• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.330-341
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• 2006

This study investigated whether science museum field trips over a duration of 7 months would effect student preference and awareness of science museums. 32 eighth and ninth graders were sampled from a middle school in Seoul and asked about their preference, awareness and the effect of the science museum visits both before and after a field trip. Findings showed a preference for science museums which dealt with themes and topics of student interest. After a field trip, student responded that science museums were information providers which yielded opportunity to explore forthcoming science feats, science in everyday life, developmental histories of science and technology, science-related news, social issues, and science rationale. Even though science museums in Korea leave much to be desired in terms of quantity and quality, field trips were positively received by students. This reception and its usefulness implied that expansion publizing and active use of formal/informal education relating to science museum facilities need to be top-priority business.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.12a
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• pp.208-211
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 해부학 실습에 사용되었던 사체와 인체 모형을 활용하여 해부설명회를 개최하였고, 의학전문대학원생들이 간호학과, 응급구조학과, 스포츠 과학부 등 3개 학과 학부생들을 대상으로 사체 내부의 구조와 기능을 설명하고, 상호 질의응답과 토론을 진행한 후, 설문조사와 소감문을 통하여 학습 효과를 분석하였다. 해부학 설명자 요인, 설명 및 설명회 전체 만족도, 학습도움정도에 있어서 참가자가 설명자보다 유의하게 높은 수치를 보였다. 기반시설이나 교육여건이 아니라 설명 자체의 만족도가 설명회 전체 만족도를 결정하였으며, 학습에 도움을 주는 가장 중요한 요인은 해부학 설명자 요인으로 태도, 방법, 설명 내용 등이 포함되었다. 참가자들은 낯선 수업방식에도 불구하고 이론수업을 통해 얻은 해부학 지식을 체계화하는데 도움을 받았고, 설명자는 참가자를 위해 적절한 용어, 설명속도, 질의응답 등 의사소통의 중요성과 필요성을 깨닫게 되었다. 결론적으로 건강-보건-의료 분야의 학생들을 대상으로 해부설명회를 개최하여 해부학 실습에 대한 학생들의 능동적인 참여를 유도하였고, 의사소통을 통한 정보 전달과정에서 학습내용을 체계화하였을 뿐만 아니라 학문 간의 연계성, 타 전공자와의 상호교류를 통한 학문적 이해의 폭이 확대되었음을 확인하였다. 최근 건강-의료 분야의 학과 신설 및 전공자가 급격하게 늘어남에 따라 해부학 교육의 질적 향성 및 학습자의 학습효과 증진을 도모하기 위해서는 새로운 강의방식의 도입이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구는 해부학 과목이 전공필수로 포함되어 있는 강원대학교 2개 학과(간호학과, 스포츠과학부) 전공자들을 대상으로 해부학 강의를 위하여 강원대학교 e-러닝 센터와 함께 가상강의 컨텐츠를 개발 과정에 있어 담당교수의 역할을 분석하고, 정규교육과정에서 적용한 후, 학생들의 설문 조사와 가상강의실 운영 성과를 평가하였다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.20-28
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• 2000

We examined how science teachers in academic high schools perceived the 6th science curriculum and how they practiced under the curriculum. A nationwide survey was administered to obtain the responses from 402 teachers of 135 high schools. Most thought that the main themes of curriculum revision were well-embedded in the 'objectives', and that the 'content and content structure' were proper. However, they thought that the 'objectives' were not stated explicitly enough to develop teaching materials and to improve actual teaching and evaluation, and that some statements in the sections of 'method' and 'evaluation' were not proper if considered actual teachers' ability to teach inquiry and educational facilities. Many teachers also felt that the information about the curriculum was not sufficiently included at in-service teacher training programs, and that students' knowledge, attitude, and problem solving ability were not enhanced. Only few teachers were found to apply the STS approaches, reconstruct lessons, vary the structure of learning group, and develop evaluation tools with their colleagues. The lack of the practices was explained by entrance-examination-centered instruction and assessment, poor educational facilities, and lack of innovative teaching materials.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.307-328
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to develop and implement an alternative elementary science curriculum to enhance creative problem solving abilities. The curriculum consisting of three main elements was developed. The three elements are content knowledge, process knowledge and creative thinking skills. The curriculum was validated by more than 10 science educators, scientists, and curriculum specialists. In order to implement the curriculum, three lessons for 5th grade were developed and taught by a problem-based-learning(PBL) method in an experimental group during the second semester. For the comparison group the ordinary lesson based on the 6th national science curriculum was taught by the same science teacher during the same period. Performance assessment was developed and used for the pre and post test. Two-way ANOVA, and T-test were used to check whether there are any significant differences between the gains of scores(pre-post test) of the two groups. The results of the test showed that the experimental group increased significantly in the total creative thinking problem solving skills, but the comparision group did not.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.611-619
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to explore the possibility of applying big data analysis to provide appropriate feedback to students using evaluation data in science education at a time when interest in educational data mining has recently increased in education. In this study, we use the evaluation data of 2,576 students who took 24 questions of the national assessment of educational achievement. And we use K-means cluster analysis as a method of unsupervised machine learning for clustering. As a result of clustering, students were divided into six clusters. The middle-ranking students are divided into various clusters when compared to upper or lower ranks. According to the results of the cluster analysis, the most important factor influencing clusterization is academic achievement, and each cluster shows different characteristics in terms of content domains, subject competencies, and affective characteristics. Learning motivation is important among the affective domains in the lower-ranking achievement cluster, and scientific inquiry and problem-solving competency, as well as scientific communication competency have a major influence in terms of subject competencies. In the content domain, achievement of motion and energy and matter are important factors to distinguish the characteristics of the cluster. As a result, we can provide students with customized feedback for learning based on the characteristics of each cluster. We discuss implications of these results for science education, such as the possibility of using this study results, balanced learning by content domains, enhancement of subject competency, and improvement of scientific attitude.

• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.446-459
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• 2024

This study aims to examine the development and learning process of the argumentative abilities in elementary school students with regards to learning science. Toward this end, the SSI argumentation education program was implemented in conjunction with the science curriculum for sixth-grade students across 10 months. In this process, the scoring criteria in terms of formal and content aspects were developed and used to assess their argumentative text analysis and expression abilities. The results were as follows: First, the type of SSI influenced their ability to analyze argumentative texts. However, their formal and content aspects improved as learning progressed. Second, with regards to the formal aspect associated with the ability to express argumentative texts, reasons were initially most frequently cited. Over time, incorporating evidence to support these reasons and the use of rebuttal also increased. Third, in terms of content aspect, the level of use of all elements increased as learning progressed; however, level of acknowledgments and rebuttal elements exhibited a relatively slower progress. In summary, ability of the students to analyze and express argumentative texts improved as they increasingly gained experience in learning about argumentation. The study deduced that elementary school students can develop their argumentative abilities through appropriate learning support, such as teacher feedback, along with implementation of the SSI argumentation education program over an extended period. Based on these results, the study proposes the development of SSI materials and incorporation of SSI argumentative writing in the science curriculum.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.477-488
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• 2017

This study presents a discussion on the biomedical laboratory science (formally clinical laboratory science or medical laboratory science) with the identity of biomedical laboratory science, as well as the academic classification system for systematic approach. The field of biomedical laboratory science is not registered in the academic research area classification system of the National Research Foundation of Korea. Since the inception of the first department of biomedical laboratory science in 1963, about 52 departments were since established. Despite the scientific identity, biomedical laboratory science have not been acknowledged professionally in most institutions. Observing the academic research area classification, the physical therapy, occupational therapy, and dental hygiene science are systematically classified and approved the identities by the authorities. This study is freshly academic area classification system of the biomedical laboratory science. The contents of this study are summarized as follows. The medical laboratory technologist's discipline is considered within the medical and science category, clinical pathology in class, and biomedical laboratory science in division. Sections of biomedical laboratory science include hematology, transfusionology, immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, parasitology, science, molecular biology, histology, cytology, cardiopulmonary physiology, and neurophysiology.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.527-536
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• 2006

This study investigated the components of science teacher professionalism, the meaning of PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge), examples of science PCK, and complementary measures that should be taken to improve teacher professionalism. Six science teachers recommended by their colleagues explained that the science teacher's professionalism (or professional knowledge) consists of science content knowledge, knowledge about teaching, knowledge about learners, and improvement efforts. Science teachers' definition of PCK, which is the professional knowledge that members of the wider society expect teachers to possess, is the teacher's materialized knowledge that aims at students' understanding and PCK is the accumulated know-how of teachers as they strive to make their teaching comprehensible by students. Science teachers also contended that teachers as professionals need to complement an accountability system, acknowledgement of continuous self-developmental efforts, collegiality, and securing validity in the teacher employment test. The teachers argued that the societal recognition of teaching professionalism is essential for a high quality teaching. Suggestions for how to improve science teaching professionalism are also discussed.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.299-302
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• 1996

학부제와 관련된 논의가 시작된 이후로 통계학과에 소속된 교수 및 학생들의 가장 큰 관심사는 통폐합 및 학부제 추진 이후의 통계학과의 위상이 어떻게 변할 것인지에 있다고 할 수 있다. 이와 관련하여 현행 학과 중심제도의 여러가지 문제점 및 학부제를 시행해야 하는 당위성 등이 이미 학부제의 도입을 추진하는 많은 사람들에 의해 강조되고 있으며 이번 심포지움에서도 이현청 소장께서는 학부제 도입의 과제에 대하여, 서정화 교수께서는 대학교육 평가와 관련하여 대학개혁의 일환으로서의 유사학과 통폐합 및 학부제의 도입에 대하여, 성내경 교수께서는 통폐합 논의의 현황 및 문제점들을 상세히 지적하여 주셔서 학부제 도입의 필요성 등에 대해 더이상 거론할 필요는 없다고 본다. 오히려 현재 학부제와 관련되어 통계학과의 통폐합이 거론되고 있는 대학들에게 가장 필요한 것이 있다면 학부제가 이미 일부분이라도 시행되고 있는 서울대학교, 경북대학교 등에서의 학부제의 방향 및 실시에 따른 문제점 등을 바탕으로 하여 향후 관련된 학교에서 통폐합 논의가 있을 경우 어떻게 현명하게 대처하는 것이 좋은지에 조금이라도 도움이 될 수 있는 내용이라고 생각한다. 이를 위하여 본 토론에서는 그동안 서울대학교 자연과학대학에서의 학부제를 도입하는 과정에서 있었던 여러가지 문제점 및 나름대로의 해결방안을 통해 타 대학에서의 학부제 논의 과정에 조금이라도 도움이 되었으면 하는 내용과 향후 통계학과가 나아가야할 방향에 대해 간략하게 언급하기로 한다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.183-192
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• 2002

자기 주위의 상황과 그 물체에 대한 직감(intutive feeling)을 뜻하는 공간감각은 수학교육의 기본적인 구성요소로서, 수학과 과학에서 다른 영역을 공부하기 위한 도구로 사용될 수 있고, 주위의 구조와 대칭성을 볼 수 있게 도우며, 모든 수학에서 창의적 사고를 지원한다. 우리나라에서도 2000학년도부터 연차적으로 실시되는 제 7차 수학과 교육과정의 도형여역에 ‘공간감각 기르기’를 신설하여 그 중요성을 강조하였다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 미국의 공간감각 지도의 변천과 우리나라 제 7차 교육과정의 공간감각 영역의 학습 내용을 비교, 우리나라 7차 교육과정의 공간감각영역의 학습내용을 살피고, 현행 7차 교육과정에 의거 초등학교 2학년의 공간감각 영역의 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습과정을 실제 적용, 이후 아동의 학습 추이를 살펴봄으로써, 앞으로 우리나라 초등학교 아동의 공간감각 형성을 위한 여러 가지 지도방법을 제시하고자 한다. 결론 및 제언에서는 이러한 수업으로 얻어진 결과를 토대로 하여 제 7차 교육과정에서 공간감각 영역의 적용에 대한 시사점을 몇 가지 기술하였다.