• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

The purposes of this study are to investigate the effects of the Science Conceptual Model Completion Activity and Science Conceptual Model Modifying Activity on middle-school students' achievement in science conceptual learning, and to analyze if there are any correlations among their achievements by purposed activities, their cognitive level and school science achievement. For the study, 112 middle school students were sampled for three groups, which are two experimental groups (Model Completion activity group, Model Modifying Activity group) and one control group. Pre- and post-tests were taken to measure the students' achievement in science concepts, and the logical thinking ability test was administered after the implementation period. In addition, their school science achievements were analyzed. The research findings are as follows: First, the Science Conceptual Model Completion activity is more effective for middle school students' science conceptual learning than the Science Conceptual Model Modifying activity or conventional activity. Second, higher school science achievement also results in higher achievement of science concepts through the Conceptual Model Modifying activity or the Conceptual Model Completion activity. Lastly, the Conceptual Model Completion activity is more effective for the concrete operational level students to attain science concepts than formal operational level ones. Meanwhile, on the contrary, the Conceptual Model Modifying activity is more effective for formal operational level students than the concrete operational level ones.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.826-834
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to examine the pre-service teachers' concept of measurement uncertainty. The subject of this study were 27 pre-service middle-school teachers in Seoul. They carried out open-ended inquiry tasks and surveyed two kinds of open questionnaires, and interviewed several persons. We analysed their behavior and responses. Through the analysis, we summarize pre-service teachers' concept about measurement uncertainty with representation data, precision and accuracy, error analysis, propagation of uncertainty. The results show that the teachers' concept is different from scientists' concept. They make a mistake in using term of precision and accuracy and pay no attention to measure precisely. Also they only point out sources of error but don't consider how the error affects the results of experiment. The results of study will give! 1 some implications for the curriculum and teaching material developers in order that pre-service teacher and student gain scientific concept.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.345-352
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• 2019

The 2015 revised information curriculum emphasizes the ability to solve problems in real life based on the basic concepts, principles and techniques of computer science. How the contents of textbooks are designed is an important issue in terms of achievement of educational goals and whether contents can be easily and clearly communicated. The purpose of this study is to analyze the concept presentation method presented in middle school informatics textbooks by three types of text- centered type, picture-centered type, and case-centered type- to analyze differences in understanding according to individual variables (sex, subject preference). Analysis results found the figure-centered type showed the highest degree of comprehension among students, and the preference of contents design type and the difference of understanding according to sex did not show significant differences. According to the preferred subjects, understanding of the content design types were found to be significantly different according to preferred subjects.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.617-626
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• 2003

Although many studies have investigated the effectiveness of concept mapping and the learning cycle, in Korea none have explored the effectiveness of concept mapping and the learning cycle combined. This study explored the effectiveness of concept mapping, the learning cycle, and a combination of concept mapping/learning cycle(CL) in high school biology class. Students' science achievement, the science related attitudes and scientific inquiry ability was measured. The results indicated that concept mapping, the learning cycle, and CL treatment were significantly different from the traditional one in science achievement(p< .05). However, the three treatments were not significantly different from each other. No significant difference exists among different learnings in high and average-ability students. But, concept mapping was the most effective in low-ability students. For the students' scientific inquiry ability, CL and learning cycle were more effective than concept mapping and traditional learning. No significant difference exists among different learnings in high-ability students. CL and learning cycle were more effective than concept mapping and traditional learning in average and low-ability students. For the students' science related attitudes, concept mapping, the learning cycle, and CL were more effective than the traditional learning. But, there was no significant difference among these three groups.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.04c
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• pp.470-472
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 개념 그래프 기반 검색 시스템의 검색의 성능을 개선시키고자 Hits 알고리즘을 적용하였다. 기존 개념 그래프 기반 검색 시스템의 anchor text분석을 통하여 개념을 추출하고 있는 시스템에서 더 나아가 하이퍼 링크의 선호도의 특성을 살려 하이퍼링크에 문서가 얼마나 연결되어 있는지, 참조하고 있는지에 따라 해당 검색된 문서들의 중요도를 찾아서 순위를 매기는 실험을 하였다. 종래에는 해당 검색어의 빈도순으로 개념의 결과를 나타내 주었는데, 본 시스템 구현 후에 랭킹알고리즘을 적용하여 해당검색에 유용한 정보를 가지고 있는 페이지들(authorities)과 유용한 정보를 보유하고 있는 페이지의 링크를 보유하고 있는 페이지들(hubs)를 각각 순위 순으로 보여주게 되었다. 그리하여 사용자는 실제 검색시에 개념상으로 분류된 문서 중에 중요도가 높은 문서를 사용자에게 우선으로 접하게 되었으며, hub어 의해서 중요도가 높은 문서를 한눈에 볼 수도 있을 뿐 아니라, anchor text 어서 나타나지 않은 중요한 정보를 가진 문서도 검색할 수 있었다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.398-409
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity, reliability and practicality of a concept map as an assessment tool in the context of biology concept learning. Forty undergraduate students participated in concept mapping, and the maps were scored by preservice science teachers, using one of three different scoring methods, that is, concept map scoring methods developed by Burry-Stock, Novak & Gowin and McClure & Bell. Two scorers were assigned to each scoring method. As far as the validity of the assessment methods was concerned, two of the three methods were found to be very valid, while Burry-Stock's scoring method was shown little valid. As far as the internal consistency of the methods was concerned, considerably high consistencies were shown between every pair of scorers, judging from high correlation coefficients between the pair of scorers for each scoring method. It took from 1.13 minutes to 3.70 minutes to assess a map at the average. It showed that concept mapping could be used in school classrooms with the limited resources of time and people. These findings suggest that the concept mapping can be an appropriate tool for assessing biology concept understandings.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.461-479
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• 1997

The concept map is the diagram of two dimensions which hierachically arrays main concepts from those of the textbook and shows their relations. The research analyzed five of the ten high school earthscience textbooks approved by the Minister of Education according to the 6th reformed curriculum in 1995, one of which this research chose to make out the concept maps. The chapter [III. the Universe] contains the outer space of the earth presents new concepts about the stars and the universe and introduces the latest research in astronomy. This study changed textbook contents into Novak's concept map, searched for concepts requiring complement for learners in oder to obtain concepts from those of the textbook and pointed out problems on the basis of that result still better concept map is set up. We have the following conclusions. First, it is necessary to rule out unnecessary small units so as to make more effective understanding and to rearrange the units to have relation to contents. Second, the higher concept and lower concept need to be rearranged systematically in making an array of textbook contents. Third, the concept should have something to do with learners' experences and consciousness by showing learners the real examples relevant to the concept for the link between them.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.295-302
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• 2016

In this study, we investigated a learning progression focusing on $5^{th}$ to $9^{th}$ graders' performances with dissolution and solution concepts using the construct modeling approach. We designed a construct map describing hypothetical pathways of the concept development of dissolution and solution by analyzing both National Science Curricula and related studies. A conceptions test consisting of ordered multiple-choice items was developed and administered to 826 students. A revised construct map was derived from analyses of the results based on the partial credit model, a branch of polytomous item response theory. The sequence of dissolution and solution concepts presented in the current science curriculum was found to correspond with the learning progression of the students. However, the lower anchor, the concept of the homogeneity of particles in solution, and the factors affecting solubility were not consistent with the expected levels of the construct map. After revising the construct map, we proposed a learning progression for dissolution and solution concepts with five levels: Students of level 1 (the lower anchor) recognize the particles in the solution but misunderstand various concepts; Students of level 2 understand the homogeneity of particles in solution; Students of level 3 understand solubility and the conservation of particles during dissolution; Students of level 4 partially understand the interaction between particles; and Students of level 5 (the upper anchor) understand the interaction between particles and the factors affecting solubility.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3D
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• pp.393-400
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• 2006

This study is intended to examine the characteristics of driver in the use of guide sign in urban areas. The good and bad points about guide sign based on landmark point and guide sign based on street name are demonstrated, and driver's preference between them are studied. The questionnaires given to general persons deal with general guide signs and road maps, and are designed to see if they can find out current location on the road map with guide sign. According to the results, drivers prefer guide sign based on street name to guide sign based on landmark. And guide sign based on street name took less time to find current location than with guide sign based on landmark.

• Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
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• v.24 no.4 s.203
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• pp.24-30
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• 2006

온톨로지의 기본개념, 응용 분야 및 학습 단계에 대하여 간단하게 설명하였고, 온톨로지 학습단계에서 전문 분야의 개념간 계층 관계 학습 방법에 대하여 자세하게 알아보았다. 전문분야 개념을 표현하는 전문 용어 사이의 계층 관계를 학습하는 방법은 크게 규칙 기반 방법, 통계 기반 방법 그리고 용어의 전문성과 유사도를 이용하는 방법으로 나눌 수 있다. 규칙 기반 방법은 비교적 정확한 결과를 얻을 수 있는 장점이 있지만 재현율이 낮은 단점이 있다. 기존은 통계 기반 방법에서는 재현율이 높은 장점이 있지만 정확률이 낮은 단점이 있다. 또한 이 방법에서는 순수하게 통계 정보만 이용하기 때문에 오류에 대한 분석이 어려운 단점이 있다. 용어의 전문성과 용어간 유사도를 이용한 방법에서는 용어의 전문성을 이용하여 기존의 계층 구조에서 상위에 후보를 선택하고, 용어간 유사도를 이용하여 선택한 후보를 정렬하여 최적의 후보를 찾는다. 이 방법은 상위어 선정 과정을 두 단계로 분리하여 수행하기 때문에 오류 분석이 용이한 장점이 있다. 향후 온톨로지 학습 과정에서 계층 관계뿐 아니라 인과 관계 및 다양한 관계의 학습과 관련된 연구가 진행되어야 한다.