Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education (한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육)
- Volume 17 Issue 2
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- Pages.23-31
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- 1998
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- 1598-3099(pISSN)
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- 2733-8436(eISSN)
A Study on the Development of Proportional Reasoning Strategies Applied in Elementary School Students.
초등학교 학생들의 비례논리 전략의 발달에 대한 연구
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the development of elementary school student's reasoning strategies used in proportional tasks. Three hundred and ninety elementary students were sampled to investigate their reasoning strategies used in Pouring Water Tasks. Results showed that 4 percentage of students used proportional reasoning strategy. By the way, about 80 % of students used qualitative guess or additive strategies to solve proportion tasks. Further, about fifth-grade or 11-year-old students began to use proportional reasoning strategy. Also, female and malt students' development of reasoning strategies improved from 1st grade across 5th grade and from 6-year-old across 11-year-old. However, female did not show the improvement of strategy development after 5th-grade or 11-year-old. However, male students showed a continuous improvement after the grade or age. In addition, students showed developmental patterns of spurts and plateau, ra thor than a linear developmental pattern. The present study also discussed educational implications of this findings in school curriculum.
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