• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.120-125
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• 2007

The purpose of the present study was to test the validity of the confirming abduction model (CAM). CAM is a process model which explains how reasoners confirm their hypothetical explicans. To test this model, 154 8th grade students were sampled from one middle school in Korea. Three types of vapor condensation hypothesis confirming tests were developed and administered to the subjects. The results of this study revealed that student confidence increased when hypothetical explicans were borrowed into experienced phenomena from questioning phenomena. These results validated CAM. According to CAM, the process. of confirming hypothetical explican is as follows: representing a questioning phenomenon, representing an experienced phenomenon that is similar to the questioning phenomenon, representing the hypothetical explican of the questioning phenomenon, comparing the questioning phenomenon with the experienced phenomenon, and borrowing the hypothetical explican as the hypothetical explican of the experienced phenomenon from the hypothetical explican of the questioning phenomenon. This study also discussed the implications of these findings for teaching and learning in science education.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1269-1280
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to analyze the verbal interaction during elementary students' hypothesis generation learning. For this study, 32 6th graders were selected and were assorted into heterogeneous small-groups by achievement levels. The topics of hypothesis generation learning were developed by analyzing the current elementary school curriculum. Each group's verbal interactions were audio/video taped and transcribed. After coding the protocol and having student retrospective interview, types and frequency of verbal interaction were analyzed. The frequency of verbal interaction during observation was highest and that of questioning situation identification was lowest. Regarding to the quality of verbal interactions, low level interactions were significantly frequent during observation. On the other hand, hypothetical explicans generation revealed high frequency of high level interactions. The results revealed that elementary students can make high level verbal interactions through hypothesis generation learning.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.458-469
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• 2003

이 연구는 과학적 가설 지식의 생성 과정을 귀납적으로 기술하구 분석하여 하나의 바탕이론을 제시하고자 하였다. 이것을 위해 과학적 현상의 원인을 설명하는 과제를 피험자들에게 제시하고, 피험자들이 과제를 해결하는 과정에서 표상한 지식과 사고 유형을 발성 사고법과 심층면접을 통해 프로토콜로 생성하게 한 후, 이것에서 규칙성을 찾아 귀납적으로 기술하는 연구 방법을 이용하였다. 이 연구의 결과는 가설 지식 생성 과정에서 의문상황, 가설적 설명자, 경험상황, 원인적 설명자, 최종가설지식 등 5가지의 중간적 지식들이 생성됨을 보여주었다. 또, 지식 탐색, 의문상황과 경험상황 비교, 설명자 차용, 설명자 조합, 설명자 선택, 설명자 확인 등 6가지 유형의 사고가 가설 지식 생성에 관여한다는 것도 보여주었다. 또한 과학적 가설 지식은 '의문상황${\righallow}$경험상황${\righallow}$원인적 설명자${\righallow}$가설적 설명자${\righallow}$가설' 순으로 중간적 지식들의 표상되는 과정을 통해 생성되며, 이러한 과정은 귀추적 추론 뿐만 아니라 귀납과 연역 추론도 함께 관여하는 복잡한 사고 과정임을 보여주었다.