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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2020.39.2.204

Analysis of Representation Patterns Used by Elementary Teachers and Meaning-Making Processes in Electromagnetic Experiment Activities  

Chang, Jina (Seoul Seongil Elementary School)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.39, no.2, 2020 , pp. 204-218 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the representation patterns used by elementary teachers and their meaning-making process in electromagnetic experiments. In particular, we analyzed the representations depending on three levels of their abstractness: enactive representation (action based), iconic representation (image based) and symbolic representation (language based). For this, four experiment activities of two teachers were analyzed and the results are as follows. First, as an overall pattern of representation, an experiment subject is presented as the form of symbolic representation and the related concepts, experimental materials and methods are embodied through iconic representation. Then, through enactive representation, the actual experiments are implemented. The experimental results are primarily recorded through iconic representations and abstracted into symbolic representations to draw conclusions. The different levels of representations complement each other to expand their meanings, however, sometimes they also make inconsistent meanings among different levels. Based on these results, educational implications were discussed in terms of supporting and improving electromagnetic experiment activities.
Keywords
elementary science; experiment; electromagnetic; representation; levels of abstractness; teacher;
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