A Survey on the Permanence of Finnish Students’ Arithmetical Skills and the Role of Motivation

Table 1

The distribution of mathematics test item means and the percentages of the correct responses ( = 463).

	1a; mean; (%)	1b; mean; (%)	2a; mean; (%)	2b; mean; (%)	3a; mean; (%)	3b; mean; (%)	4; mean; (%)	Total
PK	2.30; (69.9)	1.85; (42.9)	1.11; (28.1)	0.64; (7.1)	1.02; (30.1)	0.12; (1.0)	0.00; (0.0)	7.04
MAB	2.73; (88.9)	2.59; (76.2)	2.16; (68.3)	1.19; (15.9)	2.13; (66.7)	0.48; (9.5)	0.02; (0.0)	11.30
MAA	2.96; (96.4)	2.73; (78.2)	2.73; (87.3)	1.95; (36.4)	2.00; (65.5)	1.02; (25.5)	0.35; (3.6)	13.73
UNIV	2.72; (87.9)	2.48; (69.8)	2.60; (83.2)	1.47; (22.8)	1.90; (60.4)	0.69; (13.4)	0.07; (0.0)	11.93
All	2.57; (81.4)	2.26; (60.3)	1.93; (58.3)	1.14; (16.8)	1.57; (49.0)	0.46; (9.1)	0.06; (0.4)	9.99