• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.599-610
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• 2018

이 연구의 목적은 파브르의 탐구 과정에서 나타난 메커니즘 추론을 분석하고, 분석 결과에 기반하여 메커니즘 추론 모델을 개발하는 것이다. 이를 위해 Russ et al.(2008)의 분석틀을 수정 보완한 메커니즘 추론 분석틀로 "파브르 곤충기 1~10" 가운데 추론요소가 등장하는 30개의 챕터를 분석하였다. 분석결과 첫째, 파브르의 탐구 과정에서 나타난 메커니즘 추론의 하위 과정 요소는 선지식확인, 대상속성확인, 시작조건확인, 활동확인 등의 과정이 반복적으로 일어났다. 뿐만 아니라 이 메커니즘 추론의 과정 요소들의 순서는 탐구 주제, 의문 유형, 선지식이나 주어진 상황 등에 따라 다르게 나타났으며, 비선형적이고 반복적인 형태로 나타났다. 둘째, 메커니즘 추론의 과정 요소가 나타난 순서에 기반하여 메커니즘 추론 모델을 개발하였다. 파브르의 탐구 과정 분석을 통해 제안되는 메커니즘 추론 모델은 실체확인형 메커니즘 추론 모델(MIE), 활동확인형 메커니즘 추론 모델(MIA), 실체 속성확인형 메커니즘 추론 모델(MIP) 3가지였다. 이러한 결과는 인과 메커니즘을 밝히고자 하는 탐구를 수행하는 학생들에게 교사가 Why 뿐만 아니라 How, If, What과 같은 다양한 발문을 통해 탐구를 진행하도록 유도할 수 있음을 시사해준다. 또한 교사는 자연 현상의 기저에 존재하는 여러 실체들을 인식하는 메커니즘적 이해가 요구되며 학생들에게 다양한 가설을 생성하도록 하는 기회를 제공해야함을 시사해 준다.

• 한국영재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국영재학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.137-138
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• 2003

Understanding how and why people differ is a fundamental, if distant, goal of research efforts to bridge psychological and biological levels of analysis. General fluid intelligence (gF) is a major dimension of individual differences and refers to reasoning and novel problemsolving ability. A conceptual integration of evidence from cognitive (behavioral) and anatomical studies suggeststhat gF should covary with both task performance and neural activity in specific brain systems when specific cognitive demands are present, with the neural activity mediating the relation between gF and performance. Direct investigation of this possibility will be a critical step toward a mechanistic model of human intelligence. In turn, a mechanistic model might suggest ways to enhance gF through targeted behavioral or neurobiological intervent ions, We formed two different groups as subjects based on their scholarly attainments. Each group consists of 20 volunteers(aged 16-17 years, right-handed males) from the National Gifted School and a local high school respectively. To test whether individual differences in general intelligence are mediated at a neural level, we first assessed intellectual characteristics in 40 subjects using standard intelligence tests (Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) administered outside of the MR scanner. We then used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRl) to measure task-related brain activity as participants performed three different kinds of computerized reasoning tasks that were intended to activate the relevant neural systems. To examine the difference of neural activity according to discrepancy in general intelligence, we compared the brain activity of both extreme groups (each, n=10) of the participants based on the standard intelligence test scores. In contrast to the common expectation, there was no significant difference of brain region involved in high-g tasks between both groups. Random effect analysis exhibited that lateral prefrontal, anterior cingulate and parietal cortex are associated with gF. Despite very different task contents in the three high-g-low-g contrasts, recruitment of multiple regions is markedly similar in each case, However, on the task with high 9F correlations, the Prodigy group, (intelligence rank: >99%) showed higher task-related neural activity in several brain regions. These results suggest that the relationship between gF and brain activity should be stronger under high-g conditions than low-g conditions.