• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.405-414
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• 2020

In this study, we analyzed the development of high school students' argumentation through their writings on socio-scientific Issues (SSI) related to the Climate Change Unit in the Earth Science I curriculum. Pre- and post-writing assignments on the two main causes of global warming were analyzed and compared. In addition, an in-depth interview of the focus group was conducted with 7 students who showed a distinct change in the level of argumentation. According to the results, 16 of 52 students remained at the same argumentation level in pre- and post-writing assignments, and students remaining at Level 2 among five levels had difficulty in understanding the Toulmin's argument pattern (TAP) structure. Using the TAP structure, 29 of 52 students demonstrated increased argumentation levels in the post-writing assignments. The conclusions include that writing lessons on SSI using the TAP in Earth science classes can improve the level of high school students' argumentative writing, and that the level of students' argumentation can develop with the elaboration of their level of falsification. Also, it is suggested that the science curriculum should increase students' science writing competencies by specifying science writing as one of the goals.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.1027-1038
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• 2012

We investigated the effect of Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) on elementary students' concept formation and their retention. Also we explored the interaction effect of those with scientific attitudes. We developed mirrors/lenses lessons incorporating SWH. An experimental group of fifth grade students (n=25) had been instructed with SWH lessons for six periods while a control group (n=25) taught according to the normal science lessons based on the Korean national curriculum using teacher's guides published by the Ministry of Education. Results of pre- and post-test of understanding the concept of mirrors and lenses showed a positive impact of SWH on both male and female students. However, the retention effect after post-test revealed that SWH only had an effect on female students' scientific attitudes. SWH, therefore, could be an effective teaching approach especially on concept formation, retention effects by fostering female students' scientific attitudes.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.415-426
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• 2014

This study aimed to investigate the effects of Cornell typed science journal writing on elementary students' science-related attitude by gender and academic achievement. The subjects of study were 109 elementary students (5th grade). The experimental group performed Cornell typed science journal writing and the control group maintained traditional lectures for one semester. Science-related attitudes of this study are classified into scientific attitudes (7 sub-domains) and attitudes toward science (5 sub-domains). The collected data were analyzed by ANCOVA with SPSS. The results of study were as follows: Several sub-domain (voluntariness, cooperation, perception about science and scientist) of science-related attitudes positively changed in experimental group. Cornell typed science journal writing was especially effective on improving scientific attitude in male students, and attitude toward science in female students. Also, science journal writing was effective on improving science-related attitude (both scientific attitude and attitude toward science) in high-achieving group, but not effective in low-achieving group.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.589-600
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of science writing heuristic(SWH) instruction based on Tolumin's structure of argument, on students' science process skills and scientific attitude. In the instruction, unstructured problems were selected with issues to be argued, in which interactions among students are stressed. This research involved 58 students of 5th grade at an elementary school, and divided them into an experimental group with 29 and a control group with 29. The former was treated with instruction using argumentation as SWH, while the latter with conventional ways of instruction. Science process skills and scientific attitude were compared between the two groups and within each of the groups. The results implied that science instruction using science writing heuristic is effective in improving learning science process skills and scientific attitude.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.158-165
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• 2012

With five gifted and nine average elementary school students, this study attempted to make a comparative analysis on the characteristics of their scientific writings for earth science-related topics. The analysis found that all of the gifted students showed higher scores than the average in the writing sections of scientific nature, logical nature and creativity. Compared to the average scores, their creativity scores were far higher. By comparing and analyzing the predicates in the writings two groups wrote, I found that the gifted students used more sentences per topic than the average students. Both groups wrote the most numbers of sentences for Volcano-related topics. In the meantime, the gifted children used the least numbers of sentences for the related topics to atmospheric pollution and the average students did so for the related topics to fossils. By the analysis on the patterns of predicate, it was observed that both groups used material predicates most and verbal predicates least. As far as the second most used predicates are concerned, the gifted children used relational predicates and the average students used mental predicates.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.341-350
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• 2018

이 연구의 목적은 초등 예비교사를 대상으로 과학적 사고력과 과학적 감성을 계발하기 위한 과학 에세이 쓰기 활동을 개발하여 그 효과를 분석하는데 있었다. 연구를 위해 우리나라 G지역의 교사 양성 기관에 다니고 있는 1학년 학생 60명이 선택되었다. 60명의 초등 예비교사는 모두 '과학 탐구'와 관련된 교양 강의를 선택한 학생들이었다. 연구결과, 과학적 사고력과 관련된 글에서는 과학적인 방법인 '귀납'의 방법을 사용하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 과학적 감성과 관련된 글에서는 이야기의 배경, 매개체, 목적과 관련된 서술이 포함되어 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 더불어 초등 예비교사들은 글쓰기가 거듭되면서 글쓰기 능력이 향상되었으며, '과학'에 대한 이미지도 많은 부분에서 긍정적으로 변화함을 확인할 수 있었다. 아울러 이번 연구는 과학 글쓰기 능력 향상을 위해서 다양하고 흥미로운 과학 탐구 활동이 필요함을 시사해 준다.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.54-63
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• 2014

This study explored the effect of using the inquiry-based science writing heuristic approach in class on metacognition and scientific creativity to enhance the ability of solving problems in science classrooms of elementary students. The results of this study were as follows. First, the science writing heuristic had a positive influence on the usage of metacognition necessary for learners to solve the problem with science. Second, the science writing heuristic contributed to the improvement of scientific creativity. In the process of inquiry-based approach, learners used scientific knowledge to come up with ideas and produce outcomes, therefore they could seek sanswers to scientific problems for themselves. Third, the science writing heuristic produced a positive awareness of science process skill because learners had more opportunities to think on their own than an existing passive class. In conclusion, this study found that the inquiry-based science writing heuristic approach encouraged learners to do inquiring activities in school classrooms, therefore contributing to the application of metacognition and the improvement of scientific creativity.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.323-336
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' written arguments embedded in scientific inquiry investigations using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach. Argument components defined in this study are questions, claims, questions-claims relationship, evidence, claims-evidence relationship, multiple modal representations, and reflection. A set of criteria for evaluating each argument component was developed to evaluate writing samples of students from college freshman general chemistry laboratory classes. Results indicate that students produced, on average, moderate to powerful questions, claims, and evidence. They also constructed reasonable questions-claims relationship and claims-evidence relationship. Compared to other component scores, the average score for reflection was relatively low. Overall, the average Total Argument score was 21.4 out of a possible 36, that is, the quality of the written arguments using the SWH approach during a series of inquiry-based chemistry laboratory investigations was moderate to powerful. The findings of this study suggest that students, on average, developed reasonable scientific arguments generated as part of scientific inquiry. In other words, students are capable of putting together reasonable arguments as they participate in inquiry-based laboratory classrooms.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.278-289
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 '계절변화'에 대한 탐구적 과학 글쓰기 수업이 초등학생들의 과학 학습동기 및 과학적 태도에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 알아보는 것이다. 본 연구는 P광역시 소재 Y초등학교 6학년 2개 학급의 학생들을 대상으로 실시하였다. 연구집단으로 선정된 1개 학급 24명을 대상으로 '계절변화' 단원에 대한 10차시 수업을 탐구적 과학글쓰기 형식으로 진행하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. '계절변화'에 대한 탐구적 과학글쓰기 수업은 초등학생들의 과학학습동기 및 과학적 태도에 유의미한 효과가 있었다. 이것은 학생들이 탐구한 내용을 글로 표현하는 과정에서 자신감과 흥미를 가지게 되었고 자신이 탐구한 내용을 글로 표현하고 동료들과 논의하는 과정에서 호기심과 협동성 그리고 끈기가 생겨 이것이 과학적 태도 향상에 영향을 미친 것으로 생각된다. 또한 탐구적 과학글쓰기 수업에 참가한 학생들의 수업에 대한 만족도, 흥미도, 참여도 조사 결과에서도 좋은 평가를 받았다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.463-480
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• 2012

This study is intended to investigate the frequency of scientific writing tasks in Korean and American science textbooks, to compare the differences in types of posing the writing tasks according to the level of the children's scientific cognition, and to analyze the differences in the organization and development of writing ones of each chapter and thus to propose an effective way of presenting scientific writing in science textbooks. Korean 'Science' and 'Experiment Observation Workbook'and Macmillan Mcgraw-Hill(MMH) Science for fourth graders were analyzed for the purpose. The results are as follows: First, Korean textbooks contain more science writing tasks per pages, and less per chapters than MMH one. Both text books provide balanced amount of science writing tasks, yet MMH especially does systematic exercises for each chapter. Second, the qualitative analysis of the textbooks' scientific writing shows that both textbooks contain a significant amount of "understanding" and "explanatory" writing, which reflects that the purpose of writing in science textbooks is leaning towards acquiring and verifying scientific concepts. In American textbooks, however, writings utilizing extensive cognition process and materials are also present. It is necessary for textbooks to present diverse and expressive writing assignments including personal opinions. Third, there are differences in organization and development of science writing tasks. Science writing tasks in Korean textbooks are present independently with lesson objectives of the chapters and practices, while those in MMH are systematically developed. Based on these results, it is necessary to systemize the textbooks' way of presenting writing tasks for effective teaching and learning. By organizing the writing materials and thus developing diverse materials, and by implementing extensive cognitive process in the writing activities, textbooks will be able to contribute in attracting the students' interests and in improving their scientific knowledge.