The Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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Relationship of mathematical knowledge for teaching and mathematical quality in instruction: Focus on high schools

수업을 위한 수학적 지식과 수업의 수학적 질 사이의 관계: 고등학교를 중심으로

  • Received : 2020.07.07
  • Accepted : 2020.08.12
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

The current study investigated the relationships between mathematical knowledge for teaching and the mathematical quality in instruction in order to gain insight about teacher education for secondary teachers in South Korea. We collected and analyzed twelve high school teachers' scores of the multiple-choice assessment for mathematical knowledge for teaching developed by the Measures of Effective Teaching project. Their instruction was video recorded and analyzed with the mathematical quality in instruction developed by the Learning Mathematics for Teaching project. We also interviewed the teachers about how they planned and assessed their instruction by themselves in order to gain information about their intention and interpretation about instruction. There was a statistically significant and positive association between the levels of mathematical knowledge for teaching and the mathematical quality in instruction. Among three dimensions of the mathematical quality in instruction, mathematical richness seemed most relevant to mathematical knowledge for teaching because subject matter knowledge plays an important role in mathematical knowledge for teaching. Furthermore, working with students and mathematics as well as students participation were critical to decide the quality of instruction. Based on these findings, the current study discussed offering opportunities to learn mathematical knowledge for teaching and philosophy about how teachers need to consider students in high schools particularly in terms of constructivism.

본 논문은 수업을 위한 수학적 지식과 수업의 질에 대한 상관관계를 보고하는 연구이다. 선다형 평가 문항 유형의 설문지를 이용하여 교사들의 수업을 위한 수학적 지식을 수집하였고, 촬영된 그 교사들의 수업을 수학 수업 분석 도구를 이용하여 수업의 질을 평가하였다. 두 점수들의 상관관계를 통계적으로 분석하여, 유의미한 양적 상관관계가 있음을 보고한다. 또한, 수집된 수업 영상과 교사들의 인터뷰 자료의 분석을 통해 수업을 위한 수학적 지식이 중재하지 못하는 수업의 질과 관련된 요소를 찾아내었다. 이러한 결과를 기반으로 수학 교사 교육에 대해 논의한다.

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