Factors Affecting Choosing Further Learning Programs of the High School Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to study factors used to predict achievement motivation, perception of the world of careers and works, expectation of families, and reputation of further learning institutions, (2) to investigate on choosing further learning programs of the high school students, (3) to study relationship between prediction factors and choosing further learning programs of the high school students, and (4) to examine the predictive power on choosing the further learning programs of the high school students from the predictive factors.

The samples, randomized by stratified random sampling, were 374 students studying in the high schools under the Secondary Education Service Area Office 21. The calculation of the sample size was determined by using the Yamane’s formula at the confidence level of 95%. The research instrument was a questionnaire about factors affecting choosing the further learning programs for the high school students with the validity of .88. The statistics used to analyze data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.

                        The research findings were as follows.

1.           The predictive factors on the achievement motivation, the perception of the world of careers and works, and the expectation of families of the high school students were at a high level while the predictive factor on the reputation of the further learning institutions was at the highest level.
2. The overall of the choosing the further learning programs for the high school students was at a high level.gh level.
3. The predictive factors on the achievement motivation, the perception of the world of careers and works, and the expectation of the families were related to the choosing the further learning programs of the high school students in the positive way with the statistical significance at the level of .05.
4. The predictive factors on the achievement motivation, the perception of the world of careers and works, and the expectation of the families could be used to predict the choosing the further learning programs of the high school students by 34.5%.