The Relationship between Mandarin Classroom Learning Environment and Students’ Motivation to Learn Mandarin:A Study of a Sample of Grade 78 Students from Chinese School in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

摘要

The literature of the classroom environment research has been reviewed extensively over the years(Haertel, Walberg,&Haertel, 1981; Fraser, 1986; Fraser, 1991; Fraser, 1998; Fraser, 2002; Fraser, 2007). Reviews on early classroom environment studies revealed that there were relationships between students’ perceptions towards their classroom learning environments and their cognitive and affective learning outcomes(Fraser, 1986; Haertel, Walberg, &Haertel, 1981). This study is designed to investigate teachers’ and students’ perceptions towards their Malaysian classroom learning environments in six dimensions, namely‘Student Cohesiveness’,‘Teacher Support’,‘Involvement’,‘Cooperation,‘Task Orientation’and‘Equity’in Malaysia secondary schools.