Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會教育學系 === 106 === This Study is an attempt to explore the motives and satisfaction of the students with their learning at the National Open University and sought to: 1. To understand the motive and state of satisfaction of the students from learning at the National Open University; 2. Conduct an analysis of the variance of the motives of learning of the students at National Open University from different backgrounds; 3. Conduct an analysis of the variance of satisfaction from learning of the students at National Open University from different backgrounds; 4. Explore the correlation between the motives behind and satisfaction of students’ learning at National Open University; 5. Explore the forecasting power of the motive of learning on satisfaction from learning of the students at National Opening University. Recommendations are presented based on the findings from this study as reference for related institutions.
This study was conducted by survey research through online questionnaire, given the purpose of study and the teaching characteristics of National Open University. The tool is the “Survey Research Questionnaire on the Motives and Satisfaction of Learning of the Students at National Open University” and the targets of this research are students at National Open University. The survey yielded 506 valid respondents. The data collected were subject to analysis with descriptive statistics, t-test of independent variables, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The findings from the statistical analysis led to the following conclusion in this study:
I. The motive of learning of the students at National Open University ranged from moderate to high where “an interest for knowledge” remained the highest while “expectation from outside” remained the lowest.
II. The satisfaction of learning of the students at National Open University ranged from moderate to high where the satisfaction of “interpersonal relation” remained the highest while the satisfaction of “content of the courses” remained the lowest.
III. The motive of learning of the students at National Open University was influenced by age, school roll, learning Center, the number of credit earned, marital status, number of children, an annual income with variation at significant level.
IV. The satisfaction of learning of the students at National Open University was influenced by age, school roll, learning Center, the number of credits earned, marital status, number of children, and annual income with variations at significant level.
V. The motive of learning and satisfaction of learning of the students at National Open University correlated positively with each other.
VI. The motive of learning of the students at National Open University has forecasting power on the satisfaction of learning of the students at National Open University.
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