The Beauty of Che Longpu—A Study of The Establishment of The Information Platform for Local-Specific Teaching Materials

[[abstract]]One of the objectives of this study is to establish the platform for local-specific teaching by using Moodle. Another purpose is to digitize the Che Longpu’s local-specific teaching materials. The last intent is to take the computerized teaching materials as a tool to combine computer media and information technology with teaching; thus discussing the effects of this combination on students’ learning. The study used the method of quasi-experiment teaching, which consists of teaching four sixth-grade classes in an elementary school in Taichung County. Two randomly chosen classes, 61 students in total, were used as the experimental group. Another two randomly chosen classes, 66 students, was the control group. For the experimental group, we teach the class with the aid of computer media and information technology. In contrast, the control group was taught with traditional approaches. After the lessons, we tested all of the students by “the local-specific achievement test”. The students were then grouped by their genders and social science grades. Based on the hypothesis, we analyzed and interpreted the data by using SPSS 12.0. From this research, we came to the following : 1. In the examination of local-specific teaching achievements, the average points of the experimental group surpasses the control group by 11.494 points. 2. The mean difference between the high-score and the middle-score groups of the experimental are over 10 points, which implies the learning outcomes for students in these experimental groups are better than those in the control’s. 3. The learning outcomes for students in the low-score group do not have any distinguishable differences. This may result from the memory-emphasized nature of the local-specific test. 4. On the effects of combining technology with teaching, there is no significant difference among different genders. Boys performed better than the girls. For the educational institutes, designers of education systems, and future researchers, this study provided some suggestions on the application of Social Studies teaching with the aid of information technology