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The Effect of Contrastive Discussion Based on the Historically Debated Concepts of Falling and Horizontal Motion on the Conceptual Change of 7 Year Pupils by Introducing Weightless Context (수평 및 낙하 운동에 대한 과학사적 대립개념의 대비적 토론이 무중력 상황 도입을 통한 중학교 1학년 학생의 개념 변화에 미친 효과)

  • Kim, Jae-Woo;Oh, Won-Kun;Pak, Sung-Jae
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.31-44
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    • 1997
  • One class of grade 7 was chosen as a control group, and the other as an experimental group. The control group watched only a film of motion in weightless situation, but the experimental group had a contrastive discussion before watching the film. In pretest, pupils were given contrasted views between the pre-Galilean and post-Galilean about falling and horizontal motion of bodies, and asked to choose one from two points of view and to write the reason why they choose it. After the pretest, control group students watched the same film as the experimental group did. On the falling problem, the control group ignored the contents of the film or regarded related contents as not related contents. However, through the contrastive discussion, experimental group pupils reconstructed their past vague ideas and noticed the cause of falling which was not perceived by the control group. On the horizontal motion, some in the control group agreed with post-Galilean view points after watching the film. Some of the pupils in the experimental group agreed with the post-Galilean viewpoint after performing the contrastive discussion. However, most of them agreed after watching the film. So we can conclude that the contrastive discussion which helped students to reconstruct their ideas made the difference between the two groups.

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The Effect of an Invention Program for Gifted Pupils on the Interest of Science-engineering Department and Career Maturity (발명영재 교육 프로그램이 초등학생의 이공계 선호 및 진로의식에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Kyu-Seung;Nam, Hyun-Wook
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.56-62
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    • 2009
  • The main aim of this study is to find out whether an elementary school's science-invention program for gifted pupils has an effect on their attitude towards science-engineering sector or related careers for their future. For hypothesis testing, a class for gifted pupils of 6th grade in D elementary school, J elementary school is chosen. The experiment was implemented 12 times during the period. Major findings were as follows. In career maturity, there weren't statistically meaningful differences found between experimental and controlled group as a result of invention program. This result showed that the invention program is not appropriate to promote the career maturity. However, there were still some evidence of change in their attitudes to science-engineering. Based on the result, an invention program which fails to improve career maturity should be amended.

Sun Burn Incidence and Knowledge of Greek Elementary and High School Children about Sun Protection

  • Saridi, Maria Ioannis;Toska, Aikaterini George;Rekleiti, Maria Dimitrios;Tsironi, Maria;Geitona, Maria;Souliotis, Kyriakos
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.1529-1534
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    • 2015
  • Introduction: Overexposure to sun radiation and particularly its accumulation during childhood and adolescence is a significant risk factor for skin cancer development. The sun burn is particularly important. Aim: To estimate sun burn incidence in young pupils in a coastal area of Greece. Materials and Methods: Two surveys were conducted in a school population in the same district in Greece, over different periods of time, in young people 9 to 18 years old (n=2 977). Anonymous questionnaires were completed. Levels of significance were two-tailed and statistical significance was set at p=0.05. SPSS 17.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Results: From the individual characteristics of the participants it was shown that the majority of them had dark hair and fair skin, whereas a significant percentage reported the existence of moles on face and their body (83.4% vs 68.1%). The sun burn incidence was high in adolescents and the younger pupils (41.9% vs 55.6%). The younger aged children who were living in an urban area had significantly higher rates of sun burn than those living in semi-urban areas (33.8% vs 24.8%, p=0.020). As far as the knowledge of pupils about the risks of sun radiation it was shown that the elementary school pupils had better knowledge than those at high school. Finally, those with better knowledge had the fewer sun burns (Mean 2.83 SD 0.87, p<0.001). Conclusions: The contribution of knowledge to the decrease of sun burn incidence is important as long as this is continuous. Therefore, the education should concern not only children but also teachers and parents in the context of continuous and systematic programs of health education.

A Survey Study on the Roles of School Community Members (학교공동체 구성원의 역할 탐색을 위한 조사연구)

  • Hur, Hak-Do
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.364-373
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    • 2006
  • Each roles of school community members as principals, assistant principals, head teachers, teachers, parents of pupils, and persons of regional society by questionnaire method. The opinions of 805 subjects of school members in Pusan city by stratified random sampling are analyzed. The results of analysis are as follows : The major roles of principals in school community are considered as (1) converging various schools members' opinions and reflecting them to school management (2) setting manifest educational goals of school and projecting visions of school development in the future (3) managing efficient, rational school. The major roles of assistant principals in school community are defined as (1) mediating and co-ordinating relation between principal and teachers (2) combing and harmonizing school members (3) dividing and co-ordinating school members' roles. The major roles of head teachers are defined as (1) driving departmental services and acting teaches' professional competency (2) mediating relation between school managers and teachers (3) converging teachers' opinions, delivering and reflecting them to the school managers. The major roles of teachers are defined as (1) supporting pupils' growth (2) completing teaching-learning activities (3) devoting pupul discipline. The major roles of pupils in school community are (1) believing schooling and teachers (2) self-initiative, positive learning activities (3) comprehending, caring, co-operating others. major roles of parents of pupils in school community are (1) believing schooling and teachers (2) The participating schooling (3) supporting schooling. The major roles of persons of regional community in school community are defined as (1) concerning and believing schooling (2) supporting and co-operating schooling (3) comprehending and loving schooling.

Proposed parameters of optimal central incisor positioning in orthodontic treatment planning: A systematic review

  • Sangalli, Linda;Dalessandri, Domenico;Bonetti, Stefano;Mandelli, Gualtiero;Visconti, Luca;Savoldi, Fabio
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.53-65
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    • 2022
  • Objective: Planning of incisal position is crucial for optimal orthodontic treatment outcomes due to its consequences on facial esthetics and occlusion. A systematic summary of the proposed parameters is presented. Methods: Studies on Google Scholar©, PubMed©, and Cochrane Library, providing quantitative information on optimal central incisor position were included. Results: Upper incisors supero-inferior position (4-5 mm to upper lip, 67-73 mm to axial plane through pupils), antero-posterior position (3-4 mm to Nasion-A, 3-6 mm to A-Pogonion, 9-12 mm to true vertical line, 5 mm to A-projection, 9-10 mm to coronal plane through pupils), bucco-lingual angulation (4-7° to occlusal plane perpendicular on models, 20-22° to Nasion-A, 57-58° to upper occlusal plane, 16-20° to coronal plane through pupils, 108-110° to anterior-posterior nasal spine), mesio-distal angulation (5° to occlusal plane perpendicular on models). Lower incisors supero-inferior position (41-48 mm to soft-tissue mandibular plane), antero-posterior position (3-4 mm to Nasion-B, 1-3 mm to A-Pogonion, 12-15 mm to true vertical line, 6-8 mm to coronal plane through pupils), bucco-lingual angulation (1-4° to occlusal plane perpendicular on models, 87-94° to mandibular plane, 68° to Frankfurt plane, 22-25° to Nasion-B, 105° to occlusal plane, 64° to lower occlusal plane, 21° to A-Pogonion), mesio-distal angulation (2° to occlusal plane perpendicular on models). Conclusions: Although these findings can provide clinical guideline, they derive from heterogeneous studies in terms of subject characteristics and reference methods. Therefore, the optimal incisal position remains debatable.

Analysis of Students Use of Multimodal Representations in a Science Formative Assessment (Assessing Pupils' Progress, APP) Task in the UK

  • Cho, Hye Sook;Nam, Jeonghee
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.61 no.4
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    • pp.211-217
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study was to examine UK students' use of multimodal representations in science. Students were asked to explain their understandings of the scientific concept and presentation of the multimodal representations in a science Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) task. Participants of this study were fifty-four Year 7 students taught by the same teacher. Students from one class (27 students) were assigned to the experimental group, and then they received instruction encouraging the using of multimodal representations as evidences to support students' claims. One class (27 students) was assigned to the control group and they received instruction with traditional teaching methods. Both groups performed an APP task for assessment. The samples of APP assessments produced by students both from the experimental and control groups were analyzed using an analysis framework of multimodal representations, embeddedness in evidence and understanding of scientific concepts. Data analysis indicated that the students in the experimental group performed better than that of the control group on embeddedness of multimodal representations in the APP task. In addition, there was a significant difference between the two groups in the evaluation of understand of the scientific concepts.

Tendency of Elementary School Pupils' Classification Ability Development (초등학생 분류능력 발달의 경향성)

  • Choi Ryun-Dong;Yang Il-Ro;Kwon Chi-Soon
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.281-291
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school pupil's classification ability that appears in classification activity. For this study, we developed 2 suitable tools in classification activity achievement. One is artificial stimulus card that comes into view clearly. The other is natural stimulus card that does not come into view well. The test was administrated to 376 pupils of 2, 4, and 6 grade in D elementary School in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The result proved in this study was as following. First, elementary school pupil's classification ability showed the developmental change as the grade level rises. Second, there was no statistical difference between boys and girls. Third, there was high correlation between sort artificial category and natural category in their ability. Fourth, classification achievement rate of constant level by grade was seen regardless of the items. The findings above gives following guidance in science classification learning. First, if teacher understands the development of students' classification ability, more effective classification guidance is available. Second, to cultivate students' classification ability, we should devise and apply program depending on their classification ability by grade.

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Actual State of TVOC and HCHO Concentration in Newly Built or Remodeled Kindergarten (신축 및 리모델링 유치원의 휘발성유기화합물 농도 실태)

  • Choi, Yoon-Jung;Park, Eun-Bi;An, Ji-Sun
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.1363-1374
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the actual state of the indoor air quality in newly built or remodeled kindergartens by TVOC and HCHO concentration and teachers' responses. The field measurements on the levels of TVOC and HCHO were carried out in six classrooms of newly built or remodeled kindergartens before their opening. The interviews with teachers of subject kindergartens were carried out at the end of the first semester. The contents of the interviews were teachers' subjective responses and symptoms of the kindergarten pupils on the Sick New-School Syndrome. The results are as follows; the mean value of TVOC concentration in the classrooms of kindergartens ranged from 0.10ppm to 0.42ppm, which can theoretically exert a harmful influence on residents. The mean value of HCHO concentration ranged from 0.00ppm to 0.03ppm, which does not exceed the standard. The TVOC concentrations of the more ventilated kindergartens were lower than the others. Also, the classrooms with high concentrations of TVOC showed negative responses or symptoms in teachers and kindergarten pupils.

The reinvention method for the gifted students in mathematics education according to Freudenthal's theory (Freudenthal의 재발명 방법에 근거한 초등 수학영재 지도 방안)

  • Kang, Heung-Kyu
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.9 no.1 s.17
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2005
  • In modern theory, creativity is an aim of mathematics education not only for the gifted but also fur the general students. The assertion that we must cultivate the creativity for the gifted students and drill the mechanical activity for the general students are unreasonable. Freudenthal has advocated the reinvention method, a pedagogical principle in mathematics education, which would promote the creativity. In this method, the pupils start with a meaningful context, not ready-made concepts, and invent informative method through which he could arrive at the formative concepts progressively. In many face the reinvention method is contrary to the traditional method. In traditional method, which was named as 'concretization method' by Freudenthal, the pupils start with ready-made concepts, and applicate this concepts to various instances through which he could arrive at the understanding progressively. Freudenthal believed that the mathematical creativity could not be cultivated through the concretization method in which the teacher transmit a ready-made concept to the pupils. In the article, we close examined the reinvention method, and presented a context of delivery route which is a illustration of reinvention method. Through that context, the principle of pascal's triangle is reinvented progressively.

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Consumption Pattern of Ramyon by Elementary School Pupils -Kangwon do Area- (국민학생의 라면 소비실태 조사( I ) -강원도 지역을 중심으로-)

  • 장명숙;황재희;현영희
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 1988
  • Consumption pattern of Ramyon (fried instant noodle) by elementary school pupils at age of 10∼13 years in Kangwon-do area was surveyed by questionaire. About 64% among 675 pupils consumed Ramyon more than once or twice per week. On the whole, common Ramyon was frequently consumed as a kind of substitutes for normal meal at home because of its convenience. The advertisement had strong effect on the selection of Ramyon. Especially, gummy texture of noodle and hot taste of soup are playing as a vital role in choosing Ramyon. At present, no significant differences in consumption pattern between sex were observed in most cases.

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