Study of Learning Assessments within Home Economics in Modern America

本研究的目的是为了弄清与家政学学习理论相对应的学习评价的现状和属性，并找出其中的挑战，为解决日本家政学中的“学龄儿童学习评价”问题提供思路。这是通过回顾现代美国家政学中的学习评估研究并对其进行分析来进行的。主要内容如下：1.通过对美国家政学学习评价研究的回顾，提出了与家政学理念相适应的学业能力模型。2.选取美国最经典的家政学教材《青少年指南》（Teen Guide）作为研究对象，选取了1961年第1版、1977<st>年第4<th>版、1985年第6<th>版、1990年第7版的家政学教材，并对这些教材进行了分析<th>。3.通过对《青少年家政指南》中家政学学习评价的整理和总结，以及对家政学哲学的认识，明确了未来的挑战。

The objective of this study is to clarify the present condition and attributes of the learning assessments which correspond to each theory of Home Economics learning, and to identify the challenges in order to consider ideas for solving the problems of 'learning assessment of school children' within Home Economics in Japan. This was conducted by reviewing studies of learning assessments within modern American Home Economics and analyzing them. The outline is as follows:1.Models for academic abilities corresponding to the philosophy of Home Economics were made by reviewing earlier studies of learning assessments within Home Economics in America. Then the method of analysis of the learning assessments which had the models for academic abilities as the framework was explored.2.Teen Guide, the Home Economics project evaluated as the most classic in America, was selected as the object of study and each Home Economics project from (1) the 1^<st> Edition (1961), (2) the 4^<th> Edition (1977), (3) the 6^<th> Edition (1985), and ep the 7^<th> Edition (1990), all with differing theories of Home Economics was analyzed.3.Challenges for the future were made clear by compiling and summarizing the learning assessments as well as the realization of the philosophy of Home Economics found in Teen Guides.