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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2022.42.6.597

Science Teachers' Actual and Preferred Cases of Assessment in 'Scientific Inquiries in History' of Science Inquiry Experiment  

Minhwan, Kim (Seoul National University)
Dahae, Park (Seoul National University)
Taehee, Noh (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.42, no.6, 2022 , pp. 597-610 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we investigated actual cases of assessment science teachers conducted and the cases they preferred in a typical situation based on the curriculum in the context of 'Scientific Inquiries in the History' of Scientific Inquiry Experiment. A questionnaire composed of descriptive questions was developed and a survey was conducted with 70 science teachers with experience in teaching 'Scientific Inquiries in History'. Interviews were conducted with eight of them. The assessment cases were analyzed in terms of the assessment areas and assessment methods, and the results were compared. The analyses of the results revealed that 'scientific inquiry ability' accounted for the highest ratio of the assessment areas in the actual cases of assessment. There were few cases that assessed the core concepts presented in the curriculum, 'the nature of science' and 'scientists' inquiry methods'. The assessment methods were greatly biased toward the report method and various assessment methods were not used. In preferred cases of assessment, the ratio of cases that assessed the core concept increased slightly, however the frequencies remained at a low. As for the assessment methods in preferred cases of assessment, the measurement methods decreased, the performance methods increased, and the informal methods which were not shown in the actual cases appeared. However various assessment methods were still not used. The causes of the survey results were analyzed based on the opinions of the teachers who participated in the interviews. Based on above results, plans to actively conduct NOS assessments in Scientific Inquiry Experiment are discussed.
Keywords
the 2015 Revised Curriculum; Scientific Inquiry Experiment; NOS; assessment;
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