A Study of the Effects of Junior High School Reading Environment and Class Reading Environment in Kaohsiung City on Students’ Reading Behaviors

• Main Author: 黃荷媚
• Other Authors: 鍾蔚起博士
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65291978190431749905

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 教育研究所 === 100 === The study investigated reading environment of junior high schools in Kaohsiung City, explored differences and correlations among school reading environment, class reading environment, and reading behaviors of students with diverse background factors, and predicted reading behaviors of students based on their school reading environment and class environment. The study adopted a questionnaire method. The 989 participants were the second graders from junior high schools of Kaohsiung City . The collected data was analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regressions. The results derived from the study were as follows: 1.The current status of school reading environment and class environment was not good; that of students’ reading behaviors was poor. 2.In terms of mother’s job, school location, and scale of the school, there existed significant differences in students’ perceptive school reading environment. 3.In terms of gender, mother’s job, school location, and scale of the school, there existed significant differences in students’ perceptive class reading environment. 4.In terms of gender, father’s educational level, mother’s educational level, mother’s job, and scale of the school, there existed significant differences in students’ reading behaviors. 5.There existed significant positive correlations among school reading environment, class reading environment, and students’ reading behaviors. 6.School reading environment and class reading environment could highly predict students’ reading behaviors. Based on the results above, some suggestions for administrative organizations, schools, teachers, and further research were provided and discussed.