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Rethinking the High Ability Students to Foster Their Scientific Research Skill: Through an Experimental Designing Test  

Park, Jong-Wook (Cheongju National University of Education)
Jung, Hyun-Chul (Korean Educational Development Institute)
Heo, Nam-Young (Korean Educational Development Institute)
Shin, Myeong-kyeong (Cheongju National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.25, no.8, 2004 , pp. 674-683 More about this Journal
Abstract
There is more than one way to conduct scientific research. In addressing the concern for educating the gifted in science towards achieving objectives of fostering their research skill, its elements need be explored and discussed by first admitting that various methodologies and features coexist in the name of scientific research. This study explores the various features of research skill presented as scientific process skills focusing on the students' experimental designing. Of course, there are several other domains included facets of research skill, such as problem finding, scientific knowledge, and self-efficacy. A Diet Cola Test (DCT) (Fowler. 1990) for digging into science process skills as an elements of research skills was administered to 705 students from 3rd to 10th grade, who enrolled the gifted education centers in Korea. Date was interpreted and analyzed based on the focus of Science education perspectives and research methods related to creative thinking and problem-based learning. But I eschew establishing and generalizing fixed constitutes of research skill from this research.
Keywords
gifted education; scientific creativity; research skill;
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