Communications of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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Prospective Teachers' Noticing about Concept of Variables

변수 개념에 대한 중등 예비교사들의 노티싱

  • Received : 2021.07.21
  • Accepted : 2021.09.23
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

This study investigated the prospective teacher's noticing of students' mathematical thinking from the perspective of how the prospective teacher pays attention to, interprets, and responds to the student's responses related to variables. The prospective teachers were asked to infer the students' thinking from the variables related to the tasks and suggest feedback accordingly. An analysis of the responses of 26 prospective teachers showed that it was not easy for prospective teachers to pay attention to the misconception of variables and that some of them did not make proper interpretations. Most prospective teachers who did not attend and interpret were found to have failed to provide an appropriate response due to a lack of overall understanding of variables. even though prospective teachers who did proper attend and interpret were found to have failed to respond appropriately due to a lack of empirical knowledge, even with proper attention and interpretation.

본 연구는 예비교사가 변수와 관련된 학생의 사고를 어떻게 파악하고 대응하는지를 조사하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 변수와 관련된 학생들의 사고를 추론하여 그에 따른 지도방안을 제시해 보게 하는 문항에서 예비교사의 주목하기와 해석하기의 특징을 동시에 살펴보았으며 주목하기와 해석하기에 따라 예비교사의 대응하기가 어떻게 제안되었는지 그 특징을 조사하였다. 예비교사 26명의 응답을 분석한 결과, 예비교사들이 학생들의 응답에서 나타나는 변수에 대한 오개념에 주목하기가 쉽지 않음을 보여주었으며, 주목은 하였으나 적절한 해석을 해내지 못한 경우를 확인할 수 있었다. 주목하지 못하고 해석하지 못한 대부분 예비교사는 변수에 대한 전반적인 이해의 부족으로 인해 적절한 대응을 제시하지 못한 것으로 나타났으며, 주목하기와 해석하기가 성공적으로 이루어졌다 하더라도 경험적 지식의 부족으로 인해 적절한 대응을 제시하지 못하였다. 연구 결과를 바탕으로, 예비교사 교육에 주는 시사점을 논의하였다.

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