Empirical Examination on the Acquisition and Utilization of Scientific Vocabulary

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501048
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: University of Fukui
• Principal Investigator: ASAHARA MASAHIRO 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 教授 (70304201)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUTOMO Kazuo 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 准教授 (90324136) ; OOYAMA Toshio 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 教授 (20194318) ; YAMATO Makiko 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 准教授 (60555879) ; MIYOSHI Masaya 福井大学, 教育地域科学部, 講師 (50557353)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 小学校理科 / 理科学習語彙 / 語彙検定 / 科学的語彙 / メタ認知 / 観察・実験

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As a new approach to enhancing children’s vocabulary at school and home, we developed two methods: “the test of scientific vocabulary between parents and children to help children learn” and “the usage of a standardized vocabulary collection for metacognition while learning science.”
The first method helps children acquire scientific vocabulary through family conversations. In this study, scientific vocabulary, which should be learned at home, was defined by the tests. The second method is utilization of a collection of scientific vocabulary that should be commonly understood by teachers and children during science sessions. These methods were practically implemented through a university open class for families, the hirameki (flash) and tokimeki (impression) science programs for students, and an in-service training program for teachers.

Free Research Field

科学教育・有機典型元素化学