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Middle School Students' Perceptions of Science Classroom Learning Environments

중학생의 과학 교실 학습 환경에 대한 인식

  • Received : 2009.08.31
  • Accepted : 2009.12.15
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

This study utilized the What Is Happening In this Class (WIHIC) questionnaire to examine students' perceptions of their science learning environment. Data was collected from 587 middle school students in seven coeducation schools in Seoul. Higher mean scores occurred on the scales of Student cohesiveness, Task orientation, Cooperation and Equity in the WIHIC, whereas lower mean scores occurred on Teacher support, Involvement and Investigation. The effects of gender on students' perceptions of their science learning environment were not statistically significant overall, but girls perceived Student cohesiveness and Cooperation more positively than boys. Correlations between the WIHIC scales of the low-level group that perceived their learning environments negatively (10 percentiles) and the high-level group that perceived their learning environments positively (90 percentiles) were computed. Teacher support, Involvement, Task Orientation and Investigation were highly correlated with each other in the low-level group, whereas only Teacher support and Equity were correlated in the high group. Educational implications were discussed.

이 연구에서는 중학생의 과학 교실 학습 환경에 대한 인식을 알아보고, 남학생과 여학생, 교실 학습 환경에 대한 선호도가 높은 집단과 낮은 집단의 인식이 어떤 차이를 나타내는지를 조사하였다. 서울시에 소재한 7개 중학교의 3학년 14학급 587명(남학생 264명, 여학생은 323명)을 연구 대상으로 하였으며, 교실 학습 환경 설문 도구는 What Is Happening In this Class (WIHIC)을 사용하였다. 7개 항목 중 학생들 간의 단결, 과제 지향, 협동성, 평등성 항목에서는 긍정적인 인식을 나타내었으나, 수업 참여, 탐구 활동, 교사 지원 항목에 대한 인식은 다소 부정적이었다. 성차에 대한 과학 교실 학습 환경 인식을 보면 전체적인 결과에서는 차이가 나지 않았으나, 항목별로는 학생들 간의 단결과 협동성 두 항목에서 여학생들이 평균 점수가 유의미하게 높게 나타났다. 교실 학습 환경에 대한 선호가 낮은 집단에서는 교사 지원 항목이 과제 지향, 수업 참여, 탐구 활동 항목과 모두 유의미한 상관을 나타내었고 수업 참여-과제 지향-탐구 활동 항목들이 서로 높은 상관을 나타내었으나, 상위 집단에서는 교사 지원과 평등성 항목만 유의미한 상관을 나타내었다.

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