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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2013.34.1.81

A Communication Structure of Science Gifted Students Based on the Social Network Analysis  

Chung, Duk-Ho (Division of Science Education/Science Education Institute for the Gifted, Chonbuk National University)
Yoo, Dae Young (Division of Science Education/Science Education Institute for the Gifted, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.34, no.1, 2013 , pp. 81-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the communication structures that science gifted students used in small group activities, and to examine the relationship between communication styles and their achievement level. Eight small groups,5 members in each, participated in small group activities, in which they discussed how to calculate the average density of the earth. The communication structures and the achievement level presented in the group activities were analyzed using Pajek, Ucinet 6.0. As a result, we classified the communication styles of science gifted students into monopolistic type and co-ownership type according to the degree of dispersion of the interaction. We also classified it into $D_H{\cdot}N_H$ type, $D_H{\cdot}N_L$ type, $D_L{\cdot}N_H$ type, and $D_L{\cdot}N_L$ type based on the density and network centralization of interaction. The achievement levels of gifted students in their group work were affected by the density of interaction and the network centralization in small group activities, not by the dispersion of interaction among the members of the groups. Therefore, we recommend that teachers make the communication relevant to solving problem when they utilize a small group activity in science teaching.
Keywords
communication structure; science gifted students; small group activity;
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