| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 93 === The study was aimed to 1) discuss the opinions of undergraduate students in National Taiwan University on the system of college entrance via recommendation and screening; 2) discuss the learning results of undergraduate students admitted to National Taiwan University via recommendation and screening.
The study employed survey research method, accompanied by academic score analysis. The population for the questionnaire samples included undergraduate students of National Taiwan University who were admitted via recommendation and screening (school recommendation and individual application) and regular students. The questionnaire was to be filled on the Internet and the subjects were randomly selected. A total of 5,920 students filled out the questionnaire. The questionnaire was not open to the departments that did not adopt the recommendation and screening system. The research tool was “Questionnaire on the System of College Entrance via Recommendation and Screening and the Learning Results of Students. The data were analyzed with SPSS for Windows 11.0. The findings are as the following:
1.Students of all statuses and both genders believe that the school recommendation in the system of college entrance via recommendation and screening is unable to close the gap between college admission in urban and rural areas.
2.Students of all statuses and both genders agree to the requirements and terms of recommendation stipulated by National Taiwan University.
3.Students of all statuses and both genders have strong identification with their departments.
4.Students of all statuses and both genders have fair level of participation in school organizations.
5.In terms of the academic performance, students with school recommendations perform superior to students with individual applications, and students with individual applications perform superior to regular students. It shows that students with school recommendations have the best academic performance. Of the students with school recommendations, senior grade students perform superior to junior grade students.
6.Students of all statuses and both genders think they adapt well in National Taiwan University.
Based on the above results, some suggestions were offered as follows:
1.Suggestions to educational bureaus
The study shows that undergraduate students admitted via recommendation and screening hold positive attitude toward the recommendation and screening system, and perform superior to students of other statuses academically. Therefore, increasing the admission ratio from 30% to 40% could recruit more students of suitable abilities. The phenomenon shows that the Multiple Entrances Program concerns the liberty of students in selecting colleges and colleges in selecting students, and thus promotes the suitable development of students.
2.Suggestions to colleges
A. Departments should concern the conditions of high schools when specifying the requirements.
B.Departments should lower the limit on academic score.
C.The design, arrangement, and schedule of the “Specific Subject Screening” should be improved.
D.Colleges should adopt the system of recommendation and screening and offer more numbers of enrollments. As long as the requirements are reasonable and the screening is on the right track, the students admitted to colleges would be excellent, and have stronger sense identification to their departments than the students admitted via college entrance exam do.
E.Departments should provide more complete information, and submit the content and process of the “Specific Subject Screening” of the past three years to the College Entrance Examination Center so that the information could be compiled and provided as reference to high schools, thus, to reduce complains of the public.
F.Departments should provide counseling to the students admitted via recommendation and screening.
G.Departments should provide the data of the number of applicants and enrollments for recommendation and screening in the past three years as reference to high schools.
H.Colleges should realize the importance of the oral exam.
3.Suggestions to future researches
A. Research subjects
The future researchers could expand the research subjects to collect more complete information and facilitate the promotion of the recommendation and screening system.
B.Research topics
The future researchers could extend the topic to multiple entrances and explore the advantages and disadvantages of the multiple entrances program, thus, to provide suggestions to the educational bureaus.
C.Research methodology
The future researchers could include field interviews or seminars to collect direct information.
D.Research variables
The future researchers could include departments, socio-economic status of students’ parents, students’ high school, and urban and rural areas, to further understand the relationships with students’ academic achievements.
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