2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An Investigation into views of faculty members on learning motivation and decline of ability of university students
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15330144
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | National Center for University Entrance Examinations |
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Principal Investigator |
YANAI Haruo National center for university entrance examinations, Research Division, Professor, 研究開発部, 教授 (60010055)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIINA Kumiko National center for university entrance examinations, Research Division, Associate Professor, 研究開発部, 助教授 (20280539)
ISHII Hidatoki University of Tokyo, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 大学院・教育学研究科, 助教授 (30342934)
MAEDA Tadahiko Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Associate Professor, 統計数理研究所, 助教授 (10247257)
IKEDA Terumasa Meijo University, Department of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (90117060)
HAKODA Yuji Kyushu University, Department of Psychology, Professor, 大学院・人間環境院, 教授 (50117214)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | Decline of ability / Learning motivation / Basic ability of Japanese language / Topics on graduation research / what is requited for university education / connection between high school education and university education |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to investigate views of faculty members on the decline of university students' abilities and eagerness for study, We conducted a large-scale questionnaire-type survey on 11,481 university teachers throughout Japan. The main results obtained in this survey was as follows. 1) The decline of ability was generally recognized, in particular, by the members of the private universities. 2) Lacks of fundamental ability, autonomy, and logical thinking was highly observed. Moreover, 3) it was observed that in order to study efficiently at universities, necessity to learn foreign language, Japanese language at secondary education was highly recognized, which was almost the same as the results at a survey performed to university teachers in 1992. It was also found necessary that adding to ability of logical thinking, inquiring mind, writing and conceiving ability were considered not to be acquired by students themselves, although necessity for students to acquire those ability was recognized highly by the faculty members of universities in Japan.
In addition to the survey mentioned above, we also have done the survey investigating into the decline of usage of Japanese words not only in universities but also in high and middle schools. Further, we also reported a survey investigation the decline of Voluntariness to decide the topics of graduation paper by students themselves.
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Research Products
(9 results)
