• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.367-378
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• 2011

After pre-service teachers become teachers, traditional patterns of classroom discourse which they had experienced as students affect their classroom discourse implicitly. For this reason, it is needed to get a new insight for evaluating and reflecting a teacher's classroom discourse. In this study, I analyzed the information flow of science classes of pre-service elementary school teachers. The finding showed that teachers' organizational skills for students' information made advanced science classes by maintaining discourse cohesions. And the findings also showed a way how to analyze, evaluate or reflect science classroom discourse. This trial could contribute to find out the characteristics of teachers' science classroom discourse and show the directions to them how to change their classes beyond impressionable evaluations for their science classes.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.269-284
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemic process in elementary science classrooms by analyzing classroom discourse as a epistemic practice. Data came from four elementary teachers in the form of video-recordings. A total of 12 elementary science lessons were examined to reveal the discursive modes and sequences in which the teacher and students participated when they constructed and developed scientific knowledge during the lessons. Three representative discursive patterns were found in the elementary science lessons explored: (i) 'Retrieving-Retrieving-${\cdots}$' by which well-established scientific knowledge was retrieved repeatedly, (ii) 'Exploring-Building on the Shared' which allowed introducing new scientific knowledge based on the scientific phenomena explored by the teacher and students together through practical work, and (iii) 'Retrieving-Elaborating/Reformulating/Narrating' or 'Building on the Shared-Elaborating/Reformulating/Narrating' which expanded and strengthened scientific knowledge already learned. These discursive patterns were suggested as discursive-epistemic mechanisms employed frequently in the epistemic process in elementary science lessons and as a basis for defining epistemic cultures of science classrooms.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.415-429
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• 2011

In the elementary science classroom, inquiry-based learning activities are often limited to students' hands-on experiences. As a result, students often overlook core concepts they are supposed to acquire from the inquiry activities and show difficulties in applying those concepts in a real life context. To make a connection between the hands-on activities and the concept leaning, a small-group discussion can be considered. In this study, we designed a team-based learning (TBL) model for the elementary science classroom. We developed teaching and learning materials for the "Comfortable Environments" unit in the 6th grade curriculum based on the TBL model. After appling the model with 32 6th grade students, we compared the TBL participants' level of concept understanding and attitudes toward science before and after the intervention, and also compared them with their counterpart control group who participated in a traditional classroom. The results showed that the level of concept understanding of the TBL participants were higher than that of the control group. However, there was no statistically significant difference found in attitudes toward science between the TBL participants and the control group. In addition, the interviews with the TBL participants showed that they positively perceived the TBL experiences.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2013

This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of good science teachings regarded by preservice elementary school teachers. It also aimed to suggest a direction of peer teaching practice to help preservice teachers' professional development. Adjacency pairs were adopted to analyze the characteristics of good science teachings. The results showed that pre-service elementary teachers were accustomed to adjacency pairs. Almost of their discourse were organized by adjacency pairs. 'Question-Answer' and 'Request-Accept' were mainly used in science classes by pre-service elementary teachers. Based on the findings, the study suggested science teacher educators to provide chances to analyze exemplary science teachers' science class or chances to analyze their science teachings in terms of competence of science classroom discourse.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2001

The purpose of the research is to investigate the effects of a portfolio system on students' socio-psychological classroom environments in elementary science class. Two schools were selected from a metropolitan area, a city, and one school from a rural area in central Korea. Two fifth-grade classes were sampled from each school selected, and one class is assigned to experimental group and the other to control group, respectively. The total number of participants of the study is 399. Portfolio system was administered to experimental group, and conventional teaching to control group for two and half month. WIHIC, an inventory to measure socio-psychological classroom environment, was administered as a pre- and post-test. Experimental group gained statistically higher scores on WIHIC after administering portfolio system. They showed more positive perceptions on sub-areas of WIHIC such as teacher support, task orientation, and equity. There is interaction between region and group: the effects of the portfolio system is highest in rural area, lowest in metropolitan area, and the city in between. Portfolio system have positive effects on students' socio-psychological classroom environments. Enhanced socio-psychological classroom environments is expected to contribute to positive self-concept, higher science achievements, and self-directed learning.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.499-508
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 과학수업 문화 분석을 위한 분석틀과 도구 개발을 위한 첫 단계로서, 초등학생들의 개방형 서술 응답 분석을 통하여 과학수업을 바라보는 초등학생들의 인식을 조사하고, 이에 기반으로 하여 과학수업 문화를 질적으로 분석할 수 있는 분석틀을 제안하고자 하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 서울 및 경기 소재 6개 학교의 초등학생 4학년과 6학년 총 571명이 작성한 응답을 3가지 방법으로 분석하여 분석틀의 6가지 범주(주요하게 드러나는 요인, 공동체의 권력구조, 과학 수업에서 중시하는 영역, 관심대상, 수업의 분위기, 참여형태)를 도출하였다. 각 범주에 따른 세부 분석틀 내용은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 과학수업에서 주요하게 드러나는 요인은 실험, 재미, 교사, 그리고 공동체로 나타났다. 둘째, 과학교실 공동체의 권력구조는 학급 친구, 교사, 개인으로 나누어 볼 수 있다. 셋째, 학생들이 과학수업에서 중시하는 영역은 인지적, 정의적, 행동적 영역으로 살펴볼 수 있다. 넷째, 과학교실 공동체에서 관심을 가지는 대상은 교사의 가르침, 실험, 지식과 의견의 이해, 지식과 의견의 공유로 나타났다. 다섯째, 과학수업 분위기의 형태는 장난치고 시끄러운 분위기와 재미있고 즐거운 분위기로 나타났다. 여섯째, 학생들의 참여 형태는 모든 구성원의 참여, 자율적인 참여, 협동적인 참여 형태로 나타났다. 본 연구의 이러한 결과는 학생들이 생각하는 과학수업의 모습과 그 특징에 바탕을 두어 과학수업 문화를 분석하는 질적인 분석틀을 제안할 수 있었다는 점에 의미가 있겠다. 또한 본 연구의 결과를 통해 과학수업의 문화적인 측면에서 나타난 시사점에 대하여 논의하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.238-251
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• 2015

This study, based on literature review and theoretical discussion, reinterprets the learning environment instruments from cultural perspectives and suggests the applicability of learning environment instruments for understanding science classroom cultures. To do this, the existing learning environment instruments are first investigated and compared in terms of their features and utilizations appeared in previous studies. The learning environment instruments are then reinterpreted in the light of culture. Finally, we suggest the possibilities to use the learning environment instruments to understand science classroom cultures. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, the learning environment instruments, by interpreting them culturally, could be interpreted in cultural ways and used as the alternative ways to explore science classroom cultures. Second, the learning environment instruments, such as WIHIC and CLEQ, could be interpreted both along the dimension of phenomena in classrooms and the dimension of students' psychology in order to investigate science classroom cultures. Third, the instrument items could be interpreted culturally in different ways according to the description types of instrument items. Thus, when learning environment instruments are used in culture research, the description types should be sufficiently taken into account. Based on the results of this study, educational implications are discussed in terms of exploring classroom cultures and of culture research.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.17-30
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• 2006

이 논문은 인체치수와 교구에 기초한 일반교실평면크기의 산정에 관한 연구이다. 초등학교의 교육과정은 1960년대 이래로 지금까지 7차에 걸쳐 변화되었으며, 그러한 교육과정의 변화는 초등학교 일반교실의 평면에 반영되어 왔다. 새로운 교육과정인 제7차교육과정은 학급 내에서 다양한 활동을 수용할 것을 요구하게 되었다. 또한 교육부는 1997년 9월 학교시설기준을 폐지하였고, 일반교실의 규모가 교육의 질에 영향을 미치는 것을 고려할 때, 초등학교 일반교실의 크기에도 변화가 필요하게 되었다. 일반적으로 알려진 바와 같이, 각 부위별 인체치수는 키, 나이, 몸무게와 밀접한 관계가 있다. 이 연구에서는 한국인의 각 인체부위 치수를 산정하는데 있어서 키, 나이, 몸무게를 독립변수로 한 회귀분석이 사용되었다. 그 다음 각 부위별 인체치수, 교구 및 책상배열에 따라 일반교실의 크기를 산정하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to analyze elementary school students' class contents and activities between the invention class for the gifted under the local education office by the 'Gifted Education Promotion Act' and that under the invention classroom by the 'Invention Promotion Act'. For this study, the survey was conducted to 1,788 elementary school students who attended the invention class for the gifted both under the local education office and under the invention classroom. The analysis of the survey showed that the students of the invention class for the gifted under the local education office had higher motivation and participation rate in class, higher interest in invention, and stronger significantly in a future oriented will than those under the invention classroom. The parents of the invention class for the gifted under the local education office showed more enthusiastic attitude to support their students, and had significantly stronger recognition that the participation of the students in the invention education for the gifted helped enter an advanced school than those under the invention classroom. However, the class contents of the invention class for the gifted under the local education office such as 'understanding the influence of the invention history and products on society', 'scientific inquiry skills for problem solving', 'technological and engineering abilities for creating an invention', 'developing knowledge and abilities about business and management by using a new invention' were not different from those under the invention classroom. In addition, discussion and presentation were not active in the class activities of the invention class for the gifted under the local education office. Therefore, the researchers should compensate and develop a program which can apply strategically differentiated class contents and class activities to the students who participate in the invention class for the gifted under the local education office by the 'Gifted Education Promotion Act'.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.265-276
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• 2016

In this study, modeling pedagogies were employed to re-design and teach the unit of Seasonal Changes in the $6^{th}$ grade science curriculum. The effects of the modeling-based program were investigated in both the conceptual and affective domains using an approach of mixing quantitative and qualitative techniques. The result showed that the students in the modeling-based science inquiry classroom gained a higher mean score in a conceptual achievement test than their counterparts in a traditional science classroom. The number of the conceptual resources activated to explain the causes of the seasons, as well as the types of student explanations developed through the combination of the resources activated, were greater in the modeling-based classroom. The modeling-based science inquiry was also effective in improving student attitudes toward science lessons. It was revealed, however, that the students experienced both positive and negative epistemic feelings during the modeling-based science inquiry. Implications of these findings for science education and relevant research were suggested and discussed.