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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your mathematics lessons? - My teacher does a variety of things to help us learn.
Choices: "Agree a lot" "Agree a little" "Disagree a little" "Disagree a lot"
Data: % of "Agree a lot"
Period:
Area:
39 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Egypt77.2%
2 Jordan76.9%
3 Saudi Arabia70.5%
4 Lebanon67.4%
5 Georgia64.9%
6 Morocco 63.8%
7 Turkiye63.3%
8 Malaysia62.5%
9 Iran61.6%
10 Romania61.5%
11 Oman60.8%
12 South Africa58.7%
13 United States57.8%
14 Bahrain57.5%
14 United Arab Emirates57.5%
16 Russian Federation56.6%
17 Kuwait56.5%
18 Kazakhstan54.0%
19 Cyprus53.9%
20 Lithuania53.7%
21 Finland50.0%
22 Qatar49.8%
23 Italy49.3%
24 Israel47.8%
25 Ireland44.8%
26 New Zealand44.3%
27 United Kingdom43.8%
28 Sweden43.7%
29 Norway42.8%
30 Australia41.9%
31 Portugal41.5%
31 Taiwan41.5%
33 Singapore40.0%
34 France39.2%
35 Chile35.3%
36 Hungary34.8%
37 Hong Kong, China29.9%
38 Japan28.2%
39 Republic of Korea22.0%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 199 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.939583 X +8.120
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -97198.382236 X +84164.427
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -23.052721 X +90.472
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.664
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.441

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 2.957383 X +0.295
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -27.458778 X +25.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251