과학학습양식에 따른 4 MAT System 활용 초등 과학 수업의 효과 = Research Articles : Effects of Using 4 MAT System on Elementary Children`s Science Learning with Their Science Learning Styles

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In order to investigate the effects of science teaching and learning activities using 4 MAT System on the sixth grade students who have unique science learning styles and brain functions, first the cognitive characteristics of students were examined, then the products of students` learning in science were analyzed. The results of the study can be summarized as follows: First, the Science Learning Styles of the students were shown to be distributed in the quadrants of the 4 MAT System in the order of 4th quadrant learner (50%), 1st one(25%), and 2nd, 3rd ones(12.5%, respectively). Students who have strong preferences engaged actively in science instruction and constructed excellent products in their corresponding quadrants activities of the system, which might be due to their strong intrinsic motivation toward learning. However, students with less definite preferences adapted some well to the activities other than their corresponding quadrant. Second, various ways of learning adopted in the study helped the students construct the short and long-term memories by providing the student`s brains a variety of input pathways. It might be interpreted that the various ways to learn science provided in the study by modulating and integrating the instructional sessions were helped these results arise. Finally, the most common types of the students` learning was concept introduction, then conceptual change, and the lest common types was concept application. The amount of learning was shown to be much in the order of 2nd, 3rd, 1st, and 4th quadrants. When qualitative aspects of learning were considered, the science teachers should also give attention to the learning processes of conceptual change and concept development. Based on these results, the value of the 4 MAT System in science teaching and learning at the elementary school level and the detailed characteristics of each process were discussed in depth.