The Effect of Science Magic on the Elementary Learners' Scientific Attitude and Scientific Inquiry Ability

과학마술을 활용한 수업이 초등학생의 과학적 태도와 과학탐구능력에 미치는 영향

In this study, we investigate the effects of instruction using science magic program on the scientific attitude and scientific inquiry ability in elementary students. For this study, it was chosen two classes of the forth grades J elementary school in Seoul. Instruction using science magic program was applied to the experimental group for 8 weeks during the school hours. The results of this study were as follows : 1. Science tasks applied science magic had influence on elementary learners' scientific attitude in positive way. 2. Science tasks applied science magic had valuable significance to observation, classification, data intepretation ability. However it had no valuable significance to scientific integrated inquiry.