Effects of Students' Collaborative Writing Activities in Elementary Mathematics

초등수학에서 상호글쓰기 활동의 효과 분석

This research aimed to explore the effects of collaborative writing activities in a mathematical context, specifically pertaining to areas such as numbers and operation, geometrical figure, and measurement in Mathematics: Level 5-b, on their mathematical achievement gain and disposition among Grade 5 students. To do this, out of a total of 62 students selected from two Grade 5 classes of J Elementary School in Dalseo-gu, Daegu City, who were found to be homogenic from the tests of math performance and dispositions, an experimental group(n=31) was designed and compared to a control group (n=31). Over a six week period from October to November in 2009, the experimental group was given collaborative writing lessons in math classes while the control group was given teacher-oriented regular lessons. The results were as follows. First, there was more or less considerable, though not significant, difference in overall mathematical achievement in the students experiencing collaborative writing activities when compared with the students in the control group. However, in terms of numbers and operation, a sub-category of mathematics, there was significant difference between the two groups. Second, the students experiencing collaborative writing activities were more positively affected in all sub-categories of mathematical disposition: confidence, flexibility, determination, curiosity, reflection, and value, than those in the control group. In summing up, the exposure of collaborative writing activities to mathematics learning was found to help students not only to have a concrete and proper grasp of the relevant problem solving process, which was observed from their mathematical achievement gain especially in the sphere of numbers and operation, but also to have their mathematical disposition set towards more positive direction, which was seen in all sub-categories of mathematical disposition measurement.

본 연구는 초등수학 5-나 단계의 수와 연산 영역, 도형 영역, 측정 영역에서 수학적 글쓰기의 한 방법인 상호글쓰기3) 활동이 학생들의 수학 학업성취도 및 성향에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 수행된 실험연구이다. 이를 위해 대구광역시 달서구에 소재한 J초등학교 5학년 2 개 학급(실험집단 : 31명, 비교집단 : 31명)을 대상으로 약 6주간 수행되었다. 본 연구에서는 수학 학업성취도 및 성향을 측정하는 두 검사도구를 선정하여 사전 사후 검사를 실시하였다. 사전검사의 분석 결과 두 집단은 동질집단이었고 사후검사는 연구문제 1과 2의 효과를 확인하는데 사용되었으며 검사결과는 t-검정으로 분석하였다. 연구결과는 아래와 같다. 첫째, 상호글쓰기 활동은 학업성취도에 있어 유의미한 결과가 나타나지 않았지만 통계적으로 어느 정도 차이가 있음을 확인할 수 있었고, 수와 연산 영역에 있어서는 유의미한 차이를 확인할 수 있었다. 둘째, 수학적 성향의 하위 영역인 수학적 자신감, 융통성, 의지, 호기심, 반성, 가치 모두에 있어서 긍정적인 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다.