The Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육)

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Value in math learning according to socio-cultural background and meta-affect of secondary school students

중등학생들의 사회문화적 배경과 메타정의에 따른 수학 학습에서의 가치 인식

  • Received : 2023.07.24
  • Accepted : 2023.08.10
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

The value that students consider important in math learning may vary depending on the student's socio-cultural background and personal experience. Although socio-cultural backgrounds are very diverse, I considered overseas vs domestic Koreans, and secondary school levels as variables in terms of students' educational experiences. Overseas students had a lower perception of the value in mathematics than domestic students, especially about understanding mathematics knowledge and the value of the latest teaching and learning methods. Middle school students perceived the value of mathematics as an activity higher than that of high school students, and high school students perceived student agency as a higher value than middle school students. In addition, I considered meta-affect as one of the individual students' experiences, finally meta-affect was a variable that could explain value perception in math learning, and in particular, affective awareness of achievement, affective evaluation of value, and affective using were significant. From the results, I suggested that research on ways to improve the value and the meta-affect in math learning, test to measure the value of students in math learning, the expansion of research subjects to investigate the value in math learning, and a teacher who teaches overseas Koreans are needed.

학생들이 수학 학습에서 중요하게 여기는 가치는 학생의 사회문화적 배경과 개인 경험에 따라 다를 수 있다. 사회문화적 배경은 매우 다양하지만 본 연구는 학생들의 교육 경험 측면에서 재외국민과 내국민, 학교급을 변인으로 고려하였다. 중등학생들을 대상으로 수학학습에서의 가치 인식에 대한 설문을 실시한 결과, 재외국민 학생들은 내국민 학생에 비해 수학 학습에서의 가치 인식이 낮은 편이고 특히 수학의 지식을 이해하는 측면과 최신 교수·학습 방법의 가치를 낮게 인식하고 있었다. 중학생은 고등학생에 비해 활동으로서의 수학 학습에서의 가치를 높게 인식하였고, 고등학생은 중학생보다 자기주도성 측면을 높은 가치로 인식하였다. 그리고 본 연구는 학생 개인의 경험 중 한 가지로 메타정의를 고려하였는데, 메타정의는 수학 학습에서의 가치 인식을 설명할 수 있는 변수였다. 수학 학습에서의 가치 요인을 활동 과정, 수학 지식 이해, 자기주도성, 대안 활용, 연습, 계산기 활용으로 추출하고 이에 대해 메타정의가 영향을 주는지 분석한 결과, 메타정의의 요소 중 성취에 대한 정의적 자각, 가치에 대한 정의적 평가, 정의적 활용이 유의한 영향력이 있었다. 이를 통해 수학 학습에서의 가치를 향상시킬 방안, 메타정의 활성화 방안, 우리 학생들의 수학 학습에서의 가치를 측정할 수 있는 검사도구, 수학 학습에서의 가치를 조사할 연구 대상의 확대, 재외국민을 가르치는 교사에 대한 연구가 필요함을 제언하였다.

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This study was supported by the research grant of Kangwon National University in 2022.

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