• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.923-943
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between the levels of cognitive conflict and students' conceptual change. In this study, 30 Korean high school students were selected from 450 10th graders by examining the pretest results. Two different strategies were used to induce cognitive conflicts in students, an anomalous or conflict situations; demonstrations and logical arguments against students' preconception. After arousing the students' cognitive conflict, the level of cognitive conflict was rated. Pretest, post-test and delayed post-test were administered to check the conceptual change. The tests consisted of 5 items in mechanics and electricity, respectively. Therefore, the demonstration method showed effective conceptual change, more than the logical argument method did. Students changed their conceptions more easily and frequently in the area of mechanics than in electricity. Students who showed higher levels of cognitive conflict indicated more positive conceptual change than those who showed lower conflict levels. 59 cases (56%) out of 105 who experienced high levels of cognitive conflict were changed into scientific conceptions one month later; however only 16 cases (35%) out of 46 who experienced low levels of cognitive conflict changed into scientific conceptions. Students who experienced higher levels of cognitive conflict showed higher rates of conceptual change. It could be concluded that designing instruction to induce cognitive conflict is a useful strategy to promote conceptual change.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.12-21
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• 2002

이 연구의 목적은 정량적 현상제시와 정성적 현상제시를 하였을 때, 중학교 학생들의 갈등 정도를 알아보는 것이다. 연구 대상은 부산광역시 소재의 중학교 2학년 297명 을 대상으로 하였다. 검사 문항은 역학의 작용반작용 문항과 전기의 전구의 불의 밝기를 비교하는 문항을 사용하였고, 인지적 갈등을 측정하는 검사지는 권혁구(1999) 등이 개발한 도구를 사용하였다. 먼저, 정량적 현상제시 집단과 정성적 현상제시 집단의 인지갈등 점수를 비교해 보았다. 그리고 현상제시 후 자신의 선개념을 바꾼 학생들과 고수한 학생들의 갈등 점수를 비교해 보았다. 마지막으로, 선개념의 확신 정도와 갈등 정수와의 상관관계를 비교해보았다. 그 결과를 보면, 첫째, 선개념에서 오답을 선택한 학생들은 정성적 현상제시보다 정량적 현상제시에서 갈등 점수가 높게 나타났으며, 선개념에서 정답을 선택한 학생들은 정량적 현상제시보다 정성적 현상제시에서 갈등 점수가 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 자신의 선개념을 바꾼 학생들이 고수한 학생들에 비해 갈등 점수가 높게 나타났다. 마지막으로, 선개념의 확신정도와 갈등 점수와의 상관관계를 보면, 정량적 현상을 제시한 집단의 학생들 중 선개념에서 오답을 택한 학생들은 정적 상관을 보였고, 선개념에서 정답을 택한 학생들은 부적상관을 보였다. 정성적 집단은 뚜렷한 경향을 보이지 않았다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.687-708
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between cognitive conflict and students' causal attributions and to find out what kinds of attributions affect successful resolution of cognitive conflict in learning physics. Twenty-nine college students who attended a base general physics course took an attribution test and a conceptual pretest related to action and reaction concept. Of these, twenty students who revealed alternative conceptions were selected. They were confronted with a discrepant demonstration and took part in the cognitive conflict level test, a posttest, and delayed posttest. Those students who experienced high levels of cognitive conflict were selected and interviewed to find out what kinds of attributions affect resolving the conflict. When confronted with the discrepant event, the students who attributed success outcomes to "effort" experienced higher levels of cognitive conflict than those to "task difficulty." However, those students who revealed high levels of cognitive conflict and attributed success outcomes to effort did not always produce conceptual change. They had different perspectives on effort and conducted different effort activities to resolve the cognitive conflict. In addition, these effort activities appeared to include their motivational beliefs, metacognitive and volitional strategies. The results of this study indicate that in order for the conflicts to lead to change, students need to have the perspective on effort implying the use of the self-regulated learning strategy and to conduct effort activities based on them. Beyond cold conceptual change, this article suggests that there is a management strategy of cognitive conflict in the classroom context.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.70-84
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• 1994

This study tried to find the effect to cognitive structure upon the momentum effect. The previous studies showed that the momentum effect is influenced by students' cognitive levels and the abstractness of test items. The cognitive structure is examined by cognitive level and cognitive style. Cognitive levels and cognitive styles are determined by GALT and GEFT respectively. The research method used in this study is time series design. The period is 50 days. The period is divided into "pre-test", "intervention-test", "post-test". Pre-test period is 5 days and in this period class instruction does not exist Intervention-test period is 30 days and in this period class instruction exist Post-test period is 15 days and in this period class instruction does not exist. Field independent students showed longer momentum effect than field dependent students. Formal level students showed less ratio of decrease on post-test than nonformal level students. Momentum effects is not artifact but the essential characteristics of science study.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.373-386
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• 2011

Students approach mathematical problem solving in fundamentally different ways, particularly problems requiring conceptual understanding and complicated strategies. The main objective of this study is to compare students' performance with different thinking styles (Field-dependent vs. Field independent) in mathematical problem solving. A sample of 242 high school males and females (17-18 years old) were tested based on the Witkin's cognitive style (Group Embedded Figure Test) and by a math exam designed in accordance with Bloom's Taxonomy of cognitive level. The results obtained indicated that the effect of field dependency on student's mathematical performance was significant. Moreover, field-independent (FI) students showed more effective performance than field-dependent (FD) ones in math tasks. Male students with FI styles achieved higher results compared to female students with FD cognitive style. Moreover, FI students experienced few difficulties than FD students in Bloom's Cognitive Levels. The implications of these results emphasize that cognitive predictor variables (FI vs. FD) could be challenging and rather distinctive factor for students' achievement.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.349-360
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• 2018

This study analyzed variations of learning stress by comparing the salivary cortisol levels of students who participated in Earth Science inquiry activities. The cortisol concentrations between the pre- and post-inquiries of the sample of 34 university students, who had taken the course of 'Basic Earth Science and Experiments', were analyzed. The Earth Science inquiries consisted of geology and astronomy activities. The observational geology activities consisted of a session of 'structure contours and map patterns' and the cognitive astronomy activities consisted of a session of 'representations of horizontal and equatorial coordinates'. These Earth Science inquiry activities were found to cause students to have anxiety, and the thought processes that these activities involved were found to cause learning stress. The variations in cortisol concentrations of students increased by $1.6{\pm}5.9ng\;mL^{-1}$ after conducting observational activities in geology compared with $2.1{\pm}6.2ng\;mL^{-1}$ after doing cognitive activities in astronomy. The analysis of the observational activities in the geology inquiry activities indicated that they were consistent with low levels of learning stress. Conversely, the analysis of the cognitive activities in the astronomy inquiry activities showed significant individual variations in cortisol concentrations. Furthermore, individual differences in cognitive ability were reflected in the astronomy inquiry activities. While students, who received high scores, exhibited low levels of stress in the geology inquiry activities, they showed high levels of stress in the astronomy inquiry activities. It was concluded that, in the case of students with high scores in the study, the level of learning stress increased due to the raised anxiety in cognitive inquiry activities. In contrast, students, who received low scores in the study, exhibited high levels of stress in the geology inquiry activities, and low levels of stress in the astronomy inquiry activities.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.645-653
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• 2004

이 연구의 목적은 고등학교 2학년 학생들의 인지수준과 제7차 교육과정에 의한 화학I 교과서 내용이 요구하는 인지수준을 비교 분석하는 것이었다. 연구를 위하여 고등학교 2학년 학생 456명을 대상으로 GALT 축소본을 이용하여 인지수준을 조사하였으며, 제7차 교육과정에 의한 화학I 교과서의 물과 공기 두 개 단원에서 15개의 과학 개념을 추출하고, CAT 분석틀을 이용하여 화학I 교과서 내용이 요구하는 인지수준을 분석하였다. 연구 결과에 의하면 고등학교 2학년 학생들의 52.5%가 형식적 조작기 수준에 도달했으며, 28.3%의 학생들은 과도기 수준에, 나머지 19.5%의 학생들은 구체적 조작기 수준에 있었다. 인문계 고등학교 학생의 68.9%, 공업계 고등학교 학생의 6.6%가 형식적 조작기 수준에 도달하였고, 논리 유형별 형성정도도 계열별 차이가 매우 컸다. 제7차 교육과정에 의한 화학I 교과서의 내용을 이해하는데 필요한 인지수준을 분석한 결과, 일부 탐구 활동의 경우를 제외하고는 교육과정의 변화에도 과학 개념의 인지요구도는 크게 변화하지 않았다. 제7차 교육과정에 의한 화학I 교과서에 제시된 과학 개념의 인지수준은 고등학교 2학년 학생들의 인지수준에 비해 높은 편이었으나, 탐구 활동의 인지수준은 고등학교 2학년 학생들의 인지수준과 비슷한 편이었다. 현직 화학 교사들은 제7차 교육과정에 의한 화학I 교과서가 제6차 교육과정의 화학I 교과서에 비해서 내용 축소와 실생활 소재를 많이 반영하고 있는 것을 바람직하다고 생각하였으나, 과학 개념이 너무 축소되어 화학I 교과서와 화학II 교과서 사이의 내용 수준에 차이가 많이 나는 것을 문제점으로 지적하였다. 제7차 교육과정에 의한 화학I 교과서 내용이 형식적 조작기 수준을 많이 요구하고 있으므로, 고등학생들의 인지수준에 맞는 다양한 교수-학습 방법과 교재가 개발되어야 한다고 생각한다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.131-143
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• 2000

The unit of a buoyant force included in the 7th national science curriculum for 6th grade students. On the contrary, it seldom that students' conception about buoyant phenomena is studied, even though there has been many studies of students' conceptions of basic science contents. The purpose of this study was to survey the elementary school students' conceptions of a buoyant force, to analyze their cognitive levels, and to explore the relationships between them. Sixth grade students (total numbers is 192) were selected .from 5 .lasses in two elementary schools in a local city of Kyungsangdo. They were asked to respond two kinds of test, which are the Logical Thinking Ability (GALT) to investigate students' cognitive levels and the Buoyant Force Questionnaire (BFQ). We developed BFQ test, based on the 7th national science curriculum for 6th grade and the previous researches of a buoyant force. We, qualitatively, analysed students' frequency of responses about a buoyant force and their types of explanation, and, quantitatively, analysed the relationships between cognitive levels and conceptions of a buoyant force with SPSS/ PC 7.0 programmes. The results of cognitive level showed that half of 6th grade students were in the concrete operational stage, 43.2% in the transitional stage, 6.8% in the formal stage. However, their sub-logical thinking abilities in a combinational, conservational, controlling variables, proportional, probability and correlational logic were very fluctuated from 91% to 8%. The results that only 4.8% of elementary students had correct conceptions of a buoyant force suggest that 6th grade students had great difficulties in understanding of that concept. Their difficulties would originated from the frequent common-sense explanations of a buoyant phenomena in terms of the weight or the unique properties or the contact area of an object or with/without air. Furthermore students' explanations, frequently, changed with context of problems of a buoyant force. Scheffe test of quantitative results that elementary students in the concrete level had 50.6% of concept formation in a buoyant force, the transitional level 54.5%, and in the formal operational level 62.8% showed significant differences of conceptions of a buoyant force with cognitive levels. Therefore the concrete operational elementary students had more difficulties of understanding of a buoyant force than the transitional and formal level, which is required to higher cognitive levels. This conclusion have implications that the unit of a buoyant force have to be presented with concrete activities for majority of students who are in concrete and transitional levels.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.216-234
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 초등학교 5학년 영재학급 학생 14명을 대상으로, 과제의 개방도와 학생들의 인지수준에 따라 TS 활동에서 나타나는 언어적 상호작용이 어떤 특징을 보이는지 알아보았다. 연구 결과, 학생들은 과제의 개방도가 낮은 안내형 TS 활동보다는 개방도가 높은 개방형 TS 활동에서 훨씬 많은 언어적 상호작용을 보였고, 상위 수준의 상호작용도 안내형 활동보다는 개방형 활동에서 많았는데, 이런 결과는 언어적 상호작용의 거의 모든 하위 범주에서 나타났다. 또한, 안내형 과제를 수행하는 과정에서는 행동참여를 지시하거나 자기만족을 나타내는 언어사용 빈도가 높은 반면에, 개방형 과제를 수행하는 과정에서는 행동참여를 권유하거나 불만을 나타내는 빈도가 높았다. 학생들의 인지 수준에 따른 언어적 상호작용의 특징을 보면, 인지수준이 높을수록 상호작용의 빈도가 높고, 다양한 유형의 언어적 상호작용이 이루어지며, 상위수준의 상호작용이 많은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 학생들의 인지 수준과 과제의 개방도는 학생들의 언어적 상호작용에 복합적으로 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 인지 수준이 높은 학생일지라도 안내형 활동에서는 상호작용의 수준이 높지 않았으며, 개방도가 높은 활동이라도 인지 수준이 낮은 학생들은 참여도가 낮고 상호작용의 수준도 높지 않았다. 이는 개방가 높은 과제가 학생들의 사고를 자극하여 상위 수준의 상호작용을 이끌어낼 수 있지만, 그 효과는 학생들의 인지 수준에 따른 한계가 있음을 의미한다. 따라서 과제 활동에서 인지 수준이 낮은 학생들의 사고를 자극하고 참여도를 높이기 위한 과제 개방도의 조절과 교수 전략의 개발이 중요한 추후 과제라 생각된다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.296-307
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• 1993

The purpose of this study was to identify concretely how to improve inquiry learning. To put the purpose in detail : 1) to define the inquiry skills 2) to select the factors of inquiry skills appropriate to the content of Science I (earth science) textbook 3) to develop items which consist of experimental inquiry and concept inquiry in due proportion, to evalute inquiry skills 4) to analyze the relationship between high school students' cognitive levels and the achievement of science inquiry skills. To achieve these objectives, the investigator sampled 558 students in eleventh grade, living in Seoul, Chung-Ju and Kwang-Ju, and evaluated their cognitive levels and the achievement of science inquiry skills. The results of this study showed that the cognitive levels of students were lower than those identified in Piaget's work and that the achievement of science inquiry skills were low also. It may be thought that one of most important reasons to bring about those results is lacking in adaptation capability of science inquiry items and inquiry learning. So, it can be recommended as a way to heighten cognitive levels to make inquiry learning using the textbook content. In conclusion, the investigator make suggestions as follows : 1) to give inquiry learning which consist of experimental inquiry and concept inquiry in due proportion 2) to develop inquiry items to include content for evaluating inquiry learning, and test items for psycho-motor areas 3) to publish textbooks which motivate students' inquiry activities and develop their creative thinking, considering students' cognitive levels and inquiry skills.