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Investigation of High School Students' Mental Models about the Earth's Interior

지구 내부에 대한 고등학교 학생들의 정신모형 탐색

  • Published : 2007.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate students' mental models and alternative conceptions about the Earth's interior. A total of 126 10th grade students participated in this study. They were requested to draw Earth's interior tasks and were interviewed about their mental models. A coding frame was designed to classify the students' drawings and interview responses, and then a four step cognitive model was established based on the frame of coding. In addition, the relationship of mental models was compared in terms of students' gender, and the type of alternative conceptions was analysed. The research results showed a variety of alternative conceptions on the interior of the Earth. The classified mental models showed naive mental model (11%), unstable mental model (81%), conceptual model (8%), while 69% of all sampled students accounted for the static process. The gender difference in the cognitive model showed no statistical significance.

본 연구는 지구 내부에 대한 학생들의 정신모형을 분석하고 대안개념을 조사한 것이다. 연구는 고등학교 1학년 126명의 학생들을 대상으로 그리기 과제와 면담을 병행하여 실시하였다. 연구를 수행하기 위하여 그리기 과제와 분류틀을 제작하였다. 면담과 그리기 과제의 결과물들 통하여 부호화 틀에 따라 네 단계의 인지적 모형으로 분류하였고, 대안 개념의 유형을 파악하였다. 아울러 학생들의 성별에 따른 정신모형의 관련성을 비교하였다. 연구 결과에서 대부분의 학생들은 지구 내부에 대하여 많은 대안 개념을 보였다. 분류된 정신모형은 소박한 모형이 11%, 불안정 모형이 81%, 개념적 모형이 8%로 나타났으며, 정적 정신모형으로 분류된 학생은 69%로 나타났다. 정신모형의 성별 분포에서는 유의미한 차이를 보이지 않았다.

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