• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.25-34
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• 2006

Although the e-learning system is being introduced in elementary and secondary education, incorporating it into the regular curriculum is difficult. Other problems include the lack of sessions and connection to regular courses in realistically applying project-based learning in the regular school curriculum. Therefore. this study established, applied, and analyzed the blended learning strategy to resolve such issues. Specifically, a theoretical investigation on the concept of blended learning and IT-oriented, project-based learning was conducted. The theme for learning based on integrated courses was also selected, and the 5-stage project-based teaching and learning strategy, concretized. The concretization strategy involved discussion, role division, and alternative evaluation strategy. The class progressed in formats of on-class online, on-class offline and off-class online. As a result, students experienced inconvenience since the project only lasted for a short period of time. Nonetheless, they responded positively to the effect of project-based learning in general. This study was able to suggest the possibility of applying e learning in regular school curriculum and propose the direction for digital and learner oriented teaching.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.347-360
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• 2016

This study focused on the use of student assessment activities to investigate the impact on reflective thinking in Argument-based Inquiry. The participants of the study were 166 10th grade students (six classes). Over one semester, students participated in five ABI programs that we developed. The experimental group (84 students) was taught Argument-Based Inquiry with students' self and peer assessment activities. The comparative group (82 students) was taught without the activities. We analyzed students' reflective writing to investigate how the student assessment activities influenced the students' reflective thinking. We also used the interviews and surveys to examine the validity of student assessment activities. According to analysis of the reflective writing, the experimental group had a significantly higher mean score than the comparative group in the 3rd and 5th writing. The ratio of students who showed a metacognitive level of reflection with regard to analysis of inquiry process, understanding of learning, and change of thinking increased in both groups, but the experimental group's ratio was higher than the comparative group's. The result of analysis of the reflective practice showed that the ratio of the experimental group's students who reached the metacognitive level of reflection in their writing increased, while the comparative group's decreased. Therefore, we conclude that student assessment activities can create a learning environment that facilitates student participation, increases the students' engagement in the learning process, and can be used as a tool to scaffold learning.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.15-21
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• 2003

This paper reports the results of course restructuring employing design projects in an introductory mechanics of materials course at Pennsylvania State University. Unlike traditional lecture courses, students were encouraged to learn the rudiments of mechanical design and how materials standards, economics, manufacturing, environmental, legal (liability) and societal (safety) concerns relate to design. Through conducting collaborative design projects, the instructors helped students to acquire more advanced skills such as team-based decision making, integration and establishment of criteria, use of modern design theory, consideration of alternative solutions, and application of realistic constraints. In order to examine the impact of new course changes on students' learning, a survey was conducted in 1998 Fall semester. According to the results of survey analyses, students reported high values on this introductory mechanics of materials course. However, they did not give high values on the design projects. Rather, they preferred lecture sessions. Additionally, it was also found that students who earned higher grades from a prerequisite course(statics) showed lower values on the design projects. Implications for engineering educators and suggestions for future research studies were discussed.

• Journal of Science Education
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.321-335
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to design of instructional models for underserved science gifted students, especially developing the thinking skills. We made orientation and methodology to design of instructional models. According to these orientation and methodology, we designed instructional models that improving cognitive thinking and affective attitude of underserved science gifted students. Particularly, we designed instructional models that is composed of objective, activity, evaluation. According to the Bloom's cognitive educational objective taxonomy(cognitive thinking process) and Krathwohl's affective educational objective taxonomy(affective attitude), we designed integrated(cognitive and affective) and progressive 4 stages or steps instructional models.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.4942-4949
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• 2014

The aim of this study was to discover the effects of learners' perceived roles of a tutor on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) satisfaction. To this end, 100 students who took lessons with PBL in the department of nursing science were recruited and asked to fill out a survey. The data was collected and analyzed using the SPSS WIN 20.0 Program. The results show that there is relevance between the role of 'Stimulating integration of knowledge' and 'PBL satisfaction' among the four kinds of roles of a tutor, and the role of 'Stimulating integration of knowledge' influences on PBL satisfaction.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.111-127
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• 2010

This study aims for developing an instructional design strategy to improve collaborative teaching between teacher librarians and subject teachers in library-assisted instruction. Collaborative teaching is an important management activity enhancing teaching role of teacher librarians in their school community. But in the actual condition the level of the library-assisted instruction as its practical strategy is cooperation and subject teachers are leading teaching and learning except for selecting resources. Because library-assisted instruction is resource-based learning, the procedural knowledge of information literacy curricula and topics of subject specific curricula should be designed as a whole. Also, there must be possibilities of reducing trial and error and expanding successes. From these sides, the collaborative design strategy for library-assisted instruction can be planned like 'statement of learning situation-co designing-co teaching-co evaluating'.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.51-65
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• 2016

A syllabus can be considered to be a masterplan for good educational results. This study tries to diagnose the current status of landscape architectural design education and suggest improvement strategies for better landscape design courses through the analysis of the syllabi of mid-level landscape design studio classes collected from the four-year undergraduate programs. The findings and suggestions are as follows. First, it is necessary to take advantage of a syllabus as a contract as well as a plan and a learning tool. Second, it is crucial to make more detailed statement from the perspectives of learners. Third, more customized components for design courses should be developed; the syllabus should give the structure of a design class as an integration and synthesis of other courses. Fourth, it is necessary to increase the interrelationship and relevance among the components, especially between course objectives and evaluation criteria, and course activities and references. Fifth, a syllabus needs to function as a communication tool in a flexible manner. Sixth, a syllabus needs to give a comprehensive information about the site and the design project. Finally, instructors need to introduce a set of detailed evaluation rubrics or criteria acceptable to students in order to increase the fairness and transparency of the evaluation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.91-93
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• 2005

교육에서 평가가 매우 중요하기 때문에, 인터넷과 정보통신 기술의 발달로 웹을 기반으로 하는 평가에 대한 연구들이 활발히 이루어지고 있으며, 또한 현재의 교육평가에서 강조되고 있는 수행평가를 지원하는 시스템 개발에 대한 연구들이 많이 이루어지고 있지만 이러한 연구들에서 제시하는 평가 시스템이나 수행평가 시스템은 학생들이 대부분의 시간을 보내는 현재의 교실에서 수업 시간에 사용하기는 힘들다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현재의 교실에서 바로 사용이 가능하며, 수업 시간 중에 언제든지 수시로 사용할 수 있는 무선 수행평가 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 본 연구의 시스템은 수업 과정에서 수시 평가를 통해 목표 달성을 위한 방법을 즉시 수정, 보완할 수 있도록 도울 것이며, 교사의 수행평가 업무를 수월하게 만들 것이고, 학습의 질을 향상시켜 공교육의 신뢰성을 증진시키는데 기여하게 될 것이다. 더 나아가 다양한 수업 활동에도 적용 가능하고, 교사와 학생, 학생과 학생들 간의 실시간 커뮤니티 도구로도 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한공업교육학회지
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.24-42
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• 2018

Chemical batteries are indispensable materials, and technologies related to chemical batteries are important as they are linked to various social problems; further, they directly affect our lives. Thus, the topic of chemical batteries is suitable for industrial education. However, there has not been sufficient educational use of chemical batteries in Korea, and existing research materials do not correspond with the present curriculum. The STS teaching-learning materials about chemical batteries in this study were developed by the curriculum development model (preparation, development, improvement) for chemical engineering students in specialized vocational high schools. In the preparation stage, the study topic and the learning objective were selected by analyzing previous research about the STS and chemical battery. At the development stage, STS class plan and teaching-learning materials were developed. In the improvement stage, The STS curriculum plan and the teaching-learning materials were verified by a group of specialists and a survey regarding student satisfaction was conducted. As a result of conducting the class with the teaching-learning materials developed in this study, a positive effect in terms of students' perceptions, understanding and interest.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.717-727
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• 2016

Using TIMSS survey data, we analyzed whether there were any significant changes in the learning environment of middle school science classes over the last 10 years. Our study selected questions from teachers and school principals' questionnaires and divided them by category: science class, teacher professional development, and school environment. The science class components were subdivided into three categories: science learning activities, evaluation, and homework. Within teacher professional development, the sub-categories included teacher training, collaboration to improve teaching, and teacher evaluation. School environment subdivided into two aspects, these being school characteristics and school system. Our research confirmed that there has been a positive change overall in learning environments. However, most classes are teacher-conducted and also teacher-oriented; the proportion of science investigation activities has declined compared against the prior ten years. Our study show that students do not engage in a range of inquiry-related activities. The questions on tests and examinations involve mostly knowledge application and understanding, although recent methods of evaluation show improvement. As for the science teachers, they participate in many professional development programs but focus on science content, science curriculum, and pedagogy. In addition, teachers do not have many opportunities to participate in the training to integrate information technology into science, science assessment, or improving students' critical thinking or inquiry skills. The teachers are satisfied with their profession, and the shortage of science resources does not seem to affect instruction.