An Effect of Academic Retention Concerned with High School Students' Cognitive Styles and Teaching Methods in 'The Weather and Climate' Unit

'날씨와 기후' 단원에서 고등학생들의 인지양식 및 수업방법에 따른 학업파지 효과

  • Ryu, Sang-Ock (Faculty of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam National University)
  • 류상옥 (전남대학교 지구환경과학부)
  • Published : 2004.04.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the interactive effects of teaching methods (expository and discovery) and learner's cognitive styles on the retention of learned content in Earth Science three weeks after an instruction is given. The subjects of this study were 1st graders of a boys' high school (n = 185) and co-educational high school (n = 189) in Gwangiu Metropolitan City of Korea. 92 students of the boys' high school and 95 students of the co-ed high school were assigned to the expository teaching group, and the rest of the boys' high school students and the co-ed high school students were to the discovery teaching group. The students were classified into field-independent learners, medium learners, and field-dependent learners based on their cognitive styles. The results of the study can be summarized as follows: First, the discovery teaching was more effective than expository teaching in terms of comprehension and application related to post-instruction retention of learned content. But there was no noticeable difference in knowledge domain. Second, the field-independent cognitive style was more effective than its counterpart, the field dependent cognitive style. Third, in the post-instruction retention test, not so much relevance was found between teaching methods and learner's cognitive style.

본 연구의 목적은 '날씨와 기후' 단원에 대한 수업 후, 수업방법(설명식 수업과 발견식 수업)과 학습자의 인지양식에 따른 학업파지 효과를 조사하는 것이다. 연구대상은 광주에 있는 남자고등학교의 1학년 185명과 남여공학고등학교의 1학년 189명을 대상으로 하였다. 연구대상 학생들 중 남자고등학교의 92명과 남여공학고등학교의 95명을 설명식수업집단으로, 그리고 남자고등학교의 93명과 남여공학고등학교의 94명을 발견식 수업집단으로 선정하였다. 모든 학생들은 그들의 인지양식에 따라 장 독립적 학습자, 중간적 학습자, 장 의존적 학습자로 분류되었다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같이 요약할 수 있다. 첫째, 지구과학 학습내용의 수업 3주일 후 학업파지검사에서 발견식 수업방법이 설명식 수업방법에 비해 이해와 적용영역에서 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 지식영역에 있어서는 유의미한 차이가 없었다. 둘째, 학업파지검사에서 장 독립적 인지양식의 학습자들이 장 의존적 인지양식의 학습자들에 비해 이해와 적용영역에서 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 학업파지검사에서 수업방법과 학습자의 인지양식 간의 상호연관성에 대한 유의미한 차이는 없었다.

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