• 공학교육연구
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2017

This research aims to explore characteristics of engineering students' thinking styles compared with those of undergraduate students in Korea. For this, we investigated whether there were differences of thinking styles in undergraduates according to majors and gender. 'Thinking styles', one individual-difference variable, has received particular attention in recent years. Styles are not abilities but rather refer to individuals' preferred way of applying their abilities in cognitive tasks(Sternberg, 1988). There has been much research(domestic and foreign) about thinking styles and their related factors. However, to date, little attention has been paid to engineering students' thinking styles, and few studies have dealt with them together with undergraduate students' of various majors. This study was conducted with a total of 865 students from 3 universities, and thinking styles have been measured online. Our findings show that firstly, there were significant differences in undergraduate students' thinking styles by majors. Engineering students scored significantly higher in external style, students majoring in humanities scored higher in executive, hierarchical and conservative styles, and students majoring in arts scored higher in legislative, internal and liberal styles. Second, there was a significant difference in students' thinking styles by gender. Male students scored significantly higher than females in judicial, global and external styles. Whereas female students scored higher than males in hierarchical and internal styles. Third, there was a significant difference in engineering students' thinking styles by gender. Male engineering students scored significantly higher than females in judicial and monarchic styles. Whereas female engineering students scored significantly higher in hierarchical styles. Based on these findings, it is expected to apply thinking styles to develop related courses as well as programs for engineering students.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.100-112
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• 2021

Based on the importance of visual representation for scientific understanding, this study applied visual thinking in elementary science classes. This study analyzed elementary students' visual thinking and investigated the instructional influences. Students' perceptions on the class applying visual thinking were also investigated. The subject were 38 fourth grade students, 18 in experimental group and 20 in control group. For the unit of 'Shadow and mirror', on-line and off-line blended classes were applied in both group because of COVID-19. The experimental group student were asked to construct their own visual thinking, while the control group students used traditional workbook. The results were as follows. First, students' visual thinking can be classified into three different types, which are 'activity recall type', 'result summary type', and 'core concept representation type' based on what they represent rather than how they represent. Second, applying visual thinking in science class showed significant effects on science academic achievement, science related attitude, and creative academic efficacy. Third, students' perceptions on applying visual thinking in science classes were very positive. Students perceived visual thinking activities were interesting and helpful for understanding science. Educational implications of applying visual thinking in elementary science classes were discussed.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2024

Amid the increasing interest in medical humanities education, this study developed a medical humanities course that utilized design thinking to foster creative thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills that pre-medical students should possess. The course's efficacy was assessed by evaluating improvements in core design thinking skills. The present study was conducted among 83 first-year medical students after planning and implementing a design thinking course. The reflection journals written by students along the course of the class were examined using the template analysis technique to evaluate the effectiveness of the class. The study's primary findings showed the successful development of step-by-step medical humanities education content utilizing design thinking and its practical implementation in a class. Moreover, the course improved students' core design thinking skills effectively, and in a balanced way. These results illustrate the effective application of design thinking in medical school through a medical humanities course. These findings indicate that a medical humanities course can help medical students showcase their abilities to collaborate and solve problems in the real world. This paper suggests the need for further research to develop a curriculum that integrates design thinking and investigate the relationship between medical students' core competencies and design thinking-based courses.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

Factors and causal structures of pre-service elementary teachers about the critical thinking and the scientific literacy competency were investigated in this study. The third grade university students and the first grade university students in the metropolitan city participated in this study. The factor analysis method and the structural equation modeling method were used for the data analysis, and the following results were obtained. First, the third grade university students and the first grade university students recognized 'inquisitive thinking' factor and 'reflective thinking' factor as factors of the critical thinking, and 'scientific explanation' factor and 'evidence-based conclusion' factor as factors of the scientific literacy competency respectively. Second, the third grade university students showed more the influence from 'reflective thinking' factor to 'scientific explanation' factor and from 'reflective thinking' factor to 'evidence-based conclusion' factor than the first grade university students.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 1996

This descriptive study was done to investigate the critical thinking ability of senior nursing students in two types of nursing education programs : associate and baccalaureate programs. Data were conveniently collected from 159 associate degree nursing (ADN)students and 158 baccalaureate degree nursing(BSN)students. All schools were the Ministry of Education accredited and located in Seoul City and Kyung gi Province. These data were collected by self reporting questionaire given over two months from March to May, 1995. The subjects completed the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) and a demographic questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test with the SAS program. The results of this study are as follows 1. The mean of critical thinking ability of the ADN students was 42.69. 2. The mean of critical thinking ability of the BSN students was 47.68. 3. There was significant difference in the WGCTA scores between the ADN and the BSN students （t=7.38 p＜0.001） 4. This study suggests that critical thinking ability may increase with higher levels of nursing education. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.779-790
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 AI 메이커 코딩 교육이 초등학생의 컴퓨팅 사고력 향상에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 연구 대상은 안산시 H 초등학교에 재학 중인 10명의 학생이며, 소프트웨어 코딩 기반 메이커교육용 교수학습모형을 활용한 총 8차시의 AI 메이커 코딩 교육을 학생들에게 적용하여 컴퓨팅 사고력의 향상 정도를 분석하였다. 수업에 참여한 학생들은 실생활의 문제를 코딩과 메이킹 활동을 통해 해결하는 과정을 수행하였고, 컴퓨팅 사고력 검사지를 통해 교육 전·후의 컴퓨팅 사고력 향상 정도를 측정하는 한편, 면담을 통해 컴퓨팅 사고력 구성요소와 관련된 학생들의 사고 과정을 관찰하였다. 연구 결과 모든 학생의 컴퓨팅 사고력 평균 점수가 향상되었으며, 학생 간 점수의 편차가 감소함을 확인하였다. 면담을 통해서는 문제해결 과정에서 학생들이 컴퓨팅 사고력과 관련된 사고 능력을 적극적으로 활용함을 알 수 있었다. 이를 통해 AI 메이커 코딩 교육은 학생의 컴퓨팅 사고력 향상에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.708-718
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• 2004

본 연구의 목적은 Sternberg의 정신자치제 이론에 근거하여 영재학생과 일반학생의 사고양식의 차이를 조사하고, 사고양식 유형에 따라 두 집단이 가지고 있는 지구과학 개념을 비교 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 과학영재학교 1학년 120명과 일반계 고등학교 2학년 122명을 대상으로 총 65문학의 자기보고식 사고양식 검사와 서술형 지구과학 개념검사를 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 과학영재학생은 입법적, 사법적, 무정부제, 전체적, 진보적 사고양식이 우세하여 새로운 과제를 선호하고 자기 자신의 방식으로 문제를 해결하는 특성을 나타내었다. 반면에 일반학생은 행정적, 과두제, 보수적 사고양식이 우세하여 이미 짜여진 구조나 지침에 따라 문제를 해결하는 특성을 나타내었다. 사고양식 유형에 따른 지구과학 개념을 비교한 결과, 과학영재 집단과 일반학생 집단 모두 Type I 사고양식의 학생들이 Type II 사고양식의 학생들 보다 지질학 분야와 천문학 분야 공통적으로 심도 있고 복합적인 개념을 나타내었다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.141-155
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• 2011

This study investigated whether middle school and high school students' coping strategies and positive thinking patterns moderate the negative effects of self-discrepancies on maladjustive emotions represented by depression and anxiety. The study participants consisted of 308 middle school students and 301 high school students from schools from metropolitan areas in Korea. The results of this study were as followed. First, the high school students reported higher scores in terms of depression, anxiety, and active coping strategies than the middle school students, while the middle school students reported higher scores in terms of positive thinking than the high school students. Second, the high school students' active coping strategies and positive thinking patterns moderated the negative effects of self-discrepancies on maladjustive emotions. These results indicate that both middle and high school students' self-discrepancies negatively affected maladjustive emotions, whereas active coping strategies and positive thinking patterns positively affected maladjustive emotions. In addition, active coping strategies and positive thinking patterns had a moderating effect only among the high school students.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.443-467
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• 2006

2학년 학생들의 곱셈적 사고를 조사하여 공통적인 특성과 덧셈적으로 사고할 수 있는 학생과 곱셈적으로 사고할 수 있는 학생들의 차이점을 알아본 결과는 다음과 같았다. 곱셈적 사고를 하는 2학년 학생들은 '곱하기', '몇 개씩 몇 묶음' 등의 곱셈을 나타내는 용어를 사용하여 곱셈으로 문제를 해결하였다. 또한 곱셈적 사고를 하는 학생과 덧셈적 사고를 하는 학생으로 분류할 수 있었는데 가장 하위의 사고를 하는 학생은 모든 문제를 덧셈으로 해결하였고 가장 상위의 사고를 하는 학생은 모든 문제를 곱셈으로 해결하고 부분-전체 사고가 완전하였다.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.413-434
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• 2014

Logic lays the foundation of Mathematics and the development of Mathematics is dependent on critical thinking. So it is important that school mathematics helps students develop their logical and critical thinking ability for both mathematics learning and problem solving in general. MINDSTORMS, a LEGO based programming activity kit, is an effective teaching and learning tool that can be used to enhance logical and critical thinking in students. This study focused on measuring the growth of students' ability to think logically and critically when they used MINDSTORMS activities to learn programming. In addition, we investigated how the students' logical and critical thinking changed from the MINDSTORMS learning experience. The study confirmed that the programming activities using MINDSTORMS help to enhance logical and critical thinking in students. The students attitude about logical and critical thinking became more positive and the activities helped to engage students to think logically and critically. This type of programming activities should be valuable in mathematics education and it should be included in a general mathematics curriculum.