• 공학교육연구
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.32-44
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• 2023

This research aims to examine the role of writing self-efficacy in engineering students' writing metacognitive strategies and writing apprehension. To achieve this purpose, first, the relationships among writing self-efficacy, writing metacognitive strategies and writing apprehension were investigated. Second, the effects of writing self-efficacy, as perceived by engineering students, on writing metacognitive strategies as well as writing apprehension were explored. A total of 173 engineering students from one university in Korea responded to survey based on a three-variables scale. The findings were that, firstly, positive correlations between writing self-efficacy and writing metacognitive strategies were identified in terms of sub-factors of those two variables. Secondly, negative correlations between writing apprehension and writing self-efficacy, and between writing apprehension and writing metacognitive strategies, were identified in terms of sub-factors of those variables. Thirdly, writing self-efficacy predicted engineering students' writing metacognitive strategies' sub-factors and writing apprehension. The practical implications of these findings are discussed herein, with particular attention on education for promotion of writing self-efficacy and reduction of writing apprehension.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.33-45
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• 2022

This study aims to investigate effects of scaffolding on writing apprehension and media literacy in engineering freshmen's synchronous online writing course, and the relationships between the two variables. 'Scaffolding' is in-time support provided by a teacher/tutor or competent peer that enables students to meaningfully gain skills at problem solving process. Also, it is one of the most frequently mentioned concepts in education as well as one of the more necessary teaching strategies in an online writing course. In this study, provided treatments for the experiment were supportive scaffolding for domain-specific knowledge and reflective scaffolding for meta-cognitive knowledge. Participants were 102 engineering undergraduate students, who were assigned to two experimental groups by scaffolding types. A process-based writing course in online learning environment was conducted for 8 weeks. The writing tasks were given according to writing process. The findings were that, firstly, there were statistically significant writing apprehension's reduction and self-expression's improvement through the scaffolding provided in writing class. Secondly, writing apprehension's reduction and self-expression's improvement were significant in supportive scaffolding group. Thirdly, media literacy predicted writing apprehension. The practical implications of these findings are discussed herein, with particular attention on ways for writing apprehension's reduction as well as media literacy's enhancement.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.569-576
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• 2007

이 연구에서는 해결자·청취자 활동에서 의사소통 불안 수준에 따른 소집단 구성의 효과를 조사했다. 수 업 전 중학교 3학년 세 학급(N=99)을 대상으로 의사소통 불안 검사를 실시한 후, 의사소통 불안 동질 집단과 이질 집단, 그리고 통제 집단으로 무선 배치했다. ‘화학 반응식의 계수 맞추기', ‘질량 보존의 법칙', ‘일정 성 분비의 법칙' 등에 관한 수업을 7차시 진행한 후, 화학 문제 해결력 검사 및 수업 처치에 대한 인식 검사를 실 시했다. 이원 변량 분석 결과, 화학 문제 해결력 검사의 점수에서 수업 처치와 학생들의 의사소통 불안 수준 사이의 상호작용 효과가 나타났다. 단순 효과 검증 결과, 의사소통 불안이 낮은 학생들의 경우 이질 집단의 평 균이 통제 집단보다 유의미하게 높았다. 그러나 학생들의 수업 처치에 대한 인식은 동질 집단에서 긍정적인 경 향이 있었다.