한국지구과학회지 (Journal of the Korean earth science society)

  • 제32권2호
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  • Pages.225-238
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  • 2011
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  • 1225-6692(pISSN)
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  • 2287-4518(eISSN)
한국지구과학회 (The Korean Earth Science Society)
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과학탐구의 '실행' 능력 탐색하기: 과학영재학생 사례 중심으로

Exploring Students' Ability of 'Doing' Scientific Inquiry: The Case of Gifted Students in Science

  • 박영신 (조선대학교 사범대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 정현철 (KAIST 과학영재교육연구원) ;
  • 이기영 (강원대학교 과학교육학부)
  • 투고 : 2010.12.31
  • 심사 : 2011.01.24
  • 발행 : 2011.04.29
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이 연구는 교실상황에서 실현되는 성공적인 탐구활동을 위한 중요한 변수에는 무엇이 있으며 또한 학생들이 실시하는 과학탐구의 실행능력은 그 수준 정도가 어떻게 되는지를 조사하였다. 이 연구를 위해서 7학년 및 8학년의 과학 영재학생들이 설문지를 작성하고 과학탐구의 실행능력 평가를 위해 탐구문제제기 및 탐구설계를 직접적으로 할 수 있도록 하였다. 설문지는 성공적인 과학탐구 활동에 영향을 주는 요소를 개인적 및 상호적 변수로 나눠 파악하였으며, 240명의 과학영재학생들이 설문에 응답하였다. 이 외에 두 개의 다른 질문지에는 탐구문제를 제기할 수 있는 능력과 탐구설계과정 능력을 측정할 수 있는 문항이 포함되어 있었다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 개인적 변수로는 그룹활동 및 탐구 활동을 잘 할 수 있다는 확신과 과학탐구 가치를 높이 평가하고 있는 학습동기가 중요한 변수로 파악되었다. 또한 학생들의 성공적인 탐구활동에는 상호성 변수에는 그룹 편성, 과제종류, 물리적 환경, 그리고 교사의 역할이 중요한 성공 변수로 파악되었으며, 특히 그룹 편성은 학생들이 그룹탐구활동을 하는데 있어서 가장 중요하게 생각하는 변수로 파악되었다. 하지만 학생들의 탐구문제를 개발하는 능력이나 탐구설계를 하는 능력은 제한적으로 나타났다.

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that are critical for successful scientific inquiry activity in the classroom and to analyze the students' abilities of 'Doing' scientific inquiry. Two hundred and forty gifted science students in grades $7^{th}$ and $8^{th}$ participated in this study and demonstrated their abilities of framing questions and designing investigation through a survey questionnaire. The survey was developed for measuring factors in terms of personal and interactive variables that are needed for 'Doing' a successful scientific. Additionally, two other questionnaires were developed to measure students' abilities of framing testable questions and designing the investigation in a sequence. The results were as follows: Students' learning motivation factors as personal variable (self-confidence about group and inquiry activity, views about inquiry value) also considered as influential for students' group inquiry activity. Other four components of interactive variable (grouping, kinds of task, physical context, and teachers' role) were found to be influential in successful students' 'Doing' group inquiry activity. In students' evaluation of group inquiry activity, the grouping factor was the most critical one for a successful 'Doing' inquiry activity. Participating students showed some level of inability of in the process of framing inquiry question and designing investigation.

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