A Investigation of Junior High School Students’ Attitudes toward Ability Grouping Learning of Mathematics

• Main Authors: Wei,Chun Yu, 魏君伃
• Other Authors: Kua-Tai Hsieh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35988655839681891170

碩士 === 中華大學 === 應用統計學系碩士在職專班 === 101 === ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to investigate junior high school students’ attitude towards the idea of group learning in math classes. This study also explores the correlation among students’ learning attitude, different types of grouping instruction, and peer relationship. There are totally 315 participants in the main study. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and F-Distribution are applied to analyze the data collected from the survey questionnaire. Based on the data analysis, the result of the study shows that students’ background has significant effects on both their learning environment and their academic achievement. There is statistically significant difference among varied graders and extra learning. The study also investigates the correlation among students’ learning atmosphere, their academic achievement, and their enthusiasm. The result shows that there is a positive relationship between students’ and their academic performance. That is when students are willing to participant in learning, they will get better grades. There is also a positive relationship between students’ enthusiasm and their learning atmosphere. When students are satisfied with their learning, the leaning atmosphere will be better.