The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the acquisition of health-related knowledge among junior high school students and their thinking ability. Therefore, the authors decided to study the characteristics of the content of thinking ability and the acquisition of knowledge relating to infectious diseases, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The target students were 103 third-year junior high school students. The students with superior knowledge scores showed specific contents in their explanations of preventative methods, such as increasing the body's resistance by rest, exercise, vaccination, disinfecting pathogens such as viruses, and blocking the infection route by hand washing. This study highlighted a high level of correlation between the ability to explain preventative methods appropriately and a high level of knowledge. It was therefore concluded that there is a positive relationship between acquiring knowledge about infectious diseases and thinking ability.
Relationship between Knowledge Acquisition and Thinking Ability in Junior High School Health Learning : Through Learning about Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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