• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.215-233
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• 2008

Deep comprehension of basic mathematical notions and concepts is a basic condition of a successful teaching. Some elements of algebraic thinking belong to the elementary school mathematics. The question "What stays the same and what changes?" link arithmetic problems with algebraic conception of variable. We have studied beliefs and comprehensions of future elementary school mathematics teachers on early algebra. Pre-service teachers from three academic pedagogical colleges deal with mathematical problems from the pre-algebra point of view, with the emphasis on changes and invariants. The idea is that the intensive use of non-formal algebra may help learners to construct a better understanding of fundamental ideas of arithmetic on the strong basis of algebraic thinking. In this article the study concerning arithmetic series is described. Considerable number of pre-service teachers moved from formulas to deep comprehension of the subject. Additionally, there are indications of ability to apply the conception of change and invariance in other mathematical and didactical contexts.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2004

Pre-service teachers' understandings on magnet was investigated through the questionnaire method. The questionnaire was composed of 17 questions about the strength of magnet, the magnetized object and the direction of magnetic field around magnet. In this investigation study, 225 pre-service teachers were selected through random sampling method, who were sophomores in a National University of Education. The formation rate of the scientific conceptions on the strength of magnet was 30.3% and that on the direction of magnetic field around magnet was 53.9%. The average formation rate of scientific conception of all questions on magnet was 44.13%, which doesn't seem to be high as expected. It shows that many of subjects of the questionnaire don't understand fully the concept of moleclar magnet model and the superposition effects of magnetic field around magnet. The formation rate of the scientific conception on magnet of females who took courses in sciences in high school were higher than that of females who took courses in arts in high school, which had meaningful difference (p<.05).

• 아동학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2006

This study investigated kindergarten teachers' experience and perceptions of education about death concepts in kindergarten children. Twenty kindergarten teachers were interviewed for this qualitative study. Results were that most kindergarten teachers perceived the necessity of the practice of the education about death concepts for kindergarten children; most kindergarten teachers recognized that all kindergarten teachers need to have professional knowledge for the successful practice of education about death concepts for kindergarten children; most kindergarten teachers recognized that education about death concepts needs to be included in the early childhood education curriculum.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.399-413
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• 2004

이 연구에서는 용해와 관련된 현상에 대해서 초등학교 학생에서부터 대학생에 이르기까지 학교급에 따라 학생들이 가지는 개념유형을 알아보고, 초${\cdot}$중등학교 교사들의 용해 현상에 대한 지도 실태를 알아보았다. 연구 결과, 초등학생 때 형성된 구멍 개념에 의한 용해 현상의 이해가 고등학생 때까지 유지되고 있었으며, 인력 개념에 의해 용해 현상을 학습하는 시기인 고등학교 2, 3학년과 대학생들은 인력 개념으로 용해 현상을 이해하는 비율이 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. 그러나 용해 현상을 설명할 때는 초등학생에서부터 대학생에 이르기까지 많은 학생들이 인력 개념보다는 구멍 개념을 선호하는 것으로 나타났고, 개념의 이해와 설명에 커다란 차이를 나타냄으로써 학생들의 용해 현상에 대한 이해 정도가 전반적으로 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 교사들의 설문 응답 분석 결과, 초등학교 교사의 90% 정도가 소금이 물에 녹는 현상을 콩 사이로 좁쌀이 들어가는 것과 같은 현상으로 이해하고 있었으며, 실제 학생들에게 소금이 물에 녹는 현상을 콩 사이로 좁쌀이 들어가는 모형을 이용하여 지도한다고 응답하였다. 중등학교 교사들 역시 약 절반 정도는 용해 현상을 구멍 개념으로 이해하고 있었으며, 인력 개념으로 바르게 이해하고 있는 교사는 20% 정도에 지나지 않았다. 또한, 인력 개념으로 이해하고 있는 교사들도 실제 학생들을 지도할 때는 구멍 개념으로 설명하는 경우가 많아 교사들의 개념 이해와 지도에는 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.104-115
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• 1995

Teachers' conception about the nature of science is considered to be an important factor to improve the students' conceptions of that. It is assumed that teachers' conception of the nature of science may be influenced by their views of learning. The first purpose of this study was to investigate the exploratory relationships between teachers' conceptions about the nature of science and their views of learning. The second one was to compare the their conceptions and views of learning before and after science education lectures during 1 semester. We administered the questionnaires for the nature of science and for constructivist's learning, respectively, consisted of 5 dimensions (relativism-positivism; inductivism- deductivism; decontextualism-contextualism; content-process; instrumentalism-realism) and of 6 aspects (student; learning; instruction; teacher; curriculum; evaluations) were administered to 57 pre-service elementary teachers (female=44; male=13) before and after lectures. In pre-test it was revealed that respondents had not the consistent conceptions about the nature of science. The conception of relativism was more dominant than those of positivism, deductivism than inductivism, decontextualism than contextualism, process than content and instrumentalism than realism. They had more constructivist views in the respect of process of learning than in other respects, that is, students, instruction, teacher, curriculum and evaluation. But no significant correlations between the dimensions of the nature of science and the aspects of the views of learning suggest that constructivst views of learning was not deeply related with their conceptions of the nature of science. In post-test we had similar results with those of the pre-test, but the process-content dimensions of the nature of science was correlated with the constuctivist views of learning. Therefore we concluded that elementary pre-service teachers had the constructivist views of learning which was isolated with their conceptions of the nature of science although they had science educations course. We need to develop the course to make the conceptions of the nature of science relate view of learning.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.147-164
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• 2011

2007 개정 수학과 교육과정에서 학생들의 수학적 의사소통 능력 신장을 부각하였는데, 현재는 모든 학년에서 이 교육과정이 시행되고 있다. 학생들의 수학적 의사소통 능력을 신장하려면 교사가 그 취지를 제대로 이해하여 수업에 적용해야할 것이다. 이러한 측면에서 개정 교육과정에 따라 수학을 가르친 교사들을 중심으로 수학적 의사소통을 고려한 수업에 대한 실태와 인식이 어떠한지 살펴보았다. 그 결과 학생중심 수업과 수학적 의사소통에 대한 올바른 이해가 부족하였고, 다양한 표현 활동이나 토론 활동이 잘 이루어지고 있지 않는 것으로 드러났다. 또한 학급당 학생 수가 많아서 수학적 의사소통이 활발한 수업을 하기 힘들다는 인식이 많았으나 실제 활용 실태에서는 학급당 학생 수에 따른 답변에 큰 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 통해, 수학적 의사소통 능력의 신장을 위한 인식의 개선이나 교사의 역할에 대한 시사점을 찾아보았다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.805-812
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 끓는점 오름에 대한 고등학교 화학 교과서의 기술 양식과 고등학생, 예비교사, 고등학교 화학교사의 이해에 대하여 조사하였다. 6차와 7차 교육과정에 근거하여 개발된 고등학교 화학 II 교과서를 분석하였고 고등학생과 예비교사, 화학교사의 개념은 설문지를 통해 얻었다. 끓는점 오름의 원인에 대한 교과서의 설명 유형은 '표면의 용매 입자수의 감소', '용매-용질간의 인력', 그리고 '표면 입자수의 감소와 용매-용질간의 인력'등의 세 가지 유형으로 분석되었다. 개념조사 결과 '용매-용질간의 인력'을 끓는점 오름의 원인으로 인식하는 학생과 예비교사, 화학교사의 비율이 높았다. 대상자들은 끓는점 오름을 설명하기 위하여 엔트로피 개념보다 엔탈피 개념을 선호하는 경향이 있었고, 그 원인을 분석하기 위하여 사후 인터뷰를 실시하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2004

Many idealizations and ideal conditions in physics have been an important role in understanding of the basic physics concepts and in solving physics problems. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships of pre-service teachers' misconception of heat with their understanding of the ideal conditions involved in solving problems of heat and temperature. Test instruments were composed of two parts. One part was asked to answer the heat conceptions, the other to write statements in relations to ideal condition hidden in the process of heat problems solving. For this study, pre-service teachers who are in four major courses in the University of Education in a local city were selected and total numbers of pre-service teachers were 108 students. The framework was developed for classifying pre-service teachers response of open items of ideal conditions of heat domains. According to the framework, each types of response were coded, analyzed and processed with a SPSS/PC program. The results are as the followings. In the heat conceptions, most of students showed correct response, and there was no significant differences between major courses. In understanding of ideal conditions, students' responses of "idealized condition relevant to problem" showed 65.2％ of them, and "not relevant idealized conditions" 15.5％, and no response 12.2%. In the 15.5% of students "not relevant idealized conditions", 10.5％ of them did not explained correctly conditions, just simply 2.7％ stated the laws in physics or formula, 1.6% generally, but irrelevantly described the idealized conditions. More importantly pre-service teachers showed very weak correlation between heat conception and understanding of ideal condition. Although we concluded there were no significant relationships of heat conception in understanding of ideal conditions in thermodynamics domain, these suggest that many other factors may influence understanding of ideal conditions in physics.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.535-552
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school teachers' conceptions on the general remarks (GR) in the new science teacher's guide, the teachers' conceptions on inservice training program of the GR, and their opinions of improvement on the GR. Also, the teachers' utilization of the GR was examined. The participants were 152 elementary school teachers who were teaching grade 3~6. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The results of this study are as follows; First, at least 13.2~17.1% of the teachers did not have specific conception of the purpose of the GR, and more than 90% of the teachers expressed that the GR is necessary in the teachers' guide. Second, about 60% of the teachers responded that the training program on the GR is necessary, and when the program is open, their most favorite agency and speaker were a provincial education office and a textbook developer(or author), respectively. Their most favorite time and period of the training program were the vacation and 15~30 hours, respectively. Third, the mean values on the frequency of use were lower than 3 point of the five-point Likert scale at both the GR for grade 3~4 and the GR for grade 5~6, and the teachers' main use of the GR was the planning a science lesson for an open class. Fourth, the teachers suggested various opinions and there was difference between the opinions about the GR for grade 3~4 and the opinions about the GR for grade 5~6.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.130-137
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• 2005

Elementary preservice teachers' understanding about the insect molt and metamorphosis was examined. Data were collected through the paper-pencil test of 448 junior students at a National University of Education. The instrument used was developed by Son(2003) and modified for the test. The results are as follows: First, Only 3.1$\%$ of students had a scientific concept on the molt periods in the insect life cycle. Students had an alternative conception that molt occurs either only in the larval period (29.9$\%$) or only in the period from pupa to adult (22.3$\%$). The percentage of the students thinking that molt occurs in the period from larva to pupa was low. Second, 98$\%$ of students stated that molt has to do with the larval growth, but 39.1$\%$ of students had an alternative conception that molt occurs after the larval growth at each instar. 25.1$\%$ had a conception that molt is related with the larval growth, but did not show any further understanding. Third, most students understood the correct meaning of metamorphosis. 34..2$\%$ of students had an alternative conception that metamorphosis occurs only in the period changing from pupa to adult, and only a few thought that it occurs in the period from larva to pupa. 24.8$\%$ of students had a scientific concept on the periods in which metamorphosis occurs. Fourth, some students understood the hatching process as molt in the sense that the egg shell is taken off (21.0$\%$), and as metamorphosis in terms of the appearance change from egg to larva (25.0$\%$). Fifth, 35.5$\%$ of students selected bees as an insect of incomplete metamorphosis, and 35.3$\%$ responded 'I have no idea', showing that they had poor understanding about the insect life cycle.