| Summary: | 碩士 === 樹德科技大學 === 資訊工程系碩士班 === 103 === This study investigates the effect of the online community “Office 365” on junior high school science (i.e. biology) education assisted by the collaborative learning. The subjects are seventh graders from normal classes in Kaohsiung and they were instructed by the topic “The Interaction between the Biology and Its Environment.” Based on the literature review, this study pertains to the quasi-experimental design and the students were divided into two groups, the experimental group (EG) with computer collaborative learning and the control group (CG) with traditional classroom learning. The students were required to fill in the questionnaire, receive classroom observation, and attend the interview with the teacher/researcher to examine the influence of different student characters, learning preference, learning style, gender, social network with Facebook, and time of learning per week.
According to the analysis of data, EG students with the characteristic of Openness performed the best in terms of self-perception, those with the characteristic of Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness claimed the second, and those with the characteristic of Neuroticism performed the worst. As to the analysis of Learning Style Inventory, 34.62% of students cling to Abstract Conceptualization, while only 11.54% of students cater to Reflective Observation. The learning style of Active Experimentation and Concrete Experience stay neutral. Furthermore, owing to the proof of the formula, up to 42.31% of students are classified as divergent while only 3.85% of students belong to convergent. The effect of gender, social network with Facebook and time of learning per week, on students’ personalities and learning satisfaction does not achieve significant difference. However, from the classroom observation, students are indeed motivated by this learning model.
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