北部地區育幼機構八年級學童數學學習成就相關因素之調查研究

A Study of the Factors Related to the Mathematics Achievement of the Eighth Graders in the Children's Home in Northern Taiwan

邱仕凱(Shi-Kai Chiu)

《科學教育月刊》 337期 (2011/04) Pp. 2-14

https://doi.org/10.6216/SEM.201104_(337).0001

摘要

Investigated were the mathematics achievement (MA) of the eighth graders both from regular family and Children's Home (CH), and factors which might relate to the MA differences between two groups. Thirty-nine children from CH and 323 students from ten junior high schools were purposively sampled from Taipei City, Taipei County, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County. Mathematics achievement test was constructed from the released TIMSS 2003 test items. The test had been evaluated by the content experts. Its reliability (K-R20) was .92. Variables which related to MA were selected from TIMSS 2003 student's questionnaire, and had been evaluated by the experts. The reliability (Cronbach's α) was .75. Data were analyzed through frequencies, Pearson correlations, and two sample independent t-test. Results indicated that: (1) the MA of the students from CH did significantly inferior to those from regular family (P＜.05); (2) students from the CH in Taipei were adapted to the institutions earlier and the duration staying in institutions were longer than other districts. The number of members in a family unit in institutions of Taipei was closed to the regular family, children in Taipei got better care; (3) the CH in Hsinchu County had good reputation, and there were plenty of volunteers and social resources to help students. Data indicated that their children's MA were significantly higher than the students in the regular family (P＜.05). Result showed that when children in CH received good care, they could achieved as well as the regular children; (4) the strongest factor related to the MA in the CH was ”the number of volunteers to help them learn mathematics (r=.55, P＜.01)”; the strongest factor related to the MA in the regular family was ”the number of books at home (r=.47, P＜.01)”; (5) students in CH had some characteristics as follows: low self-confidence and low valuing in learning mathematics; less attention to learning activities in mathematics classes; the highest expectation for education of most children was to finish secondary schools; expectation for studying time at night less than two hours. Recommendations were as following: (1) more funds and resources should be offered to institutions in inferior areas; (2) more volunteers needed to help students from CH improve their MA and self-confidence.

關鍵字

育幼機構 ； 數學學習成就 ； 一般家庭 ； TIMSS 2003

並列摘要

Investigated were the mathematics achievement (MA) of the eighth graders both from regular family and Children's Home (CH), and factors which might relate to the MA differences between two groups. Thirty-nine children from CH and 323 students from ten junior high schools were purposively sampled from Taipei City, Taipei County, Taoyuan County, Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County. Mathematics achievement test was constructed from the released TIMSS 2003 test items. The test had been evaluated by the content experts. Its reliability (K-R20) was .92. Variables which related to MA were selected from TIMSS 2003 student's questionnaire, and had been evaluated by the experts. The reliability (Cronbach's α) was .75. Data were analyzed through frequencies, Pearson correlations, and two sample independent t-test. Results indicated that: (1) the MA of the students from CH did significantly inferior to those from regular family (P＜.05); (2) students from the CH in Taipei were adapted to the institutions earlier and the duration staying in institutions were longer than other districts. The number of members in a family unit in institutions of Taipei was closed to the regular family, children in Taipei got better care; (3) the CH in Hsinchu County had good reputation, and there were plenty of volunteers and social resources to help students. Data indicated that their children's MA were significantly higher than the students in the regular family (P＜.05). Result showed that when children in CH received good care, they could achieved as well as the regular children; (4) the strongest factor related to the MA in the CH was ”the number of volunteers to help them learn mathematics (r=.55, P＜.01)”; the strongest factor related to the MA in the regular family was ”the number of books at home (r=.47, P＜.01)”; (5) students in CH had some characteristics as follows: low self-confidence and low valuing in learning mathematics; less attention to learning activities in mathematics classes; the highest expectation for education of most children was to finish secondary schools; expectation for studying time at night less than two hours. Recommendations were as following: (1) more funds and resources should be offered to institutions in inferior areas; (2) more volunteers needed to help students from CH improve their MA and self-confidence.

並列關鍵字

children's home ； mathematics achievement ； regular family ； TIMSS 2003