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Effect Analysis of Educational Context Variables on 8th Grade Science Achievement Among Top-performing Countries in TIMSS 2015

TIMSS 2015 상위국 8학년 과학성취에 미치는 교육맥락변인의 영향력 분석

  • Received : 2018.01.30
  • Accepted : 2018.04.19
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the effects of the educational context variables on 8th-grade science achievement of 5 top performing countries(Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan) in TIMSS 2015. TIMSS 2015 science data and questionnaire results were used for fitting Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) in this study. According to the results, such student-level variables as home resources for learning, students' interest in science learning, valuing science, Students' Educational Expectations gave significant influence on the science achievement of Korean students. School-level variables including Student Economic Background, and School Emphasis on Academic Success gave significant influence on the science achievement of Korean students. Comparing 5 countries, home resources for learning, students' interest in science learning, Students' Educational Expectations gave significant influence on the science achievement in all 5 countries. At the school level, Student Economic Background is statistically significant in explaining students' science achievement gap in all countries except Japan, and Teaching Limited by Student Needs gave significant influence on the science achievement in all countries except Korea. Discussed in the conclusion are ways to improve middle-school science teaching and learning including reducing the education divide among socioeconomic status, teaching innovation for competency education, inquiry and reinforcement of lab activities in science classes, and so on.

본 연구의 목적은 TIMSS 2015 결과에서 상위 성취를 보인 5개국(대한민국, 싱가포르, 대만, 홍콩, 일본)에서 8학년 과학성취에 미치는 교육맥락변인의 영향을 비교 분석하고, 이를 통해 우리나라 과학교육 개선을 위한 시사점을 도출하는 것이다. 과학성취에 미치는 교육맥락변인의 영향력을 비교하기 위해 위계선형모형에 의한 분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과에 따르면 우리나라는 학생수준 변인에서 가정의 학습자원, 과학학습에 대한 흥미, 과학에 대한 가치 인식, 학생의 교육기대 수준이 8학년 학생들의 과학성취도에 유의하게 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 학교수준 변인에서는 재학생의 경제적 배경, 학교의 학업적 성공 강조가 과학성취도에 유의하게 정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 상위 5개국 결과를 비교하면 가정의 학습자원, 과학학습에 대한 흥미, 학생의 교육기대 수준이 모든 국가에서 과학성취도에 정적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 학교변인에서 재학생의 경제적 배경은 일본을 제외한 모든 나라에서 정적으로 유의한 것으로 나타났으며, 학생 특성에 의한 수업 제한은 우리나라를 제외한 모든 나라에서 정적으로 유의한 것으로 나타났으며, 실험보조 인력은 일본과 대만에서 정적으로 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과를 토대로 우리나라 중학교 과학과 교수학습에 주는 시사점을 학생과 학교의 사회경제적 지위에 따른 교육격차를 완화, 역량교육을 위한 과학 수업혁신, 과학수업에서 탐구실험 활동 내실화 등의 측면에서 제안하였다.

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