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TIMSS Math Item K02
Copyright © 2002 by The Fathers' Manifesto
Please distribute freely, all portions intact.
Question K02 on the 12th Grade TIMSS Math test given to 12th graders around the world in
1995 suggests that American girls and boys were taught the wrong thing in the classroom,
as they scored 3-4% lower than if they had just guessed.
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INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDY - 1995 ASSESSMENT May 13, 1998 33 |
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Percent
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Item: K02 KEY: A |
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PERMUTATIONS
OF BOOKS ON A SHELF (Numbers, Equations and Functions) |
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Difficulty: 703 |
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OTHER |
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INCOR |
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1. GIRL |
2. BOY |
COUNTRY |
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B |
C |
D |
E |
RECT |
DIFF |
INVALID |
REACHED |
OMIT |
% Right |
% Right |
Australia |
174 |
53.8 |
17.6 |
22.5 |
5.2 |
0 |
0.8 |
53.8 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
50.2 |
56.7 |
Austria |
202 |
8.8 |
34.6 |
25.9 |
20.1 |
7 |
3.7 |
8.8 |
0 |
0.3 |
3.3 |
7.9 |
9.7 |
Canada |
807 |
29.6 |
28.1 |
18.9 |
19.6 |
1.8 |
2 |
29.6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
26.5 |
32.2 |
Cyprus |
109 |
41 |
27.5 |
21.8 |
6 |
0 |
3.8 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
3.8 |
36.8 |
41.7 |
Czech Republic |
272 |
17.3 |
30 |
27.7 |
19.4 |
1.5 |
4.2 |
17.3 |
2.3 |
0 |
1.9 |
12.6 |
23.7 |
Denmark |
422 |
28.4 |
30.5 |
20.7 |
15.8 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
28.4 |
0.1 |
0 |
3.4 |
24.6 |
30.3 |
France |
259 |
31.3 |
25.7 |
32.1 |
7.9 |
0 |
3 |
31.3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
26.5 |
34.4 |
Germany |
733 |
13.7 |
28 |
20.2 |
22.6 |
3.6 |
11.9 |
13.7 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
11.1 |
9.3 |
19.6 |
Greece |
109 |
30.2 |
34.1 |
23.3 |
7.3 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
30.2 |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
29 |
30.8 |
Hungary |
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Iceland |
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Israel |
206 |
37.9 |
16 |
23.3 |
14.6 |
1.5 |
6.8 |
37.9 |
0 |
0.5 |
6.3 |
33.3 |
45.9 |
Italy |
121 |
13.9 |
34.9 |
18.4 |
11.6 |
1.6 |
19.6 |
13.9 |
0 |
0 |
19.6 |
15.7 |
12.7 |
Latvia (LSS) |
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Lithuania |
249 |
33 |
31.3 |
13.1 |
9.6 |
1.6 |
11.3 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
11.3 |
26.6 |
39 |
Netherlands |
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New Zealand |
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Norway |
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Russian Federation |
446 |
15.8 |
34.5 |
16.2 |
15.4 |
1.9 |
16.2 |
15.8 |
0 |
0 |
16.2 |
10.8 |
20.8 |
Slovenia |
430 |
41.3 |
17.7 |
22.3 |
10.7 |
0.8 |
7.2 |
41.3 |
0.3 |
0 |
6.9 |
39.4 |
43 |
South Africa |
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Sweden |
253 |
24.4 |
20.9 |
16.2 |
30.3 |
5.4 |
2.8 |
24.4 |
0 |
0 |
2.8 |
21.3 |
25.6 |
Switzerland |
360 |
33.9 |
19.6 |
21.1 |
14.1 |
3.2 |
8.2 |
33.9 |
0 |
0 |
8.2 |
29.2 |
35.8 |
United States |
759 |
16.4 |
35.9 |
18.3 |
27.3 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
16.4 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.7 |
16.8 |
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INTERNATIONAL AVG |
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27.7 |
27.5 |
21.3 |
15.1 |
2.1 |
6.4 |
27.7 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
6.1 |
24.5 |
30.5 |
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