The Analysis of Articles on the Exhibition in National Science Fair

Abstract

We analyzed the articles on the exhibition in the National Science Fair in order to understand those course of development. We examined the format and contents of articles in the analysis, and aimed to seek ways of improving the fair more creatively and more popularly. The standards of formal analysis of the articles are theme, field of exhibition, grade of exhibitor, residental place of exhibitor. While the standards of content analysis of the articles are motif, method, period, and practical use of research. As a result of the analysis, it has become obvious that the National Science Fair has evolved very much in line with the changes of the times. The operation of the fair, appraisal procedure, content of awards and others have been systemized further compared to its beginning and it has grown in a qualitative as well as quantitative manner. Exhibits have become more specialized with respect to their forms and content, and recently, environment and tradition have surfaced as popular subjects. This shows that the fair has played a pivotal role in contributing to nurturing science inquiring capacity of students as well as teachers. The National Science Fair, as a informal science education system, has gathered public attention to science that has evolved step by step with the change of trend and time.