일액현상에 대한 초등과학 영재의 귀추적 사고과정에서 나타나는 유추 분석

Analyzing analogy on abductive thinking process of elementary school gifted children on leaves guttation phenomenon

The purpose of this study was to analyze the analogy on abductive thinking process of elementary school gifted students. 14 gifted students of elementary school was selected as the participants. 14 gifted students thinking aloud protocol and interview data were collected during they hypotheses generation about leaves guttation phenomenon. The Results were as followings: Analogy exists in abductive thinking process of gifted children in science. And representation of question-situation were influenced the analogical inference and final selected hypothesis. When gifted students observed an amazing phenomenon, searching properties of objects are influenced their final hypothesis selection. The stage in representing of problem, it was inferred that the surface similarity. On the other hand, searching candidate hypotheses and configurating hypothesis stage, structural similarity revealed. This result showed a meaningful implication on the science research instruction and the education procedure planing. The teachers need to make the students pay attention to the essential elements through simplification and transformation, and to lead them generate the problems with a new viewpoint in the hypothesis generation teaching for the research ability improvement of the students.