To Go Or Not to Go -- the Cram School Question 董育婷 Clare 吳宜真 Jenny 周家成 Ricky 2011/01/12

Outline ★ Introduction Thesis ★ Thesis Conclusion ★ Conclusion ★ References

 Background  Motivation  Research questions Introduction

Types DefinitionFounderPurpose Kuan Hsuen ( 官學 ) official schoolsgovernment to cultivate officials Suz Shu ( 私塾 ) folk schools private or partnership to acquire literacy Shu Yuan ( 書院 ) classical academy famous scholars to research study Background

Research Questions:  RQ1. The Purposes of Going to Cram Schools  RQ2. The Advantages of Going to Cram Schools  RQ3. The Disadvantages of Going to Cram Schools Motivation  The reasons for and against going to cram schools.

Thesis ★ Methods - Participants - Instruments ★ Results - Data analysis - Discussion

Methods Participants  39 participants - Grade: seniors - Gender: 21 females and 18 males - Age: 17 to 18 Instruments ★ Questionnaire survey - Part I: the background information - Part II: reasons, advantages and disadvantages

Results and Discussion Results and Discussion RQ1: What are the main purposes of going to cram schools? 33%

Discussion of RQ1  Self-control ability  Integral studying materials

Results and Discussion RQ2: What are the advantages of going to cram schools? 23% 28%

Discussion of RQ2  More instructions  Teaching methods  Positive atmosphere of competition

Results and Discussion RQ3: What are the disadvantages of going to cram schools? 35% 25%35%

Discussion of RQ3  High tuition  Considerable load  Extra homework

Conclusion  Limitation  Two main purposes  Three primary advantages  Three main shortcomings  Suggestion

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