Preconception and Conceptual Change about Season on Elementary School Students

계절 변화에 대한 초등학생의 선개념과 개념 변화 양상

  • Cheong, Cheol (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Jeong, Jin-Woo (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Jang, Myoung-Duk (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 정철 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 정진우 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 장명덕 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과)
  • Published : 2001.08.31

Abstract

This study was to investigate the preconception and phases of children's conceptual change about season through an instruction on the concept. Participants in the study were seventy-eight fifth graders in two classrooms of an elementary school located in Incheon city. Children's preconception was examined using a questionnaire, consisted of a drawing and literal explanation. The questionnaire also was used at the midterm-test, post-test, and one-week delayed-test. The results shows several findings as follows: some children (a) change their synthetic conceptions to form another synthetic conceptions through the instruction; (b) exhibit that their conceptions are unstable; and (c) are mainly influenced by distance and heating effect on the seasonal spatial distribution between the Earth and the Sun, and by the Earth's rotation on the seasonal change of constellations in acquiring the scientific concepts.

이 연구는 계절 변화에 대한 초등학생의 선개념과 수업에서 나타나는 개념 변화 양상을 조사하는 것이다. 연구 대상은 인천광역시의 초등학교 5학년생 78명을 대상으로 하였다. 계절 변화에 대한 학생들의 선개념을 알아보기 위하여 그림과 글로 응답하도록 구성된 지필 검사지를 사용하였으며, 동일한 검사 문항을 이용하여 각각 수업 중의 중간 검사, 수업 후의 사후 검사, 그리고 1주일 후 지연 검사를 통하여 학생들의 개념 변화 양상을 조사하였다. 응답 결과의 분석은 3명의 본 연구자들간에 의견의 일치를 보아 분석하였다. 조사 결과, 사전 검사에서 대안 개념을 가지고 있는 일부 학생들의 경우 수업 후 또 다른 대안 개념을 형성하며, 이들이 가지고 있는 계절 변화 개념은 안정되어 있지 않은 상태로 나타났다. 또한 계절별 지구와 태양 사이의 공간 분포의 변화에서는 거리와 가열 효과가, 그리도 계절별 별자리의 변화에서는 지구의 자전 개념이 계절 변화에 대한 학생들의 올바른 개념 형성에 장애가 되는 요인으로 나타났다.

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