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http://dx.doi.org/10.14352/jkaie.2017.21.1.41

The predictability of science experience, school support and learning flow on the attitude of scientific inquiry in physical computing education  

Kang, Myunghee (Dept. of Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University)
Jang, JeeEun (Dept. of Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University)
Yoon, Seonghye (Dept. of Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education / v.21, no.1, 2017 , pp. 41-55 More about this Journal
Abstract
The physical computing education, as the emerging field, is a form of education that helps learners to develop the attitude of scientific inquiry by developing meaningful and creative output through the integration of hardware and software elements. Based on the literature, the authors of the study used science experience, school support and learning flow as the variables that predict the outcome variable which is the attitude of scientific inquiry. The authors collected data from 64 fourth and sixth graders who studied physical computing at an institution for the gifted and talented in Korea and then analyzed them using descriptive statistics, correlation, multiple regression and simple mediation analysis methods. As a result, science experience and learning flow significantly predicted the attitude of scientific inquiry. In addition, learning flow mediated the relationship between science experience and the attitude of scientific inquiry, and the relationship between school support and the attitude of scientific inquiry. Based on these results, the authors propose that to promote the attitude of scientific inquiry in physical computing education, strategies must be implemented for improving science experience, school support and learning flow in instructional design.
Keywords
physical computing education; attitude of scientific inquiry; science experience; school support; learning flow;
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