This study attempted to clarify the interrelation among interest in dietary life, knowledge of food and nutrition, and cooking skill with a purpose to gain a possible guide for an improvement of homemaking education. The results are summarized as follows : 1. Female students showed higher marks in all items including knowledge of food and nutrition, cooking skill, and interest in dietary life. 2. An interrelation was observed between frequency in cooking and cooking skills for male students, and between frequency in cooking and interest in dietary life for female students. 3. No interrelation was observed between frequency in cooking and knowledge of food and nutrition. 4. No interrelation was apparent among cooking skill, knowledge of food and nutrition, and interest in dietary life. In conclusion, the lack of interrelation among the three items, knowledge, skill and interest, indicates that homemaking education is not fully effected in their daily lives.
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