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The purpose of this study was to provide the basic resources of educational method for internet addiction of elementary school pupils as we had researched the elementary school pupil's internet addiction and its relationship with their learning motivation and adaptation of school life. For this purpose, we conducted a survey for 500 fifth and sixth elementary school's pupil in the metropolitan area. We analyzed the collected data using SPSS 12.0 statistical package. The result of this study is as follows. First, the tendency of pupils' internet addiction was such that normal user group occupied the most ratio with 82.6%, the ratio of potential risk user group was 13.4%, and the ratio of high risk user group was 4%, so the whole addiction tendency was low level. Second, the more the level of pupil's internet addiction was high, the more learning motivation of them assumes an aspect of reduction. Third, the high risk user group had more difficulty in adaptation of school life than the normal user group. Fourth, pupil's internet addiction had a negative correlation with learning motivation. Fifth, pupil's internet addiction showed a negative correlation with the adaptation of school life. The suggestion on the basis of this study was as follows. First, teachers or parents have to be interested in the use of internet for their children, and prepared guidance methods. Second, the education for pupils addicted to internet has to be carried out in both their school and home, and the training for their teachers and parents has to be carried out at the same time. Third, every school has to spend their effort such as the prevention education of internet addiction, the early detection of addicted children, and the counsel on pupils with early addiction symptoms.