A Study on Attitude of Elementary School Students toward Their Peers With Disability –Using Scale With Picture and School Situation

• Main Authors: Wan Chun Wu, 吳婉君
• Other Authors: Jung Chao Hung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6a6q49

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士班 === 96 === The purpose of this study is to explore the attitude of elementary school students toward their peers with disabilities. Data from the students with mental retardation, students with learning disabilities, students with physical disabilities, students with hearing-impaired and Autism. The research instrument is a self-designed“Scale With Picture and School Situation to survey Elementary School Students’ Attitudes of their Acceptance towards Peers With Disability.”The data are collected and analyzed by descriptive statistics method, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The results are as follows： 1.The attitudes of the respondents toward their peers with disabilities are quite positive.。 2. The students of the 5th and the 6th grade hole more positive attitudes than those of the 3th and the 4th grade. 3. Female students have better attitudes than the males. 4. Male students with disabilities are accepted better than the females. 5. Students with average grades are accepted better than the students with greater grades and worse grades. 6. Students with average behavior problem and students with no behavior problem are accepted better than the students with serious behavior problem. 7. There is no different attitude among the students with disabilities in different communication abilities. Based on the results, the researcher also provides recommendations for school administration,teachers, and future study.