Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education (대한지구과학교육학회지)

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Elementary School 5th Students' Understanding of the Illustrations on the Phase change of the Moon in Science Textbook of 2007 and 2009 Revised National Curriculum

2007과 2009 개정 과학교과서에 제시된 달의 위상 변화 삽화에 대한 초등학교 5학년 학생들의 이해

  • Received : 2015.03.16
  • Accepted : 2015.04.27
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how elementary school student understands or students understand the illustrations on the phase change of the Moon in science textbook and to find out how textbook illustration helps students form the conception of the phase change of the Moon. To identify this purpose, we selected illustrations on the phase change of the Moon in the science textbook revised in 2007 and 2009 revised science textbook. For this study we selected and interviewed 20 students in the fifth grade. We integrated all data collected through interviews and created a transcription and a protocol and then, confirmed scientific conceptions related to the phase change of the Moon in students' illustration reading. The result are as followings: First, students read more scientific conceptions related to the phase change of the Moon in illustration of the 2009 revised science textbook which is presented with the universal observer's view point and the earth observer's view point. Second, students who find meaning in the various elements of the illustration and interpret with the integration of the various elements, get a lot of relevant information from illustration. All students have no differences recognizing the elements presented in illustration. But there are differences of contents of illustration reading depending on how students interpret the illustrations with integration of the various elements and if students cannot figure out the four scientific concepts needed to understand the phase change of the Moon, they ignore the information provided by illustration or analysis in their own way according to information provided by illustration. So misconception appears in this process.

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