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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 Kazakhstan 78.65%
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 Japan12.60%

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 = -1.011160 X +7.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -44245.380433 X +60377.530
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -12.447984 X +86.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 0.566439 X +1.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -6.462967 X +16.198
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026