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This study focused on the following topics. The first were to
understand the reality for classroom teachers'' classroom
management beliefs and classroom management effectiveness in
elementary school, and to explore the relatinoshipbetween
classroom teachers'' classroom management beliefs and classroom
management effectiveness. Secondary, researcher also
investigated the differenceof teachers'' demographic variables
and school''s environmental variables between classroom teachers''
classroom management beliefs and classroom management
effectiveness. Finally, the study also helps to probe the
influence of elementary teachers'' demographic variables, school''
s environment variables and classroom teachers'' classroom
classroom management effectiveness.This study employed the
survey method. The subjects included 364 fifthor sixth grade
classroom teachers and 1820 students randomly drawn from 115
elementary schools in Taipei city andcounty.The instrument
included "The Elementary School Classroom Teachers'' Classroom
Management Beliefs Inventory" and "The Elementary School
Classroom Teachers'' Classroom Management Effectiveness
Inventory".The data obtained by questionnaire was analyzed by
frequencies, mean,standard,t-test, one-way ANOVA, one-way
MANOVA, and stepwise Regression. The maior findings was:(1)There
is above perception for behaviorism orientation beliefs and
humanism orientation beliefs among the elementary school
classroom teachers.(2)The dimensions of classroom management
beliefs'' orientation of elementary school classroom teachers
were different.(3)The classroom management effectiveness of
elementary school classroom teachers were excellent.(4)
Significant difference existed betweenthe seniority of teachers''
demographic variables for classroom management beliefsof
elementary school classroom teachers.(5)Significant difference
existed between the history, the size of schoos''environment
vairables for classroom management beliefs of elementary school
classroom teachers.(6)Significant difference existedbetween the
gender, marital status of teachers'' demographic variables for
classroommanagement effectiveness of elementary school classroom
teachers.(7)There is non-significant difference among the
school''s environment variables for classroom management
effectiveness of elementary school classroom teachers.(8)
Significantdifference existed among the types of classroom
management beliefs for classroommanagement effectiveness of
elementary school classroom teachers.(9)The classroom management
beliefs and the gender(female) of classroom teachers were the
significantpredictor for classroom management effectiveness in
elementary school.Based on theresults of this study, to make
some suggestion for educational administration, theelementary
school principles, the elementary school teachers a，nd future
study.
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