Research in Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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MCY-Mentoring Activities by Creating and Communicating Mathematical Objects

  • Cho, Han-Hyuk (Department of Mathematics Education, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Ji-Yoon (Department of Mathematics Education, Seoul National University) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Jo (Department of Mathematics Education, Seoul National University) ;
  • Woo, Ahn-Sung (Department of Mathematics Education, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2011.04.26
  • Accepted : 2011.06.12
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

In recent years, an increasing number of viewpoints hold that students should be engaged in a learning environment where understanding and knowledge transfer take place. This study introduces Mathematics Created by You (MCY)-mentoring program, which allows students to construct artefacts that are required to learn. This program is online-based and so can be shared by several people and mathematics leaning takes place through interactions within this carefully designed environment. Also, MCY intends to provide students a series of sequential activities related to creative play, creative learning and creative inquiry based on a Constructive and interactive environment. Furthermore, a creative activity- constructing a creative product using building blocks- was presented as an example. Finally, we investigate the pedagogical implications and suggest directions for the further development.

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