The Evaluation of Research Contest in Science Education in 1993

'93 과학교육연구 토론대회의 평가

  • Published : 1995.06.30

Abstract

The questionnaires were sent to 49 participators of Research Contest in Science Education(RCSE) in 1993. Seventeen participators responded to the questionnaire about RCSE consists of 19 questions and have seven categories such as announcement, process and result, selection of topics and research methods, writing paper, meaning of the contest and planning and processing. The results are as follows : 1) Many participators aware the contest before two to four weeks from the beginning of contest from not only official note but also pamphlet or mass media. 2) Participators require to announce the results of contest to all the participators and to increase awards according to the majors and levels. Most of participators agree to give study points to the awards. 3) Some responders prefer to select the topics from the two types, free topics and assignable topics and the others prefer assignable topics. 4) Most of responders perceive the RCSE contributes to improving school science education, encouraging science teacher's research and developing science educations.

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