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The Effects of Probability Activities in Thinking Science Program on the Development of Probabilistic Thinking of Elementary School Students

Thinking Science 프로그램의 확률 활동이 초등학생의 확률적 사고 신장에 미치는 효과

  • Published : 2005.12.30
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Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate the development of probabilistic thinking in relation to the cognitive level of elementary school students and to analyze the effects of probability activities in Thinking Science(TS) program on the development of probabilistic thinking. 152 6th grade elementary school students compiled the sample group which was divided into an experimental group and a control group. Probability activities in TS program were used with the experimental group, while the normal curriculum was conducted with the control group. Both the experimental and control group were assessed with Science Reasoning Task II and a probabilistic thinking test before execution of this investigation and were post-tested with probabilistic thinking test after the project period was complete. Results of this study showed that the students in the concrete operational stage and transitional stage used subjective strategy together with quantitative strategy in probability problem-solving, and students in the early formal operational stage used quantitative strategy in probability problem-solving. It was also found that the higher the cognitive level of students, the higher the probabilistic thinking level. The probability activities of the TS program influenced the development of probabilistic thinking of elementary school students. Assessing the development of probabilistic thinking on the basis of the cognitive level found that the level of effectiveness was significantly higher for students in the early concrete operational stage and transitional stage than students in any other stage.

이 연구의 목적은 초등학생의 인지수준에 따른 확률적 사고의 형성 정도와 TS 프로그램의 확률 활동이 확률적 사고의 형성에 미치는 효과를 알아보는 것이었다. 이를 위하여 초등학교 6학년 152명을 실험집단과 통제집단으로 나누어, 실험집단에는 TS 프로그램의 확률 활동을 투입하였고, 통제집단에는 정규 교육과정을 운영하였다. 투입 전에 SRT II와 확률적 사고 검사를 실시하여 학생들의 인지수준에 따른 확률적 사고의 형성 정도를 조사하였고, 투입 후에 확률적사고 검사를 실시하여 처치의 효과를 알아보았다. 연구 결과에 의하면, 확률 문제 해결에서 구체적 조작기와 과도기 학생들은 주관적 전략과 양적 전략을 혼용하여 사용하였으며, 전기 형식적 조작기 학생들은 양적 전략을 많이 사용하여 인지수준이 높을수록 보다 높은 수준의 확률적 사고를 하고 있었다. TS 프로그램의 확률 활동은 학생들의 확률적 사고 형성에 효과적이었다. 확률적 사고의 형성을 인지수준에 따라 분석한 결과, 전기 구체적 조작기와 과도기 학생들에게 효과적이었음을 알 수 있었다.

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