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Analysis of Structural Relationship between Science Academic Achievement, Learning Support from Teachers, Students' Attitude toward Science, and School Life from TIMSS 2019, and National Assessment of Educational Achievement

TIMSS 2019와 국가수준 학업성취도 평가에 나타난 과학성취도와 교사의 학습 지원, 과학에 대한 태도, 학교 생활의 구조적 관계 비교 분석

  • Received : 2021.11.22
  • Accepted : 2022.02.13
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

Comparative studies using large-scale data such as TIMSS, PIRLS, and PISA inform us of the effectiveness of each educational system. Even though samples in the large-scale studies were representative, admitting potential discrepancy when applying the findings of the large-scale studies to local educational system is still needed. This study examines the structural relationship among students' attitude towards science, learning support from teachers, school life, and science academic achievement with both large-scale data and local comparative study data utilizing same variables. Responses on the TIMSS 2019 of 5,554 Korean seventh-grade students and National Assessment of Educational Achievement (NAEA) 2019 of 6,365 third-grade middle school students were used. The results indicate that: a) school life did not affect the science achievements in both data. However, in NAEA 2019, students' attitude mediated the relationship between school life and science achievement; b) learning support from teachers had a significant impact on TIMSS science achievements, and also had positive effect on achievement through students' attitude in TIMSS. On the other hand, learning support had a positive effect on achievement only when student's attitude mediated the relationship in NAEA; c) students 'attitude toward science had positive effect on science achievement on both data; d) the impact of gender was different on school life, academic achievement, students 'attitude towards science, and learning support from teachers on both data; and e) the impact of the number of books differed as well. There were differences in results between the international and domestic research, which inform us that we need to pay attention when interpreting the domestic environment through the results of international research.

각 나라의 대표적 표본을 추출하여 시행되는 국제비교연구의 결과를 한 국가의 교육 시스템 안에 적용하고자 할 때에 여러 요인들로 인해 적절하지 않을 수 있다는 생각에서 시작한 본 연구는, 학업성취를 설명하는 구조방정식 모형을 국제연구자료와 국내 자료에 각각 적용하여 비교함으로 국제연구자료를 통해 얻은 결과를 국내에 바로 적용할 수 있는지 확인해보고자 하는 목적을 가지고 진행되었다. 구체적으로 학생의 과학에 대한 태도, 교사의 학습 지원, 학교생활 변인이 학업성취도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 데이터는 TIMSS 2019 한국 7학년 학생 5,554명의 데이터와 NAEA 2019 중학교 3학년 학생 6,365명의 데이터를 대상으로 하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 학교생활은 두 데이터 모두에서 과학성취도에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았으며, NAEA 2019에서는 과학에 대한 태도를 완전 매개하여 과학 성취도에 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 교사의 학습 지원은 TIMSS에서 과학 성취에 유의한 영향을 나타내었고, 과학에 대한 태도를 매개한 경우에도 유의한 영향을 나타냈다. 반면 NAEA에서는 과학에 대한 태도를 완전 매개한 경우에만 과학 성취에 유의한 영향을 나타내었다. 셋째, 과학 태도는 두 데이터 모두에서 과학 성취에 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 넷째, 두 연구에서 성별은 학교생활, 학업성취도, 과학에 대한 태도, 교사의 학습 지원에 영향을 미치는 양상이 다르게 나타났으며, 다섯째, 책 보유량 또한 양상이 다르게 나타났다. 본 연구는 학생의 과학에 대한 태도, 교사의 학습 지원, 학교생활과 학업성취도의 구조적 관계를 규명하였으며, 국내연구와 국제연구를 비교한 결과 차이가 나타났는데, 이와 같은 결과는 국제연구의 결과를 통해 국내 현장을 해석하고자 할 때 유의해야 할 필요성이 있다는 것을 보여준다.

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이 논문은 2021년도 연세대학교 연구비의 지원을 받아 수행된 것임(2021-22-0066)

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