• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2020

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a cognitive-exercise program using step on the cognitive function, gait, and depression of elderly with mild cognitive impairment. Methods : The subjects comprised 30 elderly people with mild cognitive impairment who used elderly welfare centers in the provinces A, B, and C between March 21 and June 7, 2019. They were divided into an experimental group (n=15) and a control group (n=15) before undergoing an experiment based on a pretest-posttest control group design. The lowenstein occupational therapy cognitive assessment-geriatric population was used to assess the subjects' cognitive function, while the 4-stage balance test, 30-second chair-stand test, timed up & go test, and functional reach test were employed to evaluate their gait. In addition, the beck depression inventory was used to measure their levels of depression. Results : The cognitive-exercise program using step enhanced the subjects' cognitive function and gait and reduced their levels of depression. Furthermore, statistically significant differences were found between the experimental group and the control group. Conclusion : The cognitive-exercise program using step promoted the process of sensorimotor and cognition through the learning process of various steps taking left and right steps and cognitive activities. It improves gait by activating the coordination of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems of the body and positively affecting posture control, balance, flexibility, and lower extremity muscles. It also relieved depression by performing successful step learning and cognitive activities with forward-looking (doing) that leads to pleasure and achievement. The present study confirmed the value of a cognitive-exercise program using step to treat multiple domains of functional decline in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment. This is therefore proposed as an intervention program for this patient group.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.216-234
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 초등학교 5학년 영재학급 학생 14명을 대상으로, 과제의 개방도와 학생들의 인지수준에 따라 TS 활동에서 나타나는 언어적 상호작용이 어떤 특징을 보이는지 알아보았다. 연구 결과, 학생들은 과제의 개방도가 낮은 안내형 TS 활동보다는 개방도가 높은 개방형 TS 활동에서 훨씬 많은 언어적 상호작용을 보였고, 상위 수준의 상호작용도 안내형 활동보다는 개방형 활동에서 많았는데, 이런 결과는 언어적 상호작용의 거의 모든 하위 범주에서 나타났다. 또한, 안내형 과제를 수행하는 과정에서는 행동참여를 지시하거나 자기만족을 나타내는 언어사용 빈도가 높은 반면에, 개방형 과제를 수행하는 과정에서는 행동참여를 권유하거나 불만을 나타내는 빈도가 높았다. 학생들의 인지 수준에 따른 언어적 상호작용의 특징을 보면, 인지수준이 높을수록 상호작용의 빈도가 높고, 다양한 유형의 언어적 상호작용이 이루어지며, 상위수준의 상호작용이 많은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 학생들의 인지 수준과 과제의 개방도는 학생들의 언어적 상호작용에 복합적으로 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 인지 수준이 높은 학생일지라도 안내형 활동에서는 상호작용의 수준이 높지 않았으며, 개방도가 높은 활동이라도 인지 수준이 낮은 학생들은 참여도가 낮고 상호작용의 수준도 높지 않았다. 이는 개방가 높은 과제가 학생들의 사고를 자극하여 상위 수준의 상호작용을 이끌어낼 수 있지만, 그 효과는 학생들의 인지 수준에 따른 한계가 있음을 의미한다. 따라서 과제 활동에서 인지 수준이 낮은 학생들의 사고를 자극하고 참여도를 높이기 위한 과제 개방도의 조절과 교수 전략의 개발이 중요한 추후 과제라 생각된다.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.395-423
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 향후 수학교과서의 추론 과제 개발에 대한 시사점을 제공하기 위하여, 고등학교 수준 수학교과서 3종을 연구 대상으로 수열 단원에 제시된 추론 과제의 인지적 난이도 수준과 추론 과정 구성요소를 분석하는 것이다. 연구 결과, 3종의 수학교과서의 수열 단원에 제시된 추론 과제의 대부분이 인지적 난이도 수준이 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 인지적 난이도 수준이 낮은 추론 과제는 하나의 추론 과정 구성요소만을 요구하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 추론 과제의 일부만이 인지적 난이도 수준이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 인지적 난이도 수준이 높은 추론 과제는 다양한 추론 과정 구성요소를 요구하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 인지적 난이도 수준이 낮은 추론 과제보다는 학생들에게 다양한 추론 과정의 학습기회를 제공하고 추론의 본질을 심도있게 이해시킬 수 있는 인지적 난이도 수준이 높은 추론 과제 개발에 대한 필요성을 제시하였다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2016

Objective: The aim of this study is to model all levels of situation awareness (SA), which would be able to predict situation awareness quantitatively. Background: When measuring situation awareness, directly measuring SA methods such as SAGAT and SART have been utilized. Several approaches (cognitive modeling approaches) were introduced to model SA but level 3 SA was not completed. For real-life situation, however, it is necessary to detect the problematic level of SA rather than overall SA. Therefore, we proposed a new model of all levels of SA in this study. Method: In order to model all levels of SA, this study chose factors in ACT-R architecture through literature review. ATC (Air Traffic Control)-related simulation task was video-taped to analyze human behaviors in order to model all levels of SA including level 3. Results: As a result, regression analyses show that cognitive activities (neural activations) represented for all levels of SA were highly correlated with SAGAT. Conclusion: In conclusion, neural activations in ACT-R could be proved to be effective to model all levels of SA. Application: Our SA model could be used to predict all levels of SA quantitatively without directly measuring the SA of operators.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.373-386
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• 2011

Students approach mathematical problem solving in fundamentally different ways, particularly problems requiring conceptual understanding and complicated strategies. The main objective of this study is to compare students' performance with different thinking styles (Field-dependent vs. Field independent) in mathematical problem solving. A sample of 242 high school males and females (17-18 years old) were tested based on the Witkin's cognitive style (Group Embedded Figure Test) and by a math exam designed in accordance with Bloom's Taxonomy of cognitive level. The results obtained indicated that the effect of field dependency on student's mathematical performance was significant. Moreover, field-independent (FI) students showed more effective performance than field-dependent (FD) ones in math tasks. Male students with FI styles achieved higher results compared to female students with FD cognitive style. Moreover, FI students experienced few difficulties than FD students in Bloom's Cognitive Levels. The implications of these results emphasize that cognitive predictor variables (FI vs. FD) could be challenging and rather distinctive factor for students' achievement.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.236-244
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate physical activity of elderly women at senior citizen centers and to identify factors influencing physical activity. Methods: The study was conducted from February 22 to April 20, 2013 for 200 elderly women at senior citizen centers in J City. Levels of physical activity, cognitive function, and nutritional status were measured. Results: The total physical activity amount was $2118.94{\pm}2.36$ MET-min. The average cognitive function score was $21.17{\pm}4.63$, and the average nutritional status score was $24.04{\pm}3.37$. There were significant relationships among physical activity, cognitive function, and nutritional status. In addition, there were significant differences of groups of physical activity by levels of cognitive function and nutritional status. Cognitive function, nutritional status, and age were significantly associated with level of physical activity in elderly women. Conclusion: The results showed many older women were doing moderate physical activity. Physical activity was associated with cognitive function and nutritive conditions. Integrated health promotion program needs to be implemented to increase physical activity level, the cognitive function, and nutritive conditions in elderly women.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2017

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the reciprocal causal relationship between social activities and health with reference to the cognitive function level among community-dwelling older adults. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal data analysis using the $4^{th}$ (Time 1) and $5^{th}$ (Time 2) waves from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing adopting cross-lagged panel analysis (CLPA). Results: A total of 3,473 community-dwelling older adults were included in the analysis: 2,053 in the normal cognitive function group, 912 in the mild cognitive impairment group, and 508 in the moderate to severe cognitive impairment group. The CLPA revealed that higher levels of social activities at Time 1 significantly influenced better subjective health perception at Time 2 in all three groups. In addition, better subjective health perception at Time 1 significantly influenced higher levels of social activities at time 2 only in the normal cognitive function group. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that participating in social activities has positive effects on health regardless of the cognitive function level in community-dwelling older adults. This finding suggests that there is a need to develop strategies that can be used to encourage older adults with cognitive decline to maintain participation in social activities.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.131-143
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• 2000

The unit of a buoyant force included in the 7th national science curriculum for 6th grade students. On the contrary, it seldom that students' conception about buoyant phenomena is studied, even though there has been many studies of students' conceptions of basic science contents. The purpose of this study was to survey the elementary school students' conceptions of a buoyant force, to analyze their cognitive levels, and to explore the relationships between them. Sixth grade students (total numbers is 192) were selected .from 5 .lasses in two elementary schools in a local city of Kyungsangdo. They were asked to respond two kinds of test, which are the Logical Thinking Ability (GALT) to investigate students' cognitive levels and the Buoyant Force Questionnaire (BFQ). We developed BFQ test, based on the 7th national science curriculum for 6th grade and the previous researches of a buoyant force. We, qualitatively, analysed students' frequency of responses about a buoyant force and their types of explanation, and, quantitatively, analysed the relationships between cognitive levels and conceptions of a buoyant force with SPSS/ PC 7.0 programmes. The results of cognitive level showed that half of 6th grade students were in the concrete operational stage, 43.2% in the transitional stage, 6.8% in the formal stage. However, their sub-logical thinking abilities in a combinational, conservational, controlling variables, proportional, probability and correlational logic were very fluctuated from 91% to 8%. The results that only 4.8% of elementary students had correct conceptions of a buoyant force suggest that 6th grade students had great difficulties in understanding of that concept. Their difficulties would originated from the frequent common-sense explanations of a buoyant phenomena in terms of the weight or the unique properties or the contact area of an object or with/without air. Furthermore students' explanations, frequently, changed with context of problems of a buoyant force. Scheffe test of quantitative results that elementary students in the concrete level had 50.6% of concept formation in a buoyant force, the transitional level 54.5%, and in the formal operational level 62.8% showed significant differences of conceptions of a buoyant force with cognitive levels. Therefore the concrete operational elementary students had more difficulties of understanding of a buoyant force than the transitional and formal level, which is required to higher cognitive levels. This conclusion have implications that the unit of a buoyant force have to be presented with concrete activities for majority of students who are in concrete and transitional levels.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.94-101
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• 2016

연구목적 본빈혈은 노인 환자들에서 흔한 내과적 문제이다. 최근 연구는 빈혈이 인지기능 저하 및 알츠하이머병 치매와 연관성이 있다고 보고되고 있다. 본 연구는 한국 노인들에서 헤모글로빈 농도와 알츠하이머병 치매 및 경도 인지기능 장애와의 연관성에 대해 연구하기 위해 실시되었다. 방 법 116명의 대상자들이 본 연구에 참여하였다(평균 연령 : 74.67세, 여성 : 60.3%). 한국판 간이정신상태검사(MMSE-K), 임상치매평가척도(CDR), 전반적 퇴화척도(GDS)를 사용하여 대상자들을 평가하였고, 혈액학적 검사를 실시하였다. 결 과 알츠하이머병 치매 환자들이 경도인지장애군과 정상군에 비해서 유의미하게 낮은 헤모글로빈 농도와 적혈구 용적율을 가진다는 것이 관찰되었다. 헤모글로빈 농도는 MMSE-K와 양의 상관관계를 나타내었으며, overall CDR 및 GDS와는 음의 상관관계를 보였다. 결 론 한국 노인들에서 낮은 헤모글로빈 농도는 인지기능손상과 연관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과 알츠하이머병 치매는 빈혈과 연관이 있었으며, 이를 통해 낮은 헤모글로빈 농도가 알츠하이머병의 유용한 임상적 표지자로서 의미를 가지고 있다고 생각해 볼 수 있겠다. 치매에 대한 위험 요소는 더 광범위한 환자 군에서 전향적 종단 연구에 의해 확인하는 것이 필요하겠다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.356-366
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze whether the required cognitive levels of the current 6th graders' science textbooks conform to the children's cognitive levels and to examine the students' sensed psychological difficulty of the current science textbooks. The eighty five students (boy: 39, girl: 46) from one elementary school were participated in this study. The results of the study are as follows. First, the 2/3 out of the contents in the six graders' science textbooks require concrete level of operation and the 1/3 out of the contents in the textbooks requires the formal level of operation. So the 70% students at the concrete operational level are likely to undergo difficulties with the 1/3 contents in the textbooks. Second, the students' psychological difficulty on the science textbooks is relatively low (approximately two out of five points) and there is not any special pattern between the cognitive level of the textbooks and the students' psychological difficulty of the textbooks.