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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2020.41.6.670

Development of a Convergence Problem Solving Skill Test Tool  

Lee, Dong-Young (Department of Earth Science Education, Pusan National University)
Yoon, Jin-A (Science Education Research Center, Pusan National University)
Nam, Younkyeong (Department of Earth Science Education, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.41, no.6, 2020 , pp. 670-683 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop a test tool for convergence problem solving skill. To this end, constructs of convergence problem solving skill were defined in three domains: convergence attributes, convergence thinking, and convergence literacy domains. Thirty-seven pilot items were developed on the basis of the sub-categories for each domain that was defined through intensive literature review; problem solving & convergent thinking and creative thinking for convergence thinking domain, individual and social propensity for the convergence attributes domain, and convergence literacy as convergence literacy domain. Through an exploratory factor analysis, 30 items in the constructs of the test tool were confirmed. A confirmatory factor analysis result showed that the five construct models well captured the covariance between all the items well. Finally a statistical result shows that the reliability of the items and constructs were well established (Cronbach's α value= .963). Thus, the test tool for convergence problem solving skill developed in this study was statistically reliable.
Keywords
convergence problem solving skill; test tool; factor analysis;
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