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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2010.30.1.013

A Study on Observation Knowledge Generation Using the Scientific Observation Strategy in 6th Grade Students  

Lee, Hae-Jung (Kongju National University)
Lee, Geun-Kyung (Korea National University of Education)
Kwon, Yong-Ju (Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.30, no.1, 2010 , pp. 13-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of observation knowledge generation based on a scientific observation strategy in 6th grade students. In this study, we selected the topics related to the observation in elementary science curricula and developed worksheets and guidelines such that subjects accomplished the systematic observation based on the method and strategy of the observation knowledge generation. Seventy-five 6thgraders, 38 for the experimental group and 37 for the control group, were chosen for this study. The experimental group was taught the science lessons with 14 sessions based on the generation of various scientific observation types, whereas the control group was provided with traditional lessons. Before and after the treatment, a candle-burning task was set for subjects to test the effect of the lessons of scientific observation knowledge generation. According to the results, subjects in the experimental group were more effective in the generation of various observations than subjects in the traditional one. The observation abilities of the experimental group was shown statistically to have a significantly higher performance in richness and the diversity. In addition, they showed higher scores in the scientific observation ability task than the control one. Therefore, the systematic lesson strategy in scientific observation is presumably effective to improve students' ability of scientific observation knowledge generation.
Keywords
Observation knowledge generation; Scientific observation strategy; Scientific observation ability;
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