Journal of Gifted/Talented Education (영재교육연구)

The Korean Society for the Gifted (한국영재학회)
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A Study of Exploring Relation between Talent Search Procedure and Scientific Experiment Designing of the Gifted : A Case of Earth Science

과학영재의 선발과 과학수행과의 관련성 연구: 지구과학의 사례

  • Published : 2006.06.30
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Abstract

This study mainly intended to investigate the relation between scientific inquiry and several entrance exam results of the gifted in earth science gifted program. The scientific inquiry was tested with their experiment designs. Entrance exams included achievement scores, creativity scores, problem solving, and oral test of high ability students. Student entrance scores were used to judge the level of students' competency in science. Recently students' ability of 'doing science' as measured by their designing experiments has been highly appreciated as a criteria of scientifically gifted students. One of the well known tests was Diet Cola Test developed by Fowler(1990). We used it as a test to figure out students' experiment design ability. We selected 22 gifted students in earth science. We compared their entrance test scores and Diet Cola Test results. Based on the comparison results we proposed several guideline of science education program for high ability students.

과학영재교육의 사례를 살펴보는 것은 영재교육의 형성적 평가라는 차원에서 의미가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 학생들의 선발과정에서 얻어진 성취도검사자료, 구술시험, 창의력 검사, 문제해결능력검사 결과와 학생들이 입학후의 과학수행이 어떤 관계가 있는지를 알아보고자 했다. 과학영재 특히 지구과학반 7학년과 8학년을 대상으로 한 본 연구는 과학탐구의 기본적인 요소인 실험설계능력에 초점을 맞추었다. 실험설계능력으로 나타난 실제적인 과학 활동 수행의 결과가 선발과 어떤 관계를 갖는가를 알아봄으로써 과학영재프로그램의 재조명을 꾀하고자 하였다.

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