Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics (대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구)

The Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics (대한수학교육학회)
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The Growth of School Mathematics: Korean Secondary Gifted Students' Collaborative Problem Solving Using The Wiki

학교수학적 지식의 성장: 고등학교 영재 학생들의 위키(Wiki) 기반 협력 문제해결 활동을 중심으로

  • Received : 2015.10.12
  • Accepted : 2015.11.04
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

As a design research, this study aims to identify students' collaborative problems solving patterns using the Wiki and design factors triggering MKB(mathematical knowledge building) in virtual environment. For 70 days, 14 Korean secondary gifted students, who enrolled in calculus II courses in one of gifted institutions in Korea, solved 10 math problems together using the Wiki. In this study, I considered five design factors; motivation, practice of LaTeX, norms of participation, epistemic agency, and two types of educational settings. The primary pattern emergent in students' collaborative problem solving process is identified as 'solutions and refutations' along the double helix consisting of the constructive line and the critical line, which is very similar to the pattern of 'Conjectures and Refutations'(Lakatos, 1976). Despite that most participants had difficulty in using LaTeX for mathematical expressions, this study shows that Wikis are valuable tools for providing Korean secondary students opportunities to learn social virtue such as humility and courage (Lampert, 1990), which is considered to be have been neglected in Korean educational environment but is emphasized as precious for doing mathematics in the field of mathematics education.

본 연구는 개별화된 경쟁에 치우쳐 있는 우리나라 수학교육 환경에서 고등학교 영재학생들에게 수학 발전의 사회적 과정을 경험할 수 있는 기회를 제공하기 위하여 온라인 탐구 커뮤니티의 건설을 시도하였다. 2012년 B과학고등학교에서 개설된 두 개의 미적분학 II 강좌를 수강하였던 14명의 학생들이 지정된 위키 사이트에 접속하여 약 70일간 10개의 문제를 풀었다. 협력 문제해결 과정에서 위키는 학생들의 흩어져 있는 사고과정을 공유되는 세계 내에 효과적으로 매개함으로써 상호학습이 이루어지는 것을 가능하게 하였다. 또한 학생들의 협력 문제해결의 패턴은 Lakatos(1976)의 '증명과 반박'과 비슷하게 '풀이와 반박'으로 특징지어졌으며 학생들은 이 과정을 통해 학교수학적 지식의 성장을 경험할 수 있었다. 실험 종료 후 실시된 인터뷰와 설문조사에서 담당교사와 학생들은 협력 문제해결 도구로서의 위키에 대해 매우 긍정적인 반응을 보였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 고등학교 영재학생들에게 위키는 수학적 지식의 사회적 측면에 대한 학습기회를 제공할 수 있는 가치 있는 수학교육 도구라고 평가된다.

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