본 연구의 목적은 물의 순환에 대해 학습하는 학생들의 개념과 지구 시스템 사고에 직접적인 영향을 미치게 될 초등 예비 교사들의 인식을 밝히는 것이다. 초등 예비 교사 131명을 대상으로 개념 그리기 방법을 적용하여 물 순환의 구성 요소로 응답한 개념들을 지구 시스템의 하위계인 수권, 기권, 지권, 생물권의 범주로 코딩하고, 물의 순환 과정으로 응답한 요소들로부터 지구 시스템 하위계의 상호작용에 대한 인식을 지구 시스템의 관점에서 분석하였다. 예비 교사들은 물 순환의 구성 요소를 주로 기권과 수권에서 인식하고 지권의 작용과 생물권의 영향에 대한 인식이 부족하였다. 물의 순환 과정에서 모든 예비 교사들이 강수를 인식하였고 대부분 증발과 응결에 대한 인식을 표출하였으며, 지표에서의 흐름을 다수의 예비 교사들이 응답한데 반하여 지하에서의 흐름에 대한 표출이 적었다.

The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of a science drama on elementary students' science attitudes. To this study, the survey measured science attitudes conducted to the experimental group(N=33) and the control group(N=33), and it was interviewed to them after their science drama. The interview was recorded to make a transcript, then used to complement the results of sub-domain analysis. The results were as follows: There was a statistically significant difference in curiosity and creativity regarding scientific attitude, and interest in science and appreciation of scientist regarding attitudes towards science. Though there was no statistical significance in the other domain of science attitudes, we confirmed that students' science attitudes was changed more positively and meaningfully by the analysis of the interview. Based-on this study, we suggested the implications and the following studies.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the measuring abilities of elementary school students by using a microgenetic method. The participants were seven elementary students in the fourth grade. To analyze their measuring abilities, students attended three physical quantities measuring tasks such as length, volume, and time task by six times. Results were as follows. First, in the measuring length task, students selected appropriate measuring instruments but they didn't consider measuring amounts. And as their measuring experience increased, they desirably improved management abilities of measuring instruments. In the measuring volume task, they dealed with measuring instruments, but not very well. And these tendency were maintained. In the measuring time task, they were not measure exactly. Second, as their measuring experience increased, their ability to read the scale marks improved. However, they had difficulties in estimating the volume between scale marks. Results indicate that, elementary students need to basic education about measuring instruments, their usage, and scale reading ability for their science experiment courses in schools.

The study aims to explore sequence of earth science content in elementary school science curriculum in Korea and the U.S.. The analysis is focused on a) general content structure of earth science part; b) concept relationship between grades in the specific field of 'geology'; c) longitudinal connection of concepts and content in 'geology.' The findings are as follows. First, earth science curriculum content in Korea is structured according to sub-scientific disciplines centering on not science concepts but topics or inquiry activities whereas the U.S. curricular content is organized through integrative earth science topics with basic concepts and sub-concepts. Second, it is a common feature that basic concepts are interrelated to sub-concepts in all grades in both countries. However, basic concepts are scattered all over the grades, presented in a linear pattern in Korea while those are provided together in 3rd grade and repeated with extended concepts in a spiral structure in the U.S.. Last, it is not clear how concepts and content are longitudinally connected between grades in Korean curriculum. On the contrary, concepts and content in the U.S. curriculum have a strong longitudinal connection between grades with conceptual hierarchy. Such results indicate that Korean elementary school science curriculum would limit students' comprehensive understanding of science concepts through grades. The study suggests Korean science content should strengthen interrelationship among concepts as well as longitudinal connection between grades, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of science education, 'scientific literacy'.

The purposes of this study were to investigate perspective teachers' conceptions of liquid-state and get implications for the direction of science curriculum or professional development. The instrument was composed of seven questions focusing on aspects of liquid-state phenomena. The results showed that the participants have various alternative concepts about liquid-state. The problem revealed in almost every question was their macroscopic explanations for the phenomena. In addition, it appeared that the participants seemed to understand phenomena in terminology level, but they didn't know basic reasons or fundamental concepts about the phenomena. It is required to change the curriculum or instructional methods in secondary school and teacher education programs to anchor the scientific concepts on molecular or microscopic level.

본 연구의 목적은 달 위상 변화 모형이 예비 초등 교사들의 개념 변화에 미치는 효과를 알아보는 것이다. 연구자는 연구 참여에 동의한 2명의 예비 초등 교사들과의 사전 면담 직후에 달 위상 변화 모형을 이용한 수업을 실시하였다. 한 달 뒤 사전면담 내용과 똑같은 내용은 '달 모양을 그림으로 그려 설명해 보세요.', '달 모양에 따른 태양, 지구, 달의 위치관계를 그림으로 그려 설명해 보세요.', '달의 위상 변화 원인을 무엇이라고 생각합니까?', '달이 한 쪽 면만 보이는 이유를 그림을 그려 설명해 보세요.'로 구성되었다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 달 위상 변화 모형을 이용한 수업은 태양, 지구, 달을 평면이 아닌 입체적으로 생각하도록 하여 달의 모양이 지구의 그림자 때문이라는 오개념을 바꾸는데 도움을 주었다. 둘째, 달 위상 변화 모형을 이용한 수업은 예비 초등 교사들로 하여금 달의 모양에 따른 태양, 지구, 달의 위치관계를 바르게 이해하는데 도움을 주었다. 셋째, 달 위상 변화 모형을 이용한 수업은 예비 초등 교사들에게 달 위상 변화 원인에 대한 과학적 개념을 형성하게 하는데 도움을 주었다. 넷째, 달이 한쪽 면만 보이는 이유에 대한 학습은 달 위상 변화 모형을 이용하여 설명하기에는 부적절한 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구 결과를 토대로 연구자는 본 모형이 가진 한계점을 인식하고 좌표계에 대한 명확한 구분과 이해를 바탕으로 달 위상 변화 모형을 수업에 이용할 경우, 학습자의 공간지각력 향상 및 달의 위상 변화를 이해하는데 도움을 줄 수 있다는 것을 제안하였다.

The purpose of this study was to develop performance assessment materials of scientific inquiry skills on 62 scientific activities in elementary science textbook for third and fourth grades. For this study, a total of 318 elementary teachers were sampled and surveys were carried out to examine the status of performance assessment of scientific inquiry skills in school. The classification system of assessment methods by Hart(1994) was also analyzed to create assessment strategy of scientific inquiry skills for elementary school students. Based on the quantitative data analysis, literature study and existing performance assessment materials analysis, performance assessment materials were developed and applied to science classes for third and fourth grades. Teachers and students were interviewed after the classes for asking about merits and improvements and the performance assessment materials were revised.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analysis the elementary teachers' and students' views about the difficulties in teaching and learning in geology units of elementary school science. For the purpose of this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted individually with seventeen elementary teachers who have serviced more than three years, and with sixteen elementary students located in Cheongju City. The interview questions were developed through Seidman's step to acquire a reliability in the interview data with triangulation, then in-depth interview questions were modified and completed through pre-interview after constructing the trustworthiness of interviewees. In-depth interviews were performed in applying the analytic induction method and the interviews were recorded. From the interviews, we found that elementary teachers' views about the difficulties in teaching geology units; teachers' inner difficulties, the difficulty of lab activities, the problems of rock samples, the problems of curriculum in geology units, the difficulty of the geological feature, the problems of the cramming education, the lack of the opportunity for the speciality, and so on. And the students have the views about the difficulties in learning geology units; the difficulty of the unit contents understanding, the problems of learning by heart, the lack of the interest, the lack of materials, the problems of rock samples, the difficulty of the field learning, and so on. Based on the results, the study suggested that an interesting lab activities should be included in the geology units and taught in the geological field trip to help elementary school students more fully comprehend contents of the geology units.

The purpose of this study was to examine about science gifted class student's effect of education for the science gifted class. For this, 21 item-questionnaires were given to 292 students at the 4th, 5th and 6th graders in 3 elementary gifted schools located in Incheon. The results of this study were as follows: First, science gifted students were positive in effect of gifted class. This was more positive as class is low. Second, gifted students are thinking that it is helped to own learning that study at gifted class in cognitive side but appeared relatively low regarding school record or utterance, study method, thinking faculty, creativity. Third, they did not think that is exerting a lot of effects about own habit that study, interest, pride in emotional side. Fourth, they thought that is effective in relation with new friends more than teachers and parents in sociocultural side. Fifth, in private tutoring side they thought that is not influencing to solve academy taking a course of decrease.

The purpose of this study was to examined the effects of different grouping according to the levels of students' achievement in science cooperative learning on students' science academic achievements, science-related attitudes, perceptions of science learning environment and self-efficacies. The results of this study can be summarized as following. First, the homogeneous grouping was more effective than the heterogeneous grouping in improving the science academic achievements of high academic ability students. Second, the homogeneous grouping was more effective than the heterogeneous grouping in improving the science-related attitude of students, especially for low academic ability students. Third, both the homogeneous grouping and the heterogeneous grouping improved the perceptions of science learning environment of students. For low academic ability students, the homogeneous grouping was more effective. Fourth, the homogeneous grouping was more effective than the heterogeneous grouping in improving self-efficacies of students, especially for middle and low academic ability students.