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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2021.40.2.253

Analysis on the Use of Visualization Materials in Free Inquiry Reports for Scientifically-Gifted Elementary School Students Focusing on Infographics  

Jeong, Kyeong Du (Seoul Gaewoong Elementary School)
Kang, Hunsik (Seoul National University of Education)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.40, no.2, 2021 , pp. 253-266 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed the use of visualization materials in "free inquiry" reports for scientifically-gifted elementary school students focusing on infographics. From 2017 to 2019, 78 students in grades 4~6 at a gifted science education institutes in Seoul were selected. The visualization materials in the reports (n=60) of "free inquiry" submitted by the students were analyzed from the viewpoint of using infographics. The analysis of the results showed that the visualization materials were mostly general illustrations, and infographics were very few. In addition, there were more cases of citing the existing infographics than the case of constructing the infographic. Looking at each stage of inquiry, general illustrations or infographics composed by the students appeared in 'inquiry method' or 'inquiry result' stage, but the existing infographics appeared in 'theoretical background' stage. Among the infographic types by 'expression type', 'structural type' and 'process type' were the most frequent and 'statistical type' or 'comparative/analytic type' was used frequently. Among the infographic types by 'construction level', 'simple reorganization', 'simple layout', and 'reorganization' appeared relatively more. Educational implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords
infographic; visualization material; free inquiry; report; scientifically-gifted education;
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