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http://dx.doi.org/10.15523/JKSESE.2022.15.2.142

Heuristic Appearing in Experimental Manual Processing of Elementary School Students  

Yang, Ji-Hye (Daejeon Manneyeon Elementary School)
Yang, Il-Ho (Korea Nationnal University of Education)
Kim, Seong-Un (Korea Nationnal University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education / v.15, no.2, 2022 , pp. 142-157 More about this Journal
Abstract
Heuristic is a empirical method that is used quickly when uncertainty or insufficient time and information are insufficient. The purpose of this study is to find out what heuristics appear in the processing of the experimental manual among science experiment activities of elementary school students. To do this, 20 fifth-grade elementary school students (female 10 and male 10) were required to conduct scientific experimental activities as research participants to collect experimental behavior data and gaze movement data, and retrospective interviews were conducted. The collected data extracted and conceptualized behavior by heuristics. As a result of the study, there were five heuristics that appeared in the processing of the experimental manual: "reducing the difference between the target state and the current state," "guessing the experimental procedure," "paying attention to the expected results," "comparing with the picture of the experimental manual," and "using a trial and error strategy." According to each concept of heuristics, there were favorable and unfavorable aspects for experimental activities. In science experiment activities that students experience for the first time, there is a lack of information and the situation is uncertain, so behavior by heuristics appears in nature. Therefore, educators need to understand students' heuristics and guide scientific experimental activities.
Keywords
heuristics; scientific experimental activities; experimental manual; qualitative research;
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