鄭秀萍 = A study of the relationship between home and classroom environments and the attitude of form 3 students towards science / Cheng Sau Ping. / 據手稿本複印. / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院敎育學部. / 參考文獻: leaves 250-267. / Ju shou gao ben fu yin. / Zheng Xiuping = A study of the relationship between home and classroom environments and the attitude of form 3 students towards science / Zheng Sau Bing. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan jiao yu xue bu. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-267). / 圖表目次 --- p.viii / 論文提要 --- p.xix / Chapter 第一章 --- 導言 --- p.1 / 問題背景 --- p.5 / 研究動機與目的 --- p.14 / 研究的意義 --- p.17 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻評述 --- p.21 / 測量態度的意義 --- p.21 / 學生所感受到的課室社會群性環境與態度 --- p.27 / 學生所感受到的家庭群性環境與科學學習 --- p.41 / 學生所感受到的家庭群性環境與態度 --- p.46 / 學生性別與其對科學所持態度的差異 --- p.58 / 初中學生升讀高中後所持科學態度的轉變 --- p.69 / 修讀「綜合科學」課程的目的 --- p.73 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究方法 --- p.77 / 重要名詞闡釋 --- p.77 / 假設 --- p.98 / 研究工具 --- p.100 / 預試程序 --- p.112 / 研究對樣與取樣 --- p.122 / 研究程序 --- p.126 / 資料分析 --- p.127 / Chapter 第四章 --- 結果與討論 --- p.130 / 三類量表的信度 --- p.130 / 科學態度量表的因子結構 --- p.136 / 課室群性環境量表的因子結構 --- p.146 / 家庭群性環境量表的因子結構 --- p.158 / 相關矩陣 --- p.167 / 科學態度與課室群性環境的單項相關 --- p.167 / 科學態度與家庭群性環境的單項相關 --- p.173 / 男生與女生所持的科學態度比較 --- p.179 / 多項迴歸分析 --- p.188 / 課室群性環境與科學態度的關係 --- p.210 / 研究限制 --- p.230 / 建議 --- p.233 / Chapter 第五章 --- 摘要 --- p.236 / 文獻參考 --- p.250 / 附錄 / Chapter 一 --- 科學態度量表 --- p.268 / Chapter 二 --- 課室群性環境量表 --- p.272 / Chapter 三 --- 家庭群性環境量表 --- p.274 / Chapter 四 --- 教育研究問卷 --- p.278 / Chapter 五 --- 教育研究問卷答案 --- p.286

彭志泉. / 手稿本(c. 2-3複印本). / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學硏究院敎育學部. / Shou gao ben (c. 2-3 fu yin ben). / Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-114). / Peng Zhiquan. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan jiao yu xue bu. / 表次 --- p.vi / 摘要 --- p.viii / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.1 / 問題背景 --- p.1 / 研究目的 --- p.4 / 研究意義 --- p.5 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻評述 --- p.8 / 青少年成長與群性發展 --- p.8 / 影響學生群性結構的因素 --- p.18 / 改進班內社交關係的方法 --- p.30 / Chapter 第三章 --- 方法 --- p.37 / 概述 --- p.37 / 對象 --- p.38 / 工具與測量 --- p.39 / 過程 --- p.45 / 假設 --- p.50 / 分析 --- p.54 / 局限性 --- p.56 / Chapter 第四章 --- 結果 --- p.58 / 工具與測良的可信性　 --- p.58 / 影響學生受納程度的主要因素 --- p.62 / 學生小組群的共同性和小組群成因 --- p.69 / 影響學生群性結構的一些轉變因素 --- p.77 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 --- p.96 / 討論 --- p.97 / 含義 --- p.100 / 建議 --- p.105 / 參考文獻 --- p.109 / Chapter 一 --- 附錄、社交關係測驗（第一至第三次） --- p.115 / Chapter 二 --- 簡化計量表 --- p.118 / Chapter 三 --- 社交關係圖解（第一次測驗，德班） --- p.119 / Chapter 四 --- Proctor與Loomis群性指數計算法 --- p.120 / Chapter 五 --- 自傳的學習（學習文章和問題） --- p.121 / Chapter 六 --- 自傳的認識 --- p.125 / Chapter 七 --- 社交　納方案問卷 --- p.127 / Chapter 八 --- 學生家中表現調查 --- p.128 / Chapter 九 --- 學生個人背景資料 --- p.129

Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 70-73.

Lam Tsui-shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-210). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Setting of the Present Research --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Research on Second/Foreign Language (SL/FL) Classroom Interaction --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Research on English Classroom Interaction in Hong Kong --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Rationale and Significance --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organisation of This Thesis --- p.7 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Origins and Development --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Communicative Competence: Framework --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Communicative Competence: Theoretical Approaches in Language Teacl --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3.1 --- The interactional approach --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3.2 --- The discoursal approach --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3.3 --- The fluency-based approach --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Communicative Competence: Practical Issues --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.4.1 --- The interactional approach: The role of output --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.4.2 --- The discoursal approach: The need of information gap --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2.4.3 --- The fluency-based approach: The measurement of fluency --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- The Communicative Language Teaching in Hong Kong --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.5.1 --- The development of CLT in English classroom --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.5.2 --- Attitudes toward CLT and the actual practice: A dilemma --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- Classroom Interaction and Language Learning --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Role of Interaction --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- Comprehensible input and its development --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Negotiation --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.1.3 --- Output --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Actual Interactional Patterns in Classroom: The Interactive Goals --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- Core Goals --- p.37 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- Framework Goals --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.2.3 --- Social Goals --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Desired Classroom Interactional Patterns --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.3.1 --- The Two Complementary Modes --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.3.2 --- "The Triangular Elements: Play, Work and Learning" --- p.47 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Aspects of Teacher-Learner (T-L) Interaction --- p.49 / Chapter 2.3.4.1 --- Teacher roles --- p.49 / Chapter 2.3.4.2 --- Learner roles --- p.51 / Chapter 2.3.4.3 --- Teacher talk --- p.52 / Chapter 2.3.4.4 --- Student talk --- p.57 / Chapter 2.3.4.5 --- Turns of talk --- p.60 / Chapter 2.4 --- Classroom Interaction and Second Language Learners --- p.63 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Learner Autonomy --- p.64 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Learner Anxiety --- p.65 / Chapter 2.5 --- English Language Classroom Interaction in Hong Kong --- p.67 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Analyzing Input and Interaction in Language Classrooms --- p.67 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Communication Failure in the English Classroom --- p.69 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- The Five Second Language Discourses --- p.70 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Students' Participation in Language Classroom --- p.72 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- Research Gaps in Hong Kong: Significance of Students' Voices --- p.73 / Chapter 2.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.75 / Chapter 3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.77 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.77 / Chapter 3.2 --- Selection of Subjects --- p.78 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- School --- p.78 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Class --- p.78 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Teacher --- p.79 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Students --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3 --- Research Instruments --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- "Non-participant, Ethnographic Observations" --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Stimulated Recall and Semi-structured Interviews --- p.82 / Chapter 3.4 --- Design of the Study --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Stage One: Data Collection --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- Classroom observations --- p.83 / Chapter 3.4.1.2 --- Students' interviews --- p.84 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Stage Two: Data Analysis --- p.85 / Chapter 3.5 --- Methods of Data Analysis --- p.86 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Analysing the Classroom Discourse Data --- p.86 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Analysing the Interview Data --- p.87 / Chapter 3.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.88 / Chapter 4 --- DATA ANALYSIS --- p.89 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2 --- Classroom Interactional Patterns: The General Picture --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Teacher's and Students' Talk --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2.1.1 --- At the utterance level --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.1.2 --- Language choice --- p.92 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Teacher's and Students' Turn Allocation --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.2.1 --- Amounts of turns taken --- p.93 / Chapter 4.2.2.2 --- Turn-taking patterns --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3 --- Teacher-Learner Verbal Interaction: An Overview --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Types of Teacher Talk --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3.1.1 --- """Teacher-initiate""" --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3.1.2 --- """Teacher-respond""" --- p.98 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Types of Student Talk --- p.98 / Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- """Pupil-initiate""" --- p.99 / Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- """Pupil-respond""" --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4 --- A Brief Summary on the Classroom Discourse Data --- p.100 / Chapter 4.5 --- Findings Based on Students' Interview Data --- p.101 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Students Asking Questions in English Classroom --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5.1.1 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to ask questions --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5.1.2 --- Moments of raising hand to ask questions --- p.102 / Chapter 4.5.1.3 --- Reasons for not asking questions in English --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5.1.4 --- Reasons for not asking questions in class --- p.103 / Chapter 4.5.1.5 --- Expectations about teacher's answers --- p.104 / Chapter 4.5.1.6 --- Learning from asking questions --- p.104 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Students answering questions in English classroom --- p.105 / Chapter 4.5.2.1 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to answer questions --- p.105 / Chapter 4.5.2.2 --- Reasons for calling out the answer without teacher's nomination --- p.106 / Chapter 4.5.2.3 --- Reasons for answering in private turns --- p.106 / Chapter 4.5.2.4 --- Reasons for nodding or shaking head to answer questions --- p.107 / Chapter 4.5.2.5 --- Reasons for not taking the initiative in answering questions --- p.108 / Chapter 4.5.2.6 --- Learning from answering questions --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Teacher-Learner Interaction and Classroom Learning --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5.3.1 --- Motivating factors for speaking (in English) in class --- p.109 / Chapter 4.5.3.2 --- Types of classroom atmosphere encouraging verbal interactions --- p.110 / Chapter 4.5.3.3 --- Positive effects of verbal interactions in classroom learning --- p.111 / Chapter 4.5.3.4 --- De-motivating factors for speaking (in English) in class --- p.112 / Chapter 4.5.3.5 --- Types of classroom atmosphere discouraging verbal interactions(in English)in class --- p.113 / Chapter 4.5.3.6 --- Negative effects of non-verbal interactions in classroom learning --- p.113 / Chapter 4.5.3.7 --- Positive effects of non-verbal interactions in classroom learning --- p.114 / Chapter 4.5.3.8 --- Things in mind when learning in silence --- p.114 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Students' Suggestions for English Teacher --- p.115 / Chapter 4.5.4.1 --- Influences of teacher's image --- p.115 / Chapter 4.5.4.2 --- Expected images and roles of the English teacher in the classroom --- p.116 / Chapter 4.5.4.3 --- Suggested actions to promote T-L interaction --- p.117 / Chapter 4.5.4.4 --- Suggested actions to promote speaking English in class --- p.118 / Chapter 4.6 --- A Brief Summary on the Student Interview Data --- p.119 / Chapter 5 --- DISCUSSION --- p.120 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.120 / Chapter 5.2 --- Students' Participation in English Classroom: An Overview --- p.120 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Types of Teachers' Elicitation and Students' Responses --- p.121 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Types of Students' Elicitation and Teachers' Responses --- p.124 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Language Choice of the Students --- p.126 / Chapter 5.3 --- Non-verbal Participation in Classroom Interaction --- p.130 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Students' Non-verbal Participation in Answering and Asking Questions --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.1.1 --- Reasons for answering questions in private turns --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.1.2 --- Reasons for using body language or games to answer questions --- p.133 / Chapter 5.3.1.3 --- Reasons for not taking the initiative to answer questions --- p.134 / Chapter 5.3.1.4 --- Reasons for not taking the initiative to ask questions in class --- p.141 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- De-motivating Factors for Speaking in Class: A Review --- p.144 / Chapter 5.3.2.1 --- Students' anxiety in ESL classroom --- p.145 / Chapter 5.3.2.2 --- Teacher's influences on students' non-verbal participation --- p.148 / Chapter 5.4 --- Verbal Participation in Classroom Interaction --- p.153 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Students Verbal Participation in Answering and Asking Questions --- p.154 / Chapter 5.4.1.1 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to ask questions --- p.154 / Chapter 5.4.1.2 --- Reasons for not speaking in English --- p.155 / Chapter 5.4.1.3 --- Reasons for taking the initiative to answer questions --- p.158 / Chapter 5.4.1.4 --- Reasons for shouting out the answer --- p.160 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Motivating Factors for Speaking in Class: A Study on Teacher's Influence --- p.162 / Chapter 5.4.2.1 --- Expected roles of an English teacher in classroom interaction --- p.163 / Chapter 5.4.2.2 --- Encouraging students' English verbal participation in classroom --- p.171 / Chapter 5.5 --- Chapter Summary --- p.180 / Chapter 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.183 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.183 / Chapter 6.2 --- A Summary of the Research Objectives and Findings --- p.183 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Revisiting Research Objectives --- p.183 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Summarising Research Findings --- p.184 / Chapter 6.2.2.1 --- Classroom discourse data --- p.184 / Chapter 6.2.2.2 --- Student interview data --- p.185 / Chapter 6.3 --- Pedagogical Implications --- p.190 / Chapter 6.4 --- Research Limitations --- p.193 / Chapter 6.5 --- Suggestions for Future Research --- p.194 / Chapter 6.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.196 / REFERENCES --- p.198 / APPENDICES --- p.211 / Chapter A --- An Overview of the English Language Classroom Interaction Research in Hong --- p.211 / Chapter B --- "Tsui's "" Seventeen-Category System"" and Its Illustration" --- p.213 / Chapter C --- Percentage of Partially and Totally Unintelligible Utterances of the Teachers and --- p.214 / Chapter D --- Relative Population and Distribution of Forty-eight Student Interviewees --- p.215 / Chapter E --- The Codes of the Forty-eight Student Interviewees --- p.216 / Chapter F --- Summary of Students' Explanations for Their Non-verbal Participation --- p.217 / Chapter G --- Summary of Students' Explanations for Their Verbal Participation --- p.218 / Chapter H --- Diagram 2. The Flow of Possible Worries in Students' Mind When They Are to Answer Teacher's Question --- p.219 / Chapter I --- Diagram 3. Possible Things in Students' Mind When They Have A Question in Mind --- p.220

by Cheung Kai Yin. / Year shown on spine: 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-149). / by Cheung Kai Yin. / Chapter Chapter One : --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background to the study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The purpose of the study --- p.4 / Chapter Chapter Two : --- Literature Review --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- History of science education reform in western countries --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- In the early part of the twentieth century --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Golden age of science education in the 1950's and 196´0ةs --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Scientific literacy and STS movement --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Junior secondary science education in Hong Kong --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The period of General science --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The introduction and implementation of the first version of Integrated Science (I. S.) --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- The period of the second version of I.S. course --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3 --- Importance of social relevance --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- STS teaching --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Goals of STS teaching --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Characteristics of STS teaching --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Recent development of STS movement --- p.24 / Chapter 2.5 --- Social relevance and STS teaching --- p.27 / Chapter 2.6 --- Textbook analysis --- p.28 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Use of textbooks --- p.28 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Role of textbooks --- p.29 / Chapter 2.6.3 --- Ways of writing textbooks --- p.31 / Chapter 2.6.4 --- Limitations of textbooks --- p.32 / Chapter 2.6.5 --- Textbook reviews for social relevance --- p.34 / Chapter 2.6.6 --- Analytical frameworks for social relevance --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter Three : --- Research Design --- p.39 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research questions --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2 --- Textbook analysis --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Content analysis --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Sampling --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Check lists for content analysis --- p.45 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Analytical procedures to identify socially relevant contents --- p.48 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Data collection --- p.50 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Data analysis --- p.53 / Chapter 3.3 --- Interview --- p.55 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Core questions --- p.55 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Data collection and treatment --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4 --- Validity and reliability --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Validity --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Reliability --- p.59 / Chapter Chapter Four : --- Data and Analysis --- p.62 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2 --- Textbook analysis --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Social relevance of textbooks' contents in the period of General Science --- p.63 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Social relevance of textbooks' contents in the period of the first version of I .S. course --- p.69 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Social relevance of textbooks' contents in the period of the second version of I.S. course --- p.82 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Comparison of socially relevant contents among textbooks within each stage of development --- p.95 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Comparison of socially relevant contents among textbooks across different stages of development --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3 --- Interview --- p.110 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Contents of interview and teachers' attitudes towards socially relevant contents --- p.111 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Opinions about the role of socially relevant contents --- p.119 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Opinions about the adequacy of the socially relevant contents in present textbooks --- p.120 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Opinions about difficulties in increasing the socially relevant contents in future --- p.121 / Chapter Chapter Five : --- Conclusions and Implication --- p.123 / Chapter 5.1 --- Responses to research questions --- p.123 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Socially relevant contents in textbooks --- p.123 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Difference in the inclusion of socially relevant contents among textbooks within each stage of development --- p.128 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Difference in the inclusion of socially relevant contents among textbooks across three stages of development --- p.130 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Future development of textbooks --- p.132 / Chapter 5.2 --- Limitations of the study and further inquiry --- p.137 / Chapter 5.3 --- Implications --- p.141 / Bibliography --- p.144 / Appendix --- p.150 / Appendix A : Characteristics of a scientifically literate person --- p.151 / Appendix B : Junior secondary science textbooks survey --- p.153 / Appendix C : Science issues survey --- p.157 / Appendix D : Socially relevant topics and desired learning outcomes --- p.162 / Appendix E : Typical pages of textbooks --- p.166

Georgia school districts have been concerned with the social and academic outcomes of looping middle school students. School district administrators need research-based findings to determine the effectiveness of middle school looping programs which place middle school students and teacher(s) together for 2 or more consecutive years. The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze standardized testing data and perceptions of 240 middle school students. This study was grounded in the social development theory as it pertains to the academic and social outcomes of adolescent middle school students. The research questions for this study focused on social experiences, conduct, and achievement on standardized tests of looping and nonlooping middle school students. Self-report data were collected through a researcher-designed survey containing Likert-type scale response items. Self-report data, Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) and Georgia 8th Grade Writing Assessment scores were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square testing, mean comparisons, and the ANOVA one-way test for variance. The findings indicated (a) that looping has a positive impact on the social experiences perceived by middle school students, but (b) has no measurable impact on student conduct, and (c) a positive correlation between reading, writing, and math achievement on standardized tests and the degree of looping participation. The implementation of the looping design in American middle schools will provide positive social change by increasing academic achievement and positively influencing the social well-being of middle school students. School reform advocates must focus their efforts on promoting the looping design, and school leaders must break away from the traditional middle school concept and select a more appropriate design to better meet the needs of adolescent learners.

Researchers have theorized that student achievement and its contingent effects on self-efficacy are important factors in art education. There is, however, a paucity of research addressing this relationship, which in turn affects students' and educators' levels of success. Accordingly, this study was an investigation of the relationship between art education and self-efficacy in middle school students and tested the constructivist theory, as embodied in Bandera's theories on the foundations of self-efficacy beliefs. This pretest-posttest control-group true experimental design tested the relationship between the independent variable, art education and the dependent variable, self-efficacy in middle school students. The instrument, Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS), was employed to gather data from a treatment group (n = 60) receiving art education and a comparison-control group (n = 60) who had never taken middle school art. These quantitative data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA. Inferential statistics yielded nonsignificant findings for the treatment group except on 1 of 14 scales, the Self-Presentation of Low Achievement Scale. Both descriptive and inferential data reinforced that levels of self-efficacy remained in the low to moderate range throughout the testing period for all participants. These reported self-efficacy profiles provided pathways for facilitating social change by driving the development of guidelines for middle school curriculum programs that support and assess the development of adolescents' self-efficacy. Furthermore, results pointed to the need for additional empirical studies that will help educators and communities better understand the relationship between art education and overall academic achievement.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 54-61) Also available in print.

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