Education of Primary School Mathematics (한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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The Effects of Visual Representations on Learning Proportional Expressions and Distributions

시각적 표현이 비례식과 비례배분 학습에 미치는 효과

  • Received : 2018.10.11
  • Accepted : 2018.10.28
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide a method to help elementary school students learn ratio-related concepts effectively through visual representations. This study was conducted to identify the differences in the composition of ratio-related concepts between Korean and Singaporean textbooks, reconstruct a unit of proportional expressions and distributions by using visual representations and confirm the differences in performance between an experimental and a comparison group of 6th grade students. While the experimental group mathematics lessons is from the reconstructed textbook, the comparison group lessons is from an existing textbook that does not include any reconstructive representations. A t-test of mean was applied to determine the differences between the experimental and comparison group. Analysis revealed significant differences in the mean between the experimental group and the comparison group, and the intermediate level group showed more improvement compared to the higher and lower level groups. An implication of this study is that the application of visual representations can assist students' understanding of ratio-related concepts.

본 연구는 시각적 표현의 활용이 비례식과 비례배분 학습에 미치는 영향을 탐구하고자 수행하였다. 이를 위해 시각적 표현에 집중하여 싱가포르 교과서와 한국 교과서의 '비례식과 비례배분'단원을 분석하고, 분석 결과를 바탕으로 한국 교과서를 시각적 표현을 중심으로 재구성하였으며, 재구성한 교재를 활용한 집단과 기존의 한국 교과서를 활용한 집단의 성취도 차이를 분석하였다. 먼저 두 교과서의 분석에서 한국 교과서는 총 85면에 6종 38개의 시각적 표현이 제시되어 있었고, 싱가포르 교과서에는 127면에 8종 152개의 시각적 표현이 활용되고 있었다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 한국 교과서를 재구성하였는데, 재구성한 단원에는 14면에 8종, 49개의 시각적 표현이 포함되었다. 마지막으로 재구성한 교재를 활용한 집단과 기존 교과서를 활용한 집단 간의 학습의 차이를 알아보기 위한 평가 후 결과를 독립표본 t-검정으로 분석한 결과 두 집단 간의 평균에 유의미한 차이를 확인할 수 있었다. 그룹간 성취 변화를 비교하고자 Mann-Whiteny 검사를 실시하였고, 상 중 하 수준별 집단 중 중위집단에서 가장 많은 효과가 있는 것으로 드러났다. 본 연구는 교과서의 시각적 표현을 분석하고 이를 통해 교재를 재구성, 현장에 투입함으로써 시각적 표현이 비례식과 비례배분의 학습에 긍정적 영향을 준다는 것을 밝혀냈다는 점에서 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

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