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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2014.33.4.620

Research of Elementary Students' Expectations on Informal Science Learning in Science Museums - Focused on Science Learning Area -  

Jung, You-Jin (Hatap Elementary School)
Oh, Hyunseok (Namdaemoon Middle School)
Kim, Chan-Jong (Seoul National University)
Choe, Seung-Urn (Seoul National University)
Park, Eun-Ji (Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.33, no.4, 2014 , pp. 620-633 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to examine elementary students' expectations on informal science learning in science museums which have characteristics of free choice learning. $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ grade students in two different elementary schools in Gyeonggi province participated in the survey and 330 samples were collected. Subcategories for the survey were categorized on the basis of review of the literature about the learning outcomes from science museums. The survey instruments were developed following the idea of each subcategory from the learning in science museums and a content validity of the survey instruments was checked. The results were as follows: Generally students' had high expectations of all subcategories and developing their interests in science through science museums was confirmed the most. Moreover, expectations on learning in science museums were differences between gender and grade. Finally, it was found that grade differences of expectations on learning in science museums were affected by intrinsic motivation, and empirical activity were affecting the gender differences of those. Based on the results of study, elementary students could confirm that the science museums had the important values and possibility as a field of informal science learning. And this study implied that the science museums could enhance more educational roles of informal science learning.
Keywords
expectations; informal science learning; science museum; subcategories of learning in science museums;
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