THIRD INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDY - 1995 ASSESSMENT May 13, 1998 39

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

Item: K08 KEY: D

CONIC REPRESENTED BY AN EQUATION (Geometry)

Difficulty: 690

OTHER

INCOR

NOT

1. GIRL

2. BOY

COUNTRY

N

A

B

C

D

RECT

DIFF

INVALID

REACHED

OMIT

% Right

% Right

Australia

174

35.6

37

12.3

13.7

1.3

13.7

0

0

1.3

17

11.2

Austria

202

30.4

22.5

12.1

30.4

4.6

30.4

0

0.3

4.2

25.7

35.8

Canada

807

18.8

32.3

9.7

38.8

0.5

38.8

0.5

0

0

38.8

38.7

Cyprus

110

25.6

16.3

6.2

51.2

0.7

51.2

0

0

0.7

43

56.8

Czech Republic

272

25.1

25.3

14.9

31.7

3

31.7

0.2

0

2.7

27

38.1

Denmark

422

41.1

27.8

8.5

14.2

8.4

14.2

0.2

1

7.2

12.1

15.3

France

259

26.7

24.3

8

34.4

6.5

34.4

0

0

6.5

39.2

31.1

Germany

733

31.9

22.5

19.2

14

12.4

14

0.9

0.6

10.9

14.1

14.2

Greece

109

25.5

11

2.6

60.9

0

60.9

0

0

0

64.6

59

Hungary

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Iceland

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Israel

206

21.4

16.5

3.9

55.3

2.9

55.3

0

1.5

1.5

53.5

58.2

Italy

121

31.2

29

8.5

29.1

2.1

29.1

0.7

1

0.4

38.8

22.2

Latvia (LSS)

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Lithuania

249

49.5

16

14.2

10.2

10

10.2

0

0

10

13.7

7

Netherlands

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

New Zealand

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Norway

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Russian Federation

446

30.8

37.5

10.1

15.3

6.4

15.3

0.3

0

6

14.9

15.6

Slovenia

430

16.7

30.7

10.3

39.2

3.1

39.2

0.2

0

2.9

36.4

41.5

South Africa

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Sweden

253

10.1

33.1

33.7

18.8

4.2

18.8

0

0

4.2

17.4

19.4

Switzerland

360

29.1

26.6

17.7

19.8

6.9

19.8

0

0

6.9

12.5

23.1

United States

759

24.5

23.8

25.6

25.1

1

25.1

0.4

0

0.7

24

26

INTERNATIONAL AVG

.

27.9

25.4

12.8

29.5

4.4

29.5

0.2

0.3

3.9

29

30.2