Asian students dominate math, science: Study<\/p>\n
Reuters, Washington<\/p>\n
Singapore students were the top performers in both mathematics
\nand science in a worldwide survey of more than 360,000 fourth-
\nand eighth-graders, Boston College said in a report published on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian students took part only in the eighth-grade
\ncategory.<\/p>\n
The quadrennial Trends in International Mathematics and
\nScience Study (TIMSS) for 2003 also found students from South
\nKorea, Taiwan and Hong Kong performed very well in math and
\nscience, repeating results found in 1995 and 1998.<\/p>\n
Indonesian students took the 34th position in math and 36th
\nposition from a list of 45 countries.<\/p>\n
In mathematics, in both the eighth and fourth grades,
\nSingapore had a significantly higher average achievement rating
\nthan the rest of the participating countries. Asian countries or
\nregions took six of the top 10 slots for eighth-grade math.<\/p>\n
Singapore's eighth-grade students had an average score of 605
\nout of 800 points, with the international average of 46 countries
\nat 466. In the same category, Indonesia's score was 411, Japan's
\nwas 570, Russia's was 508 and the United States scored 504 for
\n15th place, the report said. Eighth-grade students are usually
\nabout age 13.<\/p>\n
For fourth grade, for which students of 25 countries or
\nterritories were measured, Singapore's students led the ranking
\nwith an average score of 594 against a worldwide 495, followed by
\nHong Kong with 575.<\/p>\n
Japan was third with 565, Russia was ninth with 532 and the
\nUnited States 12th with 518. Fourth-graders are generally about
\nage 9.<\/p>\n
In science, Singapore dominated both age groups, followed by
\nTaiwan, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, the survey showed.<\/p>\n
More non-Asian countries filled out the eighth-grade top 10 in
\nscience than in math, including Estonia, Hungary, the
\nNetherlands, the United States, which placed ninth, Australia and
\nSweden. Indonesia's score was 420.<\/p>\n
England, Latvia and Russia cracked the top 10 in fourth-grade
\nscience, it showed. The United States ranked sixth.<\/p>\n
The complete rankings are published at the Website
\nwww.timss.bc.edu.<\/p>",
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