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Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of the Reading Materials in Elementary School Science Textbooks (초등학교 과학 교과서의 읽기자료에 대한 교사와 학생의 인식)

  • Kang, Sukjin;Seok, Jongim;Koh, Hanjoong
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.315-326
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    • 2013
  • In this study, we investigated elementary school teachers' and students' perceptions of the reading materials in science textbooks. Participants were 181 teachers from 23 elementary schools who were teaching science and 643 third- to sixth-grade students from 12 elementary schools. A questionnaire for teachers consisted of 18 items and a questionnaire for students consisted of 11 items about their perceptions of the reading materials in science textbooks. Nine to twelve items, according to grades, examining the actual uses of each reading material in science textbooks were also included to both questionnaires. The results indicated that teachers have positive perceptions about reading materials and frequently use them in case of needs for supplement and/or enrichment of science learning. Novice teachers were found to have less positive perceptions about reading materials than expert teachers. Over 70 percent of students responded that they read all reading materials. Fifth- and sixth-grade students were tended to have less positive perceptions about reading materials than third-grade students. Finally, students tended to have more positive perceptions about reading materials than their teachers.

Hydrogen Evolution Ability of Selected Pure Metals and Galvanic Corrosion Behavior between the Metals and Magnesium

  • Luo, Zhen;Song, Kaili;Li, Guijuan;Yang, Lei
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.323-329
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    • 2020
  • The cathodic hydrogen evolution ability of different pure metals and their long term galvanic corrosion behavior with pure Mg were investigated. The hydrogen evolution ability of pure Ti, Al, Sn and Zr is weak, while that of Fe, W, Cr, and Co is very strong. Initial polarization test could not completely reveal the cathodic behavior of the tested metals during long term corrosion. The cathodic hydrogen evolution ability may vary significantly in the long term galvanic tests for different metals, especially for Al whose cathodic current density reduced to 1/50 of the initial value. The anodic polarization shows that Al and Sn as alloying elements are supposed to provide relatively good passive effect for Mg alloy, while Ag can provide a slight passive effect and Zn has little passive effect.

A Case Study on the Use of Mathematical Materials in Elementary School Mathematics (초등수학 수업에서 교구의 활용에 대한 사례연구)

  • Choi, Eun-Joo;Choi, Chang-Woo
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.31-49
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    • 2009
  • Utilizing the mathematical materials in elementary mathematics education is known to increase the learners' creativity and interests for mathematics. Although the effects of mathematical materials have been frequently researched, a practical plan and a process to utilize the mathematical materials has been rarely researched. The dependence on the mathematical materials is tested by the students' responses to the mathematical problems in the class that allowed to use mathematical materials. The activities in the text book are reorganized to seven chapters for utilizing the mathematical materials. The dependence on the mathematical materials when solving the mathematical problems is investigated by the textbook, students' answers, and handouts. The conclusions of this study are: First of all, the activities using mathematical materials are reorganized within the mathematics education curriculum. The high interests are also investigated in all the learning level of learners. Second, the learners in the high learning level use the mathematical materials for their needs and the correction of their mistakes. The dependence on mathematical materials is lowest compared to the other level learners. Third, the learners in the mid learning level also use the mathematical materials for their needs and their mistakes, but are often confused when utilizing the materials. Fourth, the learners in the low learning level show their interests, and enthusiasm in the mathematical materials themselves. Their interests help to solve mathematical problems. The dependence on the materials is higher than the other level learners, but the dependence is not shown only for the low level learners.

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Study of Effect of Information Representation Learning in Middle-School with Play Activities Materials on the Learning Achievement (놀이 활동 교육 자료를 활용한 중학교 정보 표현 학습이 학업성취도에 미치는 영향)

  • Nam, Dong-Soo;Park, Jin-Hwa;Seo, Soon-Shik;Lee, Tae-Wuk
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.157-165
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    • 2011
  • As the contents of information were reinforced the rules of computer science, it was necessary to develop the new teaching and learning plans and various education materials that encourage students and easy to access. So, in this study developed a wide ran of play activities and educational materials without using a computer for the area of information representation and applied to 68 students, second grade of middle school for 4 weeks. After the class, the effect on the learning achievement was verified by the t-test. As a result, it was shown that there was a significant difference between learning with play activities materials and the traditional lecture-type. It means that learning with play activities materials in the information representation influences a positive effect to the learning achievement.

Development of Elementary learning materials for Data error detection and correction (데이터 에러 검출과 수정에 대한 초등교육자료 개발)

  • Ko, Hyeongcheol;Kim, Chongwoo
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.169-176
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    • 2018
  • CS Unplugged education at the base of computer science is emphasized as an instrument for teaching the basic principles of elementary SW education, but these materials for elementary education are very lacking. So We'll present the data error detection and correction materials for elementary school classes. Based on previous studies related to this topic, we developed learning materials for elementary higher grade students using Hamming code. We introduces the card magic in the introduction part. 'error detection and correction' learning materials based on the principle of Hamming code, were composed as activity-based education. The results of the questionnaire survey showed that it had a positive effect on improving learners' understanding of computer science.

An Innovative Training Program on Engineering Education

  • Sun, Juncai;Li, Song;Ji, Shijun
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 2014
  • From 2010, an "excellent engineer" undergraduate and graduate program had been initiated in higher education of China to promote the development of industry and social economy. In this circumstance, the engineering education programs in Dalian Maritime University are reformed to satisfy the requirements of transportation industries. And the engineering practice, engineering activities, and engineering courses are emphasized. In this training program, industrial communities are deeply involved in the engineering education and training procedure; the students are educated and trained in university and enterprise according to the common standards and industrial standards; and the engineering competences and creative ability are emphasized and are to be enhanced in the training schedules and procedure. A joint-training mode has been established already between Dalian Maritime University and enterprises in transportation fields.

Elementary School Students' Decision-Making Change through Refutation Materials and Empathic Situation on Socio-Scientific Issue (과학 관련 사회적 문제(SSI) 상황에서 반박자료와 감정이입상황에 따른 초등학생의 의사결정 변화)

  • Yang, Il-Ho;Kim, Ki-Young;Lim, Sung-Man;Kim, Eun-Ae;Kim, Seong-Un
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.66-75
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    • 2015
  • This study is to investigate an argumentation level for elementary school students after analysing an argumentation structure about a socio scientific issue(SSI), and inquire a change of the decision-making according to the refutation materials and empathic situation. This data was collected from the semi-structured interview with the 14 students, grade 6th. For this, the first stage is to present the reading materials about the SSI to the students, let them decision-making and make them argue pro and con about the SSI during the interview. After that, facing with the refutation materials against the existing contention and the empathic situation, the change of the decision-making of the students was conducted. After the research, the level of the argumentation of the students was low, and the students who didn't have the background knowledge about the theme made the decisions according to the values, emotions or intuitions of their own. And the decision-making of the students changed more when presented with the refutation materials and the empathic situation, they were difficult to make the decision because of new information and various stances. Besides, they lacked in the ability that recognize the situation related with their own life, just used the fragmentary knowledge associated with value of life respect. Through these result, it is necessary to produce the refutation materials and empathic materials about the SSI to the students for improving the level of argumentation.

Development and Assessment of Maternal and Child Nutrition Education Materials for Health Center Use (보건소 모자영양 교육자료 개발 및 평가)

  • Kim, Yeon-Jeong;Ryu, Hyeon-Ju;Nam, Hui-Jeong;Min, Yeong-Hui;Park, Hye-Ryeon
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.428-441
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    • 2004
  • This study focused on developing and assessing the effectiveness of maternal and child nutrition education materials that can be used conveniently at health centers. Focus group interviews with pregnant women, research of websites for pregnant women, and questionnaire-based surveys on community residents' needs for maternal and child nutrition services were conducted as preliminary study. The focus group interviews were conducted ten times, with five or six women, and the needs assessment was carried out on 884 pregnant or lactating women. The contents of the education materials developed based on the preliminary study were made up of the pregnant women section and the lactating women section. The entire material was composed of lecture materials, guidelines for educators, and handout materials for mothers, in the form of CD and booklets. The lecture materials were made using MS Power Point and the guidelines were wrote specifically, including basic information, main points to the lectures, and lesson plans, so that even non-professionals can easily use them. The effectiveness of the education materials was assessed based on a pretest and posttest method. The reliability of the test instrument was measured by Cronbach alpha, which was 0.75. The results were that the participants' nutrition knowledge scores showed a significant increase(p<0.05) from 3.79$\pm$0.33 to 3.96$\pm$0.34, and their attitudes changed positively after the education (p<0.05).

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A Satisfaction Survey on the Mathematical Materials Developed for Stimulating Seniors' Thinking Activity (실버 세대의 사고 활동을 위한 수학 자료 개발 및 만족도 조사)

  • Hwang, Hye Jeang
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.119-141
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    • 2015
  • As the population of senior citizens has been increasing very rapidly, the importance of their education is gradually emphasized. To maintain their mental and physical health, the solution on the biological, physical, and educational approach might be helpful and effective. Especially in the aspect of the educational approach, the mathematics education can be regarded as an important subject for keeping the seniors in a good mental health. The reason is that the ultimate goal of mathematics education is to pursue an enhancement of mathematical thinking ability. By the reason, this study aimed to develop mathematical materials for enhancing seniors' thinking ability, and the seniors usually belong to fifties and sixties. To this purpose, this study selected the six essential mathematical thinking elements and four mathematical domains of 'number and operation', 'shape and measurement', 'possibility', and 'patterns'. Based on these elements, the mathematical materials including the nine types of activities using games and commercial manipulatives were developed. On the subject of 52 female seniors, the instruction was conducted using a part of the materials during 100 minutes. Also, 13 survey items were developed beforehand, and the survey was implemented after the class, and eventually 48 seniors responded in the survey. As a result, it is meaningful to develop the materials not only for enhancing mathematical thinking ability but for understanding and utilizing the content of materials. Furthermore, it is requested that those materials be differentiated according to the degree or the difference of age, academic ability, and sex.