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An Exploratory Investigation of the Imaginative Writing Processes of Middle School Students

중학생의 상상하는 글쓰기 과정에 대한 탐색적 연구

  • Received : 2014.06.17
  • Accepted : 2014.08.30
  • Published : 2014.08.30
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Abstract

In this study, we conducted an exploratory investigation of the imaginative writing processes of middle school students. Twelve 8th graders were asked to imagine and write about the daily life of atoms, assuming that they became specific atoms for themselves. The think-aloud method was used to investigate students' writing processes. We recorded students' writing processes, and also collected the data through interviews to clarify ambiguities in their writing processes. The analyses of the results revealed that their imaginative writing processes could be classified into the three types by the two aspects of writing process components (retrieving information and generating ideas). That is, the integration of retrieving information and generating ideas, the predominant retrieving information, and the predominant generating ideas. The students who were classified into the type of the integration of retrieving information and generating ideas came up with a story and properly introduced science concepts into it. These suggested that this type of students expressed their own understanding more effectively, and that this type was most appropriate for imaginative writing in learning science. The results also showed that the imaginative writing processes were greatly influenced by whether the planning step was adequately considered or not. On the bases of the results, we suggest the teaching strategies for effective imaginative writing in learning science.

이 연구에서는 중학생들의 상상하는 글쓰기 과정을 탐색적으로 조사하였다. 중학교 2학년 학생 12명이 연구에 참여하였으며, 자신이 어떤 원자가 되었다고 가정하고 원자의 일상생활을 자유롭게 상상하여 글쓰기를 수행하였다. 학생들의 글쓰기 과정을 조사하기 위해 발성사고법을 사용하였고, 모든 글쓰기 과정을 녹화하였으며, 이를 통해서도 구체적으로 파악하기 어려운 글쓰기 과정에 대한 자료는 면담을 통해 수집하였다. 상상하는 글쓰기의 과정 요소를 분석한 결과, 학생들의 상상하는 글쓰기 과정의 유형은 정보인출과 내용생성 과정 요소가 나타나는 양상에 따라 정보인출-내용생성 과정 통합 유형, 정보인출과정 중심 유형, 내용생성 과정 중심 유형으로 분류되었다. 정보인출-내용생성 과정 통합 유형에 속하는 학생들이 자유롭게 이야기를 떠올리고 그 속에 과학 개념을 적절히 도입하여 자신의 이해를 보다 쉽고 효과적으로 표현하는 것으로 나타나, 과학 학습에 적절한 상상하는 글쓰기 방식임을 알 수 있었다. 한편, 상상하는 글쓰기의 과정은 글쓰기 구상 단계가 충분히 이루어지는가에 따라 많은 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 과학 학습에서 효과적인 상상하는 글쓰기를 위한 지도 방안을 제안하였다.

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