• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.80-91
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• 2018

The visualization materials in science textbooks are very important in students' learning. Recent visualizations are increasingly emphasizing the importance of infographic visualizations. The purpose of this study is to analyze the visualization materials in $5^{th}$ and $6^{th}$ elementary science textbook focusing on infographics. Visualization materials were classified into infographic and simple illustration. Infographics were classified into 8 sub-types. Findings are as follows. First, infographics were 19.0%, and simple illustrations were 81.0% among elementary textbooks' visualization materials. The portion of infographic varied by content areas. In Biology and Earth Science area, the portions of infographic were high. Second, several types of infographics were used in elementary science textbooks. Timeline infographic were the most frequent, and emphasis infographic, concept mapping infographic, comparison infographic were used frequently. The most frequent types of infographic were different by content area. Third, infographics used more than simple illustrations in the role of concept explanation. Educational implications on science textbook's infographics were discussed.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.405-413
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• 1997

High school common science is introduced by the sixth national curriculum. It consists of physics, chemistry, biology and earth science like the secondary school science. In this paper, textbooks are analyzed by the science teachers and the status of the present teaching and learning methods is reported. The detailed results are as follows; 1. Almost high school teachers choose textbook that included little the STS material. More than two teachers are teaching the high school common science and when they are chosen, they are independent with their major. 2. According to the national curriculum, they evaluated the textbooks as it is below the middle level. This evaluations are not dependent on teachers' comparement and textbook's class except the several matters based on STS (science-technology-society). 3. The teacher teaching the high school common science thought that teaching the textbook in school is worse than analysizing it. they must have emphasised on learning of inquire method than system of knowledge, introduction to material connected with real life and STS in the high school common science.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.33-46
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 제7차 교육과정 생물II 교과서의 '광합성' 단원에 나타난 내용 오류를 분석하여 수정 예시를 제시함과 아울러 이 오류가 과목 담당 교사들에 의해 어느 정도 지적되고 수정되는지 조사함으로써 오류가 수정 지도될 가능성을 알아보는데 있다. 이를 위해, 제7차 교육과정 생물II 8종 교과서 광합성 단원에서 오류를 분석하고, 오류가 담긴 교과서 내 지문으로 설문문항을 개발하여 교사들의 오류 인지 및 수정정도를 조사하였다. 8종의 교과서 광합성 단원의 13개 학습주제에서 발견된 오류의 수는 총 48개였으며, 1종의 교과서에서 1개의 학습주제에 대해 4가지 오류가 나타나거나 동일한 오류가 여러 교과서에서 각각 나타나기도 하였다. 35명의 생물II 과목 담당 교사를 대상으로 한 설문 조사 결과, 교과서에 나타난 그래프(문항 6번), 잘못된 용어(문항 4-3번), 잘못된 그림(문항 1-2번) 등과 같은 단순오류의 경우를 오류를 정확히 지적하고 수정한 예가 각각 43%, 40%, 32%로 비율이 높았다. 그러나 광합성의 명반응 과정을 설명하는 삽화에서 에너지 준위의 개념이 접목되어야 하는 오류에 대한 지적을 한 사례는 없었다. 이러한 결과는 생물II 광합성 단원에 나타나는 오류는 정확히 수정되어 지도될 가능성이 낮음을 시사한다. 학생들이 광합성에 대한 오개념을 가질 가능성을 낮추려면 오류를 수정 사항에 대한 자료를 교사들에게 배부하거나 교사연수 또는 워크샵 등을 통해 이에 대한 정보를 나눌 기회가 제공되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.77-94
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• 1990

The Inquiry Activities the newly developed Korean High Schol Biology Textbooks were evaluated using SIEI(Seientific Inquiry Evaluation Inventory). The textbook evaluated are five Introductory Biology books and five Advanced Biology books developed in 1990. The instrument, SIEI, was developed by Myung Hur in his doctoral study at Columbia University in 1984. The major findings of the study are summarized below. 1. The inquiry activities in the textbooks are focusing on the low level science process skills 2. Students are rarely asked to formulate a hypothesis or to design an experiment. 3. The structure of the Inguiry Activities are mostly competitive, thus inhibiting the inquiry achievement of students. 4. The Inquiry Indices of the textbooks are between 14 and 16, meaning only 14 to 16 percent of the total instructional time are to be devoted to inquiry activities.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.35-42
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• 1986

Recent studies on the learning of the science concepts indicate that most students have misconceptions of the science concepts. The misconceptions have their roots in the various aspects of teaching and learning situations. The textbooks used in schools have been substantiated as one of the sources of the misconceptions. Genetics has been recognized as one of the most difficult areas for high school students to learn. Therefore, this study had its objective to identify the misconceptions of genetics held by high school students and analyze the high school biology textbook as the source of the misconceptions. In order to indentify the misconceptions of the genetic concepts, the volunteer students were interviewed and genetic content and its sequence in the high school biology textbooks were analyzed. The misconceptions identified in this study are as follow: gamete formation, mitosis, trait expression, and allele and gene behavior in meiosis. This study found that the high school biology textbooks might be the source of those misconceptions. Based on the misconceptions identified, this study proposed direction for efficient instruction of genetics in high schools.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1367-1377
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• 2012

Inquiry activity is a major source of student investigation which both of the national curriculum standards strongly emphasize for achieving scientific literacy. The purpose of this study was to examine inquiry activities incorporated in high school biology textbooks used in China and Korea. The inquiry activities were examined with regard to inquiry level and science process skills. Bell's and a modification of Padilla's framework were used in these analyses. Results show that the Korean textbooks were more exclusively occupied by simple inquiry activities - None of them provided activity more complex than level 2 inquiry. In addition, the Korean textbooks had uniformly basic science process skills, whereas their Chinese counterparts gave students some challenges for higher level process skills. Therefore, it cannot be guaranteed that the activities in the Korean textbooks are helpful in guiding students toward a gradual progression to high-level inquiry. Implications for inquiry-based science education were suggested based on the results of the study.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.635-641
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• 1998

초 중등학교의 과학(생물 영역)교과서의 분류 체계를 조사 검토하여 학교 급간별 인지 발달 수준에 맞는 식물 분류 개념 및 체계의 위계성 및 계열성에 대한 방향성을 모색하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 초등학교의 슬기로운 생활과 자연 교과서의 교과 내용은 생물을 식물계와 동물계로 구분하고, 식물을 크기와 사는 장소로 구분하여 학습 내용을 전개하였다. 학생들의 식물 개념은 꽃 위주로 형성되어 있어 꽃이 피는 식물과 꽃이 안 피는 식물로 분류하여 학습 내용을 구성하여야 할 것이다. 2. 중학교 과정은 생물계를 식물계와 동물계의 2계로, 고등학교에서는 식물계, 동물계와 원생생물계의 3계로 구분하나 원핵생물계, 균계, 원생생물계, 식물계, 동물계의 5계로 제시해 주어야 할 것이다. 중등학교의 분류의 개념은 종의 특징을 기술한 각론 위주로 구성되나 전반적인 특징, 분류 기준, 분류방법등 총론 위주로 구성되어야 할 것이다. 고등학교에서는 조류(algae)에 편중되어 있으나 고등식물인 종자식물 위주로 구성되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.337-344
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 우리나라 제 7차 교육과정에 의해 저술된 초등학교 과학교과서에 포함된 현장학습 관련 내용을 현장학습의 유형 및 현장학습 요소에 따라 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 초등학교 과학교과서에 실린 현장학습은 3학년부터 6학년까지 학기당 평균 4.25건이 제시되어 있으며, 지구와 생명 영역에 집중되어 있다. 현장학습 장소는 학교 내 환경과 지역사회의 자연 환경으로 한정되어 있으며, 기본 개념의 습득을 목적으로 하는 경우가 주를 이루었다. 현장학습에서 의 활동은 단순한 활동으로 끝나는 접근 방식보다는 과학 지식의 습득 및 이해를 이끌어 교육과정과 통합시키는 접근 방식이 많았으며, 학생 활동을 단계별로 안내하는 경우가 대부분이었다. 현장학습의 사전활동 및 정리활동은 그 내용이 미미한 경우가 많았으며, 현장학습에서 유의점은 대부분의 경우 안내되지 않았다. 현장학습이 일회성 행사로 끝나지 않고 교육과정과 통합되는 방식으로 이루어지기 위해서는 교과서에서 체계적으로 제시하고 안내하는 것이 요구되며, 교육과정과 연계된 다양한 현장학습 장소의 발굴 및 학생들의 인지 수준에 적절하고 과학 학습과 과학에 대한 흥미를 높이는데 효과적인 현장학습 활동의 개발이 요구된다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1281-1294
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• 2012

This paper describes the types of models that biology majors use and how they go about making their models in learning key concepts in biology such as the cell membrane, cytoskeleton and cell structure. Initially, a total of 44 biology students from all year levels enrolled in the second semester of calendar year 2008-2009 were asked to make their respective models of the cell membrane, cytoskeleton and cell structure. They were also asked to answer an open-ended questionnaire. Of the 44, only 20 (five from each year level) were randomly selected for a one-on-one interview. Results showed that the student-generated models from all year levels were mostly analogies, some textbook definitions and occasional drawings. In making their model, students first read the text; second, outline similarities in structure and function or both; and third, make the model. Data suggest that models are good diagnostic tools for identifying critical thinking skills of students. In this case, students mostly demonstrate the ability to recognize similarities in structure and function between the concept and their model. Some senior students demonstrated integration and reflective thinking in making their models. Thus, more opportunities for student-generated models must be available if students were to develop integration and reflective thinking in their models.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 1997

Many middle school students have difficulty in understanding biological concepts because too many concepts are presented in the textbook compared to limited school hours. So, it is necessary to select concepts which are indispensable. The purpose of this study is to select key concepts in the unit 'The Continuity of Life' by surveying students' and teachers' cognition on the concepts. In this study, 78 concepts were extracted from 'Science 3', unit II 'The Continuity of Life'. To survey how students and teachers think the concepts, Likert type questionnaires were made. 300 third grade middle school students and 34 biology teachers were selected by random sampling and the questionnaires were applied. The following results were obtained:1. Students thought 59 concepts out of 78 were important and the mean score of important level of the concepts was 3.60. Students thought 26 concepts out of 78 were difficult and the mean score of diffculty level'of the concepts was 3.26. The more they think the concepts important, the more they think them difficult (r=0.7462, p<0.001). 2. Teachers thought 55 concepts out of 78 were important and the mean score of important level of the concepts was 3.82. Teachers thought 33 concepts out of 78 were difficult and the mean score of diffculty level of the concepts was 3.31. The more they think the concepts important, the more they think them difficult (r=0.6138, p<0.001). 3. The selected concepts were considered more important by teachers than by students(t=2.0150, p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in evaluating the difficulty level of the concepts(t=0.7327, p>0.05). 4. It was found that students have difficulty in understanding concepts when they are presented in the textbook to require formal preparation than concrete preperation(t=2.6612, p<0.05).