Ethnic Origin(Aboriginal vs. Han)And Family Structure Affecting Elementary School Students''Academic Achievement:A Example Of Taitung County

• Main Authors: Lin, Ching－Piao, 林清標
• Other Authors: Hwang Yih－Gyh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82952412248001198557

碩士 === 國立台東師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 86 === Although earlier studies have shown that the average academic of abor iginal studentsfalls far behind that of han students. However，they d idn''t more explore for the disadvantaged situation of aboriginal fami ly structures，thereThe purpose of the study is to explore for the c ausal mechanisms that affect elementary school student''s academic achie vement. A number of family structure that may influence students'' acad emic achievement were investigated，andpital，as well asresource dilu tion.Valid samples of the study were 527 6th graders of Taitung County，sele cted throughstratified random cluster sampling.Data were collected wi th questionnaires and achievement tests of Chinese andMathematics dev elopedby the researMajorfindings ofthe study are summarizebelow ：1. Measured by the achievement tests of this study，theaverage acad emic achievementof aboriginalstudents in elementary school is signifi cantly lower than thatof han students. Nevertheless，after controlling family structure2.Furthermore，most of background factors(e.g.，family s tructure) influence to academic achievement becomes almost insignificant aftercontrolling the intervening variables. Thismeans that in a large part，the influence of background3.Thisindicates that significant amo unts of differencesin academic achievement arereflection ofthe disad vantaged situation of aboriginal family structures(e.g.，parent''s educat ion，occupation of father，household income，intactBased on these findin gs，implications for government polices aswell as for population qual ity and family educational practices are suggested. Limitations of th estudy and suggestions for further investigation are also discus