• Journal of Science Education
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.415-429
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to develop the 'airplane' science program based on Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model for the gifted elementary students and investigate the effects of the program on attitude toward self-directed learning attitude, attitude toward laboratory work, and creative personality. Participants were 37 gifted students of local elementary school gifted classrooms. The results of this study were as follows: First, self-directed learning attitude was improved significantly including all sub-areas. Second, the attitude toward laboratory work was improved significantly including all sub-areas. Third, creative personality was improved significantly including all sub-areas. Finally, students' satisfaction about program had an average of 4.52 out of 5 points. Boys showed higher satisfaction on 'program management' and 'teacher's activities' than girls.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.59-68
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to analyze the satisfaction and effective variables in online learning for low-income students. An Web-survey was conducted to measure its satisfaction and effectiveness. 285 students participated in the study. T-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The result of satisfaction was fairly positive. In addition, there were differences in effectiveness. In specific, the each group of female, elementary school, higher level of achievement, and higher level of self-regulated learning group students showed higher satisfaction than the others. Suggestions and future research are discussed.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.93-100
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• 2011

Previous studies on educational programming language reported that programming education can help students develop their abilities in cognitive, logical and reflecting thinking for problem solving. In this study, we examined the effects of Scratch programming language education on self-directed learning ability through six-grade elementary school students. The study results are that the treatment group shows more improvement with statistical significance on the subscales of self-directed learning such as openness, internal motivation, and autonomy, than the control group. These effects are especially larger with the students with high ICT literacy, whose degree is higher than that as a result of using digital textbook, UCC, and cyber home education reported in previous studies.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.23-36
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• 2020

This study indicates there is a need for delivering key academic vocabulary to students with multi-cultural backgrounds before they enter middle school and thus select academic vocabularies necessary for satisfactory middle school education and self-directed learning methods using a more focused selected academic vocabulary list. To this end, we first examine the vocabularies appearing in the main Korean language, math, social studies and science textbooks used in the first year of middle school and compile the most practical academic vocabulary list. Then we offer a selection method for the main academic vocabulary from these compiled vocabularies. We also propose a self-directed vocabulary learning model for using these selected academic vocabularies and an academic vocabulary learning application as a prototype. As a result, students with multi-cultural backgrounds will be able to adapt to middle school education more quickly when they learn the necessary academic vocabularies on their own using the academic vocabulary learning application.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.83-91
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine teacher's emotional leadership practices and to suggest their educational policy implication. To do so, a survey was conducted on Chinese-Korean students in Yanbian area. Data samples were 605 students at three high schools. The major results are summarized as follows: First, the teacher's emotional leadership is an important variable to improve student's self-directed learning. Second, it is suggestive that the teacher should focus on developing students personal competences such as self awareness and self management rather than social competences. Lastly, the teacher should focus on and improve satisfaction of student's school life first, and try to increase student's self-directed learning. However, various variables that may influence teacher's emotional leadership should be included in the further study.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.54-60
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• 2015

The purposes of the study are to investigate the effects on academic of the self-directed learning and in-depth interviewing program in engineering underachieved students. 17 students participated in program and the grade points average(GPA) of participants are less than 2.5. First, we focus on the change of academic achievement after the self-directed learning and in-depth interviewing program. According to results, it is very effective not only in improving academic achievement of the participation subject but also in increasing GPA. Second, the pre-survey and the post-survey were conducted to the participants. We found some facts from the difference between the pre and post surveys. The expectation and satisfaction about learning have improved after self-directed learning, and the participants' recognition showed the meaningful change in important factors about learning.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.1-20
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• 2016

This study aims to investigate the effects of flipped learning applied to home economics education on improving middle school students' academic engagement, self-directed learning ability and social interaction. The subjects of this study were 129 third-grade students in middle school. To verify the effects of flipped learning adequately, 129 middle school students divided into two groups have participated in the study over a course of nine weeks. One group was taught in the traditional instructed learning method while the other one in the flipped learning methods. The two groups were taught in 13 sessions in total once or twice a week, and each session took 45 minutes. For pretest and post test, the questionnaire consisting of academic engagement scale, self-directed learning scale and social interaction scale were used. To analyze data, ANCOVA was used to examine significant differences between two groups. The main results of this study were the following : First, students who participated in flipped learning are more improved than those who participate in instructed learning in academic engagement. Second, students who joined in flipped learning are much more improved than those who joined in instructed learning in self-directed learning ability. Third, students who join in flipped learning were much more improved than those who joined in instructed learning in social interaction.

• School Mathematics
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.643-664
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• 2009

This study was aimed to understand the problems that students experience during the self--directed study of a mathematics digital textbook and to find the implications for the design of digital textbook. For this study, we analyzed the process of self-directed learning on 'division of fractions with same denominator' using digital textbook by eight 6th graders. Students asked to use think aloud method while they study the unit. Their learning process was videotaped and analyzed by researchers after the experiment. After the self-directed learning, students filled out a test items and participated interview with a researcher. The result showed that students experienced several misconceptions and errors while using a digital textbook. The types of misconceptions and errors were cataegorized as "misconceptions and errors caused by a mathematics textbook" and "misconceptions and errors caused by a digital textbook". Especially, students showed several important misconceptions and errors because of the design factors. This implies we need to consider the causes of misconceptions for the design of a digital textbook.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.67-73
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• 2021

This study aims to investigate whether differences in self-directed learning ability according to the personality types of learners occur in after-school programs and the difference in self-directed learning ability according to extroversion and introversion personality types was analyzed for 12 elementary school students in Jeollanam-do who voluntarily participate in after-school programs. As a result of this test, there was no difference in self-directed learning ability in accordance extraversion and introversion. It is judged that when elementary school students are freed from the sense of duty of passive learning participation, introverted students can also pioneer and develop learning methods suitable for them. Based on this, the limitations and implications of the study and next research direction was presented.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.309-318
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• 2016

This study aims to investigate the effects of self-efficacy and self-directed learning readiness to self-leadership of nursing students. The data of self-efficacy, self-directed learning readiness and self-leadership was collected for the nursing students of K university in K city from Sep. 2015 to Nov. 2015. The results show that self-efficacy is different according to subjects' age, and self-directed learning readiness is different according to the grade. The correlations among self-efficacy, self-directed learning readiness and self-leadership are significant, and the self-directed learning readiness is a significant predictor of self-leadership. It is expected that the nursing students will be able to act as a leader in clinical practice and health care by promoting self-directed learning readiness from the university education, and it is required to develop and operate the self-directed learning readiness program including the opinions of learners.