• Title/Summary/Keyword: Problem solving activity

Search Result 382, Processing Time 0.023 seconds

The Effects of Design Thinking in High School Chemistry Classes (디자인씽킹 기반 고등학교 화학 수업의 효과 연구)

  • Yang, Heesun;Kim, Mi-Yong;Kang, Seong-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
    • /
    • v.64 no.3
    • /
    • pp.159-174
    • /
    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to examine 'Design Thinking' based Chemistry Class program as an education strategy for core competence of creative convergence talent. The program stages were modified and supplemented into eight stages, including 'Knowledge Understand', 'Empathy', 'Sharing perspective', 'Ideate', '1st Prototype', '1st Test', '2nd Prototype', and '2nd Test', so that the 'Design Thinking Process in Science Education' can be applied to the chemistry class. Considering the linkage between the 2015 and 2009 revised national curriculum, the achievement criteria were selected, and the lesson plans and student activity sheet were developed according to the themes to be met. Four thematic educational programs were developed and applied to Chemistry I for the second grade of high school students from March to August. The results were verified through qualitative data analysis of the class scene and pre- and post-test based on inventories of 'Empathy' 'STEAM educational competence', 'Problem solving process'. As a result of applying the developed program, 'empathy' showed a significant improvement in empathy with others and empathy with the problem situation. In 'STEAM educational competence', there was a significant enhancement in science and design competence. In the 'problem finding process', the problem definition, problem solution design, and problem-solving review were significantly improved in the 'problem-solving process'. The results of this study provided implications for the applicability of design thinking - based chemistry classes and its educational effect.

Effects of Eco-Friendly School Project Activity on Middle School Students' Environmental Awareness (친환경학교 가꾸기 프로젝트 활동이 중학생의 환경 인식에 미치는 영향)

  • Son, Mi-Hee;Park, Hye-Gyeong;Cheong, Cheol
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
    • /
    • v.24 no.3
    • /
    • pp.34-43
    • /
    • 2011
  • Project-based learning is an innovative approach to learning that teaches a multitude of strategies critical for success in the twenty-first century. Students drive their own learning through inquiry activity, as well as work collaboratively to research and create projects that reflect their knowledge. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of eco-friendly school project activity which is applied from one of project-based learning approach on learning outcomes of students in ninth-grade environment course in middle school. The participants were given a questionnaire before and after the environmental project activities. In solving the school environment issues themselves, students have practiced invaluable problem solving skills. This study indicates that school students' awareness about the environment has positively changed by experiencing the eco-friendly school project. In addition, this project affects students' variety of environmental awareness. This project could be applied to school environmental education programs and to environment lessons, developmental activities or club activities for a positive impact on students' environmental awareness.

  • PDF

A Study on the extraction of activity obstacles to improve self-driving efficiency (자율주행 효율성 향상을 위한 활동성 장애물 추출에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Chang min
    • Journal of Platform Technology
    • /
    • v.9 no.4
    • /
    • pp.71-78
    • /
    • 2021
  • Self-driving vehicles are increasing as new alternatives to solving problems such as human safety, environment and aging. And such technology development has a great ripple effect on other industries. However, various problems are occurring. The number of casualties caused by self-driving is increasing. Although the collision of fixed obstacles is somewhat decreasing, on the contrary, the technology by active obstacles is still insignificant. Therefore, in this study, in order to solve the core problem of self-driving vehicles, we propose a method of extracting active obstacles on the road. First, a center scene is extracted from a continuous image. In addition, it was proposed to extract activity obstacles using activity size and activity repeatability information from objects included in the center scene. The center scene is calculated using region segmentation and merging. Based on these results, the size of the frequency for each pixel in the region was calculated and the size of the activity of the obstacle was calculated using information that frequently appears in activity. Compared to the results extracted directly by humans, the extraction accuracy was somewhat lower, but satisfactory results were obtained. Therefore, it is believed that the proposed method will contribute to solving the problems of self-driving and reducing human accidents.

Development of Neuropsychological Model for Spatial Ability and Application to Light & Shadow Problem Solving Process (공간능력에 대한 신경과학적 모델 개발 및 빛과 그림자 문제 해결 과정에의 적용)

  • Shin, Jung-Yun;Yang, Il-Ho;Park, Sang-woo
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.41 no.5
    • /
    • pp.371-390
    • /
    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a neuropsychological model for the spatial ability factor and to divide the brain active area involved in the light & shadow problem solving process into the domain-general ability and the domain-specific ability based on the neuropsychological model. Twenty-four male college students participated in the study to measure the synchronized eye movement and electroencephalograms (EEG) while they performed the spatial ability test and the light & shadow tasks. Neuropsychological model for the spatial ability factor and light & shadow problem solving process was developed by integrating the measurements of the participants' eye movements, brain activity areas, and the interview findings regarding their thoughts and strategies. The results of this study are as follows; first, the spatial visualization and mental rotation factors mainly required activation of the parietal lobe, and the spatial orientation factor required activation of the frontal lobe. Second, in the light & shadow problem solving process, participants use both their spatial ability as a domain-general thought, and the application of scientific principles as a domain-specific thought. The brain activity patterns resulting from a participants' inferring the shadow by parallel light source and inferring the shadow when the direction of the light changed were similar to the neuropsychological model for the spatial visualization factor. The brain activity pattern from inferring an object from its shadow by light from multiple directions was similar to the neuropsychological model for the spatial orientation factor. The brain activity pattern from inferring a shadow with a point source of light was similar to the neuropsychological model for the spatial visualization factor. In addition, when solving the light & shadow tasks, the brain's middle temporal gyrus, precentral gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus were additionally activated, which are responsible for deductive reasoning, working memory, and planning for action.

An Analysis on Open-ended Problem Solving of Gifted Students (수학 영재학생의 개방형 문제 해결 사례 분석)

  • Choi, Su A;Kang, Hong Jae
    • East Asian mathematical journal
    • /
    • v.32 no.4
    • /
    • pp.545-563
    • /
    • 2016
  • The aim of this study was to observe processes and implication to a given program for the 20 gifted children grade 5 by making the number from 1 to 100 with natural numbers 4,4,9 and 9. Revelation of creativity, mathematical tendency of students and meaningful responses were observed by the qualitative records of this game activity and the analysis of result. The major result of a study is as follows: The mathematical creativities of students were revealed and developed by this activity. And the mathematical attitude were changed and developed, so student could actively participate. And students could experience collaborative and social composition learning by presentations and discussion, competition with a permissive atmosphere and open-game rule. It was meaningful that mathematical ideas (negative number, square root, factorial, [x]: the largest integer not greater than x, absolute value, percent, exponent, logarithm etc.) were suggested and motivated by students themselves.

Mathematical Exploration of Counterweight Activities (분동을 활용한 문제의 수학적 탐구)

  • Kim, Sang-Lyong
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
    • /
    • v.14 no.1
    • /
    • pp.123-134
    • /
    • 2010
  • Recently, mathematics education have been emphasized on developing students' mathematical thinking and problem solving abilities. Accordance with this emphasis, dramatical changes are needed in learning mathematics not merely let alone students solve real-made mathematics problems. The project learning to explore a counterweight activity will have an effects on positive mathematical attitude(to pose problem, to have curiosity) and mathematical thinking(power 10-digit representation, 2-digit number, two representation of 3-digit number, connect exponential number and log situation) which could develop understanding problems and critical thinking.

  • PDF

Project Scheduling Problem with Resource Constraints Minimizing Cost (자원비용을 고려한 프로젝트 스케듈링에 관한 연구)

  • 서순근;최종덕
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    • /
    • v.14 no.23
    • /
    • pp.19-25
    • /
    • 1991
  • In this paper, constrained resource project scheduling problems schedule project activities subject to finite constraints on the availability of non-storable resource. Further, resources are assumed to be available per period in constant amounts, and are also demanded by an activity in constant amounts throughout the duration of the activity. We describe formulation which minimizes the combined cost of fluctuations in resource demand and delay of project completion. Cost bounding procedures are augmented by dominance relationships presented as theorems. This paper presents algorithm for solving the problem. And numerical examples are presented. Sensitivity analysis to evaluate the effect of changes of cost efficients is conducted.

  • PDF

Study of the Applications of Introduction of Computer Engineering Class using PBL (PBL을 이용한 컴퓨터공학입문 수업의 실제적 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Keun-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
    • /
    • v.15 no.10
    • /
    • pp.6303-6309
    • /
    • 2014
  • In this thesis, PBL was applied to the subject for improving students' many skills that modern industrial society demands. Our engineering school developed PBL problems for PBL use, applied the problems to classes and confirmed the effectiveness of PBL. The study subjects were 63 freshman students in H University who took the 'Introduce of computer engineering'. We applied 5 PBL problems for 15 weeks. They wrote and submitted a reflective journal when they finished the every given PBL activity. In addition, they completed a class evaluation form after the activity of 5th PBL Problem ended. The study showed that the students experienced the effectiveness of PBL, such as the comprehension of the studied contents, the comprehension of the cooperative learning, authentic experience, creative problem-solving skills, presentation skills, communication ability, self-directed study ability and confidence. Some difficulties in gathering together and spending much time were also encountered. The students realized that the PBL learning activities were important methods because the students could develop into future intelligent engineers that modern industrial society demands through PBL learning activities. The main goal of an engineering school is to produce specialists with creative problem solving ability so that the effects of this study are quite promising for our engineering school.

A Case Study on Engineering Education for Scientific and Technical Writing and Presentation Using Blended Learning (Blended Learning을 활용한 이공계 과학기술 문서 작성 및 발표 수업 사례연구)

  • Han, Young-Shin;Song, Hae-Sang
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
    • /
    • v.14 no.3
    • /
    • pp.25-30
    • /
    • 2011
  • This paper is being established in Sungkyunkwan University based on a new lecture, "Scientific and Technical Writing and Presentation". The course feature and core educational goal is mainly to focus on challenging students to be able to learn scientific engineering communication, recognizing problem and solving it which involve a basic process of formulating thinking and expression skills. Basically, Scientific and Technical Writing and Presentation lecture is a blended learning that will put students in various type of problem based learning (PBL) in order to distinctively build their problem solving skills and emphasizing self-leadership skills in their profession. Through group activity participants in this learning area will be exposed to more specific problems to ensure more individual participation and in the same time they will be able to actively review the objective of their own activity which are part of this course objectives.

Self-Regulation of the Child During Mother-Child Interaction (모-자(母-子) 상호작용에 있어서 아동의 자기-조정에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Chan Hwa
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
    • /
    • v.8 no.1
    • /
    • pp.1-14
    • /
    • 1987
  • The purpose of the present research was to study the self-regulation of the child during mother child interaction. That is. this study focused on how mothers regulated children's problem solving efforts before children began to function as independent agents capable of self-regulation. The emphasis was on the "regulation-by-others" that preceded "self-regulation". The subjects of this study were 30 mother-child dyads. The dyads were divided into 3 groups of 10 dyads each on the basis of the child's age (2, 3, and 4 years of age). The instrument used for this study was the "truck puzzle" devised by Wertsch, McNamee, Mclane and Budwig (1980). The problem solving task in this study required the dyad to make a puzzle in accordance with the model puzzle. The interaction of 30 mother-child dyads was observed and analyzed flH verbal and non-verbal behavior used by the mother to regulate the child's behavior. One-way ANOVA, Scheffe post hoc comparision and Spearman's rank-difference correlation were used for the statistical analysis of the data. The results revealed that there were significant age trends in regulation-by-others and self regulation in joint cognitive activity; that is, there were developmental transitions from regulation by-others to self-regulation in connection with crucial strategic behavior (looking at the model). Significant differences were found in mothers' interventions after children's gaze at the model in joint cognitive activity; that is, the mean proportion of mothers' intervention for the 2-year-old group was the highest and that of the 4-year-old group was the lowest. There were no significant age-related differences in mothers' use of referential perspectives in joint cognitive activity. Children's regulation- by-others increased and children's self-regulation decreased in proportion to mothers' use of referential perspectives.

  • PDF