• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.387-398
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to investigate high school students' preference for science(PS) and its causal factors in terms of gender difference, and to suggest the way to improve students' preference for science. A questionnaire to evaluate the PS of high school students and its causal factors was specially designed by researchers. It was administered to 429 boys and 449 girls in eight high schools. The average score of the PS was 3.16 of 5.00 which was not high, but the PS scores of students who had wanted to be engaged in jobs related to science or medical field, were higher than the students who would be in other fields. There was no statistically significant difference between the boys' PS scores and girls', but the average scores of causal factors were higher in boys than in girls. Path analysis using a structural equation model was indicated that the pathways showing how causal factors made effects on each category of the boys' PS were simpler than those of girls. Particularly, while educational factors made indirect effects on three categories of the boys' PS, they did direct effects as well as indirect effect on the girls' PS. This means that the girls' PS is possible to be improved by applying the educational programs specially developed for girls.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.892-905
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• 2002

There are an increasing emphasis on affective domain, for example interest or belief, in science education. But decreasing interest on learning science and tendency to avoid science-related job are serious problems of secondary science education, especially in case of vocational high school students. However there are few researches for vocational high school students. In this study, preference for science is assumed to be a multidimensional property that reveals ones' behavioral volition and valuation as well as emotional response upon learning science. To investigate vocational high school students' preference for science and its causal factors, a Likert style questionnaire was developed through factor analysis. Students' preference for science was analyzed by 3 categories, and its causal factors are investigated by path analysis using structural equation model.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between moral sensitivity for topics related to science and preference for science, and belief about learning science. 129 middle school students were involved in this study and completed questionnaires to measure moral sensitivity for topics related to science, preference for science, and belief about learning science. Students' responses were analysed to show the distribution of variables and the correlation between variables by gender and grade. As a result, moral sensitivity was not affected by respondents' grades and genders, but was affected by different topics. Preference for science was not affected by respondents' grades and genders, while belief about learning science was not affected by respondents' genders but affected by lower grade. There were correlations between students' moral sensitivity and preference in case of female students and higher grades, as well as relationship between moral sensitivity and belief about learning science. This result infers that students who have higher moral sensitivity can prefer science and show more positive belief about learning science. Also, it can implicate that affective domain including interest or belief can play an important role in the context of science education focusing on moral aspect or ethics, and that teachers should be aware of personal differences in case of teaching moral aspect of science.

• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.527-550
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to investigate the career awareness, the preference for science and stereotypic image of the scientist between the gifted students and non-gifted students in elementary school. For this study, 52 gifted students and 80 non-gifted students were participated. The results were as follows: First, the career awareness of gifted students was significantly higher than that of non-gifted students. Second, the preference for science of gifted students was significantly higher in all sub-domains than non-gifted students. There was a significant interaction effect between group and gender in the scientific interest and the intention of solving problems. Third, analyzing stereotypic image test for scientist between the gifted students and non-gifted students, it proved that non-gifted students had more stereotypic image comparing with the gifted students. Forth, carrying out the correlation analysis on the career awareness and the preference for science, the career awareness and the stereotypic image of the scientist, it proved that there were significant correlations with each other. It revealed that the career awareness affected the preference for science significantly through multiple regression analysis.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.675-690
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• 2006

This study investigated students' views in relation to a career in science as a first step towards developing science career education programs and materials. The instrument was developed through preliminary surveys. The questionnaire was sent to, administered and returned by 3608 students including 1036 primary, 1137 middle, and 1435 high school students, who were selected through stratified cluster sampling from all over the country. The results were analyzed using statistical package program. The students' image view of science, preference for science and science learning, perception of science achievement, career hope for oneself, degree of hope in getting science-related job, perception about science-related career, important factors of science career choice, and their hope for science/non-science career and the reason for their choice in the past and present were investigated. The results show that "science as an experimentation activity" was the most frequent image view of science. The preference for science and science learning was more positive than the perception of science achievement. The percentage of total students who want to have science career was 21%, and this percentage of middle school students was especially low. The most frequent answers for advantages of science career were 'useful for national development', 'possible to get new knowledge', and those for disadvantages were 'dangerous', and 'too much to study'. The most frequent reason for students' choice of a science career was 'interest in science and science learning'. Judging from these results, the basic direction for science career education should be in raising the students' preference for and interest in science learning. The positive awareness for a career in science and vision for a science job in the future should be given through a science career education and science career education proper to the students' developmental stage and characteristics is more important.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.349-362
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• 2019

This study reviewed the Ladder Project as a science education program for the educational underprivileged youths, and analyzed how the science career experience activities of Ladder Project effect on students' preference for science and career maturity so as to infer the significance and implication of practices in science education for the educational underprivileged students. For this we investigated students' preference for science and career maturity before and after the science career experience activities in 2017 Ladder Project, and then analyzed students' responses. As a result, students' preference for science was changed positively in all areas after participation of the science career experience activities, and this change was more apparent for middle school students than high school students. Also, students' career maturity was changed positively after participation of the science career experience activities in the aspects of planning, knowledge for job, inquiry and preparation for future career. However this change was more apparent for high school students than middle school students. This study is significant in that it proved the evidential effectiveness of nationwide science education project for the educational underprivileged students. It also implies that science career experience activity should be adaptive according to the aims and target students of science education for the educational underprivileged students.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.338-345
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• 1996

매운맛 선호도가 성인병 발생에 미치는 영향에 관한 영양생화학적 기초자료를 확보하기 위해, 매운맛을 좋아하며 즐겨먹는 사람과 싫어하며 적게 먹는 사람을 대상으로 하여 매운맛 선호도에 따른 식품섭취유형, 영양소 섭취상태, 나아가 혈중 지질 및 항산화성 비타민 수준에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 남자대상자의 경우 매운맛 선호도가 높은 그룹의 육류와 당질식품 섭취량이 선호도가 낮은 그룹의 경우 보다 적으며, 여자대상자는 매운맛 선호도가 높은 그룹의 고춧가루와 김치 섭취량은 그렇지 않은 그룹에 비해 유의적으로 많았다. 일일 평균 영양소 섭취 상태는 매운맛 선호도가 낮은 군에게서 부족한 경향을 띠었으며, 특히 항산화성 비타민이 부족한 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 매운맛을 좋아하는 그룹이 그렇지 않은 그룹에 비해 혈중 중성지질 및 총 콜레스테롤 수준은 약간 낮은 경향을 띠었다. 또한, 매운맛 선호도가 낮은 그룹에 비해 매운맛 선호도가 높은 여자 그룹의 혈중 비타민 C 수준이 높았으며, 남자의 경우 비타민 A 및 베타카로틴이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이들 결과로 보아, 매운맛 선호도는 식품 섭취 유형에 영향을 미치며, 나아가 혈중 지질 및 항상화성 비타민 수준에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 평가된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.1478-1480
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• 2011

경제가 발전할수록 디자인의 중요성이 높아지고 있으며 디자인을 이루는 여러 요소들 가운데 색이 차지하고 있는 비중은 매우 높다. 하지만 일반인은 조화로운 색을 선택하는데 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이를 위해 기존의 연구들은 다양한 색상 추천 방법을 제안하고 있지만 개인이 어떠한 배색을 더 선호하는 가에 관한 사용자 선호도는 고려되지 않는 경우가 대부분이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 협업필터링의 유사도 측정 방법을 컬러조화 추천 방법에 적용함으로써 사용자의 성향을 고려한 맞춤형 색 조화 추천 방안을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 색상별로 선호하는 색 조화 간의 유사도를 가중치로 사용하기 때문에 새로운 사용자의 선호도 예측 및 추천이 가능하며 이를 통해 향후 색과 조화를 선정하는 기본 적인 자료로 활용할 수 있으며 저장된 선호도는 유사한 성향을 지닌 사용자의 선호도 예측 및 각종 제품 마케팅 등에 적용이 가능하다.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.02a
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• pp.193-200
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• 2005

I conducted a pretest on the students' preference before I incorporated Cooperative learning in five classes of second grade students, at a girl's middle school which is located in Gimje city. After ten weeks of Cooperative school work, the students took a post test with the same questions as the pretest. The result of this method greatly impacted on the change of students' scientific preference. It means that the students showed their positive awareness of and the participation in the science class in comparison with the classes before they were taught this new style of education. However it is difficult to distinguish the differences of their scientific attitude on the recognition about the scientists and the habit which they think scientifically. This resulted from a short period of ten weeks of learning which is not sufficient to carry out the study strategy effectively. Surveys of the students on Cooperative learning indicates that the middle level students prefer this method unlike the higher or lower level. I am convinced that they can learn from the students of higher level and are able to help the lower level with the interaction through Cooperative learning.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.157-171
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• 2011

The purpose of the study is to develop mobile support services areas and detail mobile support service items according to their convention activities and analyze user preference. For this aim, a qualitative to extract mobile support service areas and detail mobile service items targeted to convention participants and a expert survey to analyze user preference are used. Firstly, based on a precedent study and expert review 20 mobile service areas and 43 detail service items are extracted. Secondly, results from expert survey are presented exploring user preferences for detail service items designed for convention participants.