• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제25권spc5호
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• pp.567-581
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• 2007

This study examined patterns of reasoning of both the scientifically-gifted and children of average ability as witnessed in their science problem solving skills. Science problem solving skills are one of the significant characteristics of scientifically gifted children, and by using methods such as individual interviews, inductive reasoning, abductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning, the characteristics of these children can be to be further explored and categorized. The study also compared the findings with those of average children. This study sought to determine efficient guidelines fur teaching the scientifically-gifted, to come up with basic materials for developing relevant programs, and to find suggestions for identifying such students. The results of the study are as follows: Firstly, the creative science problem solving skills of the scientifically-gifted were better than that of the average students. Secondly, all of the three reasoning patterns used revealed in creative science solving processes were different between the gifted and the average, especially in terms of abductive reasoning, which was proved to reveal the greatest distinction between the two groups.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제25권spc5호
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• pp.507-521
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• 2007

The purposes of this study were to develop a science program using scientists as the material and to examine the effects of this in teaching science to gifted elementary students. The program included low modules, each of which was devised based on the literature examination of the lives, scientific achievements and contributions of four scientists: Ju-Myeong Seok, Jang-Chun Woo, L. Pasteur, and M. Curie. In this study, the four modules were applied and taught to fifteen gifted children in the 6th grade. After the program was taught to the children, post-questionnaires, examination of the subjects' output, in-depth interviews and classroom investigations were carried out and analyzed by the researchers. The results of the study were as follows. The majority of the subjects showed a considerable amount of interest in the program, participated actively and enthusiastically in the given tasks until they solved the problems, and their output produced a number of novel ideas. The results of the post-questionnaires indicated that the program was appropriate fer the subjects and effective in teaching scientifically-gifted children. Moreover, the analysis of the in-depth interviews conducted with the subjects showed that the subjects had opportunities to think about scientific attitudes, the relationships between science, society and nations, the contributions that scientists can possibly make to society, and the identity of scientists, despite the existence of differences between individual children.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.823-831
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• 2008

본 연구는 과학 영재아 부모들의 부모교육에 대한 인식을 조사하는 것이다. 부모교육과 프로그램에 관해 영재아 부모들의 인식을 알아보기 위한 설문지(설문지 신뢰도 Chronbach ${\alpha}=0.93$)를 개발하였다. 설문에 참여한 과학 영재아 부모들은 121명이었다. 과학 영재아 부모들을 대상으로 설문 조사하여 얻은 결과를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 과학 영재아 부모들은 부모교육을 필요로 하지만 그 기회가 주어지지 않았다. 부모들은 부모교육 프로그램의 내용으로 영재의 진로 지도와 창의성 교육, 상담과 토론에 관심이 많았다. 특히 자녀의 진로에 관한 정보를 얻을 수 있기를 희망하였다. 마지막으로 부모교육을 받아 본 경험이 있는 부모들이 부모교육의 필요성을 더 주장하였다. 이 연구 결과는 부모교육 프로그램 개발에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.