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The purpose of this study is to understand the current condition of the perceiving of classroom climate and learning motive of elementary school students in Pingtung County, and the relationship between them. The conclusions and suggestions have been offered according to the study result. Means of questionnaires was used and the subjects includes the elementary school regular teachers and the students of the 6th grade. Layered random sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used in this research. 837 students of the 6th grade from 30 elementary schools were taken as the samplings. There were 732 returned valid questionnaires. The research tools used in study were “Questionnaire on classroom climate in elementary schools” and “Questionnaire on learning motive of elementary school students”. The returned questionnaires were statistically analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
According to the data of the survey, the conclusions of this study are as follows: 1. The classroom climate perceived by the 6th grade students of the elementary schools in Pingtung County is good. 2. The 6th grade students of the elementary schools in Pingtung County have positive learning motive. 3. Elementary school students from different backgrounds perceive different levels of classroom climate. 4. Female students and students of medium-sized schools have more positive learning motive. 5. The more positive classroom climate the students may perceive, the more learning motive they conceive. 6. Classroom climate perceived by elementary school students has an effect on their learning motive. According to the data of the survey, the suggestions are as follows: 1. holding more workshops on classroom management to strengthen teachers’ ability of classroom management. 2. to appropriately adjust the number of students in a class and the scope of school. 3. to help inexperienced teachers enhance their teaching effectiveness and to encourage experienced teachers to innovate and change. 4. to strengthen teachers’ ability of classroom management and develop the high quality of classroom climate. 5. to put gender education into practice and balance the development of genders. 6. to create cooperative learning and a learning environment for good competition. 7. to organize a growing group for teachers.
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