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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:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland69.3%
2 Egypt65.6%
3 Israel65.5%
4 United Kingdom64.1%
5 Japan63.4%
6 Lithuania61.0%
7 Republic of Korea60.9%
8 Norway60.1%
9 France59.1%
10 Jordan57.9%
11 Ireland57.1%
12 Australia56.1%
13 United States55.3%
14 Russian Federation54.2%
15 Singapore53.0%
16 Lebanon51.1%
17 Italy49.6%
18 Bahrain47.9%
19 Portugal47.8%
19 Saudi Arabia47.8%
21 Oman46.8%
22 Cyprus46.7%
23 Kazakhstan 46.6%
24 Sweden46.0%
25 Taiwan45.2%
26 United Arab Emirates45.0%
27 Qatar43.8%
28 Chile42.7%
29 Hungary42.3%
30 New Zealand41.8%
31 Turkiye40.6%
32 Hong Kong, China39.9%
33 Morocco38.1%
34 Kuwait37.2%
35 South Africa35.0%
36 Georgia29.9%
37 Romania27.7%
38 Iran25.4%
39 Malaysia21.0%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

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

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No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 2.570752 X +4.852
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

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No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 89495.042693 X -8725.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

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No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 13.930419 X +71.790
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -0.343095 X +1.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

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No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 14.088364 X +3.795
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059