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Question: How much do you agree with these statements about your science 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:
12 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye62.5%
2 United States48.8%
3 Israel44.1%
4 United Kingdom40.3%
5 Norway38.8%
6 Italy38.6%
7 New Zealand 38.2%
8 Ireland37.6%
9 Australia37.0%
10 Chile36.1%
11 Republic of Korea19.7%
12 Japan18.7%

Note
United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 26 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -0.836452 X +6.938
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -16679.838655 X +56659.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -15.005779 X +87.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.783
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.613

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = 2.553151 X +0.643
Correlation coefficient (r)0.599
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.359

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data12
Regression equation
Y = -41.007727 X +27.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.706
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.498