Table IV-2 Descriptive Statistics for Low-Achieving Students

Variable	Chinese Taipei		Hong Kong SAR		Japan		Korea		Singapore
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Math Ach1	449.74	52.97	469.59	51.84	454.44	47.30	476.15	47.32	488.89	51.54
Math Ach2	450.48	53.05	468.46	52.47	454.24	47.99	478.29	46.13	489.91	51.33
Math Ach3	449.51	55.02	469.92	52.14	453.88	45.83	477.18	47.77	490.97	52.68
Math Ach4	448.62	55.76	464.87	56.47	454.15	48.22	476.76	47.84	489.32	51.48
Math Ach5	451.53	53.83	467.92	55.98	452.35	47.19	476.36	46.68	490.07	51.70
Gender	0.52	0.50	0.54	0.50	0.52	0.50	0.54	0.50	0.58	0.49
Science Ach	453.71	59.86	448.57	65.80	469.97	56.69	457.13	56.53	466.96	65.97
Home Edu Res	9.22	1.46	9.44	1.57	10.09	1.39	10.72	1.71	9.37	1.57
Like Math	8.12	1.67	8.57	1.92	8.28	1.55	8.14	1.59	9.31	1.85
Eng Teaching	8.58	1.90	8.90	2.34	8.05	1.53	7.89	1.64	9.50	1.92
Conf in Math	7.43	1.93	8.32	1.91	7.75	1.90	8.08	1.64	8.51	1.86
Value Math	7.29	1.93	8.04	2.30	7.86	1.72	7.75	1.68	9.41	1.88
Emp on Acad	9.79	1.84	9.14	1.74	9.65	1.50	11.08	1.86	10.12	1.53
Discipline Prob	11.13	1.70	11.01	1.45	10.46	1.78	10.99	2.02	11.22	1.46
Location	0.53	0.50	0.84	0.37	0.35	0.48	0.45	0.50	1.00	0.00