The Verification of Action Control Model and the Study of the Effects of Strategies Training Programs

The participants were 780 students and 30 teachers from13 junior high schools in Taiwan middle and northern area . The instruments used in this study include : Action Orientation Inventory, Awareness of Action Control Strategies Inventory , Action Control Strategies Inventory, Affective Response Inventory, and Teacher Rating Scale.

The collected data were analyzed with LISREL and logistic regression analysis. The results of this study were as follow: (1) Although the value of chi-square was significant at .05 level, other overall and internal structure model fit indices indicated that the Action Control Model fitted the observed data well . (2) Two logistic regression models proposed by the author could effectively predict students\' learning achievement and teacher rating scores .