The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of strengths-based instruction
on the learning flow, achievement motivation, and self-efficacy of low achievers. For
this purpose the investigator intentionally picked 60 fifth-grade low achievers in an
elementary school in B Metropolitan City, divided them into the experiment and
comparison group, each of which contained 30, and administered a strengths-based
instructional program to the experiment group twice per week over 12 weeks in total
21 sessions. The research findings were as follows:
First, the low achievers of the experiment group that received strengths-based
instruction based on the multiple intelligence theory showed a bigger increase in
learning flow from the pre-test scores to the post-test scores than the comparison
group that received no such instruction, thus improving in learning flow.
Second, the low achievers of the experiment group that received strengths-based
instruction based on the multiple intelligence theory showed a bigger increase in
achievement motivation from the pre-test scores to the post-test scores than the
comparison group that received no such instruction, thus improving in achievement
motivation.
Finally, the low achievers of the experiment group that received strengths-based
instruction based on the multiple intelligence theory showed a bigger increase in
self-efficacy from the pre-test scores to the post-test scores than the comparison
group that received no such instruction, thus improving in self-efficacy.
Those findings demonstrate that strengths-based instruction is an effective teaching
method to help low achievers improve their learning flow, achievement motivation, and
self-efficacy.