The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of a symbolic modeling procedure upon the social adjustment of socially-withdrawn seventh-grade students. The three hypotheses investigated in this study were the following. I. At the conclusion of the experimental period, the mean number of social interactions will be significantly greater for students in the experimental condition than for students in either the placebo or the control condition. II. At the conclusion of the experimental period, the social adjustment of each student in the classroom, as rated by his first-period teacher, will be significantly greater for students in the experimental condition than for students in either the placebo or the control conditions. III. At the conclusion of the experimental period, the personal social adjustment, as measured by a self-rating scale, for the students in the experimental condition will be significantly greater than for students in either the placebo or the control conditions. The following conclusions are presented as a result of this investigation. 1. The symbolic modeling procedure conducted in this study appears to be effective in increasing the frequency of social interaction of socially-withdrawn seventh-grade students even though the findings of the present study did not quite reach the desired level of statistical significance, 2. The symbolic modeling procedure conducted in this study does not appear to be effective with respect to altering the classroom behavior of socially-withdrawn seventh grade students. 3. The symbolic modeling procedure conducted in this study appears to be ineffective with respect to helping seventh-grade students achieve greater personal social adjustment.

Our civilization depends in great measure on the reading process and there is a need for attaining greater skill in reading. Being able to read well has become one criteria for measuring the extent of a person's education. Every year seems to increase the reading demands made upon students as well as adults. Reading was one of the three R's that made up the curriculum of the early schools in our country.

The purpose of this project was to design a values package to create awareness and understanding for seventh grade students in the value system so as to achieve a more complementary classroom atmosphere. The value system is a new concept based on Clare Graves' seven levels of psychological existence: Reactive, Tribalistic, Egocentric, Conformist, Manipulative, Sociocentric, Existential. In addition, the package was designed to integrate the affective and cognitive levels of learning into an experimental learning situation. The package included written material, games, and activities which are all designed to create self-awareness and maintain relevancy for the students.

本研究主要依據建構主義理論基礎，在一般教學和學習理論基礎上建構所謂的「建構主義取向的教學方法」。為探討建構取向教學法在數學學習成效的效果，乃選取國中一年級兩個班為研究對象，進行為期兩個月的教學實驗，以進行實地的建構取向教學與傳統教學之比較，並對學生在教學前後與其間所填答的問卷或資料進行分析，本研究所採的研究工具計有：(一)數學段考考卷；(二)數學學習成就測驗；(三)國中新生數學能力測驗；(四)數學學習經驗量表；(五)學習日記表格；(六)數學學習回饋問卷。使用的資料分析方法有：(一)獨立樣本單因子共變數分析；(二)質的分析。精分析結果如下： 一、建議教學組的學生與傳統教學組的學生在數學段考成績無顯著差異存在。 二、建構教學組的學生與傳統教學組的學生在數學學習成就測驗後測得分有顯著差異存在。且建構教學組顯著優於傳統教學組。 三、建構教學組的學生與傳統教學組的學生在數學焦慮量表後測得分無顯著差異存在。 四、建構教學組的學生與傳統教學組的學生在數學動機信念量表後測得分有顯著差異存在。且建構教學組顯著優於傳統教學組。 五、建構教學組的學生與傳統教學組的學生在班級氣氛量表後測得分有顯著差異存在。且建構教學組顯著優於傳統教學組。 六、建構教學組的學生與傳統教學組的學生在民主溝通態度量表後測得分無顯著差異存在。 七、由接受建議教學法的學生的數學學習回饋問卷與學習日記上可發現多數學生對建議教學持正面肯定的態度。 本研究針對上述發現加以討論，並對數學教學、行政措施與未來研究提出若干建議以供參考。 / The experiment on math achievement of the seventh grade students - the constructvist approach