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KMID : 1059520230670020106
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
2023 Volume.67 No. 2 p.106 ~ p.115
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Analysis of Error Types on National Science Fair’s Students’ Research Reports
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Park Hyun-Ju
Shin Ju-Ran
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the errors in science inquiry research reports written by students who won the encouragement award at the National Science Fair, and analyze the frequency of error types by school levels. The frame- work for analysis was constructed based on the table of contents of the students’ science inquiry research reports, and the reports were analyzed for errors in six stages: Research question/hypothesis, prior research, experimental procedure, results, conclu- sions, and references. The study identified several types of errors at each stage, such as unreasonable research questions and wrong hypotheses in the research question/hypothesis stage, and limited considerations under certain conditions and selection of inappropriate experimental instruments in the experimental procedure stage. The study found that the frequency ratio of experi- mental procedure error was the highest across all school levels, and the order of errors varied by school level. Frequency ratio of error types of school level was: in the elementary school students’ reports, errors were analyzed in the order of experimental pro- cedure (36.88%), prior research (17.02%), conclusions (16.31%), research question/hypothesis (13.48%); In the middle school students’ reports, experimental procedure (42.86%), conclusions (20.00%), prior research (14.28%), results (11.43%), research question/hypothesis (10.01%); In the high school students’ reports, experimental procedure (45.16%), research question/ hypoth- esis (16.13%), conclusions (16.13%), and prior research (11.83%). The findings could be used to guide teachers in helping stu- dents conduct scientific inquiry research or write reports.
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KEYWORD
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Students’ science inquiry research reports, National science fair, Scientific research, Errors, K-12, Research & education
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