A Study on High Achievement and Learning Motivation of Disadvantaged Students

• Main Authors: Mei-Chen Chang, 張美珍
• Other Authors: Li-Gang Chiou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61803828875156766410

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 社會與區域發展學系碩士班 === 102 === The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the high achievement and learning motivation among the disadvantaged students at the elementary school level. The study discovered the learning motivations that helped drive the disadvantaged students to demonstrate high learning achievement in the adverse environment, and investigated how students’ underprivileged backgrounds affected their learning achievement and learning motivation. Adopting quantitative research and the semi-structured interview with 16 objectives, including 8 high achiever elementary students in New Taipei City and 8 head teachers, the study analyzed and investigated how the disadvantaged students showed their the intention and motivation in self-learning. The results of the study are as follows: 1. Different types of underprivileged backgrounds can affect the performance and motivation of the disadvantaged students. 2. High-grader students showed more focused learning motivation, and demonstrated better learning results. 3. In terms of the disadvantaged students at the elementary level, girls showed higher learning achievement and motivation than boys. 4. Constant after-school learning and good parent-child relationship helps enhance disadvantaged students’ learning motivation and achievement. 5. Parents’ educational backgrounds exerted insignificant influence on disadvantaged students’ learning motivation and high achievement. 6. The parents of disadvantaged students, who showed higher achievement, were still willing to invest in their children despite facing financial difficulties. 7. Positive teacher-student interaction and peer relationship can stimulate students’ learning motivation and foster their high achievement. The results of this study are served as the reference for future education policies