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A Study on Grade Comparison Difference Analysis of the Gifted Children in IT

정보영재아동의 학년별 차이 비교 분석에 관한 연구

  • Jun, Woochun (Dept. of Computer Education, Seoul National University of Education) ;
  • Hong, Suk-Ki (Dept. of Management, Dankook University)
  • Received : 2014.03.31
  • Accepted : 2014.07.22
  • Published : 2014.10.31

Abstract

In the current information and knowledge-based society, a nation's economy power heavily depends on IT-related industry and technology. In this sense, most countries are trying to foster IT industry by developing new and innovative IT technologies. Traditionally, only a few talented persons have been leading the whole IT industry. Thus, it is very important and necessary to identify and support the gifted children in IT in early ages for development of IT industry. The purpose of this paper is to investigate study performance of the gifted children in IT for different grades. Our research is focused on especially 4th grade students, 5th grade students, and 6th grade students in elementary schools. Among various abilities of the gifted children in IT, in this paper, we are interested in programming ability and logical thinking ability. To our best knowledge, there is no research work on study performance depending on different grades of the gifted children in IT. For this purpose, the gifted students in gifted science education center attached in a university at Seoul Metropolitan Area are selected and their test scores for 8 years were collected and analyzed. The statistical analysis results show that there is no significant difference among 4th grade students, 5th grade students, and 6th grade students for programming ability and logical thinking ability. We hope that this result can help suggest and propose study contents, curriculum, principles and laws for the gifted education in IT.

현대 지식정보사회에서 한 나라의 경제력은 IT 산업과 기술에 크게 의존하고 있다. 이러한 관점에서 대부분의 국가들은 새롭고 혁신적인 IT 기술을 개발함으로써 IT 산업을 부흥시키려고 노력하고 있다. 전통적으로 IT 산업에 있어서는 단지 소수의 뛰어난 인재가 전체 산업을 주도하고 있다. 따라서, 조기에 정보영재를 판별하고 양성하는 것은 IT산업의 육성에 있어서 매우 중요하며 필요하다. 본 논문의 목적은 정보영재아동의 학년별 학업능력을 조사하는 것이다. 이러한 목적을 위해 본 연구는 초등학교 4학년, 5학년 및 6학년 정보영재아동에 초점을 두고 있다. 본 연구에서는 정보영재의 다양한 능력 가운데서 프로그래밍 능력과 논리적 사고력에 중점을 두었다. 현재까지 정보영재아동의 학년별 차이를 비교하고 분석한 연구는 없었다. 이러한 연구목적을 위해 서울시의 한 대학부설 과학영재교육원에 재학한 정보영재아동들을 대상으로 연구하였으며, 8년 동안의 성적이 분석되었다. 통계처리결과로부터 정보영재아동의 프로그래밍 능력과 논리적 사고력에 있어서 4학년, 5학년 및 6학년 간에 유의미한 차이는 없다고 결론을 내릴 수 있다. 이 연구결과는 향후 정보영재교육에 있어서 교육내용, 교육과정 및 법과 제도를 제안하는 데 있어서 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.

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