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Exploring Middle School Students' Types of Misconceptions on Astronomy Terminologies

중학교 천문학 용어에 대한 학생의 오개념 유형 탐색

  • Received : 2020.10.12
  • Accepted : 2020.12.23
  • Published : 2020.12.31

Abstract

In this study, the definition, the level of difficulty, and the certainty of the understanding of 113 astronomy terminologies from 2009 revised middle school geoscience textbooks were examined. And through further interviews, the types of students' misconceptions about astronomy terminologies and their representative terms - examples of misconceptions were analyzed. The definitions of the terms presented by the students were largely classified as correct, low-level, and incorrect understanding. And low-level understanding was subdivided into high-level definition descriptions, undifferentiated concepts, and incorrect answers were subdivided into interference by scientific misconception and lack of prior knowledge. Given that the misconceptions due to terminologies can be distinguished from the prior misconception, the misconceptions due to terminologies can be effectively prevented by changing the term itself. In addition, students were aware of the advantages and disadvantages of metaphorical terms, and the recognition of their level of understanding is expected to be a good starting point considering that recognizing their own misconceptions is the first step in correcting them. Terminologies in science education is always an important subject of discussions, striving to select the right term according to the times, and scientific terms may change. It is expected that the results of this study will be the basis for discussions on the modification of terms.

이 연구에서는 2009 개정 교육과정 중학교 지구 과학 교과서에 제시되는 천문 영역의 과학 용어 113개에 대한 중학교 3학년 학생 5인의 용어에 대한 체감 난이도, 이해 확신도와 정의를 검사지를 통해 살펴보고, 추가 면담을 통해 천문 용어에 대한 학생들의 오개념 유형과 그 대표적인 용어 - 오개념의 예시를 분석했다. 학생들이 제시한 용어의 정의는 크게 정답과 낮은 수준의 이해, 오답으로 분류되었으며, 낮은 수준의 이해는 상위 수준의 정의 서술, 개념의 미분화로 하위 분류되었고, 오답은 과학적 오인에 의한 방해, 사전 지식 미비 등으로 하위 분류되었다. 용어로 인한 오개념과 선행 오개념이 구분될 수 있다는 점에서, 용어로 인한 오개념은 용어 변경이라는 방법을 통해 오개념 형성을 미연에 방지할 수 있으므로 효율적 처방이 될 수 있다. 또한, 은유적 용어로 인한 장점과 단점을 학생들이 인식하고 있으며, 자신의 이해 수준을 잘 파악하고 있다는 점은 학습자 스스로가 자신의 오개념을 인지하는 것이 오개념 수정의 첫 번째 단계임을 고려할 때 좋은 출발점이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 과학 교육에서의 용어는 중요한 논의 대상으로, 시대에 따라 적합한 용어의 선정을 위해 노력하고 있으며 과학 용어가 바뀌기도 한다. 이 연구 결과가 용어의 수정에 대한 논의의 기초 자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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