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Science Education Research Institute Kyungpook National University (경북대학교 과학교육연구소)
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Characteristics of Science High School Students' Understanding about friction acting on a rolling object

구르는 물체에 작용하는 마찰력에 대한 과학 영재학교 학생들의 이해의 특징

  • Ha, Sangwoo (Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted)
  • Received : 2018.02.23
  • Accepted : 2018.07.30
  • Published : 2018.08.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of science gifted students' understanding of friction acting on a rolling object, and to examine the implications of teaching methods that can be derived from them. For this purpose, 48 students in grade 3 students who take advanced physics classes at the science high school for the gifted were asked to answer three questions about the friction problems. As a result, students' responses were divided into three types: rule, none-rule, and calculation. In addition, students of the rule type have difficulty in reasoning about the friction by using friction rules. We believe that students will be able to reach a deeper understanding of friction if we teach them to correctly infer the direction of friction without using friction rules, along with a strategy to emphasize relative motion in contact.

본 연구의 목적은 구르는 물체에 작용하는 마찰력에 대한 과학 영재 학생들의 이해의 특징을 살펴보고, 이로부터 도출할 수 있는 교수 학습법적인 시사점은 무엇인지 살펴보는 것이었다. 이를 위해 수도권 소재 과학영재학교에서 고급물리학을 수강하는 3학년 학생 48명을 연구 참여자로 하여 구르는 물체에 작용하는 마찰력에 대한 세 가지 문항을 개인별로 풀어보게 하고, 이후 조별 토론을 실시하였다. 연구 결과 학생들의 응답은 규칙형, 비규칙형, 계산형의 세 유형으로 나눌 수 있었으며, 비규칙형으로 분류되는 학생들이 가장 많았다. 이중 규칙형의 학생들은 마찰력과 관련한 규칙을 활용하여 구르는 물체에 작용하는 마찰력에 대해 추론하는데 어려움을 겪고 있었다. 연구자는 접촉면에서의 상대 운동을 강조하는 전략과 더불어 마찰력에 대한 규칙을 사용하지 않고도 마찰력의 방향을 제대로 추론하도록 가르친다면 학생들이 마찰력에 대한 깊은 이해에 도달할 수 있을 것이라고 생각한다.

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