• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제27권8호
• /
• pp.724-742
• /
• 2007

The purpose of this study was to develop a scientific inquiry model that makes scientific inquiry accessible to science teachers as well as students. To develop a scientific inquiry model, we investigated the research process demonstrated by ten scientists who were working at academic research institutions or industrial research institutions. We collected data through scientists' journal articles, lab meetings and seminars, and observation of their inquiry process. After we analyzed the scientists' inquiry strategies and processes of inquiry, we finally developed the Scientist's Methodology of Investigation Process model named SMIP. The SMIP model consists of four domains, 15 stages, and link questions, such as "if, why", and "how". The SMIP model stressed that inquiry process is a selective process rather than a linear or a circular process. Overall, these findings can have implication science educators in their attempt to design instruction to improve the scientific inquiry process.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
• /
• 제5권2호
• /
• pp.213-223
• /
• 2012

This study explored practicing elementary school teacher's beliefs of scientific inquiry and scientific inquiry teaching methods. Defining teacher's beliefs as a broad construct, we tried to examine the teachers' understandings about the scientific inquiry and scientific inquiry teaching method. This study drew on interview data from 10 elementary teachers in busan and changwon area of korea. Conclusions of this study include; First, we found that elementary teacher's beliefs of inquiry were represented variously. And they considered that inquiry is the important goal of science education. They though that the goal of science education is development of Scientific inquiry skills, Scientific thinking skills, development of Creativity and problem solving ability, increasing interest about science, understanding of the basic concepts of science and apply of real-life. second, most of the teachers though that Scientific inquiry is scientists activities, they defined 'the process of creation of new knowledge', 'the process of deriving theory', 'solving process of intellectual curiosity', 'Problem-solving process'. third, they considered that teaching method of scientific inquiry is open inquiry activities. however, they thought that there are many difficulties to actually apply. Understanding teachers' beliefs has implications for both the enactment of inquiry teaching in the classroom as well as the uptake of new teaching behaviors during professional development, with enhanced outcomes for engaging students in Science.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
• /
• 제20권2호
• /
• pp.271-280
• /
• 2001

The purpose of this study is to investigate how free inquiry activities affects the scientific process skills and scientific attitudes of 5th and 6th of elementary school students. For this study, 265 elementary students from 5th and 6th grade in Seoul were selected. In comparison group 130 students were implemented and to the experimental group 135 students who did not the free inquiry activities were implemented. The result of this study is as follows: First, curiosity was the most affective factor that motivate free inquiry activities and made them select their topics. Most of the students invested for the inquiry activity in less than 3 weeks. They had some help in every stages. Students became interested in free inquiry activities because they learned new facts and enjoyed doing experiments and they wanted to continue for the same reasons. Second, free inquiry activities had little effect on the basic science process skills of the experimental group, compared to the control group at the significant difference of p=0.05. Third, free inquiry activities had considerable effect on the integrative inquiry process skills of the experimental group, compared to the control group at the significant difference of p=0.05. Fourth, the result of the post-test of the experimental group showed that free inquiry activities had no effect on scientific attitudes at the significant difference of p=0.05. In conclusion, free inquiry activities will be much more effective in developing integrative inquiry process skills than in developing basic scientific process skills and scientific attitudes.

• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제28권7호
• /
• pp.759-767
• /
• 2008

This article arose from the previous studies, which suggested a synthetic list for the nature of science (NOS), discussed the relationship between the NOS and scientific inquiry and the development of the NOS in the context of scientific inquiry. In this article, for teaching scientific inquiry through the NOS, I proposed three teaching models - reflection, interaction, and the direct model -. Within these teaching models, understanding the NOS is viewed as a prerequisite condition for the improved performance of scientific inquiry. In the reflection model, the NOS is embedded and reflected in scientific inquiry without explicit introduction or direct explanation of the NOS. In the interaction model, concrete interaction between scientific inquiry and the NOS is encouraged during the process of scientific inquiry. In the direct model, subsequent to directly comprehending the NOS at the first stage of activity, students conduct scientific inquiry based on their understanding of the NOS. The intention of this present article is to facilitate the use of these models to develop teaching materials for more authentic scientific inquiry.

• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제39권2호
• /
• pp.221-232
• /
• 2019

과학 교육에서는 탐구 중심 과학 수업의 중요성이 지속적으로 강조되어 왔다. 그럼에도 불구하고 교사들의 과학 탐구에 대한 이해가 부족하여 교육 현장에서 과학 탐구 수업이 그 의미대로 실행되지 못하고 있다고 여러 선행 연구에서 언급되어 왔다. 이에 본 연구에서는 교사학습공동체에서 과학 탐구 수업이라는 공동의 목표를 자발적으로 설정하고 1년 이상 과학 탐구 수업 계획, 실행 경험 공유, 반성을 함께 한 5명의 교사들을 대상으로 과학 탐구에 대해 어떠한 이해를 갖고 있는지, 과학 탐구에 대한 이해가 어떻게 변화되었다고 인식하는 지를 개방형 설문과 개별 면담 자료를 통해 알아보는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 본 연구의 모든 교사들은 과학 탐구를 '과학자가 하는 일'로 설명하였으며 구체적으로는 '자연 현상에 대한 궁금증을 과학적 탐구 기능을 수행하여 해결하는 과정', '과학 실천을 하여 과학지식을 구성하는 과정'으로 이해하고 있었다. 또한, 학생들이 과학자의 탐구 과정을 수행하는 것이 과학 탐구라고 이해하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에 참여한 두 명의 교사는 과학 탐구가 과학자 또는 학생이 과학을 하는 과정이라는 이해를 기반으로 과학 탐구를 교수-학습 방법으로 이해하고 있었다. 본 연구의 교사들은 교사학습공동체 활동 전에는 과학 탐구가 실험과 동일하거나 손으로 조작하는 활동이 필수라는 탐구에 대한 제한적인 이해를 가지고 있었으나 교사학습공동체 활동을 통해 다양한 방법의 과학 탐구가 있으며, 실험을 수행하는 것뿐만 아니라 모형을 개발하거나 사용하여 현상을 설명하고, 학생들 간 증거 기반의 논의에 참여하는 것도 중요한 과학 탐구 과정이라는 발전된 이해를 가지게 된 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
• /
• 제30권3호
• /
• pp.379-393
• /
• 2011

The purpose of this study was to analyze the complexity of scientific reasoning during open inquiry activities of pre-service elementary school teachers. In this study, 6 pre-service elementary teachers who participated in open-inquiry activities were selected. The data of scientific reasoning during their inquiry process was collected from the video recording of reporting about inquiry process and results, their reports and researcher's notetaking. CSRI Matrix (Dolan & Grady, 2010) was used to analyze the complexity of participants' scientific reasoning. The result showed that the degree of the complexity of their scientific reasoning varied in participants. Particularly the low degree of the complexity of scientific reasoning presented in posing preliminary hypotheses, providing suggestions for future research, communicating and defending finding. Also, The more pre-service teachers' epistemology of inquiry are similar to that of scientists, the more complex scientific reasoning represents. This results suggest that teachers should impress on students the importance of doing the precedent study and providing suggestions for future research, and provide a place for communicating and defending findings.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
• /
• 제26권5호
• /
• pp.509-524
• /
• 2007

The purpose of the study is to compare elementary school science textbooks ($3^{rd}$ grade) in Korea and the U.S., centering on the ways to present scientific concepts and inquiry process in the units of 'matter.' The analysis is focused on: a) general structure of the units; b) how to present scientific concepts in terms of its connections and complexity; c) how to present inquiry process in terms of its types and skills. The findings of the study are as follows. First, the contents of 'matter' units are scientific discipline-based in both countries. The general structure of the units in Korean textbooks is unrestricted compared to those in the U.S. Second, the connections among the concepts are poor and the level of complexity is low in Korean textbooks, which are contrary to those in the U.S. textbooks. Third, it is a common feature that the inquiry process is based on learners' everyday experiences with simple experiments in two countries' textbooks. However, the inquiry process in the U.S. textbooks is provided with detailed instructions while the process in Korea is presented with diverse activities without formal guidelines. Based on the results, the study suggests three recommendations to improve Korean textbooks: a) science contents should be linked to other disciplines in order to promote practical applications; b) scientific concepts are required to be tightly connected and provided with in-depth explanations; c) inquiry process is needed to be presented with specific guidance to facilitate scientific thinking.

• 과학교육연구지
• /
• 제43권2호
• /
• pp.227-238
• /
• 2019

이 연구에서는 데이터 기반 과학탐구에서 탐구활동과 협력적 문제해결력에 대한 초등학생들의 인식을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 경남 소재 도시의 초등학생 고학년 26명을 대상으로 20차시의 데이터 기반 과학탐구 수업을 진행하였다. 학생들은 탐구 문제를 선정한 후 디지털 탐구도구로 데이터를 수집하는 탐구 과정을 수행하였다. 수업 후 인식 조사 설문과 면담을 통해 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 첫째, 학생들은 데이터 기반 과학탐구에서 '탐구 설계 및 수행' 단계가 가장 유익한 것으로 인식하였다. 둘째, 학생들은 데이터 기반 과학탐구를 통해 과학적 능력과 협동심이 향상되었고, 탐구문제 선정이 가장 어렵다고 인식하였다. 셋째, 학생들은 협력적 문제해결력의 향상에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하였다. 이상의 결과로부터 데이터 기반 과학탐구는 초등학생들의 과학적 탐구능력과 협력적 문제해결력 향상을 위해 필요함을 알 수 있었다. 이 연구를 바탕으로 다양한 탐구활동의 개발과 연구를 통해 미래를 살아갈 학생들에게 필요한 다양한 역량들을 함양할 수 있는 탐구 기회가 제공되기를 기대한다.

• 한국지구과학회지
• /
• 제33권5호
• /
• pp.459-466
• /
• 2012

This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of pre-service elementary teachers' understanding about scientific inquiry in terms of designing exploration and reasoning that is used to formulate explanations based on evidence. The research context was an open inquiry with using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) template in which participant students were not provided with inquiry questions. As data, lab. 39 pre-service elementary teachers participated in this study while taking their science methods course. Analyses of the reports were framed by the cognitive processes of inquiry (Chinn and Malhotra, 2002) and each report was coded and analyzed by the framework of inquiry (Tytler and Peterson, 2004). Results showed that groups' works that utilized the SWH template encouraged the participants to interact each other about scientific inquiry. They came up with more relevant and testable questions for their scientific inquiry. It implicates that children will be able to have chances of testing their own questions more properly by using the SWH template in science classes just as the participants did in this study. The use of the SWH template would help pre-service teachers to teach appropriately how to test inquiry questions to their students in the future. Discussion was made to figure out the characteristics or Korean pre-service elementary teachers' understanding about scientific inquiry.

• 아동학회지
• /
• 제22권2호
• /
• pp.237-253
• /
• 2001

This study examined the effects of the inquiry model on children's scientific thinking ability and processing skills. The experimental classroom of a kindergarten in Seoul was assigned the inquiry model while the control classroom was assigned general scientific education (N=48). Seventeen treatment sessions were applied to the experimental group. Tests to investigate the hypotheses included the Sink and Float Test and a new instrument developed by the researchers. Findings showed that preschoolers receiving the inquiry model of instruction gained higher scores in scientific thinking ability and processing skills than the preschoolers in the classroom using the general scientific education model. In sum, this study proved the superior effect of the inquiry model in developing children's scientific skills and ability.