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Discourse Analysis for Deriving Characteristics of Science-gifted Elementary Students in Inquiry Activities  

Choi, Mi-Hyang (Seoul National University of Education)
Jhun, Young-Seok (Seoul National University of Education)
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Journal of Gifted/Talented Education / v.20, no.1, 2010 , pp. 369-388 More about this Journal
Abstract
A Discourse Analysis tool has been developed and has been applied in the cooperative group inquiry activities in order to derive the characteristics of elementary gifted students in science. We recorded and videotaped the whole group problem-solving processes where 4 elementary students worked together to solve given problems as a group for one year in a gifted education center attached to a university in Seoul. We analyzed recorded discourses using systemic functional linguistics with a focus on the structure of information and topic. The discourse analysis tool was developed with the cooperation of science education and gifted education experts. In discourse analysis, we focused on meaning development processes rather than grammatical analysis. Through application of newly developed discourse analysis tool, we confirmed that the tool is useful in understanding the characteristics of science-gifted elementary students. We also founded that the interaction between students has significant effects on problem-solving processes by comparing two students who showed contradictory features in the share of dialogue. In addition, the result suggested that we need to provide students with proper training for ways to communicate with others for effective science-gifted instruction.
Keywords
Elementary; Science-gifted; Discourse analysis; Systemic functional linguistics; System of informations; System of topics; Characteristics;
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