• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.88-98
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• 2019

As the 2015 revised curriculum is being implemented from 2018, efforts are being made to cultivate scientific literacy among students in the field of science. Scientific experiments help students to develop their interest in Science and their scientific attitudes. Learning through experimentation rather than learning scientific facts increases learners' understanding, and can be remembered longer. Therefore, experiments in Science subject are very important. However, in middle schools, scientific experiments are not performed due to the lack of time, budget and experimental material. In this research, we analyze middle school science textbooks, conduct questionnaires for students of science pre-service teachers, select the most important science experiments, and develop a mobile App to simulate and experience scientific experiments with the App. The proposed App is developed in a game format using quest-based learning methods to gain learning enhancement. It is also made using Unity. In this paper, after developing the app, we propose the direction of STEAM contents development through analyzing the difference from existing apps and the feedback from users.

• Journal of Science Education
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.318-333
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• 2017

In this study, we analyzed activities in life science chapters of middle school 'science' textbooks for the 2009 revised Korea national curriculum and examined the difference between the analysis based on scientific practices and the analysis based on inquiry skills. As a results, there was a lot of inquiry skills in the order of 'reasoning', 'observing', 'classification' in the all of grade. In scientific practices, 'data analysis and interpretation' and 'constructing explanations and devising problem solving' were biased. This shows that life science inquiry activities in middle school 'science' textbooks are lacking in diversity in scientific practice elements as well as inquiry skills, and that the goals of the activities are limited. In addition, through the interrelationships between scientific inquiry skills and scientific practice elements, we examined contents relevance in the transition from inquiry function center to scientific practice, and compared with the results of inquiry activities in textbook, The results of this study were matched monotonously due to the tendency to basic inquiry-data interpretation / basic inquiry-explanation. This comes from results of the lack of diversity in activities presented in middle school 'science' textbooks. In this study, it is suggested that efforts should be made to include diverse scientific practice elements in the process of realizing 2015 revised Korea national curriculum from the simple and diversity-less inquiry activity through analyzing the textbooks of the 2009 revised Korea national curriculum.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.295-302
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• 2008

In this study, the test that were used in entrance examination for chemistry class in a Science-Gifted Education Center for middle school students were analyzed by using criteria for identification and measurement of scientific giftedness and a classical test theory. The result of analysis exhibited that most of problems measured more than two elements of scientific giftedness and required applications of scientific knowledge of middle school level to solve problems. In the analysis of sub-elements of scientific giftedness, originality, fluency in creativity and finding problems/formulating hypothesis, planning inquiry, interpreting data in science process skills were dominant while drawing conclusion and generalization processes were lacking. In correlation analysis between total score and each type of problems, total score was most influenced by the problems measuring science inquiry linked with scientific knowledge. Item difficulty is moderately high and item discrimination is moderate.

• Journal of Science Education
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.573-582
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• 2013

This study was conducted to inquire the semantic structure with science terminology used in middle school science class, and based on this, we wanted to look for the way to increase effectiveness of science teaching. In this study, we extracted twenty-six science terminologies used in "Force and Motion" unit in middle school science textbook, and administered word association test using the 26 science terminologies to 316 middle school students. As the result, we found that students had a divergent semantic structure to given science terminology, and there were cases to be interpreted as different meaning with teacher's intention. Also, we identified the terminologies which were not familiar to middle school students. It was found that female students were more familiar with science termilology than male students, and there were differences between schools.

• 한국과학교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.54.1-54.1
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• 2009

• 한국과학교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.08a
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• pp.104.1-104.1
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• 2008

• 한국과학교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.08a
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• pp.101.1-101.1
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1999.10b
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• pp.311.1-311
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• 1999

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.41-57
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• 1996

본 연구는 광희중학교 학구내에서 재개발로 인하여 증가되는 인구수을 예측하여 장래 중학교 학생수를 예측하였다. 2016까지 학급당 학생수를 37명으로 하고 36학급 규모의 학교를 추구한다면 중학교는 적어도 1개 더 건축하여야만 재개발로 늘어나는 제1학군의 학생수를 수용할 수있을 것음을 분석하였다. 또, 교과과정을 분석한 결과 도덕 2.5교실, 국어 6교실, 사회 5교실, 수학 5교실, 과학 5교실, 체육 4교실, 음악 2교실, 미술 2교실, 가정 1.5교실, 기술 3교실, 영어 5.5교실, 한문 1교실, 컴퓨터 1교실로 분석되어 이용율이 88%가 되었다. 본 연구는 광희중학교 구체적 건축계획에 앞서 계획의 모델을 설정하여 이를 토대로 계획에 임하였다. 광희중학교 주변의 접근성, 교통 조건, 소음 상태, 지역사회인의 이용, 전망 등의 환경 분석을 토대로 4개의 죠닝(Zonning)안을 제시하여 평가한 후 가장 바람직한 안을 선정하였다. 이를 토대로 브록(Block)프랜을 5개 작성하여 평가후 1개 안을 채택하여 구체적 평면 계획안을 작성하였다. 36학급 37명 학생수를 기준으로 교과교실형으로 계획하였으며 특별 교실형의 학습도 가능하게 계획하였다. 교수, 학습의 복합화에 대처하여 칸막이를 이동 가능한 형태로 계획하였으며, 일반 교과도 컴퓨터를 이용한 수업이 가능하게 정보 코너를 설치하였다. 지역사회인에게 열린 교실이 되게 계획하였고 개별 학습이 가능한 구조로 계획하교 기자재의 선진화를 대비한 학습 환경의 제고도 고려하였다. 본 연구의 입면 형상은 주변 건물과 조화되게 수평적 요소가 강조되는 형상이 되도록 계획하며 고층의 아파트의 위협을 상쇄시키기 위하여 지붕이 있는 구조로 계획하여 지역사회에서 중심임을 강조하도록 계획하였다.

• Journal of Science Education
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.11-23
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• 2023

In this study, we examined the effect of socioscientific issue (SSI) based science lessons on underachieving 9th-grade students. A total of seven lessons centered on two SSIs related to the national science curriculum were developed and implemented during the first semester of 2021. Data were collected from 185 9th-grade students in one middle school in a mid-sized city of South Korea. Among them, 37 were identified as achieving far below the standards (underachieving students hereafter). Quantitative data were collected from pre- and post-tests on basic science content and attitudes and competency measures. To supplement quantitative data, lesson observation notes were recorded, and student interviews with a selected number of students were conducted. The analysis of quantitative data was conducted through the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and paired t-tests. Qualitative data were analyzed to find reasons for changing attitudes. The findings showed that the SSI-based lessons were more effective on underachieving students than the others in enhancing basic academic achievement, while there was no significant effect on all in attitudes and competency. Lesson observation data showed that underachieving students were more engaged in SSI-based lessons than before. Student interviews demonstrated several reasons why they were engaged, suggesting the aspects of SSI-based lessons that facilitated underachieving students' learning. Further research topics are suggested.