중학교 과학영재들의 과학 창의성 평가 사례 연구

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of scientific creativity according to the gender and talented division of scientifically gifted middle school students. To do this, the question to assess the scientific creativity was developed and applied it to 276 scientifically gifted students, and we compared the creativity level according to the gender and talented division. The scientific creativity of middle school scientifically gifted students was evaluated on the basis of six factors such as sensitivity, fluency, elaboration, logicality, empiricality, and originality. As a result, even though the scientific creativity of scientifically gifted students was found to be very low, their level scientific creativity depends on the gender and talented division. There was the significant correlation between factors of the scientific creativity of middle school scientifically gifted students. Especially, it showed a high correlation among originality, elaboration and empiricality. It suggested that educational approaches should be needed to improve their scientific creativity including teaching and learning methods and strategies in accordance with the gender and talented division, and continuously carried out.