweden48.8%
10 France 32.5%

Note
Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.556838 X +7.531
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -17443.623040 X +58756.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.078656 X +82.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.557683 X +2.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 7.257858 X +7.012
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026