Abstract—This study is aimed to discuss the difference that
teachers come from various backgrounds and school
environments whose attitudes of positive disciplines and class
management effectiveness.
The sampling target is full- time teachers at public junior
high schools in central area of Taiwan who taught from
September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013.
The study gives out 760 questionnaires which are 618 usable
and the return rate of usable questionnaires is 81.3%.
The collected data are analyzed by using frequency
distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test,
one-way ANOVA, Scheff’s method and Pearson’s
production-moment correlation.
According to the result of this study, the conclusions are
summarized as follow: 1) Teachers in junior high school who
have master or doctoral degree and ages are 41 to 50 have better
attitude of positive discipline. 2) Teachers in junior high school
are under 30, both in teaching and administrative positions, less
than five years seniorities, and have master or doctoral degree
who have better class management effectiveness. 3) Teachers
teach in remote junior high schools that students less 100 have
better attitude of positive discipline and class management
effectiveness. 4) Teachers’ better attitude of positive discipline
significant impact class management effectiveness.
Index Terms—Teachers in junior high school, attitude of
positive discipline, class management effectiveness.
The authors are with the Department of Industrial Education and
Technology, National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), Taiwan
(e-mail: malisa168@yahoo.com.tw, wcc1102@yahoo.com.tw,
lion0829@gmail.com, tcwliao@cc.ncue.edu.tw).
Cite: Chia-Ling Shih, Chin-Chang Wu, Fang-Pin Lai, and Chin-Wen Liao, "The Study of Teachers’ Attitudes of Positive Disciplines and Class Management Effectiveness in Junior High School," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 507-511, 2015.