| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 人資處課程與教學碩士班 === 97 === This study, based on TIMSS 2007 fourth-grade Science Test question items,
analyzed the correlation between how many contents of the international standardized
test are included in Science and Life Technology area of Nine-year Curriculum and in
textbooks of different versions and how many question items were correctly answered.
The study also made an investigation into the correlations among how many contents
and notions of the standardized test are contained in the Science curriculums of Taiwan,
Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, America and England, how much students have learned
and how many question items were correctly answered, as a reference for the
amendment of our science curriculum. In the end of the study, one-way ANOVA was
conducted to analyze the results of the questionnaires adapted from TIMSS 2007
teaching strategies questionnaires in order to make an insight into the effects of
teaching strategies implemented in classroom practice on students’ academic
achievements. The findings of the study are as follows.
I. The percentages of the TISS 2007 fourth-grade Science Test contents coverage of
fourth-grade Life Science and Earth Science are merely 38% and 36.2%
respectively.
II. The causes of low percentage of answering questions correctly are: students’
misconception, the descriptions of question items, and the terminologies not
included in the textbooks.
III. For question item contents included in our curriculum, the causes of high
percentage of answering questions correctly are: textbooks presenting contents
mainly with illustrations, discussions, observations and experimentations, the
descriptions of question items are similar to those in the textbook and choosing the
right answer based on their life experiences.
IV. For questions item contents beyond in our curriculum, the causes of high
percentage of answering questions correctly are students’ inference from the
descriptions of the questions and their daily life experiences.
V. For Taiwanese students, the percentage of the correct answers is lowest to
questions on the animals and plants’ appearance, behavior and existence, tips for
health including diet and exercise and the transformation of material after heating
and cooling, indicating the notions on these topics should be reinforced and
reviewed.
VI. Regarding the effects of teaching strategies applied in the classroom practice on
students academic achievements, the study found that students in classes “every
time or almost every time” conducted with experimentation and exploration and
group experimentation and exploration perform significantly academically better
than their counterparts, “sometimes or never” and that students in classes “never”
conducted with recitation of facts or theories perform significantly academically
better than their counterparts, “every time or almost every time.” The study
recommends that teachers should implement more “experimentation and
exploration” strategies and less “recitation of facts and theories” to enhance
students’ academic achievement.
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