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Characteristics of High School Students 'Conceptual Understanding about Minerals and Rocks

광물과 암석에 대한 고등학생들의 개념 이해의 특징

  • Wee, Soo-Meen (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Cho, Hyun-Jun (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Kim, Jun-Suk (Bucheon Jung-Heung High School) ;
  • Kim, Yun-Ji (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 위수민 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 조현준 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 김준석 (부천 중흥고등학교) ;
  • 김윤지 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과)
  • Published : 2007.08.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of high school students' conceptual understanding about minerals and rocks. A questionnaire was developed to examine students' conceptions of minerals and rocks. The data were collected from 93 students in 10th and 119 students in 11th grades in a high school. The result showed that students' understanding of minerals and rock was on the moderate level. The 10th grade students showed a relatively lower level of understanding about igneous rocks while the degree of the 11th graders' understanding about certain concepts related with melting point in the rock domain was a little bit lower than the average. Although the understanding levels between the two grade levels were similar, there were some items for which students understanding seemed to be more sophisticated with the grade. In the questions about the characteristic of basalt surface, however, the frequencies of non-scientific conceptions were not decreased, rather increased along with the grade. It was also found that the conceptions students acquired from other science lessons as well as earth science classrooms did rather interfere with students' construction of the scientific concepts of minerals and rocks even though sometimes they were helpful for learning. It was suggested that the teachers should understand that some specific terms in earth science have different meanings as they were used in other subjects.

이 연구의 목적은 고등학생들의 광물과 암석에 대한 개념 이해의 특징을 알아보는 것이다. 연구 목적을 위하여, 광물과 암석에 대한 개념 질문지를 개발하였다 질문지는 4개의 영역으로 총 12문제로 구성되어 있었다. 고등학교 10학년 학생 93명, 11학년 학생 119명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료의 분석을 통해 고등학생들의 광물과 암석에 대한 이해 수준 및 특징은 다음과 같이 나타났다. 전체적으로 고등학생들은 절반정도의 이해 수준을 보였으며, 10학년 학생은 화성암 영역에서, 11학년 학생들은 암석 영역에서 평균보다 약간 낮은 이해 수준을 보였으나, 광물의 녹는점과 관련된 특정 개념에서 매우 낮은 이해를 나타냈다. 둘째, 10학년과 11학년 학생의 이해수준은 대체로 비슷하여 과학적 개념 형성 비율이 유사함을 나타냈으나, 몇몇 문항에 대해서는 학년이 올라감에 따라 과학적 개념 형성 비율이 증가한 경우도 있었다. 그러나 학년이 올라갔음에도 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았지만, 현무암의 표면적 특징을 묻는 문항에서 오히려 비과학적 개념의 빈도가 줄어들지 않고 늘어나는 경향을 보인 것도 있었다. 셋째, 학생들의 과학적 개념 형성에 지구과학 교과에서 배운 개념뿐만 아니라 주변 과학교과에서 배운 개념이 광물과 암석 개념 형성에 도움을 준 것도 있었지만 오히려 방해된 것도 있었다. 이 결과를 통해 학생들에게 지구과학 교과에서 사용되는 특징적인 용어들에 대한 교육을 할 경우 타 교과에서 사용되는 의미와는 별도로 이해되어야 한다는 것을 염두에 두고 가르칠 필요성이 제시되었다.

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