• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2022

This article aims to explain the concept and characteristics of the 'Intelligent Science Lab', which is being promoted nationwide in Korea since 2021. The Korean Ministry of Education creates a master plan containing a vision for science education every five years. The most recently announced '4th Master plan for science education (2020-2024)' emphasizes the policy of setting up an 'intelligent science lab' in all elementary and secondary schools as an online and offline space for scientific inquiry using advanced technologies, such as Internet of Things and Augmented and Virtual Reality. The 'Intelligent Science Lab' project is being pursued in two main directions: (1) developing an online platform named 'Intelligent Science Lab-ON' that supports science inquiry classes, and (2) building a science lab space in schools that encourages active student participation while utilizing the online platform. This article presents the key features of the 'Intelligent Science Lab-ON' and the characteristics of intelligent science lab spaces newly built in schools. Furthermore, it introduces inquiry-based science learning programs developed for intelligent science labs. These programs include scientific inquiry activities in which students generate and collect data ('data generation' type), utilize datasets provided by the online platform ('data utilization' type), or utilize open and public data sources ('open data source' type). The Intelligent Science Lab project is expected to not only encourage students to engage in scientific inquiry that solves individual and social problems based on real data, but also contribute to presenting a model of online and offline linked scientific inquiry lessons required in the post-COVID-19 era.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.265-276
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• 2016

In this study, modeling pedagogies were employed to re-design and teach the unit of Seasonal Changes in the $6^{th}$ grade science curriculum. The effects of the modeling-based program were investigated in both the conceptual and affective domains using an approach of mixing quantitative and qualitative techniques. The result showed that the students in the modeling-based science inquiry classroom gained a higher mean score in a conceptual achievement test than their counterparts in a traditional science classroom. The number of the conceptual resources activated to explain the causes of the seasons, as well as the types of student explanations developed through the combination of the resources activated, were greater in the modeling-based classroom. The modeling-based science inquiry was also effective in improving student attitudes toward science lessons. It was revealed, however, that the students experienced both positive and negative epistemic feelings during the modeling-based science inquiry. Implications of these findings for science education and relevant research were suggested and discussed.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.249-262
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• 2010

Large Midwest university faculty members proposed the Science and Technology Enhancement Program Project (STEP) to improve students' learning in the secondary mathematics classroom using modules of inquiry-based teaching. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the STEP Project on students' attitude toward mathematics. Hierarchical linear models (HLM) were used to evaluate the impact of the STEP Project. The sample group for the study was 130 ninth grade students enrolled in Integrated Algebra I in a large urban school district. The school was one of eight secondary schools that participated in the STEP Project. The classes in the treatment group were three of five classes ordered in terms of the highest, middle, and lowest mean GPA. The control group consisted of two other middle GPA classes. The classes had an average of 25 students. Teachers who previously had been involved in the STEP Project taught all treatment and control classes. The inquiry-based teaching activities provided by the project were confined to the treatment classes. The survey measuring students' attitudes toward mathematics were obtained for both groups of students. The inquiry-based teaching affected students' attitudes toward mathematics (p < 0.07, ES = 3.07). Especially, students who had preexisting low attitudes toward mathematics were significantly affected by treatment (p < 0.02, ES = 0.02), while the treatment positively affected African American students overall at p < 0.08 (ES = 0.58).

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.426-441
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was getting the information for successful application to the national curriculum and students' core competencies enhancement, through investigation about competencies discussed in 2015 revised national curriculum development process and analysis about perception of 150 elementary school teachers in study. The results were as follows : Communication skill is considered to be the most important. Thinking ability what has been important traditionally is the middle of the rankings. Elementary school teachers think that a competency is specific to a subject. From this point of view, Creative/Scientific Problem-Solving Ability is the most important in science. They think that the enhancing of the ability of inquiry performance is highlighted in current science class. On elementary school teachers' awareness, inquiry model is the most effective in enhancing of scientific thinking and the ability of inquiry performance. And STS instruction model is in the other. PBL learning model and experimental inquiry model is the most effective in enhancing a competency has the highest feasibility like scientific thinking or the ability of inquiry performance.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.27-38
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• 1995

The purposes of the 'Students' Science Inquiry Experiment Tournament' which is one of the 'Students' Science Inquiry Olympic Tournaments' are; 1) cultivate students' intellectual interests, inquiry abilities, and scientific attitude dealing with students' scientific reasoning abilities, problem solving abilities, and experimental apparatuses operation abilities. 2) contribute substantiality of science education through experimental inquiry learning. 3) make the ground of basic science development of the future society by selecting excellent students who have talents for science. 4) elevate science teachers' morale by this tournament. The test items set and evaluation results of the tournament were analysed in this study. The results of this study were ; 1) the discrimination ability of the paper-and pencils test and the experiments were low because the students' scores of the items were not normally distributed and standard deviations were very small values. 2) most of the tournament participation students did not answered to the subjective type test items. 3) according to the responses of the tournament participation students, the tournament contribute to the students' interests in science. But the opinion was dominant that the tournament didn't contribute to school science education improvement.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.323-336
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' written arguments embedded in scientific inquiry investigations using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach. Argument components defined in this study are questions, claims, questions-claims relationship, evidence, claims-evidence relationship, multiple modal representations, and reflection. A set of criteria for evaluating each argument component was developed to evaluate writing samples of students from college freshman general chemistry laboratory classes. Results indicate that students produced, on average, moderate to powerful questions, claims, and evidence. They also constructed reasonable questions-claims relationship and claims-evidence relationship. Compared to other component scores, the average score for reflection was relatively low. Overall, the average Total Argument score was 21.4 out of a possible 36, that is, the quality of the written arguments using the SWH approach during a series of inquiry-based chemistry laboratory investigations was moderate to powerful. The findings of this study suggest that students, on average, developed reasonable scientific arguments generated as part of scientific inquiry. In other words, students are capable of putting together reasonable arguments as they participate in inquiry-based laboratory classrooms.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.321-328
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• 2005

In this study the effects of science teaming with the level of inquiry requirement in elementary school science experiment instruction were investigated on cognitive domain. We assigned seventy-three students of the fifth grade into two groups according to the levels of inquiry requirement. After each instruction was implemented, the characteristics of the students' tearning science on cognitive domain were compared and analyzed with the levels of them. The higher level (HL) inquiry-required instruction was more effective in increasing and maintaining the memory on the science teaming than the lower level (LL). Especially, in the aspects of the experimental methods and taking cares which the students engage and perform actively rather than do passively, the memory scores of HL group were higher than those of LL. In addition, the memory scores and the degree of maintenance were higher among students who perceived the instruction as easy and interesting. In conclusion, the HL of instruction could stimulate the students to challenge the problems, thereby make them construct meaning actively and improve the amount and degree of maintenance of memory on science teaming.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.139-167
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• 2019

Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of a learning cycle model-based early childhood education program using physical motion on young children's scientific inquiry ability, scientific attitude, object manipulation ability and spatial ability. Methods: The subjects of this study were 60 five-year-old children who were attending K-G City Childcare Center. The SPSS Window 21.0 program and content analysis method were used, and post-validation Tukey was conducted to examine the differences between the one-way ANOVA and the group. Results: Activities using body movement were practiced systematically based on the circle learning. Children could revise their pre-concept and concept of error by interacting with other children, teachers and the environment. Furthermore, children were attaining new knowledge while they were doing body movement activities, assessing and applying them to actual activities. Conclusion/Implications: This study is investigated a cyclic learning-based early childhood science education program using physical motion, which has significance in systematic and practical early childhood centered education for young children.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.295-306
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 2022학년도부터 초등학교에서 과학 교과서가 검정교과서 체제로 변경되어 운영됨에 따라, 새로 개발된 초등과학 검정교과서 7종과 국정교과서의 탐구활동을 비교·분석하였다. 3차 교육과정부터 꾸준하게 강조해 온 '탐구활동'을 중심으로 검정교과서에 어떻게 반영되어있는지 등을 심층 분석하였다. 분석 대상은 지구과학 영역의 '지층과 화석' 단원을 선정하였고, 탐구활동 유형과 세부 탐구활동 유형 분석을 위하여 분석틀을 마련한 후, 교과서를 분석하였다. 첫째, 탐구활동의 전체적인 유형 분석을 위하여 6가지 탐구활동 유형(실험 관찰, 모의 활동, 조사 토의 및 발표, 자료 해석, 글쓰기 읽기, 표현하기) 분석 틀을 활용하였다. 그 결과, 국정교과서와 검정교과서에 제시된 7가지 탐구활동 중 2가지 탐구활동(여러 가지 지층 관찰하기, 과거 생물과 환경 추리하기)에서만 유형이 다르게 나타났다. 즉, 대체로 국정교과서의 탐구활동과 크게 다르지 않은 모습이었다. 이로써 탐구활동의 전체적인 유형 측면에서는 국정교과서를 활용할 때와 비교했을 때, 검정교과서의 도입을 통하여 교수 학습활동의 자율성과 다양성이 향상되었다고 하기에는 다소 무리가 있었다. 둘째, 세부 탐구활동 유형 분석을 위하여 탐구 기능, 소재, 탐구과정을 기준으로 선정하고, 중요 학습 요소와 관련한 탐구활동(지층의 형성 과정과 특성 알아보기, 퇴적암 생성 알아보기, 화석의 생성 알아보기)을 분석한 결과, 전체적인 탐구활동 유형 측면에 비해 더욱 다양성이 드러난 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이로써 7종의 검정교과서의 도입으로 동일하거나 비슷한 탐구활동 유형이지만, 소재, 탐구과정 범주에서 작은 변화들이 생겼고, 현장에서는 7개의 다양한 활동을 진행할 수 있게 되었음을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 분석을 통하여 다음과 같은 시사점을 얻을 수 있었다. 첫째, 교육과정 체제가 바뀌지 않은 상태에서 검정교과서로의 체제 변환이 이루어짐에 따라 기존의 국정교과서의 커다란 틀을 벗어나는 것이 쉬는 일이 아니었을 것으로 판단된다. 둘째, 검정교과서 체제 변화로 인하여 기대되는 자율성과 다양성 향상을 위하여 교육과정 자체를 너무 세분화하여 제시하지 않는 등의 체제 마련이 필요하다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.506-519
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 과학탐구공동체 구성을 위한 잠재적인 학습 자료로서 자연사박물관의 전시물의 교육적 잠재성을 탐색해보고자 한다. 과학 탐구공동체는 과학적 지식의 습득과 과학 방법의 학습으로 연결되는 과학실습의 한 형태로 제안하였다. 공동체 학습은 주변에서 접하게 되는 과학-기술-사회적인 이슈들을 통해 이루어질 수 있다. 자연사 박물관 전시가 이러한 사회과학적인 이슈들을 포함하고 있다면 이는 자연사박물관의 과학탐구공동체로의 가능성에 대해 고려해 볼 수 있음을 전제로 하였다. 이런 맥락에서 본 연구는 자연사박물관 전시의 사회과학적 학습 자료 잠재성을 탐색하였다. 구체적으로 사회과학적 소재로서 적용 가능한 지진' 학습의 과학탐구공동체 구현을 위해, 첫째 미국 뉴욕시의 미국 자연사박물관과 워싱턴 D.C.의 스미소니언 미국국립자연사박물관의 지진 관련 전시물과 지구과학 교육과정과의 연관성을 분석하였다. 둘째, 두 박물관의 관계자와 인터뷰하여 이와 관련한 박물관의 교육적 의도와 노력을 알아보았다. 마지막으로 과학탐구공동체 구현을 위한 주제와 관련된 자연사 박물관 전시물의 특징을 탐색적으로 분석하였다. 이 연구에서 조사한 박물관의 전시는 교육과정과 관련하여 사회과학적 소재인 '지진'의 다양하고 실제적인 사례와 사건에 관한 풍부한 자료를 제공하고 있었다. 대상 박물관은 지역적 흥미와 사회과학적 이슈와의 연관성에 초점을 맞추어 박물관의 교육적 목적을 달성하고자 했음을 알았다. 지진이란 주제를 관람객에게 적절하도록 하기 위해 전시특성에 있어 원자료나 상호작용적 매체를 이용하여 살아있는 경험의 전달을 강조되고 있음을 알아내었다.