초등수학 문제해결 활동에서 나타나는 아동 간 스캐폴딩 과정 분석

An Analysis of the Children's Scaffolding Processes in Mathematical Problem Solving

본 연구의 목적은 아동들의 수학문제해결 과정에서 나타나는 아동 간 스캐폴딩 과정을 분석하는 것이다. 연구의 참여자들은 3개 그룹 4학년 6명의 초등학생들을 대상으로 연구는 8월부터 12월까지 5개월간 심층적인 관찰과 인터뷰를 통하여 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 연구의 결과 첫째, 아동 간 스캐폴딩 과정에서는 교사와 같은 성인의 개입이 없는 경우 자유롭고 다양한 스캐폴딩의 형태가 관찰되었다. 둘째, 스캐폴딩 과정의 흐름은 조건, 현상, 작용/상호작용, 결과로 나타났다. 셋째, 인지적 도움은 정서적 도움이 순차적이고 독립적으로 일어나는 것이 아니라 통합적으로 일어났다. 교사들은 이 스캐폴딩의 과정에 대한 분석과 의미 도출로 학습자들의 보다 의미 있는 수학학습을 도울 수 있다.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the scaffolding processes of children in mathematical problem solving. 3 groups of 4th grade students participated in the study and the researchers proceeded the study for 4 months. The procedures of this research were as followings. First, when the learners solved the problems, the categories of scaffolding processes(by way of unit line coding belong in open codings, the categories were made 25 concepts and integrated 20 subcategories) were produced the 7 results: invite to the learning, set the problems, affective aids, attempt self learning, re-ordering between learners and affirmation self learning. Second, the processes of scaffolding in mathematic problem solving resulted in condition, the present condition, action/interaction and the outcomes. Third, the cognitive and affective aids that discovered in the scaffolding processes were considered the main categories of learner's scaffolding processes in solving the mathematic problems. In conclusion, first, the learners' scaffolding processes, based on Vygotsky's "the zone of proximal development" in selection and presentation of mathematic problems, are very diverse. Peers' affective aids are very important in solving the problems. Second, learners in the scaffolding processes exchange the cognitive and affective aids with each other with joy and earnestness, and the aids can give assistance to all the participants. Third, in the results of observation and analysis in learners' scaffolding processes, it is meaningful to know how they think. Finally, the learners' scaffolding processes are a little unsystematic and illogical compared to those of adults, but those of scaffolders are so similar to those of learners' cognitive and affective systems that they can provide teachers with many merits in understanding and teaching learners.