Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education (한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육)

The Korean Elementary Science Education Society (한국초등과학교육학회)
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The Effects of Elementary School Students' Experiences in Wearing a Lap Coat on Science-related Attitudes and Perception of Wearing a Lap Coat in Science Learning

과학수업에서 초등학생들의 실험복 착용 경험이 과학 관련 태도와 실험복에 대한 인식에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2018.08.24
  • Accepted : 2018.10.09
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of wearing lab coats on science-related attitudes of elementary school students in science learning. In addition, we analyzed the effects of wearing lab coats on perceptions of the authenticity of school science activities and the necessity of wearing lab coats. Samples of the study were composed of 4 classes of 92 fifth graders in Seoul, Korea. Unit of 'Temperature and Heat' was selected as a object of the research. The major results of the study are as follows. First, for the independent t-test of science-related attitudes, a statistically significant difference between the experimental group and the comparative group was found. Second, 9 students (9.78%) were more than 1SD above the average of the difference between the results of pre and post. Seven of them were experimental group students and two were comparative group students. Third, there was a statistically significant difference between the comparison group and the experimental group as a result of the perception test of the similarity of the scientific activity of the elementary school students and the scientific activity of the scientists. Fourth, there was no statistically significant difference between the comparison group and the experimental group as a result of the perception test of the necessity of wearing a lab coat. Based on these findings of this study, implications for science education research and teaching and learning at school are discussed.

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Table 1. Research design

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Table 2. The result of independent t-test on science-related attitudes

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Table 3. The result of independent t-test on science-related attitudes by question

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Table 4. The result of independent t-test on perception of the authenticity of scientific activities

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Table 5. The result of independent t-test on perception of the necessity of wearing a lab coat

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