Analysis and Investigation of Studying Materials on Free Science Study by Elementary School Students

Abstract

The analysis and investigation of studying materials are examined based on the works which have been entered every year for the contest of studying materials on free science study in snmmer vacation by the students of elementary, lower secondary, and higher secondary schools in Ehime Prefecture. The investigated number is 812, and investigation is started from the classification of studying materials. The classification is done by the extraction of a studying material from a free science study work, by the arrangement of resembled studying materials in a group, then the groups are divided in three with the course of study on the elementary school science. Neyt, based on the classificated total table, the studying materials which are adopted to free science study of elementary school are discussed and concerned. The results are in the following. 1) The studying materials are concentrated on "A" group of course of study both on mumber and variety, and on the common insects and plants of always observed. 2) The varieties of studying materials are increasing as the progress of grade. The materials are shifted from studied to applied, from combined to analytical, and from macroscopic to microscopic, and these materials have a tendency to increasing the material number on the "B" group of course of study.