Exploration of Korean Students' Scientific Imagination Using the Scientific Imagination Inventory

Autor/inn/en	Mun, Jiyeong; Mun, Kongju; Kim, Sung-Won
Titel	Exploration of Korean Students' Scientific Imagination Using the Scientific Imagination Inventory
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 37 (2015) 13, S.2091-2112 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2015.1067380
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Imagination; Secondary School Students; Elementary School Students; Scientific Concepts; Science Instruction; Grade 5; Grade 4; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Factor Analysis; Student Characteristics; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Student Surveys; Creativity; Questionnaires; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Faktorenanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerbefragung; Kreativität; Fragebogen; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This article reports on the study of the components of scientific imagination and describes the scales used to measure scientific imagination in Korean elementary and secondary students. In this study, we developed an inventory, which we call the Scientific Imagination Inventory (SII), in order to examine aspects of scientific imagination. We identified three conceptual components of scientific imagination, which were composed of (1) scientific sensitivity, (2) scientific creativity, and (3) scientific productivity. We administered SII to 662 students (4th-8th grades) and confirmed validity and reliability using exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach "a" coefficient. The characteristics of Korean elementary and secondary students' overall scientific imagination and difference across gender and grade level are discussed in the results section. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01