A Study of the Relationship between Taiwan University Students'' Social Capital and Achievement Motivation - A case of Tamkang University

• Main Authors: Hui-Wen Cheng, 鄭惠文
• Other Authors: Po-Chang Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d8v3x2

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士班 === 97 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between university students'' social capital and achievement motivation. This study was conducted through questionnaires. The questionnaires were derived from the literature reviews, and then the questionnaires were pre-tested for reliability and validity. The target subjects are students in Tamkang University.The researcher spread out 1067 copies of questionnaires, with a return of 907 valid copies. All collected data is processed with mean, percentage, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation, and multiple regression. Findings of the study were as follows： 1.There is significant difference in social capital among gender, grade, familial structure. 2.The higher socio-economical status the parents place, the more social capital get; the students’ achievement motivation have the positive impacts as well. 3.There is significant difference in achievement motivation among gender. 4.Social capital was significantly related to achievement motivation. 5.Social capital explains students’ achievement motivation; the higher social capital get, the better achievement motivation the students have in the university. 6.School social capital in students’ achievement motivation has more powerful explanation than family social capital. 7.Social capital has high explanation in “teacher-student relationship”, “parental education expectation”, “peers relationship”, and “behavior supervision” toward students’ achievement motivation. Finally, suggestions based on the above research findings were university’s administators, faculties and future researchers.