在全球化趨勢與人口大遷移的潮流中,台灣的人口面貌也逐漸地改觀;近二十年來遽增的跨國聯姻,使得「新移民女性」之子女數日益增多。然而,過去關於此類新興族群的報導大都鎖定在生活適應或較為一般性的教育問題,至於其『數學』學習情形的探究則較為欠缺。有鑑於此,本研究乃以雲林、嘉義、台南地區「新移民女性」之子女為對象,根據「國小一年級數學基本能力測驗」對其數學學習表現進行調查研究,以了解這群「新台灣之子」的數學學習表現,期望能為台灣的數學教育提供一份據實的本土性資料。研究結果顯示:不論是在總得分或各個數學主題,這群「新台灣之子」的數學學習表現存有極大的個別差異情形;若比較五個數學主題的表現,則這群「新台灣之子」在「統計」主題之表現最佳,其次依序為「圖形與空間」、「量與實測」、「數與計算」,而在「代數」主題之平均表現最差;若與一般生比較,這群「新台灣之子」在「總分」以及「量與實測」、「圖形與空間」二主題的得分平均顯著低於一般生(達0.05的顯著水準);此外,不同母親國籍的「新台灣之子」在各數學主題的學習表現之差異性皆未達顯著水準。
Current globalization and immigration have gradually changed Taiwan, where a special phenomenon appears due to the growing intermarriage. The main purpose of this survey research was to investigate the mathematics performance of the ”new children of Taiwan”, the children of ”immigrant women”. The results showed that a) there was obvious individual difference among these children on math performance; b) in average, the proficiency diversity of the children was higher in Statistics than the other math topics, while that in Algebra was vaguer; c) in comparison with local students, these children had lower achievement in Measurement and Geometry, but had no obvious difference on Number, Statistics, and Algebra; d) The nationalities of immigrant women weren't the crucial factor to influence their children's math performance.