초등학교 학생들의 과학 선다형 문항 풀이 과정에서의 오류 분석

Abstract

Multiple choice items have been widely used. However the difficulties in understanding and solving the items have not been known well. The purpose of this study is to analyze the dificulties and errors in the proces of solvingmultiple choice items. Twelve multiple choice items were developed based on the Unit 5 Separation of Mixtures inthe 4th grade. Four items which students had hardly given the corect answer were selected and six students werechosen for interview. Interview results were analyzed with regard to the errors in the process of solving the multiplechoice items. The findings of this study are as folows: 1) The students who misread and misunderstand thequestions chose the incorrect answers. 2) Most of the students activate daily knowledge in the process of problemsolving. 3) The students who have misconception with the daily knowledge or have no experiences choose incorectanswers, while students who activate both daily knowledge and school knowledge choose corect answer. 4) Thestudents of high level commit errors mainly in the latter part of problem solving proces, but the students of lowlevel do from early.