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How Do Scientifically Gifted Students Think

과학영재들은 어떻게 사고하는가

  • 한기순 (인천대학교 교육학과) ;
  • 배미란 (인천대학교 과학영재교육연구소) ;
  • 박인호 (인천대학교 물리학과)
  • Published : 2003.02.28
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Abstract

This study aims to show how scientifically gifted students think in terms of Thinking Style Inventory based on Sternberg's theory of mental self-government and to examine the relationships between their thinking styles, intelligence and creativity. Two hundred and sixty-six middle school students (169 boys, 97 girls) who enrolled in a gifted education program participated in this study. Results indicated that scientifically gifted students prefer legislative, liberal, judical thinking styles, in comparison to general students, known to be related to creative and critical thinking rather than executive and conventional styles. There was no significant correlation between any of thinking style sub measures and Raven' Matrices and Scientific Aptitude Test, but some correlations were found among the sub measures of thinking style and TTCT. Whereas liberal students gained high originality scores, conventional students gained low fluency scores. Also, judical thinking style showed significant correlations with originality and flexibility TTCT sub scores. In sum, this study showed the characteristics of thinking styles of scientifically gifted students and provided implications for gifted education based on the findings presented.

본 연구는 현재 과학 영재 교육 프로그램에 참가하고 있는 266명의 과학 영재들을 대상으로 Sternberg(1988, 1990)의 정신자치제 이론에 기초한 사고양식 검사 도구를 사용하여 그들의 사교양식의 특성을 밝히고, 사고양식과 지능 및 창의성과의 관계를 검증하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면 과학영재들은 일반 학생들 보다 자유주의적이고 입법적인 성향, 그리고 사법적인 성향을 두드러지게 나타났다. 이러한 경향은 집행적이고 보수적의적인 성향보다 창의적이고 비판적인 사고에 적합한 양식이라고 할 수 있다. 또한 사고양식은 지능검사 및 과학적 탐구능력과는 거의 관계가 없었지만, 창의성 검사와는 부분적인 상관을 보여 주었다. 즉 자유주의적인 성향이 강한 학생들은 TTCT검사의 독창성에서 높은 점수를 받았고, 유창성은 보수주의적인 경향성과 부적인 상관을 보였다. 또한 사법적인 양식은 독창성 및 융통성과 긍정적인 상관이 있었다. 본 연구를 통해서 과학 영재들의 사고양식의 경향성을 파악할 수 있었으며, 이러한 점을 고려하여 과학 영재교육에 시사점을 제공하였다.

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