英材兒와 一般兒의 讀書性向 比較 硏究 = (A) Comparative Study on Reading Traits between Gifted and Normal Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

People tend to think without any verification that the gifted children read more books than the normal children and the former ones have higher level of understanding, speed, interest, behavior in their reading than the latter ones. This study aims at verifying that this wide spread knowledge on the gifted children is true and finding better ways for the effective guidelines to help children develop desirable reading traits.
To reach this goal, the following specific questions were raised to be answered.
1. Is there any difference in reading traits between the gifted and the normal ?
2. If yes, what's the difference ?
3. Is reading speed of the gifted higher than the normal ones ?
4. Do the gifted have better understanding than the normal ones in their reading ?
5. Is there any difference in reading speed and understanding level according to the grade and sex.
For the appropriate answers to those questions, the definitions of gifted children and reading traits were reviewed in the several studies. Afterward, A survey questionnaire on tendencies, speeds and understandings in reading was designed to compare the reading traits between the gifted and normal children. Respective 180 gifted and normal children participated in the survey as respondents. The gifted children were those who are participating in gifted classroom run by Seoul Municipal Office of education in four regions in the city. For the correct interpretations and analysis on the data made out from the survey, a statistical program, SPSS/PC+WIN 8.0, was adapted. According to these analysis and interpretations on the survey result, the conclusions are drawn as follows:
1. The gifted are much more motivated and have higher level of interest in their reading than the normal ones. The gifted like reading much more than the normal.
2. Parents of the gifted read their kids average 5.6 copies of more books than those of the normal ones at their early age. What we have to pay attention to is that mothers usually played major roles in their kids' forming of reading traits and circumstances prior to their school age.
3. The gifted gain their reading traits about 1-2 year earlier than the normal ones.
4. There is no big difference in the kinds of books they like to read between these two groups at their early age but as they are aged and their grades are getting higher and higher, the differences are getting bigger and bigger from each others' reading traits. The gifted have the tendency of enjoying creative story books, but the normal ones read well-known masterpieces or the life stories of great people. Seeing these, the gifted have more intellectual curiosities. What draw attentions is many gifted children read temporarily popular novels read by grown-ups.
5. Speaking of self-confidence in reading, the gifted have much more. With their higher self-confidence, they are speedy in reading compared to the normal. Girls especially have higher reading speed in any group-the gifted or the normal.
6. A striking difference between these two groups also appear in their mind after reading. The gifted become more inquisitive and critical.
7. The gifted are less interrupted or distracted under unfavourable reading circumstances. They enjoy reading in any circumstances.
8. More intensive and concentrated reading is made by the gifted.
9. Regarding to the understanding, as assumed, the gifted showed more understanding. Even the 5th grade gifted get the better understanding than the 6th grade normal children.
What attracts is girls in any-the gifted or the normal- understand better what they read as they read faster than boys.
As verified by the interpretation and analysis from the survey result, The gifted have different and desirable reading traits and tendencies compared to the normal, but each individual has its own unique character and accordingly, the best reading guide lines will have to be studied case by case. In this sense, this study isn't enough yet. For better and better guide line studies for children's reading,
1. More in-depth surveys and studies on parents' roles in their children's reading at their early age are strongly recommended.
2. Replication studies in a wider scale in the country are required for the conclusion of this study to be generalized on reading traits of the gifted children.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 목차 = ⅰ
• I. 서론 = 1
• 1. 연구의 필요성 = 1
• 2. 연구의 목적과 문제 = 4
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 = 7
• 1. 독서 성향의 입장에서 본 영재의 정의 및 특성 = 7
• 2. 독서능력 및 스키마(Schema)이론 = 13
• 3. 독서 성향과 영재성 = 16
• Ⅲ. 연구 방법 = 22
• 1. 연구의 대상 = 22
• 2. 측정도구 = 23
• 3. 연구의 절차 = 25
• 4. 자료의 처리 = 26
• Ⅳ. 결과 해석 및 논의 = 27
• 1. 결과 해석 = 27
• 2. 논의 = 52
• Ⅴ. 요약 및 결론 = 54
• 1. 요약 = 54
• 2. 결론 = 55
• 3. 제언 = 59
• [참고문헌] = 60
• Abstract = 68
• 부록 = 72