The Relationships of Junior High School Students' Cultural Capital, School Social Capital and English Academic Achievement inTaichung City and Taichung County

• Main Authors: Chien-Tsung Chu, 朱建宗
• Other Authors: 吳璧如
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72730208356614314210

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 教育研究所 === 94 === The Relationships of Junior High School Students' Cultural Capital, School Social Capital and English Academic achievement in Taichung City and Taichung County Chien-Tsung Chu Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of cultural capital, school social capital and English academic achievement among junior high students in Taichung City and Taichung County. A total of 935 students responded to a set of instruments, including the Cultural Capital Scale, the Teacher-Student Relationship Scale, and the Peer Relationship Scale. The descriptive statistics, one-way MANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, canonical correlation, multiple regression and hierarchical multiple regression were used to analyze data. The results indicated that students had more school social capital but limited cultural capital. Female students had more cultural capital and school social capital than male ones. Students with high intermediate SES had more cultural capital than those with low SES. Students from two-parent families had more cultural capital than those from non two-parent families. The more cultural capital and school social capital the students had, the higher grades the students had. The more cultural capital the students had, the more school social capital the students had. There were significant correlations among students’ cultural capital, school social capital and English academic achievement. The effect of the students’ cultural capital on their English academic achievement was mediated by school social capital. Finally, background variables, cultural capital and school social capital could significantly predict English academic achievement.