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An Effect of Analogy Scaffolding for Middle School Students' Explanatory Hypothesis Generation on Water Wave Interference Phenomenon

물결파의 간섭 현상에 대한 중학생들의 설명 가설 생성을 위한 비유추론 비계 전략의 효과

  • Received : 2017.10.30
  • Accepted : 2017.12.15
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of development of explanatory hypothesis being generated by middle school students and the factors that affect the process in water wave interference phenomena by analogy scaffolding. For this purpose, the processes on how explanatory hypotheses were generated, revised, and then elaborated by analogy scaffolding were investigated and analyzed. The subjects for the study were 60 eighth grades students in one middle school divided into 12 groups according to their cognitive level measured by GALT. The research findings are as follows: First, it was found that there is a regular pattern in development of explanatory hypothesis by students about water wave phenomenon; second, the cognitive level of the student affected apparently on the students' hypothesis development process, however, it was also observed that students with inferior cognitive level could form a scientific explanatory hypothesis in the second stage of the scaffolding; third, the analogy scaffolding actually helped the students in formulating hypothesis. In conclusion, analogical reasoning can be a meaningful and powerful strategy for secondary school students to formulate explanatory hypothesis.

이 연구의 목적은 물결파의 간섭 현상에 대해 학생들에 의해 생성되는 설명 가설의 발달 과정과 그 과정에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 조사하는 것이다. 비유 추론 비계 과정을 활용했을 때 학생들에 의해 설명 가설이 어떻게 생성되고, 수정되고, 정교화되어 가는지를 조사하고 분석하였다. 연구 대상 학생들은 B 광역시의 한 개 중학교에서 표집한 2개 학급 60명이며, 이 학생들을 인지 수준에 따라 12개 조로 소집단 편성하여 활동하도록 하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 물결파 현상에 대한 설명 가설의 발달 과정에 어떤 패턴이 있음을 발견하였다. 둘째, 가설의 발달 과정에서 학생의 인지수준의 영향이 분명히 나타났지만, 적절한 비계 전략에 의해 인지수준이 낮은 학생도 설명가설을 형성할 수 있음을 보였다. 셋째, 비유 추론을 활용한 비계 전략은 학생들이 가설을 형성하는 데 실제적인 도움을 주었다. 결론적으로 비유 추론은 중등학교 학생들이 가설을 형성하도록 하는 학습과정에 의미 있는 도구가 될 수 있다.

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