Table 9
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Table 9: Index of Time Students Spend Doing Mathematics Homework (TMH)
in a Normal School Week

Country

High TMH

Middle TMH

Low TMH

% of Students

Average Score

% of Students

Average Score

% of Students

Average Score

Romania

68

492

28

451

3

437

Italy

54

484

40

487

7

471

Russian Federation

53

509

45

511

2


Lebanon

42

436

52

437

5

412

Tunisia

39

410

50

414

11

414

Moldova, Rep. of

38

472

57

458

5

437

Singapore

38

621

51

604

11

566

Indonesia

37

435

48

406

15

391

Armenia

35

490

60

478

4

475

Morocco

34

390

52

392

14

380

Israel

33

498

55

505

12

479

Malaysia

33

515

56

510

11

485

Latvia

33

502

61

516

6

508

Bulgaria

33

482

54

478

14

469

Hong Kong, SAR

32

600

49

587

19

566

Lithuania

32

493

63

509

5

490

United States

31

518

60

506

9

461

Estonia

28

519

66

538

7

523

Palestinian Natl Auth.

27

393

65

398

8

371

Egypt

26

402

60

418

14

419

Macedonia, Rep. of

26

440

61

444

13

439

Norway

26

454

52

466

22

472

Slovenia

25

482

71

500

4

463

Botswana

25

385

53

368

22

355

Serbia

25

466

54

481

20

497

Jordan

25

425

64

437

11

411

Ghana

24

288

56

280

20

275

Philippines

24

390

54

382

22

361

Iran, Islamic Rep. of

24

420

52

414

25

403

South Africa

21

275

58

270

20

260

Cyprus

21

459

70

469

9

438

Hungary

20

516

77

537

3

501

Australia

19

520

50

509

31

497

Netherlands

19

540

62

542

19

518

Chinese Taipei

18

611

45

594

37

563

Bahrain

18

387

69

409

13

398

Saudi Arabia

15

315

62

335

23

345

New Zealand

14

488

49

505

37

492

Belgium (Flemish)

13

542

42

546

44

532

Korea, Rep. of

11

582

46

592

43

590

Slovak Republic

11

495

81

511

8

500

Chile

10

387

43

389

47

388

Scotland

8

493

46

507

46

496

Japan

6

565

36

566

58

576

Sweden

4

453

38

494

58

509

International Avg.

26

468

54

471

19

456