An Empirical Study of Both Teachers\' Thinking and Teaching Behavior of Junior High School Intern Teachers under New Mentoring System

All of these interns are the graduates of three national normal universities here in Taiwan. Although large-sample questionnaire survey is the principal technique to collect the data of teachers’ thinking and teaching behavior, visiting interview of small-sample is very useful in providing supplementary information.

In the questionnaire survey , 1018 valid questionnaires(68%) are secured for the purpose of data analysis. Based upon research findings, some recommendations are made for both teacher education institutions and cooperating junior high schools.