생물 존재 필요성에 대한 중학생의 개념생태 특징 = Reserch Article : Characteristics of Middle School Students Conceptual Ecologies on the Need of Existence of Living Things

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Using the concepts on the need of existence of living things, we investigate students` concepts on interdependence concepts between living things. The purposes of this study are to identify components of conceptual ecologies influencing on students` concepts and to describe the relations between those components and their concepts. The subjects of this study are 4 boys, 2 girls in the 3rd grade of middle school. The sources of data used in this study include a questionnaire, interviews and observation of the discussion class. Then, all data collected through each methods are compared and summarized in the relation to the questions of research. As a conclusion, it reveals that students` concepts are connected with several cognitive or affective components. Especially, the major components influencing on students` concepts are their metaphysical beliefs, conceptions includes other fields. These components function as constraints. Given these results, a teacher who want to teach a new concept to students should consider their characteristics and the components of conceptual ecology.