We put a lot of interests in the effective way to form a lab group in the lab class of science. Currently, the lab class in Korea is progressed according to lab group formation of random division monotonously. In other words, a class is divided into a...
We put a lot of interests in the effective way to form a lab group in the lab class of science. Currently, the lab class in Korea is progressed according to lab group formation of random division monotonously. In other words, a class is divided into a certain number of lab groups randomly and the groups perform the experiment they were given.
Therefore, we came up with 2 different method to form the lab group and tried to analyze understanding on science and academic achievement of each method. In one method, each group was formed with 7 students according the student numbers. In the other method, each group was formed with 7 students that had similar grades in a field of science test.
In order to achieve the goal of the study, the study was done on students in the 1st grade. The first formation method was applied from the end of mid-term exam to the beginning of final exam in the first semester and the second formation method was applied from the beginning of the second semester till the beginning of mid-term exam in the second semester. Also, the results of final exam of first semester and midterm-exam of second semester were analyzed to compare the effect of the two formation method.