Table IV-3 Descriptive Statistics for High-Achieving Students

Variable	Chinese Taipei		Hong Kong SAR		Japan		Korea		Singapore
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Math Ach1	728.21	35.58	697.84	30.51	712.19	40.30	725.00	37.87	725.71	28.95
Math Ach2	727.16	36.25	699.47	30.98	712.11	40.61	728.10	39.12	726.32	28.11
Math Ach3	728.78	35.89	700.16	32.31	713.25	40.54	727.72	37.68	726.50	28.80
Math Ach4	728.23	37.16	699.12	31.44	713.43	40.16	725.12	39.02	725.66	28.27
Math Ach5	726.39	35.92	698.82	33.32	713.14	40.36	725.75	36.94	727.19	28.09
Gender	0.56	0.50	0.66	0.47	0.50	0.50	0.58	0.49	0.51	0.50
Science Ach	668.59	40.78	625.76	45.28	655.85	45.92	652.63	50.37	696.14	41.69
Home Edu Res	11.40	1.53	10.86	1.63	11.87	1.34	12.50	1.33	11.19	1.39
Like Math	10.55	1.63	10.78	1.69	10.11	1.64	10.39	1.56	11.19	1.68
Eng Teaching	9.93	1.68	9.64	1.81	8.82	1.39	9.05	1.52	10.21	1.68
Conf in Math	11.25	2.05	11.24	1.99	10.42	1.83	11.22	1.74	11.38	1.93
Value Math	9.16	1.59	9.54	1.72	8.91	1.36	9.72	1.66	10.01	1.64
Emp on Acad	10.10	1.96	10.01	1.83	9.86	1.56	11.24	1.77	11.30	1.66
Discipline Prob	11.17	1.65	11.55	1.46	10.52	1.78	10.98	2.05	12.01	1.52
Location	0.60	0.49	0.84	0.37	0.40	0.49	0.47	0.50	1.00	0.00