The purpose of this study was to develop a spider inquiry program for elementary school students based on the scientific-knowledge generating model. For the purposes of this study, we selected three species of snider (e.g. Pardosa astrigera, Argiope bruennichii, Nephila clavata) which were easily found in a school garden by elementary school students. The spider inquiry program was based on a model of the process of scientific-knowledge generation, and consisted of two sections: for students and teachers. The students' program was designed to generate scientific-knowledge, whilst the teachers' program was designed to guide the inquiry smoothly even in the case of teachers who lack experience in inquiry activities or possess limited subject knowledge on spiders. As a result, this program was found to have an influence on generating the scientific-knowledge of elementary students and the results further suggest that it may be helpful to teachers conducting an inquiry activity. Additionally, this program could be used as a selective activity lesson such as a science inquiry lesson, or as a biology inquiry class, as a weekend life experience study or as an activity on a science camp.

본 연구의 목적은 일반 학생과 과학 영재 학생들의 열, 전자기, 힘, 빛 개념을 중심으로 한 물리 영역에 대한 오개념을 조사하여, 과학 영재 학생과 일반 학생을 비교하여 개념의 이해도, 오개념의 유형에 어떤 차이가 있는지 알아보기 위한 것이었다. 연구 대상은 대구 지역의 영재교육원의 과학 영재 75명과 동일 지역에 소재하고 있는 두 개의 초등학교 5, 6학년 학생 148명을 표집했다. 선행 연구와 교육 과정 분석을 통해 물리 영역에 대한 초등학교에서 갖추어야 할 개념을 선정한 후, 기존의 물리영역에 대한 개념 검사 도구를 보완 및 수정하여 문항을 작성하였으며, 일부는 개발하여 선택형과 진술형으로 초등학교 물리 오개념 검사 도구를 개발하였다. 20문항으로 구성된 그 검사 도구는 열개념, 전자기 개념, 힘 개념, 빛 개념을 대상으로 하며 각 개념별로 5가지의 하위 개념을 조사하였다. 진술형 문항에 의한 결과를 바탕으로 과학 영재학생과 일반 학생의 물리 개념의 이해도 차이를 분석하였고, 선택형 문항에 의한 결과를 바탕으로 오개념의 차이를 분석하였다. 연구 결과로 첫째, 열 개념, 전자기 개념, 힘 개념, 빛 개념에서 과학 영재 학생과 일반 학생 모두 이해도가 비교적 낮았으나, 과학 영재 학생이 일반학생보다 모든 물리 영역에서 개념 이해도가 통계적으로 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 이로부터 과학 영재 학생이 일반 학생에 비해 물리 영역에 대한 개념에 대한 이해 수준이 높았다고 말할 수 있다. 또 과학 영재 학생이나 일반 학생 모두 개념 이해도가 전자기 개념, 열 개념, 힘 개념, 빛 개념 순으로 낮아져서 과학 영재 학생이나 일반 학생이 각각서로 다른 어떤 특정 개념의 이해에 곤란을 겪는 것은 아니고, 동일 개념에 대해 비슷한 난이도를 느끼고 있음을 보여주었다. 둘째, 과학 영재 학생과 일반 학생은 대부분 비슷한 오개념 유형을 나타냈으며 과학 영재 학생은 일반 학생에 비해 오개념을 적게 가지고 있었다. 결론적으로 초등학교 과학 영재 학생도 일반 학생처럼 과학에 대한 오개념을 가지고 있지만, 오개념이 정착되지 않아 학습 후 과학적 개념으로 쉽게 수정될 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다.

The aims of this study were to investigate the differences of the proportion of misconceptions and the reasons for selecting responses related to questions about small living things between talented and average students. The study subjects were made up of three groups. They were a class of 37 talented elementary students in science attending J National University of Education, a class of 37 talented students in science attending J City Office of Education, and a class of 33 average students attending J City. A questionnaire was composed of 20 test questions for examination of concepts related to small living things. The data obtained in this study was analyzed using a statistical program. The major results were as follows: In general, the level of the scientific concepts possessed by the talented students was much higher than that of the average students, especially in question 14. The reasons for the misconceptions which were revealed through this study were classified into vagueness of the language used, hasty decision and deduction making, using the wrong analogical inference, mass communications (TV or internet) and experimental differences between individuals. In terms of the reasons for the selection of a given response, the talented students had also a higher frequency in the 'science books for children' category than the average students, indicating that various kinds of science books for children have an influence on the formation of concepts on small living things. The misconception proportion of male students was 5.4% higher than that of female students in mean frequencies of all questions, although the difference was not statistically significant except for question 4. Data from this study may help teachers involved in education for gifted students to reconsider their conceptions on small living things.

This study investigated the differences in learning activity preferences according to different thinking styles between gifted and average students. A cluster analysis procedure was performed to classify students on the basis of thinking styles. Two clusters of different thinking styles were deduced: the gifted group with a high level thinking style (cluster 1), and the average group with a low level thinking style (cluster 2). The gifted group (cluster 1) preferred projects, simulations, discussions and game activities to other types of loaming activities. Gifted students and average students also were clustered into each three unique subgroups with respect to levels and patterns in thinking styles, and these subgroups also showed different learning preferences. The clusters of gifted students included the self-regulated learning type (cluster a), cooperative-learning type (cluster b), and the passive-learning type (cluster c). The clusters of average students included the independent learning type (cluster i), no-preference learning type(cluster ii), and the no-motivation & teacher-directed learning type (cluster iii). Theses clusters indicated significant differences not only in thinking styles but also in terms of preferences regarding learning activities. Theses findings are discussed in terms of their educational implications.

The purposes of this study were to develop a science program using scientists as the material and to examine the effects of this in teaching science to gifted elementary students. The program included low modules, each of which was devised based on the literature examination of the lives, scientific achievements and contributions of four scientists: Ju-Myeong Seok, Jang-Chun Woo, L. Pasteur, and M. Curie. In this study, the four modules were applied and taught to fifteen gifted children in the 6th grade. After the program was taught to the children, post-questionnaires, examination of the subjects' output, in-depth interviews and classroom investigations were carried out and analyzed by the researchers. The results of the study were as follows. The majority of the subjects showed a considerable amount of interest in the program, participated actively and enthusiastically in the given tasks until they solved the problems, and their output produced a number of novel ideas. The results of the post-questionnaires indicated that the program was appropriate fer the subjects and effective in teaching scientifically-gifted children. Moreover, the analysis of the in-depth interviews conducted with the subjects showed that the subjects had opportunities to think about scientific attitudes, the relationships between science, society and nations, the contributions that scientists can possibly make to society, and the identity of scientists, despite the existence of differences between individual children.

A Science Camp Program was developed and applied as an intensified course for gifted students. The implications for the development and implementation of out-of-school science activities were also deduced through the analysis of the preliminary application results. The key point of the science camp program is to boost students' science inquiry skills through self-directed activities. Several positive effects in terms of interest and participation in the program were observed and some implications were derived as follows; (1) The program should provide the students with more opportunities for discussion and debate in group activities. (2) The tasks need be divided into two parts; basic tasks and optional tasks in order to ensure that the students engage in fewer tasks more intensively. (3) Each activity needs sufficient orientation taking consideration of the possibility that not all students may be ready for the inquiry. (4) The use of real examples of scientific research processes can help the students develop open inquiry skills and problem posing skills.

The purposes of this study were to investigate the creative science problem solving (CSPS) process amongst scientifically-gifted students and average students through the qualitative think-aloud research method, and to compare the differences in their CSP, scientific knowledge, scientific process skills, creative thinking, and finally, the affective domain used in their CSPS. For the purposes of this study, two scientifically-gifted 6th grade students and one average student were selected. The results show that one gifted student with good creative thinking skills exhibited better performance in CSPS than the other gifted student, who had the highest level of scientific knowledge. In the case of the average student, in spite of her high level of factual knowledge, she had difficulty in proceeding in CSPS due to her shallow scientific knowledge along with her low level of understanding of the given problem. This study highlights the importance of considering the factors which influence successful CSPS and which can play an important role in the education of scientifically-gifted children. These factors were identified as scientific knowledge, understanding of the scientific process, creative thinking, the affective domain, and science problem solving skills.

In this paper, we suggested that those elementary school students who are gifted in science should be taught basic and fundamental concepts to solve applied problems. We developed a teaching model based on a lesson regarding the path that light takes when passing through a lens on the base of refraction of light. We applied the teaching model to scientifically-gifted elementary school students and analyzed the results. The teaching model is based on the circulation loaming model appropriate for learning such concepts. The problems were designed and applied in order to determine the students' level of concept skills held and also to develop new teaching tools to help their understanding of concepts. As a result, we confirmed that the students, who were unable to describe the path of the light before the course of instruction was given, were able to draw and explain the path of light passing trough lens by using the law of refraction following the instruction.

이 연구의 목적은 초등 학생의 과학 지식 생성과정 중 나타나는 뇌파를 여러 가지 분석 방법을 이용하여 과학 영재아와 일반아를 신경 생리학적으로 판별할 수 있는 척도를 개발하는 것이다. 이를 위해 과학 영재아의 구인 요소로서 지능 검사, 간편 창의성 검사, 과학 지식 생성 검사를 수행하였고, 지필 평가에서 우리가 놓칠 수 있는 과학 영재의 구인 요소를 영재치로 추가하여 개인별 표준화 점수를 산출하였다. 이렇게 산출된 표준화 점수를 종속 변수로 하여 그룹을 구분하고, 독립 변수로서 측정된 뇌파를 선형 분석, 비선형 분석, 상호의존 분석 등을 통해서 다양한 뇌파 판별 요소를 제시하였다. 과학 영재의 특성을 신뢰롭게 예상하고, 설명하는 뇌파 판별 요소를 찾기 위해 다중선형회귀분석을 실시하였다. 이를 통해 뽑아진 뇌파 판별 요소를 통해 다중회귀식을 만들어 여기에서 생성된 함수값을 통해 판별 분석을 실시한 결과, 과학 영재아와 일반아를 신뢰롭게 판별할 수 있는 기초를 제시하였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 과학 영재아 특성을 예측하는데 기여하고 있는 판별 요소의 대부분은 정보량과 상호 신호의 결맞음의 정도를 보여주는 것으로 두뇌에서 일어나는 상호적 연관성이 판별의 핵심 요인으로 여겨진다.

This study examined patterns of reasoning of both the scientifically-gifted and children of average ability as witnessed in their science problem solving skills. Science problem solving skills are one of the significant characteristics of scientifically gifted children, and by using methods such as individual interviews, inductive reasoning, abductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning, the characteristics of these children can be to be further explored and categorized. The study also compared the findings with those of average children. This study sought to determine efficient guidelines fur teaching the scientifically-gifted, to come up with basic materials for developing relevant programs, and to find suggestions for identifying such students. The results of the study are as follows: Firstly, the creative science problem solving skills of the scientifically-gifted were better than that of the average students. Secondly, all of the three reasoning patterns used revealed in creative science solving processes were different between the gifted and the average, especially in terms of abductive reasoning, which was proved to reveal the greatest distinction between the two groups.

본 연구에서는 2006년 국제 청소년 물리 토너먼트 대회에 참가한 과학 영재들의 활동을 창의성의 사회적 측면에서 분석하였다. 이를 위해 창의성의 체계 모형과 그 활동 과정이 얼마나 유사한지 분석하였다. 과학 학습에서 협동과 토론으로 문제를 해결하는 과정의 사회적 특성을 분석함으로써 그것의 교육적 시사점을 찾고자 하였다. 분석 결과, 과학 영재들이 대회를 준비하는 과정에서 주변의 다른 동료 학생들과 교사는 물론 그 과정에서 형성되는 문화와 지속적 상호 작용을 하였다. 또한 대회에서 심사자가 발표, 반론, 평가의 과정에 근거해 평가하는 것 역시 모형에서 새로운 지식을 평가하는 과정과 유사했다. 학생들이 협동하여 문제를 해결하고, 그 결과를 토론으로 겨루는 형식은 창의성의 사회적 특성을 잘 반영한 것이라고 볼 수 있다. 이와 같은 대회가 계속 확산됨에 따라 초등학교 영재 학생들의 창의성 증진을 위해서 사회적인 측면에서 이를 길러줄 수 있는 기회와 교육에 대한 연구가 계속 이루어져야 할 것이다.