Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education (한국과학교육학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 2
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- Pages.109-128
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- 1992
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- 1226-5187(pISSN)
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- 2288-8489(eISSN)
The Analysis of Development System and Evaluation of Elementary Science Textbooks
국민학교 "자연" 교과서 개발체제 분석 및 평가 연구
- Woo, Jong-Ok (Korea National University of Education) ;
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Kwon, Jae-Sool
(Korea National University of Education) ;
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Chung, Wan-Ho
(Korea National University of Education) ;
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Choi, Byong-Soon
(Korea National University of Education) ;
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Chung, Jin-Woo
(Korea National University of Education) ;
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Hur, Myung
(Ewha Womans University)
- Published : 1992.11.30
Abstract
Elementary science textbooks are the major instructional materials which contain sceientific objectives to be acquired by students. The purpose of this study is to analyze the development system, to evaluate the inquiry activity in current elementary science testbooks, and to make suggestions for the improvement of them. The questionnaires were administered to 116 subjects that participated in development of the 5th elementary science textbooks, and 86 of the subjects responded. Based on the data gathered and analyzed in this study, the major findings are as follows. First, regarding the analysis and evaluation of elementary science textbooks. 1. The instructional objectives in elementary science textbooks are analyzed. The proportions of comprehension objectives is 38%, scientific inquiry process objectives 21%, experimental skills objectives 7%, scientific attitudes and interests objectives 4%. 2. The science concepts in elementary science textbooks of the 3rd grade required the preconcrete operational level(82%) and of the 6rd grade required the postconcrete operational level (73%) by J. Piaget 3. The inquiry activities in elementary science textbooks are emphasizing gathering and organizing results and evaluation, and hypothesizing and designing an experiment Inquiry index of the elementary science textbooks is 76. This is significantly higher than 35
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