The Relationship Among Thematic Integrated Instruction, Classroom Climate, Grade, Parental Socioeconomic Status and Pupil¡¦s Technological Creativity
Yi-shuan Wu
Abstract
The main objectives of this study were to explore (a) the effects of grade and parental socioeconomic status (SES) on pupil¡¦s technological creativity; and (b) the relationships among thematic integrated instruction, classroom climate, and pupil¡¦s technological creativity. The participants included 635 third and fourth graders from four elementary schools in Taipei and Kaohsiung City. The employed instruments were The Test of Technological Creativity, The Questionnaire of Thematic Integrated instruction, two subscales from The Inventory of School Factors to the Development of Technological Creativity, and Two-factor Index of Socioeconomic Status. The employed analysis methods were Descriptives, MANOVA, Canonical Correlation, and Multiple Stepwise Regression. The main findings in this study were as follows:
1. The fourth graders outperformed the third graders on the test of technological creativity.
2. Parental socioeconomic status had positive influences on their children¡¦s performance of technological creativity.
3. The degree of teachers¡¦ implement of thematic integrated instruction had significant effects on their pupils¡¦ technological creativity.
4. A constructive classroom climate pertaining to the improvement of creativity had significant effects on pupils¡¦ technological creativity.
5. The degree of implementing thematic integrated instruction did not have significant effects on the building of constructive classroom climate pertaining to pupils¡¦ improvement of technological creativity.
6. Grade, parental SES, thematic integrated instruction, and constructive classroom climate could effectively predict pupils¡¦ technological creativity.
Finally, the author proposed some suggestions for educational authorities, teachers, and future research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0805102-131229 |
| Date | 05 August 2002 |
| Creators | Wu, Yi-Shuan |
| Contributors | none, Yu-Chu Yeh, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0805102-131229 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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