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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2016.36.2.0279

Effect of Infographic Instruction to Promote Elementary Students' Use of Scientific Model  

Jung, Jinkyu (Pusan National University)
Kim, Youngmin (Pusan National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.36, no.2, 2016 , pp. 279-293 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of infographic instruction to promote the use of the scientific model in the 'lens' unit of elementary science textbooks. The participants were $6^{th}$ grade students(n=53) of G elementary school in G city, Gyeongsangnam-do. For this study, the lesson plan of the 'lens' unit consisted of three steps as investigation of students' prior concept about the lens, scientific model construction activity, and infographic construction activity. We then analyzed the results of this study from three perspectives: the scientific concept, scientific model, and infographic. Before the lesson, students focused on the external shape and material of the lens in prior concept of it. However, after the scientific model construction activity and infographic construction activity, students' scientific concept about the lens improved in the categories of features of lens, features of glasses, light path, and applications of the lens. In terms of the scientific model, use of type and frequency of scientific model increased more in the infographic construction activity than the scientific construction model activity. Also, in terms of infographic, the two infographic types as function based infographic and connection based infographic used more than non-infographic in the infographic construction activity. Also, the frequency of Gestal theory's visual perception increased more in the infographic construction activity than the scientific model construction activity.
Keywords
science education; scientific model; scientific modeling; infographic;
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