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A Study of Exploring Relation between Talent Search Procedure and Scientific Experiment Designing of the Gifted : A Case of Earth Science  

Kim, Hee-Soo (Kongju National University)
Shin, Myeong-Kyeong (Gyeongin National University of Education)
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Journal of Gifted/Talented Education / v.16, no.1, 2006 , pp. 43-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study mainly intended to investigate the relation between scientific inquiry and several entrance exam results of the gifted in earth science gifted program. The scientific inquiry was tested with their experiment designs. Entrance exams included achievement scores, creativity scores, problem solving, and oral test of high ability students. Student entrance scores were used to judge the level of students' competency in science. Recently students' ability of 'doing science' as measured by their designing experiments has been highly appreciated as a criteria of scientifically gifted students. One of the well known tests was Diet Cola Test developed by Fowler(1990). We used it as a test to figure out students' experiment design ability. We selected 22 gifted students in earth science. We compared their entrance test scores and Diet Cola Test results. Based on the comparison results we proposed several guideline of science education program for high ability students.
Keywords
scientifically gifted; experimental design; science achievement;
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