The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of experimental activity of induced interest that isn't easily completed in a course of study, put in practice a creative optional activity class on the scientific inquiry skills of elementary school ...
The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of experimental activity of induced interest that isn't easily completed in a course of study, put in practice a creative optional activity class on the scientific inquiry skills of elementary school students.
Optional activities are greatly divide into subject optional activities and creative optional activities. However, creative optional activities curriculum need to be developed, practiced in school spot according to requirement, necessity of school & teacher, local society & parents of students.
For this purpose, the general activity was applied for the comparative group(24 students), the experimental activity of induced interest was applied for the experimental group(25 students); they are composed of 4th grade elementary school students of 49, a class of an hour during a week. The results were analyzed by means of comparing between groups as well as within groups.
After examining the effect on improvement of the scientific inquiry skills and their sub-skills of elementary school students by experimental activity of induced interest, the following has been concluded:
First, experimental activity of induced interest has positive effect on improving basic process skill of the scientific inquiry skills and integrated process skill.
Second, experimental activity of induced interest has positive effect on improving sub skills of inquiry process, however, it did not have any effect on formulating hypotheses and generalizing.
Third, experimental activity of induced interest has positive effect on improving sub-skills of inquiry process in a group, however, it did not have any effect on data conversion, interpreting data and generalizing.