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chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.11: 6.11 Teachers Ask Students to to Do Do Classroom Activities at at Least Weekly to to Develop Reading
Comprehension Comprehension Skills or Strategies Skills or Strategies
Countries
Identify
Main Ideas
Percentage of Students Whose Teachers Ask Them to Do the Activities
Explain or
Support Their
Understanding
Compare Reading
with Own
Experiences
Compare with
Other Things
Read
Make Predictions
About What
Will Happen Next
Make
Generalizations
and Draw
Inferences
Describe Text
Style or
Structure
Austria 80 (2.6) 88 (2.3) 57 (3.8) 32 (3.2) 31 (2.9) 49 (3.3) 17 (2.6)
Belgium (Flemish) 77 (3.8) 81 (3.0) 60 (4.6) 36 (4.3) 50 (3.7) 51 (3.9) 34 (3.9)
Belgium (French) 77 (2.6) 83 (2.7) 34 (3.9) 27 (3.4) 31 (3.7) 27 (3.4) 30 (3.5)
Bulgaria 100 (0.0) 100 (0.0) 92 (2.3) 87 (2.6) 74 (3.3) 100 (0.0) 77 (3.6)
Canada, Alberta 90 (2.3) 93 (2.0) 83 (2.8) 67 (3.9) 89 (2.2) 86 (2.2) 45 (3.8)
Canada, British Columbia r 90 (2.3) r 92 (2.1) r 84 (3.2) r 68 (3.7) r 90 (2.3) r 82 (3.2) r 44 (4.4)
Canada, Nova Scotia 89 (2.4) 94 (1.7) 86 (2.7) 79 (3.1) 90 (2.4) 86 (2.5) 48 (4.0)
Canada, Ontario 84 (4.0) 89 (3.6) 76 (4.9) 70 (4.9) 88 (3.5) 82 (4.2) 53 (5.2)
Canada, Quebec 74 (3.8) 82 (3.3) 54 (4.7) 41 (4.4) 58 (4.3) 55 (4.5) 39 (3.4)
Chinese Taipei 87 (2.6) 61 (4.2) 67 (3.7) 53 (4.1) 42 (4.3) 66 (4.0) 55 (4.5)
Denmark 79 (3.3) 80 (3.2) 68 (3.9) 51 (3.9) 43 (3.8) 52 (3.8) 39 (3.7)
England 92 (1.8) 97 (1.4) 71 (4.1) 63 (4.2) 87 (2.7) 89 (2.7) 74 (3.7)
France 87 (2.0) 91 (1.9) 35 (3.6) 38 (2.8) 53 (3.9) 35 (3.4) 34 (3.4)
Georgia 98 (0.9) 96 (1.9) 92 (2.4) 85 (3.1) 72 (3.9) 89 (2.6) 70 (3.9)
Germany 95 (1.7) 94 (1.7) 75 (3.2) 49 (3.7) 55 (3.8) 69 (3.2) 26 (3.0)
Hong Kong SAR 89 (2.5) 80 (3.3) 65 (4.0) 50 (4.2) 51 (4.5) 64 (4.6) 51 (4.4)
Hungary 97 (1.9) 100 (0.0) 94 (2.2) 92 (2.2) 75 (3.6) 96 (1.7) 88 (2.7)
Iceland 40 (0.3) 60 (0.4) 34 (0.4) 8 (0.3) 29 (0.3) 26 (0.3) 1 (0.0)
Indonesia 86 (3.1) 87 (2.9) 56 (4.1) 49 (4.6) 36 (3.7) 57 (4.1) 44 (4.2)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 93 (1.8) 88 (2.2) 69 (3.8) 60 (4.0) 47 (3.7) 80 (3.3) 67 (3.3)
Israel 99 (0.7) 99 (1.0) 82 (3.5) 70 (3.7) 84 (3.3) 93 (2.4) 88 (2.8)
Italy 98 (1.0) 96 (1.4) 79 (3.1) 66 (3.4) 71 (3.5) 59 (3.7) 70 (3.5)
Kuwait 85 (3.0) 90 (2.6) 60 (4.1) 55 (3.6) 47 (4.0) 67 (4.0) 51 (4.5)
Latvia 97 (1.3) 98 (1.2) 92 (2.1) 65 (3.5) 70 (3.1) 89 (2.7) 35 (3.6)
Lithuania 100 (0.0) 100 (0.4) 85 (2.5) 77 (3.2) 75 (3.0) 97 (1.3) 73 (3.3)
Luxembourg 89 (0.1) 90 (0.1) 64 (0.2) 37 (0.2) 70 (0.2) 66 (0.2) 26 (0.1)
Macedonia, Rep. of 99 (0.5) 100 (0.0) 90 (2.4) 82 (3.2) 74 (3.9) 94 (2.1) 76 (3.6)
Moldova, Rep. of 100 (0.0) 100 (0.0) 95 (1.7) 87 (2.8) 83 (3.2) 99 (0.9) 89 (2.9)
Morocco 95 (1.8) 93 (2.3) 55 (5.0) 47 (5.0) 58 (4.4) 63 (4.4) 59 (4.4)
Netherlands 84 (3.4) 87 (2.9) 65 (4.7) 34 (4.1) 50 (4.5) 66 (3.6) 34 (4.0)
New Zealand 95 (1.3) 94 (1.4) 82 (2.4) 60 (2.8) 94 (1.2) 87 (2.0) 65 (2.9)
Norway 67 (4.4) 66 (4.6) 38 (4.3) 19 (3.8) 28 (3.7) 28 (4.4) 11 (2.3)
Poland 100 (0.2) 99 (0.6) 95 (1.9) 66 (3.7) 62 (4.1) 92 (2.1) 56 (4.2)
Qatar s 100 (0.1) s 97 (0.1) s 86 (0.2) s 74 (0.2) s 69 (0.2) s 67 (0.2) s 72 (0.2)
Romania 99 (0.6) 98 (1.2) 84 (2.5) 81 (3.0) 73 (3.4) 88 (2.7) 80 (3.3)
Russian Federation 100 (0.5) 100 (0.3) 92 (2.0) 87 (2.0) 77 (3.2) 99 (0.9) 82 (2.7)
Scotland 93 (2.3) 95 (2.0) 71 (4.2) 55 (4.4) 85 (2.8) 79 (3.8) 68 (4.2)
Singapore 95 (1.1) 95 (1.2) 80 (2.4) 70 (2.8) 84 (2.0) 83 (2.0) 64 (2.7)
Slovak Republic 97 (0.9) 99 (0.6) 84 (2.5) 62 (3.3) 53 (3.8) 79 (2.8) 56 (3.6)
Slovenia 85 (2.0) 95 (1.4) 84 (2.3) 52 (3.3) 46 (3.3) 74 (2.5) 55 (2.9)
South Africa 79 (2.3) 79 (2.3) 66 (2.9) 65 (3.2) 64 (2.7) 54 (3.1) 46 (2.9)
Spain 95 (1.7) 97 (1.4) 65 (4.1) 47 (4.4) 48 (4.2) 46 (4.0) 39 (4.1)
Sweden 59 (4.0) 81 (2.9) 39 (3.8) 25 (3.5) 19 (3.4) 29 (3.8) 5 (1.6)
Trinidad and Tobago 96 (1.9) 97 (1.5) 85 (2.6) 73 (3.7) 86 (3.0) 86 (2.9) 38 (3.6)
United States 98 (1.0) 97 (1.0) 90 (2.1) 81 (3.2) 96 (1.4) 93 (1.6) 71 (3.2)
International Avg. 90 (0.3) 91 (0.3) 72 (0.5) 58 (0.5) 61 (0.5) 71 (0.5) 53 (0.5)
Background data provided by teachers.
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
An “r” indicates data are available for 70–84% of the students. An “s” indicates data are
available for 50–69% of the students. An “x” indicates data are available for less than
50% of the students.
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PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006