• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.43-56
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of small group inquiry skills on improving science process skills and attitudes toward science in elementary school science. The research questions of this study were as follows. First, effects of small group inquiry skills on improving science process skills in elementary school science. Second, effects of small group inquiry skills on improving attitudes toward science in elementary school science. The subjects of this study is two classes from 6th grade elementary classes in Busan. The experiment class practiced small group inquiry skills, while the control class practiced self inquiry. To verify the effect of the experiment, ANOVA was conducted. The main findings of this study are as follows. First, the small group inquiry skills gave a significant influence on increasing the science process skills, including the basic science process skills and the integrated science process skills, of students. Especially, among subordinate factors of science process skills between groups, it was effective to increase abilities of observing, reasoning, interpreting data, formulating hypothesis. It is necessary for teachers to make an effort to teach according to steps of the small group inquiry skills and to support inquiry activities, in order to increasing the science process skills. However, frequency of additional lessons have a little influence on increasing the science process skills. Second, there is meaningful change in the attitudes toward science for those who studied the small group inquiry skills. Also, they affected subordinate factors of the attitudes toward science, like the attitudes toward science inquiry, the happiness about science class. This study shows that the small group inquiry skills give a positive influence on the science process skills and attitudes toward science in elementary school science.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.404-416
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the cognitive levels and the science process skills based on the cognitive styles. The subjects of the study were 5-6th grade 790 students sampled by random cluster sampling method in three schools from large cities, small cities, and rural areas respectively. The results are as follows. 1) The field independent students showed significantly higher(p< 0.001) cognitive level than the field dependent ones. 2) The field independent group showed higher formation rate of subskills of the logical thinking skills than the field dependent groups. 3) It was found out that the field independent group attained significantly higher scores of science process skills than the field dependent group in 5th and 6th grade students. 4) The more cognitive levels became higher, the more science process skills were significantly higher(p< 0.001). 5) There were significant(p<0.001) differences among the science process skills for grade levels and three regions. And that there were not significant differences in the science process skills between males and females, 6) The science process skills of the field independent and the formal operational group could be acquired better scores in the science process skills than those who belong to another combinations.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.178-186
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• 2009

The science writing is recognized for useful learning method to boost up scientific thinking for all class course as well as traditional lecture and experiment. Many researches say that science writing is helpful to extend students' science knowledge and scientific attitude. By the way, the researchers thought that science writing can also improve the science process skill if students participate in delicately organized learning program. In this study, we had contrived the teaching & learning strategy of science writing to improve science process skills. The learning program covers all field of Klopfer's process skills with various forms of writing; explaining writing, logical writing, critical writing, and creative writing. The learning program has been developed for 5th grade students in the regular classes in order to enhance science process skills as well as knowledge and scientific attitude. Not to miss any process skill or various kinds of writing, we used 3 dimensional frame. The axes of the frames are science process skills, forms of writing, and science curriculum contents. The students are given the final writing theme at the beginning of each chapter. They drill science process skills step by step during the classes, and have a chance to talk each other before the final writing. They practice writing skills from one sentence to full article by degrees. The effect of the program was examined by students' work and TSPS (Test of Science Process Skill). The result showed that 5th grade students had a meaningful progress in science process skills as well as knowledge and scientific attitude. we could confirm it with examining students' work in the class.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.490-500
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• 2012

This study was to examine elementary male and female students' spatial abilities, science process skills, and graph construction and interpretation abilities in order to understand the effect that their spatial abilities and science process skills would have on their graph abilities. To conduct this study, total 12 classes of 435 pupils, 6 classes each from grades 5 and 6 in elementary schools were selected for subjects. The number of male student was 207 and that of female one was 228 of them. And previous test papers of spatial abilities, of science process abilities, and of graph abilities were retouched and updated for reuse in new tests. The results of this study are briefed as follows: Firstly, when spatial abilities for male and female group were compared, female group showed a little higher rate of correct answering than male, but not providing statistically significant gap. Secondly, the science process skill tests revealed basic process skills of both groups were more excellent than their integrated process skills, while female group was found to have more correct answers than male, all of which were proving statistical distinction. Thirdly, of graphing skills for two groups, the graph interpretation skills turned out to be better than the graph construction skills, with female group scoring higher than male and with meaningful difference. Fourthly, both between spatial abilities and graph abilities, and between science process skills and graph abilities, static correlations existed with statistical meaning. In other words, those with higher spatial abilities or science process skills were to do better in constructing and interpreting graphs.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.251-264
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• 1994

There are a considerable number of instruments in testing science process skills in Korea as well as America and Europe. However, it has been difficult to find the instruments encompass the wide range of scientific process skills. Most instruments developed and used in Korea were focused on a school level or a few components of scientific process skills. In this study, the researchers examined the whole body of scientific process and identified 10 component skills. Three items for each component process skills were developed and revised by two pilot tests. The final instruments showed moderate difficulty, discrimination index, reliability, and validity. The instrument was also tested the usability by finding differences of students' ability on science process skills by grade levels, sexes, and city size. The results showed that the instrument was proved to be useful to discriminates the differences.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.249-259
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to analyze relationships among science achievement, science process skills and affective perception of high school students. The affective perception was included attitude toward science and science anxiety in the study. The instruments were developed HARS and SAMS for this study. The subject was sampled 1,115 students by stratified cluster sampling method. The major findings of this study were as follows: The tendency to affective perception was investigated according to students variables. Atittude toward science was showed a negative perception on female than male, in rural area than city. Science anxiety was percepted highly on female than male, in rural area than city. Attitude toward science showed positive relations to science process skills, science achievement, but which showed negative relation to science anxiety. Science anxiety showed negative relations among science process skills, science achievement and attitude toward science. Structural relationships among affective perception, science process skills and science achievement were analyzed by effect size through the path analysis on the independent and dependent variables. By the results, it was indicated that there have significant direct effect not only affective perception influence on science achievement but also on science process skills in hypothesized model. Prediction of science achievement and science process skills were clarified to characteristics of the affective perception.Therefore, understanding about affective perception will be helpful to make the strategy of science teaching

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.647-655
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• 2014

이 연구는 초등학생들의 과학적 의사소통능력, 과학 탐구능력, 논리적 사고력이 학업성취도 수준에 미치는 영향을 분석하여, 과학적 소양 함양을 위한 교육에 시사점을 얻고자 하였다. 초등학교 6학년 학생 64명을 대상으로 과학적 의사소통능력 검사(SCST), 과학 탐구능력 검사(TSPS), 논리적 사고력 검사(GALT)를 실시하였으며, 과학교과지필 평가와 과학교과 서술형 평가, 전체교과의 학업성취도 평가를 통해 자료를 수집하였다. 이러한 자료를 바탕으로 과학 탐구능력과 논리적 사고력, 과학적 의사소통능력의 상호간의 상관관계를 분석하고, 각각의 능력의 하위 요소별로 학업 성취도와의 영향을 분석하였다. 그리고 과학 탐구능력과 논리적 사고력이 영향을 주고 있는 과학적 의사소통능력이 학업성취수준에 직접적인 영향을 미친다는 가정아래세 가지 유형의 성취도평가와의 상관관계를 구조적인 모형으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과 과학적 의사소통능력과 과학 탐구능력, 논리적 사고력은 서로 높은 상관관계를 가지고 있었다. 그리고 이 세 능력은 학습자의 과학교과 지필, 과학교과 서술형, 전체교과 학업 성취도 수준와도 유의미한 상관관계를 가졌으며, 하위 요소별로 그 상관정도는 조금씩 다르게 나타났다. 마지막으로 과학 탐구능력과 논리적 사고력이 과학적 의사소통능력에 영향을 주고 과학적 의사소통능력이 학습자의 학업성취도 수준에 직접적인 영향을 끼친다는 모형을 설정하여 분석한 결과, 과학적 의사소통능력이 전체 교과에 대한 학업 성취도 수준에 가장 크게 영향을 주고 있었다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2004

This project was carried out under the assumption that applying a science history program to a teaching-learning process would lead to students' increased interest in science and increase the development of their scientific process skills. The project aimed at designing an effective science history program which would help to improve students' scientific process skills, to enhance their interest in learning science, and to maintain their inquiry learning abilities. The survey for the activity objectives was produced by the authors. The test items used for testing students' scientific attitude and scientific process skills were created by Korea National University of Education. The survey about scientific perception indicated that there was a meaningful difference of p=0.005 before and after implementing this program. The survey about scientific interest shows that students became interested in science, science-learning and science-related activities after participating in the science history program. Students' scientific process sills increased by 9% after the program was implemented in the subjects' classes. This indicates that the science history program was effective in improving students' science scientific process skills. Since this project, which targeted 8th grade science education activities, has proven to be effective, developing other programs suitable for younger and older students seems promising, too.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.624-633
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• 2005

본 연구는 그래프 능력과 과학 탐구 능력 및 과학 학업 성취도의 상관 관계를 알아본 것이다. 그래프 능력과 과학 탐구 능력인 정적인 .41의 상관을 보였으며 이러한 결과는 선행연구의 결과들을 지지하는 것이다. 또한 그래프 능력은 과학 학업 성취도와 거의 통계적으로 상관이 없는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 그래프는 과학 학습에서 중요한 의사소통의 도구이다. 또한 그래프 능력은 과학 탐구 능력과 어느 정도 상관관계도 보이고 있다. 따라서 고등학생들의 그래프 능력의 부족한 부분을 신장시켜 과학 학습에 장애가 되지 않도록 해야 될 것이다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.413-423
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to identify the effectiveness of science writing on organizing scientific knowledge and improving science process skills and science attitude, as science educators have indicated. For this study, two classes of $5^{th}$ grade students were chosen in the same elementary school. Subjects were divided into an experimental and a control group. The students in the experimental group took part in a science writing program for 14 lessons of science classes. The students in the control group were taught according to the traditional science program using standard science textbooks. To identify the effects of science writing, both groups' students were tested on science achievement, science process skills, and science attitude before the program implementation and were tested on science concept, science process skills, science attitude after the program implementation. The results of this study showed that the experimental group gains significantly higher scores than the control group in science concept and science attitude, but there was no significant difference on science process skills for either group. In conclusion, science writing had positive effects on science concept and science attitude of elementary school students, helping them to express their thinking logically and systematically, but science process skills were not affected.