| 英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Students’ Dialogue Praxis Program (SDPP) on student learning. The SDPP is based on the perspectives and strategies of a learning community (LC) advocated by Manabu Sato and by LC-related studies. The core concepts of SDPP include dialogues with teaching materials, with peers, and with oneself and included three main types of learning activities: learning by doing, collaborative learning, and reflective learning. Participants consisted of 106 eighth graders from one junior high school located in central Taiwan. Of 106 participants, 53 students from the experimental group attended the SDPP, whereas the control group of 53 students took no such intervention program. Based on the participants’ Nature Science textbooks, six units of teaching materials were designed and implemented for 1 academic year. During the research period, the data were collected through a communication scale, a learning-attitude scale, and a critical-thinking scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of distribution frequencies, percentages, mean values, and standard deviations and inferential statistics using ANCOVA. The results revealed that the experimental group acquired scores on the communication scale, the learning-attitude scale, and the critical-thinking scale that were significantly higher than the scores of the control group. The study confirmed that the SDPP had a remarkably positive effect on students’ communication abilities, learning attitudes, and critical-thinking abilities. The study also offered suggestions for the teachers based on findings. |