• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.103-113
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to identify the preferable learning strategies in science learning and to find out the relationship between these strategies and scientific achievement of students in the secondary school. The learning strategies were tested with two categories, self-focused and work-focused learning. The four types of learning strategies in science learning were analyzed, and they were named to organization, monitoring, elaboration and memorization strategies, which were defined by GSSS test. In the self-focused learning, the organization and monitoring strategies were preferred to the elaboration and memorization strategies. Middle school students had a preference for memorization strategy (p=0.000), whereas high school students had a preference for monitoring strategy (p=0.015). In the case of organization strategy, female groups were preferable to male groups (p=0.027). In the second form of learning types, work-focused learning, the memorization strategy was the same preference as organization and monitoring strategies in the secondary school students, especially the male groups of high school students. The preference of elaboration strategy was relative lower compared with that of self-focused learning type. Middle school students had a preference for monitoring strategy (p=0.001), whereas high school students had a preference for elaboration strategy (p=0.001). The difference of each preference between male and female groups was not shown. From the analysis of correlation between learning strategy and scientific achievement, it showed that the monitoring strategy was commonly correlated with scientific achievement. In the self-focused learning, elaboration and organization strategies were correlated with scientific achievement in high school students (p<0.05). In the work-focused learning, memorization strategy was correlated with scientific achievement in middle school students, especially in male groups (p<0.05).

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2013

이 연구는 중학교 과학과 실험수업 실태 및 교사의 실험수업에 대한 인식을 조사한 것이다. 실험연수에 참여한 중학교 교사 110명을 대상으로 실험수업에 대한 인식을 설문지 방법으로 조사하였다. 중학교 과학교사들은 이론 중심의 강의식 수업을 주로 실시하고, 실험수업은 1학기에 1~3회의 빈도로 진행하는 것으로 조사되었다. 실험활동은 교과서에 제시된 실험활동의 결과를 확인하는 수준에서 진행하는 것으로 조사되었다. 연구대상에 참여한 교사 대부분은 과학수업지도 능력과 실험수업지도 능력을 평균 이상으로 인식하고 있었다. 실험수업의 장점을 '과학에 대한 흥미 및 호기심 유발,' '과학적 탐구능력 신장,' '과학 이해력 향상' 등으로 인식하고 있었다. 그러나 교사의 '업무과다,' '실험실 여건 요인,' '교육 환경 요인' 등은 과학실험을 저해하는 요인이라고 하였다. 과학교사가 실험을 통하여 학생들의 과학적 태도 형성 및 학습 동기를 유발할 수 있도록 과학교사의 업무 경감, 실험 환경 개선 등에 대한 지속적인 관심과 투자가 요구된다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.260-264
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• 2003

The growing concern for poor dietary habits among adolescents has prompted many researcher to study the adolescents' knowledge and beliefs on a number of nutrition-related issues. Following that precedent, this study was conducted to evaluate the nutrition knowledge of a sample of adolescents in a middle school in Ohio. The participants were 532 students in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades between the ages of 11 and 13 from Shawnee Middle School in Lima, Ohio. The students were asked to answer a questionnaire CANKAP (Comprehensive Assessment of Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices), which measured their nutrition knowledge. The CANKAP questionnaire consisted of 20 questions for sixth grade students and 25 questions for seventh and eighth grade students. Also, the participants were asked to identify their gender. According to the result, nutrition knowledge of middle school children was weak. The findings indicated that females had higher mean nutrition knowledge scores than boys in the seventh and eighth grades. There was no significant difference in the mean value of nutrition knowledge between sixth grade boys and girls.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1219-1235
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• 2006

This study aimed to inquire the relationship among wellness, quality of life and socio-demographic variables in Korean middle school students. 'Korean Wellness Scale for Middle school students(K-WSM), Quality of Life Scale, and other socio-demographic data were surveyed to 1,200 students in national wide area. For the results, ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation, and Multiple regression were conducted. With demographic variables, sex, religion, & academic achievement of students, social economic status(SES) and living with both of parents were positively related to wellness and quality of life. But grade and physical disease of student didn't show significant relationships. The relationship between wellness and quality of life showed high correlation (r=.66, p < .05). Among the wellness subscales, spiritual and social wellness showed significant predictive power. In the end, the contributions and limitations of this study were discussed.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1991

The purpose of the study was to investigate middle school students' comprehension about analogies for explaining conceps related to electric current. For the study, 14 seventh grade students and 14 eighth grade students were sampled, and they were divided into two group, one group for implementing pictorial analogies, the other for analogies in words. The subjects are academically high achievers. The conclusion of this study is that the middle school students' comprehension about analogies of electric current is low. So the author of this study suggests that conditions as analog and context of analogy usage should be considered for the use of the analogies.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1345-1355
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• 2012

In this study, 15 evaluation questions about light were developed and presented to 30 middle school students, and then the theory of knowledge space was used to analyze the status of the middle school students' knowledge about light. Not only was the state of the students' knowledge about light intended to be measured by schematizing the knowledge hierarchy obtained; the data obtained were also intended to be used as basic materials to improve the teaching methods used. To achieve the purpose of this study, the evaluation results, the individual knowledge state, and the hierarchy of questions were analyzed. As a result, different knowledge structures were found in the individuals and groups, and it was determined that individuals and groups should be diagnosed differently. In addition, the implication that there is a connection between each question and the individual knowledge state was drawn.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2003

This study was to examine the contents of sexuality education in the 6th Home Economics 1 and in the 7th Technology.Home Economics 1 of Middle school curriculum by comparing those two text books. The result of the study was that: 1) the 7th TechnologyㆍHome Economics 1 has more sexuality education contents than in the 6th; 2) the 7th TechnologyㆍHome Economics 1 used much more vivid and realistic pictures to catch students' attention and bring educational effect; 3) the 7th Technology \ulcornerHome Economics 1 included more detailed information for the young students such as pregnancy, birth control, masturbation, artificial abortion, and prevention of sexual violence than the 6th; 4) although the 7th TechnologyㆍHome Economics 1 showed more developed contents for the sexuality education, it had still only theory based information that lost students' attention on this important issue.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of tourmaline Gemstone therapy on dysmenorrhea and painful menstruation in middle school female students. Method: This study employed a one-group pretest-posttest design. Data was collected from 15 subjects from September 1 to November 31, 2005. Tourmaline Gemstone therapy was provided once during a peak time of dysmenorrhea and painful menstruation. The instrument used were modified Moos's MDQ(Menstrual Distress Questionnaire) tool and VAS. Data was analyzed with the use SPSS. Result: There was a statistically significant difference in the dysmenorrhea(t=5.50, p=.000) and painful menstruation(t=6.49, p=.000) after the intervention with tourmaline gemstone therapy. Conclusion: Tourmaline Gemstone therapy using a Tourmaline Gemstone therapy has a positive effect on decreasing dysmenorrhea and painful menstruation.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.61-70
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• 1987

This paper was made for the purpose of examining middle school student's conception about force and motion. Using questionaire method. this research was executed to 180 students at a middle school in Seoul. Questions were as following; 3 questions about relation of the direction of force and that of motion in case of throwing a ball up, 2 questions about parabolic motion. 1 question about inertia. and 1 question about action and reaction. The way of answering was both selecting and explaining the students' thought about questions. Network analysis was used for analyzing students' various responses. Through the analysis. some types of students' thought were revealed. As a result the representation of their response was motion implies force which had been discovered by earlier researchers. Even though students had learned about force and motion in the classroom. their ideas were unchanged or even reinforced wrongly in some case.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.10-18
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• 1995

Nutrition knowledge of mothers who had middle-school studients was investigated using questionnaire about nutrition knowledge and food habit. The results were summerized as follows ; The mean score of nutrition knowledge was 25.3 (out of possible-80-80points), which score was slightly lower than those of other studies. the percentage of perceived knowledge and accuracy of the knowledge were 77.7% and 79.6%, respectively. these scores were influenced by general characteristics such as age, education, occupation, income, food expense. With decreasing age and increasing education level, family income, nutritional knowledge score, the percentage of perceived knowledge and accuracy were significantly getting higher. The levels of both perceived knowledge and accuracy on the necessi쇼 of vitamins and minerals were above 90%. However, the accuracy on protein quality and dietary fiber was below 40%. The better food habit a subject had, the higher was the nutrition knowledge score.