In this study, in order to understand the status of students' emotions in Industrial Arts at the Junior High School, the researchers developed a questionnaire. From the results of our investigation, the ensuing matters turned out to be evident: 1) In Industrial Arts, the students feel "pleasure" most out of the six elements of emotions such as "pleasure," "sorrow," "fear," "dislike," "surprise" and "anger." 2) The girl students feel the other five emotional elements, which excludes "pleasure," more strongly than the boys. 3) The students feel "dislike" and "anger" more strongly in the juniors' class and far more in the seniors' class. 4) In the field of Basic Information, the students feel "pleasure" strongly, while in Cultivation they feel "fear" and "dislike" strongly. As for the comparison between boys and girls in each field, the boy students feel "pleasure" more strongly in the field of Machinery, and the girls do in Basic Information. However, in Cultivation, there is no gender difference at all. 5) In the guidelines of Wood-Processing field, the students feel "pleasure" and "dislike" more strongly in case of mostly-directed design than in free design.
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