The authors abstracted the problem through teaching practice called Planning your Life Course. It showed that students, who had a lower concern about their own life, might have difficulty in finding interest in Home Economics class. Boys especially had such a tendency to be that way. Then, the authors investigated the relationship between identity and achievement motive, results were tabulated from responses gained from questionnaires given to 435 1^<st> and 2^<nd> grade students, aimed to study about students' concerns in life and their motivation to study in class. The result were summarized as follows. (1)Identity development was related to the self-fulfilmentive achievement motive. (2)There was a difference between males and females. Males had a high level of competitive achievement motive, on the other hand, females had a high level of self-fulfilmentive achievement motive. The authors propose that it is necessary that self-fulfilmentive achievement motive is focused upon in Home Economics Education. Teachers should make Home Economics classes considering the difference in the achievement motive between males and females.

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The objective of this study was to examine the factor of quick or slow work in an apron making of elementary school children. The results were as follows: 1.The delay of work was caused by poor skills. The delay of work was caused by poor operating skills and facilities, which were reduced through lessons. 2.Through an evaluation by teachers and self-evaluation of skills, the relationship between the progress of work and the skills were examined; then, the children were classified into four types.

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The authors aimed at clarifying the relationship between the grades of hand-sewing skill of freshmen and their knowledge and or experiences on clothing construction in their past school days. The materials of this paper was composed of scores of the practical examination of hand-sewing skill, the examination of knowledge on clothing construction, and the questionnaire on their experiences of clothing construction. The subjects were 244 females junior college students. The survey was made in April, 1997. Main result were as follows: 1)What clothes students made in past dis not have an effect on improving their hand-sewing skill. On the contrary, how many clothes they made shows significant relation to their hand-sewing skill. 2)Students who gained a high score in the examination on knowledge of clothing construction also gained a high score in the hand-sewing examination. 3)Students who ordinarily mend their clothes by themselves gained a high score in the hand-sewing examination.

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The aim of this study was to define the actual condition of information education in home economics at senior high schools. The investigation was conducted on 277 teachers of home economics at senior high schools from January to February, 1998. The results were as follows: 1.Home economics education teachers attach importance to information education in home economics, but consider it difficult to teach effectively. 2.Factor analysis on information education in home economics identified seven significant factors, showing that the items of this investigation are comprehended as main factors information education.

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The aim of this study was to inquire the contents and effective method of teaching information education in home economics at senior high schools. The investigation was conducted on 277 teachers: 118 were teachers in general, 64 teachers who took to the computer in home economics in its early years, 95 teachers who practiced effective lessons of home economics and reported on publications. The results were as follows: 1.A comparison of the three groups show that teachers experienced earlier than others with computers attach greater importance and think it easier to teach information education than do the other groups. 2.Teachers experienced with computers early recognize that current contents of information on home economics are inadequate. 3.Ideal conception of contents on information education in home economics proposed in this study gained support from opinion leaders of home economics.

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