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Analysis of Science Items of the Japanese National Center Test for University Admissions (일본 대학입시센터시험 이과 문항 분석)

  • Kim, Hyun-Kyung;Kim, Dong-Young;Choi, Hyuk-Joon;Ku, Ja-Ok;Dong, Hyo-Kwan;Shin, Il-Yong;Lee, Yang-Rak
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.452-471
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    • 2010
  • As the Korean College scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) has been implemented for 17 years since 1994, it is becoming more and more difficult to make new items that haven't been previously used to measure students' thinking ability. Therefore, it is necessary to keep conducting research on making new test items that can measure students' scholastic ability reliably. For this reason, multiple choice items on the Japanese university entrance exam, which is a Japanese National Center Test for University Admissions (NCTUA) equivalent of CSAT, were analyzed in order to draw implications for CSAT item development. In this study, we analyzed the Japanese NCTUA administered in January 2009 to investigate the structure of its science test. We also analyzed the NCTUA items by the domains of contents and behaviors, and tried to predict item difficulty from the perspective of Korean applicants. Major findings are as follows: Most NCTUA items measure understanding knowledge or low level thinking ability. Also the alloted time for each item is longer than CSAT. The number of test items, and the number of choice and alloted points for each item are diverse, unlike CSAT. The number of items using real-life materials are much more, but the items are not rigorous in sentence expression compared to CSAT. And the difference of difficulty level among science tests were larger with reference to CSAT. Also science score is required for most applicants regardless whether they are taking liberal arts or going onto the science track.

Development and Validation of the Korean Traditional Music Ability Test for Young Children (유아국악능력 검사도구 개발 및 양호도 검증)

  • Park, Hyoung-Shin;Kim, Young-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.37-54
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was the development and validation of a test of young children's understanding and their ability to represent the elements of traditional Korean music. The test was reviewed by professional groups and modified by preliminary testing. In its final form, the Korean Traditional Music Ability Test(KTMAT) for 4- to 6-year-old children consists of 43 items covering understanding and ability to represent Changdan(Changdanhyung, Bak, Bbareugi and Semyeorim) and Garak(Eumjeong and Sikimshae). Item analysis, reliability and validity tests were statistically significant. The KTMAT is an evaluation tool that can be used as basic material for developing children's musical ability, and it can provide valuable information showing direction for children's Korean traditional music education.

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A Study on the Use of Balance Scale for Life Care of the Elderly People (노인의 라이프케어를 위한 균형 평가척도 활용에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.411-417
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the effect not of therapeutic behavior but of the balance evaluation process itself on the balance ability of the elderly. For this, 36 elderly people over 65 age belonging to two elderly welfare centers in Jeonju city were divided into 3 groups of 12 each. All participants were divided into three groups, one was the daily evaluation, another was weekly, and the other group was twice at the beginning and the end of the study. And this study conducted for 4 weeks totally. The balance scale that we used one was Berg Balance Scale and for comparison within groups and between groups, Paired t-test and one-way ANOVA methods were used. The post-hoc test was used 'Scheffe test', and the significance level was α = .05. The results showed that the balance ability was significantly improved after 4 weeks in all three groups. Among all groups, the highest improvement was observed in the daily evaluation group and the lowest improvement was observed in the general evaluation group. In the comparison between the groups, it was confirmed between the daily evaluation group and the weekly evaluation group, between the daily evaluation group and the general evaluation group. These results show that the evaluation process using the balance function scale, rather than the therapeutic behavior, can affect the balance ability of the elderly. I would like to be able to utilize this basic research data that just evaluation of balance function using balance scale in the social facilities and institutions for the elderly can positively influence the improvement of the balance function and strengthen the postural controling ability necessary for the independent daily life practice.

A Study on the Preparation of 5(6)-Carboxyflurescein-supported Phospholipid Liposomes and Evaluation of Bacterial Sensing Ability (5(6)-Carboxyflurescein을 담지한 인지질 리포좀의 제조 및 박테리아 센싱 능력 평가에 대한 연구)

  • Han, Minho;Jeon, Jaewoo;Lee, Junyoung;Shin, Eunsuk;Kim, Woojin;Kim, Samsoo
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.338-347
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    • 2021
  • In the case of occlusive dressings currently used in dressings for burn treatment, it is impossible to confirm the replacement time, so replacement is delayed, resulting in additional infection. To solve this problem, liposomes capable of bacterial sensing were prepared using 5(6)-Carboxyfluorescein, Phosphatidylcholine, 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, Cholesterol, and 10,12-Tricosadiynoic acid. In this study, evaluation of changes in drug encapsulation rate in liposomes according to changes in three types of phosphatidylcholine phospholipids during liposome production, high-performance phosphatidylcholine phospholipids selected through vesicle size analysis, low and high temperature stability evaluation, bacterial sensitization ability evaluation, animals cell responses were assessed.

A Study on Cognitive Characteristics of Information Gifted Children (정보영재아들의 인지적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kapsu
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.191-198
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    • 2013
  • There are many studies about cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics of gifted children in the areas of math and science until now. Also, there is a lot of research for about cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics of gifted children. But, it lacks a lot of research on the characteristics of gifted children for information science area. So, characteristics of gifted children in the areas of information science are defined as structured information recall ability, regularization ability, reasoning ability, efficiency ability, structured ability, generalization ability, and abstract ability. And real problems for each ability are proposed. To make the evaluation questions proposed in this study on the cognitive gifted characteristics when compared with student achievement and prove that there is a correlation. The results of this study can be utilized in the evaluation of information giftedness children and can be utilized in the development of gifted education programs.

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The Effect of the Environmental Issue Analysis Instruction on the Decision Making Ability of Middle School Students (환경쟁점분석 수업이 중학생의 의사 결정력에 미치는 효과)

  • Song, Sun-Gyoung;Choi, Don-Hyung;Paik, Seong-Hey;Son, Yeon-A
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.42-61
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    • 2007
  • This study investigated the effect of the environmental issue analysis instruction on the decision making ability of middle school students. A pretest-posttest control group design was employed. The participants for the research were 288 1st grade male students in middle school in Seoul, the environmental issue analysis lesson group consisted of 142 members and the non-environmental education group consisted of 146 members. The cognitive level of the students were divided into three groups-concrete, transition, formal-as the result of GALT test. Students take issue analysis lessons during 6 weeks, one lesson per a week. Students had studied through worksheets reconstructed and developed by researcher on basis of issue analysis suggested by Ramsey et al. (1997). The results of the research were followings: After lesson for environmental issue analysis, all of the students were improved in decision-making ability regardless of cognitive level (p<.05). Especially, decision-making ability of the transition group students was improved to a high degree. Scores of searching relevant information, generation of alternatives, identification of values for selection criteria, the evaluation of alternatives' merits and demerits, prediction of consequence were increased in experimental group (p<.05). But the ability of selection of alternatives according to value was not reached statistically meaningful improvement. The decision-making ability of the control group students was not improved but ability of selection of alternatives, the evaluation of consequence were increased (p<.05).

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Problem Based Learning Evaluation and Evaluation Agents - Focused on Tutor, Peer and Self Evaluation (문제중심학습에서 평가주체에 따른 평가 - 튜터평가, 동료평가, 자기평가를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Soo-Jin;Kang, Hee-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.3732-3738
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to compare the evaluation scores among different evaluation agents-tutor, peer and self evaluation. It also aimed to identify the correlations among the evaluation agents and each agent's influencing factors that can have impact on PBL evaluation. 105 nursing students who had PBL methods in their learning had 3 different tutor, peer and self evaluation consecutively with the PBL Effectiveness Evaluation Tool. Self evaluation score was higher than both tutor and peer evaluation for 3 different evaluation. There was a significant correlation between tutor evaluation and peer evaluation. 'Problem solving ability' for tutor evaluation and 'Cooperative learning ability' for peer evaluation and self evaluation were the influencing factors.

Effect of a Self-Evaluation Method Using Video Recording on Competency in Nursing Skills, Self-Directed Learning Ability, and Academic Self-Efficacy (비디오 녹화를 통한 자가평가 학습법이 간호술기 수행능력과 자기주도적 학습능력, 학업적 자기효능감에 미치는 영향)

  • Song, So-Ra;Kim, Young-Ju
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.416-423
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a self-evaluation method using video recording on competency in nursing skills, self-directed learning ability, and academic self-efficacy in nursing students. Methods: The study design was a non-equivalent pre-post quasi-experimental design. The experimental and control groups were randomly assigned with 35 participants in each group. Interventions for the experimental group were video recording and students' self-evaluation of what they did. Nursing skills included in the study were tube feeding, intradermal injection, subcutaneous injection, and intramuscular injection. Competency in nursing skills was measured one time at the end of the study using a checklist. Self-directed learning ability and academic self-efficacy were measured 3 times (pre-, mid-, and post-intervention) over the 8 weeks. Independent t-test, chi-square test, and repeated measures ANOVA were used for data analyses. Results: There was no statistically significant difference for competency in nursing skills and self-directed learning ability over the 8 weeks of the practice session. There was a significant difference in academic self-efficacy by groups over time. Conclusion: Results indicate that self-evaluation method using video recording is an effective learning way to improve academic achievement in nursing students.

Implementation of a Web-based Peer Evaluation System for Reading Education in Elementary Schools (초등학교의 독서교육을 위한 웹 기반 동료평가 시스템의 구현)

  • Park, Chang-Wuk;Moon, Gyo-Sik
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.471-480
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    • 2004
  • Reading ability has been widely considered as one of the basic skills that every student should be conversant with because higher level of thinking power can be acquired through reading. Reading education allows students to build correct way of thinking as well as foster critical thinking ability. However, it can be observed that reading education has not been well addressed accordingly in schools mainly because teachers have only limited amount of time and ability to cope with. In this paper, we developed a Web-based peer evaluation system for improving reading and writing ability so that students are allowed to exchange ideas freely on the Web after reading books as well as evaluate other students' writings, which would facilitate reflective thinking through the computer-mediated communication activities. Students become graders of other students' writings so that they are exposed to different opinions and ideas through which deeper thoughts can be obtained. The learner-centered learning activity instead of teacher-centered may benefit students as well as teachers and the system implementing this idea shows that both students' attitudes and preferences were improved as the result of applying the system to a local elementary school.

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The Development and Application of Self-evaluation Tool for the Abilities of ICT Application of Teacher to perform teacher's functions (교사의 직무수행을 위한 ICT활용능력 자기평가도구 개발 및 적용)

  • Park, Sun-Ju;Kang, A-Young;Park, Ji-Eun;Ma, Dae-Sung;Kim, Chul;Kim, Jeong-Rang
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.299-306
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    • 2006
  • The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Department of Korea have formulated various policy for development of teacher's ICT competence. But most of efforts expended upon ICT utilization currently, emphasize the ability which can handle computer skillfully than the ability for practical use in instruction, so that cannot induce distinct competence according to the duties and operations of teachers. This study aims to make scales for teacher's ability of ICT utilization in education of Korea. For the original purpose of evaluation, this tool made by job analysis and comparative studies with the existing appraisal standards. It can be the standards for evaluation of teacher's wholly duties on ICT applied education and proper self-evaluation tool for improvement of teacher's ability on ICT utilizing instruction. I processed measurement value of participant of Gwangju and Jeollanamdo area in this system and analyzed the level of teacher's abilities using ICT, a sex gap, regional difference, duty position difference and education career difference etc.

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