High school students in Hong Kong, Finland and South Korea do best in mathematics among those in 40 surveyed countries while students in the United States finished 28th.
The survey also questioned students about their own views of themselves and their work, and found that while good students were more likely to think they were good, countries that did well often had a large number of students who did not feel they were doing well. In the United States, 36% of the students agreed with the statement, "I am just not good at mathematics," while in Hong Kong, 57% agreed. In South Korea the figure was 62%. Of the United States students, 72% said they got good grades in mathematics, more than in any other country. In Hong Kong, only 25% of the students said they got good marks, the lowest of any country.
[Thanks to DVD for providing the NYT link.]
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The report in all it's 471 page gl;ory can be found here.
http://a455.g.akamai.net/7/455/1879/v1/193.51.65.71/dataoecd/1/60/34002216.pdf
Thanks.
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