(The) Korean Journal of Educational Psychology (교육심리연구)
- Volume 22 Issue 2
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- Pages.367-384
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- 2008
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- 1225-4290(pISSN)
A Study on Validating Causal Reasoning Ability Test for Children
아동용 인과추론능력검사 개발 예비 연구
- Published : 2008.06.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop picture testing instrument for measuring children's causal reasoning ability on events that can occur in daily life. The measurement instrument contains three domain of human development; haman behavior domain, human psychology domain, and natural/physical domain. Through this study, researchers designed a concept model based on theoretical framework and prior studies and investigated the reliability and validity of the measurement instrument which was developed in accordance with the concept model. For the empirical validation research, a pretest was conducted to 336 elementary school students in grade 2 to 4 in Seoul. Considering reliability and validity of the developed measurement instrument and factor loadings, researchers sorted out 18 questions. And then 18 question test and KICE Critical Thinking Ability Test was conducted to 509 elementary school students in grade 1 to 4 in Seoul. According to the result of the tests, the researchers sorted out final 12 questions. The Cronbach's alpha, reliability of the children's causal reasoning ability test consisted of the final 12 question, was significant as .72. Also, the result of exploratory factor analysis showed that factors of this test were haman behavior domain, human psychology domain, and natural/physical domain. Moreover, the correlation between the KEDI Reasoning Ability Test(2003) scores and the scores of the test developed in the current study was significant as .55. Finally, the result of the analysis about children's grade differences, the development by discrepancy of age was significant in total points and that of each domain. The children's causal reasoning ability test developed by this study can be useful not only for the evaluation of children's thinking ability but also for screening of the handicapped children in thinking ability development.
본 연구의 목적은 인과추론검사에 대한 이론적 틀을 바탕으로 인과추론능력 검사도구를 개발하고 이를 타당화하기 위한 예비 연구를 진행하는 것이었다. 구체적으로 본 연구에서는 인과추론의 대상 영역을 행동, 심리, 자연 영역으로 구분하여 각 영역에서의 인과추론능력을 측정하는 그림 검사를 개발하였다. 예비 검사와 본 검사를 통하여 2차에 걸쳐 문항을 선별하였고, 구인타당화, 공인타당화에 대한 검증이 이루어졌다. 총 59문항에 대한 선별 과정을 통하여 예비 검사에서 18문항, 본 검사에서 최종 12문항을 확정하였다. 최종 12문항으로 이루어진 인과추론능력검사의 신뢰도는 Cronbach
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