本研究旨在探討部首識字敎學對弱勢學童識字學習之立即成效及閱讀能力上之表現。研究對象以台北市某國小附設幼稚園五足歲學童及在幼稚園參與研究之直升一年級學童。依據社經地位分成:弱勢實驗組、弱勢對照組及優勢組,僅弱勢實驗組接受「部首識字敎學」。三組學童在幼稚園實驗前後進行畢保德詞彙測驗及簡單200字認字量表測驗;在國小上學期末進行中文年級識字量表及閱讀理解測驗。實驗設計採不等組前後測進行研究,結果摘述如下:一、社經地位是影響弱勢學童閱讀能力的重要因素之一。二、「部首識字敎學」對弱勢學童閱讀能力具有學習效果。三、部首識字敎學能有效提升弱勢學童的閱讀能力。研究依據研究結果,提出對部首識字敎學之相關議題建議。
The purpose of this study was to discuss the immediate effect as well as the reading performance of Chinese radical teaching on the disadvantaged children. This study targeted on five-year old children and preschool students who have been directly upgraded to grade 1 students from an experimental kindergarten conducted by an elementary school in Taipei. Based on the social and financial status, the targets were divided into the disadvantaged group, control group and advantaged group. Only the disadvantaged group has received ”Chinese Radical Teaching”. All of the three groups have taken two tests including the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised and the Simple 200 Words Recognition Scale before and after the experiment. At the end of first semester, two post-tests including Chinese word recognition and reading comprehension were conducted. The design of the experiment consists of both pre-test and post-test among different groups for comparison. The research results were summarized as the followings: A. Social economical status is one of the critical elements which affect preschooler reading capability. B. The ”Chinese Radical Teaching” has a learning effect on the reading capability of the disadvantaged children. C. The Chinese radical teaching can effectively improve the disadvantaged children's reading capability. According to the research results, this study addressed the topics related to the instruction and future research of Chinese radical teaching.