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    Japan: 78% of 15-year-olds are never distracted by their own devices in maths lessons; in Finland, 17%

    Japan78%Brunei67%South Korea66%OECD average35%Finland17%Argentina14%Uruguay13%Chile11%Never distracted by own devices in maths, %

    That is the highest share of 79 countries; the OECD average is 35%, and 11% are distracted in every lesson. Those never distracted score 8 points higher on average, after socio-economic adjustment.

    Source: OECD: PISA 2022, Volume II (device questionnaire) · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGOOpen on the chart →
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    In 2022 15-year-olds were asked how often their own phones and tablets distract them in maths lessons. Countries differ several-fold: in Japan and Korea almost everyone says never, in Finland and Latin America a minority.

    Each bar: the share of pupils who said their own devices never or almost never distract them in maths lessons. The three highest, the OECD average and the lowest.

    OECD PISA 2022, Volume II, tables II.B1.3.9 and II.B1.3.13 (score gap for pupils never distracted, S.E. 0.6). Maths at age 15, 2018→2022: Japan 527 → 536, Finland 507 → 484.

    These are pupils' own answers, and what counts as being distracted differs across countries. Within Finland the score gap for pupils never distracted is not significant. The association does not make devices the cause of differences between countries.

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    How has maths among Japanese 15-year-olds changed since 2003?

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