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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2006.26.6.743

Scientifically Gifted Students' Views on the Nature of Science  

Kim, Kyoung-Dae (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Kang, Soon-Min (Korea Science Academy)
Lim, Jai-Hang (Jang-Young-Sil Science High School)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.26, no.6, 2006 , pp. 743-752 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of scientifically gifted students' views on the nature of science. A multiple-choice format questionnaire was administered to 237 Korean 10th, 11th and 12th graders at the Korea Science Academy. The differences and similarities by gender and experience of R&E program on the students' views of the nature of science were investigated. The questionnaire developed by Lim(2004) was implemented for this investigation. We found that the majority of scientifically gifted students had highly possessed the tentativeness of scientific knowledge. The students who experienced R&E program have relatively high apprehension of scientists' motivation for researches and activities in social context compared to the students who did not experience an R&E program. Scientifically gifted students had relatively high apprehension that government should not control researches of scientists and relatively low apprehension of social responsibilities of scientists comparing to general high school students. The experience on R&E program was identified as a factor to effect changes in the students' views on the nature of science. The study has implications for the development of gifted program and curriculum such as running and assessing R&E program, and also the pre-service preparation of science teacher, teacher education reformat in both the practical and the policy levels.
Keywords
views on the nature of science; scientifically gifted students; R&E program; science-technology-society;
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