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The Current Conditions and the Characteristics of Elementary Students' Science-Related Engagement in Informal Setting - Focusing on Frequency and Companion -

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This study aimed to find out the current conditions and the characteristics of elementary students' science-related engagement in informal education setting. For this, we conducted a survey targeting 645 $6^{th}$ grader elementary students of three elementary school in Seoul. The results were described as following aspects: first, the place, the engagement frequency, and companies of students' science-related activity in informal setting, second, the characteristics of engagement based on homogeneity analysis. Based on these results, we suggested several ways to encourage students' science-related engagement in informal education setting.

Source: Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education

DOI: 10.15267/keses.2014.33.1.001