THIRD INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDY - 1995 ASSESSMENT May 13, 1998 33

Percent of responses by Math Item Categories - Final Year of Secondary School

Item: K02 KEY: A

PERMUTATIONS OF BOOKS ON A SHELF (Numbers, Equations and Functions)

Difficulty: 703

OTHER

INCOR

NOT

1. GIRL

2. BOY

COUNTRY

N

A

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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.

.

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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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.

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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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.

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.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

New Zealand

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Norway

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

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

16

INTERNATIONAL AVG

.

27.7

27.5

21.3

15.1

2.1

6.4

27.7

0.2

0.1

6.1

24.5

30.5