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Instructional Effect of Infographics Construction in Elementary Science

초등 과학 수업에서 학생주도 인포그래픽 구성 활동의 효과

  • Received : 2019.09.23
  • Accepted : 2019.10.30
  • Published : 2019.12.28
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Abstract

Students are exposed to many visual representations in various visual cultures. Infographics combining visual representations and writing can effectively convey information. Also it can be efficient ways for teachers to focus on important contents. Students can use infographics as a method directly to organize information. Therefore, the infographics that students use both writings and images directly and visually will be more effective on elementary school science classes than the workbook. Classes are guided with the same scientific inquiry and experiment written on the science textbook. The experimental group students organized scientific inquiry by infographics, while the comparison group students still used the workbook. First, the types of infographics are determined by what students want to explain. Based on learning objectives, students used the right type of infographics to effectively convey their focus on information. Second, the infographics organizing activities used in the classes had a significant effect on students' academic achievement. Also, the infographics organizing classes are positively associated to science-related attitudes, including such+ as 'Leisure Interest in Science', 'Adoption of Scientific Attitudes', and 'Attitude to Scientific Inquiry'. Third, visual tendency and classroom treatments had no interactions, but the experimental group had a positive impact regardless of student's characteristics. Fourth, experimental group showed positive attitudes toward to students' perception of infographics. Since some of students had difficulties organizing information in infographics, further research is required to enable students to reduce their burden in application of infographics.

학생들은 일상생활에서 많은 시각적 표상을 경험하고 있기 때문에 글과 함께 시각적 표상이 제공되는 인포그래픽은 교사가 정보를 전달하는 방법으로 효율적이다. 또 학생들이 직접 정보를 생산하는 방법으로도 사용될 수도 있다. 따라서 대부분 글로 기록하는 기존의 실험관찰책과 비교하여 학생들이 직접 인포그래픽을 구성하는 수업이 초등학교 과학 수업에 어떤 효과가 있을 것인지에 대해 연구하고자 한다. 초등학교 5학년 4개 학급 학생 총 99명을 대상으로 연구를 실시하였으며, 적용 단원은 2단원 '산과 염기'로 연구집단과 비교집단 모두 교과서에 제시된 탐구와 과정을 중심으로 동일한 수업을 진행하였다. 연구집단은 탐구 결과와 과정을 인포그래픽으로 구성한 반면, 비교집단은 실험관찰책을 그대로 사용하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 학생들이 중점적으로 설명하려는 내용에 따라 인포그래픽의 유형이 달라졌다. 학습 목표에 따라 학생이 중점을 두는 정보를 효과적으로 전달하기 위해 스스로 가장 적합한 유형의 인포그래픽을 선택하였다. 둘째, 인포그래픽을 구성하는 수업은 학업성취도에 유의미하고 긍정적인 효과가 있었다. 하지만 시각화 경향성과 수업 처치 간 상호작용은 나타나지 않았고, 인포그래픽 구성 수업은 학생들의 시각화 특성과 무관하게 긍정적인 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다. 셋째, 수업 중 인포그래픽 학습지를 활용한 학생들의 과학에 대한 태도에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 시각화 경향성과 수업 처치간 상호작용은 나타나지 않았다. 넷째, 인포그래픽을 구성하는 수업에 대한 초등학생들의 인식은 전반적으로 긍정적이었다. 하지만 인포그래픽을 구성하는 과정에 어려움을 느낀 학생들의 응답으로부터 수업에서 인포그래픽이 점차적으로 어떻게 활용되어야 더 효과적일지에 대한 연구가 필요하다.

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