The Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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An analysis of U.S. pre-service teachers' modeling and explaining 0.14m2

넓이 0.14m2에 대한 미국 예비교사들의 모델링과 설명 분석

  • Received : 2019.05.23
  • Accepted : 2019.07.15
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

This investigation engaged elementary and middle school pre-service teachers in a task of modeling and explaining the magnitude of $0.14m^2$ and examined their responses. The study analyzed both successful and unsuccessful responses in order to reflect on the patterns of misconceptions relative to pre-service teachers' prior knowledge. The findings suggest a need to promote opportunities for pre-service teachers to make connections between different domains through meaningful tasks, to reason abstractly and quantitatively, to use proper language, and to refine conceptual understanding. While mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) could use such mathematical tasks to identify the mathematical content needs of pre-service teachers, MTEs generally use instructional time to connect content and pedagogy. More importantly, an early and consistent exposure to a combined experience of mathematics and pedagogy that connects and deepens key concepts in the program's curriculum is critical in defining the important content knowledge for K-8 mathematics teachers.

본 연구는 국외 수학 교사교육 사례 보고의 일환으로, 미국의 예비교사들이 넓이 $0.14m^2$를 모델링하고 설명하는 과정을 분석하고 논의하였다. 수학방법론을 수강한 총 94명의 예비교사들이 자신이 이해하는 바를 문장으로 서술하기, 교구나 그림 등을 통해 모델을 제시하기, 학생들의 수준을 고려하여 구두로 설명하기 등으로 이루어진 일련의 활동에 참여하였으며, 이 자료들이 분석에 이용되었다. 분석 결과, 개념들 간의 연계성, 양적 및 질적 추론, 적절한 용어의 사용, 개념적 이해 등에 있어 성공 및 오류 사례 간에 큰 차이가 있었다. 본 연구는 수학교사교육자들이 예비교사들에게 수학지식과 교수방법이 유기적으로 통합된 과제를 교사교육 초기부터, 그리고 지속적으로 제공할 것을 제안한다.

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