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Analysis of Middle School Students' Difficulties in Science Inquiry Activity in View of Knowledge and Information Processing Competence

지식정보처리역량 관점에서 중학생들의 과학탐구활동 어려움 분석

  • Received : 2018.05.11
  • Accepted : 2018.06.27
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

The knowledge and information processing competence is one of the essential competencies in an information-oriented society which is highly related to science education. The purpose of this study is to investigate middle school students' difficulties in science inquiry activity in view of the knowledge and information processing competence. Collection, processing, and application of information are extracted as common elements of the knowledge and information processing competence through literature search. Data were obtained from eight students of a middle school in Seoul for five months and were analyzed based on constant comparative method to extract students' difficulties. As a result, the element of information collection is observed through science inquiry and the element of information processing is observed in hypothesis setting step, inquiry result analysis step, and inquiry result sharing step. The element of information application is observed in the creation of posters for sharing and inquiry reports. Difficulties in information collection were found in lack of confidence in information gathering, systematic search strategy, and information reliability. Difficulties in information processing appeared in the inexperience of analysis program use, information transformation, and interpretation of linkage information. Difficulties in information application were caused by the lack of effective organization and effective expression of information. In this study, it is meaningful to provide a clue as to how the knowledge and information processing competence can be established in science education.

지식정보처리역량은 정보화 사회에서 필수적인 역량 중 하나이며 과학교육과도 매우 연관성이 깊은 역량이다. 본 연구에서는 과학탐구 과정에서 나타나는 지식정보처리역량의 요소를 찾아보고 중학생들이 이와 관련하여 어떠한 어려움을 겪는지 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 문헌 연구를 바탕으로 다양한 지식정보처리역량의 정의에서 공통된 요소인 정보 수집, 정보 처리, 정보 활용의 세 가지 요소를 추출하였다. 또한 서울시에 위치한 중학교에서 동아리 활동을 하는 학생 8명의 탐구활동을 5개월간 참여관찰 하여 자료(면담 및 관찰 전사본, 탐구 보고서, 탐구일지, 현장 노트 등)를 수집하였고, 지속적 비교분석법을 이용하여 수집된 자료를 범주화하고, 지시정보처리역량 요소와 관련된 어려움을 추출하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과 정보 수집 요소는 탐구를 진행하는 내내 관찰할 수 있었으며 정보 분석 요소는 가설설정 단계와 탐구 결과 분석 단계, 탐구 결과를 공유하는 단계에서 관찰할 수 있었다. 정보 활용 요소는 탐구 보고서 작성 및 공유를 위한 포스터 제작 등에서 확인할 수 있었다. 학생들이 겪은 어려움으로는 정보 수집에서는 정보 수집의 확실성, 체계적인 검색 전략, 정보의 신뢰성 등을 확보하지 못한 점에서 나타났다. 정보 분석에서 겪는 어려움은 분석 프로그램의 사용, 정보 변환, 연계 정보의 해석 등의 미숙함에서 나타났다. 정보 활용에서 겪는 어려움은 정보의 조직화, 효과적 표현 능력의 부족함에서 나타났다. 이 연구는 지식정보처리역량이 과학교육에서 어떠한 방식으로 자리 잡을 수 있는지 그 단초를 제공하였다는 점에 의의가 있다.

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