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The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of elementary school students about pseudo-science and the differences of view on pseudo-science among groups of religion. The subjects in thisstudy were 242 fifth graders and 200 sixth graders, who were tested to figure out their view ofpseudo-science. The findings of the study were as follows. First, as for their awareness of pseudo-science, they generally took a dismal view of the four areas of pseudo-science, including astrology,allusion, magic arts and supernatural phenomena, and there was little change in their view even thoughthey moved up to a higher grade. It indicated that despite continuous science learning, their cognitivepattern remained unchanged. And, Elementary students' religion exerted an influence on their awarenessof the four areas of pseudo-science. Specially, Buddhists are more permissive views than other religiongroups.