Research Article
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 |
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