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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2019.39.1.35

Analysis of the Relation between the Learning Background of a General Chemistry Learner and the General Chemical Learning Aptitude in the Field of Science and Engineering of a University: Based on the case of H University  

Han, Heechang (Hanyang University(ERICA))
Park, Kyoung-ho (Hanyang University(ERICA))
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.39, no.1, 2019 , pp. 35-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, most of the science and engineering students who enter the university are required to take general chemistry and general chemistry experimental subjects. However they have different learning bases about learning basic science subjects. Regarding college entrance examinations, the current system is used for selection, so they have different levels of basic knowledge. But, without considering this situation, all of the students in science and engineering are participating in the same basic science class, some learners are relatively easy to adapt to learning, while others experience extreme difficulties and suddenly give up. This is true. The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure the ability to learn general chemistry of freshmen in science and engineering at H University in the Seoul Metropolitan area and to analyze what kind of learning backgrounds are related to learners. The results show that gender and major are not related to general chemistry learning major, and it we found that there is a close relationship to the relationship between their major and chemistry, the level of the chemistry learning in the high school, and the selection of chemistry in college entrance examinations. In addition, it was found that the degree of feeling that pre-learning is beneficial to current learning and that it is common with current learning is also a factor related to general chemistry learning aptitude. Therefore, in this study, we propose two ways of presenting and promoting a guide for learning by majors, and establishing a step-by-step learning system considering the level of students.
Keywords
General chemistry course; Chemistry education; General chemistry learning aptitude; Scale development; Learning background;
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