• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.93-101
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to develop a test of earth science inquiry abilities using structured items. To develop a more valid and reliable instrument factual data was used, and most of the previous studies regarding inquiry teaching method and inquiry evaluation were consulted. The model developed in this study is composed of 5 stages; recognizing problems and generating hypotheses, designing inquiry, pursuiting inquiry, interpreting data, and drawing conclusion. Also, in this study 10 science inquiry abilities; recognizing problems, generating hypotheses, controlling variables, designing experiments, performing experiments, transforming data, inferencing, predicting, conclusing, and generalizing were clearly defined. The test developed in the study, Test of Earth Science Inquiry Abilities, includes 25 multiple-choice (five-choice) items and requires testing time of 50 minutes. The content validity of items, objectivity of scoring keys and clarity of items were checked by 7 experienced specialists in science education and earth science. The developed test were investigated and revised through three field tests. According to the results of the third field trial, test reliability (Cronbach $\alpha$) was 0.62, difficulty index was 0.54 and index of discrimination was 0.35. Also, the developed Test of Earth Science Inquiry Abilities showed a correlation coefficient of 0.53 with TIPS. Therefore, the development of Test of Earth Science Inquiry Abilities using structured items satisfied the reliability and validity requirements for general assessment instruments for students' earth science inquiry abilities.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.92-103
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• 1995

Since the late of 1960,s, the improvement of science inquiry skills has been one of the most important goals in secondary science education. To achieve this goal, it is essential to develop a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating science inquiry skills. The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating science inquiry skills for high school students. The instrument is developed through R & D procedure, which includes two field trials of the instrument. This study has formed a clear definition of the elements of science inquiry skills (formulating a hypothesis, controlling variables, designing an experiment, numeric calculation, graphing experimental data, inference, determining relationship, determining causalities, predicting experimental results , drawing a conclusion, formulating a generalization or model), and established the goals of assessment and developed the items of assessment. The instrument, Test of Earth Science Inquiry Skills, consists of 33 items which measure 11 science inquiry skills. There are content-free items for each science inquiry skills. This study has selected 11 science inquiry skills which are considered appropriate for being evaluated by paper-and-pencil test with SIEI (Hur,1984). The content validity of items, objectivity of the scoring keys and clarity of the items were checked by six experienced specialists in science education. At the same time, the two field trials has been executed and produced the reliability of the instrument, item difficulty index, and the effectiveness of distracters. The first field trial was performed using a sample of 304 high school students, and the second one using a sample of 872 high school students. Because the content validity is 84 % and the reliability (K-R 20) is 0.84, the developed instrument in this study is considered valid and reliable. The difficulty index is 49.4 %, answer ratio 59.1 %, the discrimination index 0.47 and the effectiveness of distracters evenly distributed, which also suffice the criteria of good instrument. The developed instrument in this study can diagnosis the well-developed science inquiry skills and the ill-developed science inquiry skills of the students, and trace the degree of the improvement of science inquiry skills.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2008

The purpose for this study is to check if research activities can make positive effects on inquiry instruction utilizing materials when compared to traditional instruction utilizing the textbook. The effects of the class should be measured both in cognitive domain and in affective domain. The cognitive domain was measured by the change in achievements in learning science, and the affective domain was measured by the change in learning attitudes of science. The assumptions to be verified in this study were as follows. First, achievements in learning science are higher in the learner oriented inquiry instruction utilizing materials than in the learner oriented traditional instruction utilizing the textbook. Second, learning attitudes of science are higher in the learner oriented inquiry instruction utilizing materials than in the learner oriented traditional instruction utilizing the textbook.The results of the research are as follows. In the cognitive domain, achievements in learning science showed significant change(p=.045) measured by verifying the score for the difference among the averages for each sub-scale, in 5% of meaningful probability, and were higher in the inquiry instruction utilizing materials study. In the affective domain, learning attitudes of science showed significant change(p=.019) measured by verifying the score for the difference among the averages for each sub-scale, in 5% of meaningful probability, and were higher in the inquiry instruction utilizing materials study. In learning attitudes of science, 2 items(self-conception of science, attitudes of learning science) out of 3 items(self-conception of science, attitudes of learning science, learning habits of science) showed significant changes (p=.045, p=.001). But the difference(learning-habits of science) was not significant(p=.914).

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of hypothesis formulations using abduction on science processing skills and the creative thinking activities. As the subject, 2 classes in the $6^{th}$ grade of B elementary school located in Busan were selected. Through the pre/post inspection design between experiment and comparison class, the units of science courses in the second semester of $6^{th}$ grade '1. A change in the weather' and '2. Various gases' were applied. The results were as follows: Firstly, the test on science processing skills showed that there was not statistic meaningful differences between the two groups. And, in the sub-parts, there was not statistic meaningful differences between the two groups. Secondly, it was observed that it would have a meaningful effect to improve the creative thinking activities of students who performed hypothesis formulation using abduction. Especially, through this, the experimental class gave a positive effect on the 'Fluency' and 'Elaboration', one of lower categories of the creative activities. The results of 'Flexibility' and 'Originality' in the experimental class were higher than those of students in the comparative class. However, according to statistical analysis, this result is meaningless. Thirdly, on the survey about the hypothesis formulation using abduction, many students thought that this learning method was very interesting and helpful to study science. In addition, it was observed that the ability to use abduct thinking was improved more than ever before.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.256-266
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to use DARTs (Directed Activities Related to text) to foster inquiry problems while actively engaging accelerated gifted elementary students in the field of earth sciences. This study is continually evolving in the classroom on the proposition that accelerate the scientific thought whether inquiry problems show any change according to the extent of prior background knowledge through DARTs. Researchers appointed the accelerated gifted elementary students with 14 investigation problems and it was their duty to not only classify the inquiry problems, but to analyze using interviewing methods according to type classification framework. Many scientific terms were used concretely in the inquiry problems that were propose after DART. The students gave a direct effect to the inquiry problem to be proposed according to the level of the content that it is presented in the DARTs worksheet. As a result, the NP-IP type and the EC-IP, NC-IP inquiry problem type proposed above much as a whole in DARTs former and prior. Particularly, the EMC-IP type and etc. was variously proposed after the DARTs. And the students proposing the inquiry problem of above average proposed the inquiry problem of the EP-IP type much unlike the general average student after the DARTs. The EC-IP, NC-IP and NF-IP type were changed much after DARTs used. Particularly, the EC-IP and NC-IP type were changed much.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.124-135
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to find the relationship between elementary school teachers' beliefs of inquiry and science performance assessment. To collect data for analyzing elementary school teachers' beliefs of inquiry and their practice of science performance assessment, the researcher was surveyed with elementary school teachers by open-ended questionnaires and interview. The findings of this study were as follows; First, Most of elementary school teachers beliefs of inquiry was shown as constructivist tendency. This view of inquiry involves watching and doing experiments, and the skills of thinking processes, in which learners make their own interpretations rather than merely acquiring preexisting knowledge structures. Second, for content knowledge, participants' preception about the target of science performance assessment involved assessing application of science knowledge rather than basic level of substantive knowledge. For inquiry process, participants' preception about the target of science performance assessment involved assessing the lower level of inquiry rather than the higher level of inquiry. Most of participants was measured using a paper and pencil test for the actual evaluation methods due to the ease and objectivity of the assessment, the lack of understanding how to perform the performance evaluation process and method. Especially, participants who recognize that the higher level of inquiry was used performance and informal mode of assessing.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.233-242
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• 2016

이 연구의 목적은 초등예비교사의 '지층과 암석'에 대한 프로젝트 학습이 자기주도적 학습능력 및 환경감수성에 미치는 효과를 알아보는 것이다. 본 연구는 2016년 3월부터 6월까지 15주간의 실험처치 기간을 설정하였으며, 연구에 참여한 학생들은 B 교육대학교 4학년 1학기에 재학 중이고 '지층과 암석' 강좌를 수강하는 과학교육 심화 1개 반 34명의 학생을 대상으로 연구집단을 구성하였다. 연구집단의 실험처치는 현장체험 중심의 지층과 암석에 대한 탐구활동으로 이루어졌다. 모둠별로 프로젝트 학습의 방법을 활용하여 탐방하고자 하는 지역을 설정하여 현장체험 학습을 하였다. 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 초등예비교사의 '지층과 암석'에 대한 프로젝트 학습이 자기주도적 학습능력에 미치는 효과가 있었다. 둘째, 초등예비교사의 '지층과 암석'에 대한 프로젝트 학습이 환경감수성에 미치는 효과가 있었다. 셋째, 초등예비교사는 '지층과 암석'에 대한 프로젝트 학습에 대해 흥미를 느끼며 학생들의 인식에 긍정적인 반응을 보였다.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to present a Freedom Inquiry Method by Revised Science Curriculum in 2007. This study introduced IIM(Independent Inquiry Method), PBL(Problem Based Learning), Small Inquiry Method, Science Notebooks, Project Learning Method about Freedom Inquiry Method. The results of this study are as follows: First, IIM(Independent Inquiry Method) is studying method in the inquiry process center. The inquiry process is composed of total 9 phases, inquiry subject really it is, detailed aim deciding, information searching, it searches, quest result it arranges, aim evaluation, the report making, it announces, it evaluates, it is become accomplished. Second, It is a studying method which it starts with the problem which is Problem Based Learning, study atmosphere creation phase, problematic presentation phase and sleep static problem solving the phase which it attempts, it is become accomplished with autonomous studying phase, coordinated studying and discussion studying phase, discussion resultant announcement studying phase, arrangement and evaluation. Third, Small Inquiry Method, Call it accomplishes the call grade of the students among ourselves 4~8 people degree where only the quest learning capability is similar within class. Also interaction and coordinated function of the members between it leads and the subject which is given in the group it cooperates and it solves with it is a quest method which arrives to aim of commonness. This method divides on a large scale in three parts, it becomes accomplished in programming phase, quest accomplishment and resultant announcement. Fourth, Science Notebooks learns a scientific contents and a scientific quest function and the possibility of decreasing in order to be, from the fact that the help which it understands. This planing, data searching, it searches, becomes accomplished with resultant arrangement, announcement and evaluation. Fifth, The Project Learning Method the studying person oneself studying contents, it establishes a plan and it collects it accomplishes process of etc. it evaluates it leads and a subject and information and with real life it is a method which it studies naturally from the learning environment inside which is similar. This is preliminary phase, project start, project activity and project arrangement.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.62-75
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• 2017

본 연구는 생태교육 기반 Eco-STEAM 프로그램을 개발하고 초등학교 6학년 학생들에게 적용하여 환경 소양과 STEAM 태도에 미치는 효과를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 먼저 Eco-STEAM 프로그램 교수 학습과정안과 학생활동지를 개발하였다. 효과검증을 위해 수업 전 후로 환경 소양과 STEAM 태도 검사를 실시하여 그 결과를 분석하였고, 수업 후 만족도 설문과 학생 소감문을 통해 학생들의 반응을 분석하였다. 연구 결과는 첫째, Eco-STEAM 프로그램을 적용한 수업이 학생들의 환경소양 향상에 긍정적인 효과가 있었다(p<.05). 둘째, Eco-STEAM 프로그램은 STEAM 태도 전반에 걸쳐 유의미한 향상 효과가 있었다(p<.05). 셋째, 학생들은 Eco-STEAM프로그램 수업에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 탐구주제인 황새에 대한 이해 및 관심도 변화가 크게 증가한 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 Eco-STEAM프로그램을 적용한 수업은 초등학생의 환경소양 및 STEAM 태도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고 있으며, 초등학교 환경교육에서 STEAM을 기반으로 한 융합적 접근 방법이 가치가 있다고 볼 수 있다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.571-587
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• 2021

본 연구는 귀추가 적용된 야외 지질 답사에서 중학생들의 관찰을 통한 문제 인식과 단서 포착 과정을 조사했다. 이를 위해 진단 평가, 야외 지질 답사, 답사 정리 순서로 진행되는 8회에 걸친 프로그램을 개발하여 중학교 1학년 학생 6명에게 적용했다. 야외 지질 답사는 2회로 자료 제공, 관찰, 규칙 생성, 가설 생성, 최종 가설 발표 순서로 진행됐다. 연구 자료로 야외 지질 답사 수업 녹음 및 녹화 자료, 학생 활동지 등이 수집되어 질적으로 분석됐다. 분석 결과, 야외 지질 답사 수행에서 세 가지 관찰 양상이 나타났다. 첫째, 관찰한 후 단서로 활용한 경우, 둘째, 관찰한 후 단서로 활용하지 않은 경우, 셋째, 관찰하지 못해 단서로 활용하지 않은 경우 등이다. 각각은 단서의 지질학적 중요도, 주목도, 단서의 종류, 관찰 특징(주목도 요소), 단서 활용 내용, 단서 버림 이유 등으로 구분할 수 있다. 이러한 결과를 종합해 각 양상에 해당하는 교육적 적용 방안을 모색하여 제시했다.