英文摘要 |
This study investigated the influences of junior high school students' family socio-economic status, family cultural capital, and interest in natural science on their natural science learning motivation. Data used in the study were from a valid sample of 709 out of 2,403 junior high school students in Wenshan District of Taipei City. Latent Growth Curve Analysis was employed to analyze the data. The results were as follows: First, the junior high school students' natural science learning motivation decreases with the years of study. Second, family socio-economic status in the 7th grade has no significant effects on the junior high school students' natural science learning motivation. Third, family socio-economic status in the 7th grade has positive effects on natural science learning motivation in the subsequent five semesters. Fourth, family cultural capital in the 7th grade has positive effects on the junior high school students' natural science learning motivation. Fifth, family cultural capital in the 7th grade has positive effects on the learners' natural science learning motivation in the subsequent five semesters. Sixth, the 7th graders' interest in natural science has positive effects on their natural science learning motivation, and their interest in natural science in the 7th grade has positive effects on natural science learning motivation in the subsequent five semesters. |