| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育科技學系碩士班 === 99 === The purpose of this study is to investigate learning outcomes of freshman orientation of Tamkamg University, which include knowledge of self, academic preparedness, living support, campus resource, social network, and interpersonal relationship. Besides, the study analyzed the differences in learning outcomes among student demographic backgrounds, types of orientation activity, and units attended of the “University Learning” course. The results of the study provide suggestions for the improvement of the future implementation of freshman orientation for Tamkang University.
The research questionnaire was developed by using Likert scales ranging from 1 to 6 points to measure the agreement degree of the learning outcomes. The questionnaires were sent to 1,247 freshmen and there were 983 returned with 78% of valid rate. The reliability of the questionnaire is .904 of Cronbach’s α.
The conclusion of the research were summarized as follows:
1.The average degree of learning outcomes is 4.35, which means most of freshmen agreed that they have learned well from orientation. Among 6 dimensions, the rankings of learning outcomes are listed as follows: (1) campus resource, (2) living support, (3) interpersonal relationship, (4) knowledge of self, (5) social network, and (6) academic preparedness.
2.The learning outcomes varied with 16 different variables: (a) demographic backgrounds, which included gender, campus affiliation, college, residential situation, position of class cadre, and participation of extracurricular activity; (b) types of freshman orientation activity, which included freshman day camp, freshman first day orientation, freshman and parents discussion meeting, departmental welcome party, and “University Learning” course; (c) units taken of the “University Learning” course, which included the unit of knowing university and department, the unit of learning style and strategy, the unit of living and psychological adjustment, the unit of using campus resources, and the unit of academic and career planning.
The following suggestions were made for the future practice and research:
1.Suggestions for Tamkang University
(1)To continuously implement the current freshman orientation program and also try to expand diverse types of freshman orientation activity.
(2)To design “academic learning map” and provide information on the minor, double major or other learning alternative programs for the students.
(3)To bring “residential education” into freshman orientation program and emphasize living and learning together.
(4)To provide “new student handbook” and to set up “website for new student” in order to provide comprehensive student-centered and customized service for freshmen.
(5)To have a comprehensive review and redesign on the courses for freshman learning preparedness.
(6)To reinforce the conception of freshman orientation to class advisor in order to improve the function of “academic advising.”
(7)To implement the “seniors mentor” program among the student body and to call for the total participation of faculty members on the freshman orientation activities.
2.Suggestions for freshman
(1)To have total preparedness physically and psychologically for the university life and academic learning.
(2)To have positive, active and vigorous mind to learn and participate in campus activities.
3.Suggestions for future research
(1)To investigate student learning outcomes in different stages by using longitudinal survey.
(2)To investigate the impact factors on the different learning outcomes by using the multi-way ANOVA.
(3)To investigate and compare the learning outcomes of different freshman orientation programs among universities.
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