A study of the Physics and Chemistry Learning Attitude of Junior High School Students in Tainan

• Main Authors: TSENG, PEI-TING, 曾佩婷
• Other Authors: YIN, MEI-CHUN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64140980413418615716

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教育學系課程與教學教學碩士班 === 105 === The purposes of this study were to understand the Physics and Chemistry learning attitude of junior high school students in Tainan. Questionnaire method and interviews method were used in this study. 11 junior high schools were randomly selected and 600 students in total answered the survey and 531 valid samples were collected. 4 students and 2 teachers were interviewed. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics , t-test , and one-way ANOVA. The major findings are as follows: 1. Junior high school students in Tainan have a medium Physics and Chemistry learning attitude in cognitive and emotional dimensions , and strengthening in behavioral dimension. 2. Junior high school students with different backgrounds in Tainan present significant differences in Physics and Chemistry learning attitude. (1) Boy students’ Physics and Chemistry learning attitude in cognitive and emotional dimensions is more positive than girl students’. (2) Students from two-parent families have a more positive Physics and Chemistry learning attitude in behavioral dimension than students from single-parent families. (3) Students from high social-economic status (SES) families have a more positive Physics and Chemistry learning attitude in cognitive and behavioral dimensions than those from low SES families. (4) Students who spend more time previewing or reviewing Physics and Chemistry at home every day have a more positive Physics and Chemistry learning attitude. (5) Students who attend a Physics and Chemistry tutor school have a more positive learning attitude than those who don’t attend a physic-chemical tutor school. 3. Students think Physics and Chemistry is worth learning, but they have difficulties in understanding the principles and the formulas of physics and chemistry and in the calculating part 4. Teachers believe that combining the theory with students’ daily life and having students do more practical activities can improve students' Physics and Chemistry learning attitude.