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Table 6: Average Achievement in Mathematics Content Areas by Gender for TIMSS2003 Grade 4Content Area Number Patterns & Measurement Geometry DataRelationshipCountry Girl Boy Girl Boy Girl Boy Girl Boy Girl BoyChineseTaipei568(2.5)567(2.1)555(2.4)555(2.9)556(2.0)552(2.1)593(4.9)591(5.3)567(4.5)564(4.1)Hong Kong,SAR575(3.5)573(3.6)568(4.4)568(3.6)561(3.0564(2.9)573(4.6)567(7.5)554(4.2)544(6.7)Jap<strong>an</strong> 553(2.5)558(2.3)551(1.9)557(2.0)567(2.0)569(2.0)573(2.9)572(3.2)573(2.5)573(3.1)Singapore 617(5.9)▲InternationalAverage495(0.8)608(6.7)496(0.8)583(5.4)496(0.8)▲575(6.0)495(0.8)569(4.5)493(0.8)564(5.2)498(0.7)586(3.7)▲454(0.6)▲571(4.2)448(0.6)( ) St<strong>an</strong>dard errors appear in parenthesisSource: Exhibit 3.3 in (Mullis, 2004)▲ Me<strong>an</strong> achievement signific<strong>an</strong>tly higher th<strong>an</strong> the opposite gender in that domain.581(4.5)▲453(0.5)▲Table 7: Average Achievement in Mathematics Content Areas by Gender for TIMSS2007 Grade 8568(4.3)449(0.6)Content Area Number Algebra Geometry Data & Ch<strong>an</strong>ceCountry Girl Boy Girl Boy Girl Boy Girl BoyChinese Taipei 574(4.6)579(4.9)622(5.8)613(6.3)593(4.9)591(5.3)567 (4.5) 564(4.1)Hong Kong,SAR570(5.1)564(7.7)573(5.1) ▲558(7.5)573(4.6)567(7.5)554 (4.2) 544(6.7)Jap<strong>an</strong> 545(3.3)558(3.1) ▲560(4.0)559(3.3)573(2.9)572(3.2)573 (2.5) 573(3.1)Rep of Korea 575(3.4)591(2.8) ▲596(4.1)596(3.9)585(2.7)588(3.3)580 (2.5) 579(2.5)Singapore 601(3.9)593(4.3)589(3.9) ▲569(4.5)586(3.7) ▲571(4.2)581 (4.5)▲568(4.3)InternationalAverage448(0.6)453(0.6) ▲457(0.6) ▲444(0.6)454(0.6) ▲448(0.6)453 (0.5)▲449(0.6)( ) St<strong>an</strong>dard errors appear in parenthesisSource: Exhibit 3.3 in (Mullis, 2008)▲ Me<strong>an</strong> achievement signific<strong>an</strong>tly higher th<strong>an</strong> the opposite gender in that domain.Due to limitation of space, the discussion will focus only on results from TIMSS2007 from this point. At Grade 8, the percentage of boys with higher self-confidence inlearning mathematics was signific<strong>an</strong>tly higher th<strong>an</strong> the percentage of girls (Table 8).TIMSS 2007 created <strong>an</strong> Index of Students' Positive Affect Toward Mathematics(PATM) with Trends. This index was based on students’ responses to the following:I enjoy learning Mathematics; Mathematics is boring, <strong>an</strong>d I like Mathematics. Withthe exception of Singapore, the percentage of boys with high PATM wassignific<strong>an</strong>tly higher th<strong>an</strong> the girls from each country (see Table 9).
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