과학 개념 학습에서 협동적 소집단 토론의 효과 = The Effect of Cooperative Small Group Discussion in Science Concept Learning

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This study investigated the effect of small group discussion for science concept learning in cooperative learning environments that encourage verbal interaction with peers upon students` understanding of the concepts at the particulate level, application abilities, perceptions of students` negotiation, and communication apprehension. Two classes of 7th grade at a coed middle school were assigned to the control and the treatment groups. They were taught about change of states and motion of molecules for 7 class periods. Two-way ANCOVA results revealed that the scores of a conceptions test for the treatment group were significantly higher than those for the control group. However, the scores of two groups did not differ significantly in an application test. The perceptions of students` negotiation for the treatment group were more positive, but the scores of the communication apprehension for two groups were not significantly different.