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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics 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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States52.3%
2 United Kingdom41.7%
3 Italy40.1%
4 Australia35.7%
4 Sweden35.7%
6 France 26.9%
7 Republic of Korea20.5%
8 Japan17.2%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 2 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.117227 X +5.901
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 99328.921115 X +14653.198
Correlation coefficient (r)0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.630091 X +88.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.802
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.643

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.342318 X +1.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.055629 X +16.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136