An Action Research of Applying Customized Homework to Chinese Remedial Teaching in Junior High School

• Main Authors: Ya-Ling Chiang, 江雅玲
• Other Authors: 張嘉育
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w2nq45

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 102 === The purposes of this study were to investigate the influence on students’ Chinese learning after applying customized homework to Chinese remedial teaching in junior high school, and to explore the problems encountered in the process and solution strategies. Seven seventh-graders of low achievement participated in the action research for nine-week Chinese teaching. The tools the researcher used were Chinese learning achievement tests (eg. periodical test sheets), students’ self-assessment forms, interviews, and the researcher’s reflective journal. Based on the findings of the study, the results indicated as follows: First, the results of applying customized homework to Chinese remedial teaching showed obvious improvement in students’ learning, including the cognitive, affective, and technical domains. Second, customized homework was designed according to individual student’s learning demands. It increased students’ confidence in learning, promoted students’ learning motivation, and, furthermore, elicited students’ active learning. Third, implementing customized homework improved students’ abilities to search information and use languages. Fourth, in the process of applying customized homework into Chinese teaching, both teachers and students encountered a number of problems. Teachers’ problems were: Students couldn’t hand in their homework on time, students didn’t get into the habit of finding out answers activley, and it was hard to find time for individual instruction. As for students, what they faced were: Their parents couldn’t provide help for them, they had no idea to deal with opening questions, and they had some difficiulty in comprehending the meanings of questions. The above problems were solved after the researcher adopted various strategies deliberatively. Finally, according to the research results, suggestions in Chinese teaching and for future studies were provided.