Table 1.

Percentages of responses to four TIMSS survey items using four-point Likert scales from USA and Hong Kong.

TIMSS survey items	USA				Hong Kong
	Agree a lot	Agree a little	Disagree a little	Disagree a lot	Agree a lot	Agree a little	Disagree a little	Disagree a lot
V1. I usually do well in math	45.2	42.6	7	3.4	21.9	57.6	16.9	2.9
V2. Math is harder for me	13.5	19.7	21.6	42.6	9	23.1	39.2	27.5
V3. I am not good at math	9.1	13.7	16.9	57.8	20	27.5	26.5	25.9
V4. I learn things quickly in math	36.3	38.5	14.4	7.9	22.3	42.9	27.9	6.8