과학 용어 분류를 통한 초등학생들의 심리적 과학 영역 분석 = Reserch Article : Analysis of Elementary School Students` Psychological Science Domains by Classifying Science Vocabularies

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The importance of integrated approach have increased gradually in science education. But most of researches on integrated science have been based on the structure of science and epistemology. The investigations of students` psychological science domains are needed for effectiveness of integrated science in science curriculum and classrooms. In this study, for exploration of elementary school students` psychological science domains and their properties, students(N=96) were asked to classify scientific words presented on textbooks in several categories. Many psychological science domains were revealed. Among them, the domains that were over 20% are `Electricity`, `The human body`, `The earth`, `Energy`, `Plant`, `Animal`, `Environment`, `Living things`, `Weather`, `Flower`. According to the results from analysis on the words that students presented in each domains, the participants hold strongly the relationships caused by everyday experiences. For example, `light` and `heat` showed high frequency in `Electricity` domain and `The human body` domain included `force` and `motion` in high frequency. The most inclusive domain was `The earth`. Not only the words on earth science but also biological and chemical words were classified in this domain. So The integration that centered with `The earth` domain looks correspond to the elementary school students` psychological aspect.