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http://dx.doi.org/10.30807/ksms.2019.22.4.008

Exploration of Foreign Curriculums for the Improvement of the Korean Middle School Statistical Curriculum: Focusing on learning elements in Korea, the United States, Singapore, and Japan  

Kim, Somin (Inha University)
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Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society / v.22, no.4, 2019 , pp. 501-520 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study compared and analyzed Korean, American, Singaporean, and Japanese middle school mathematics curriculum standards and the learning contents in statistics. Through a comparative analysis of the curriculums of these four countries, I found several overall features and differences between the curriculums. First, all four countries emphasized statistical education in a real-life context. Second, all four countries emphasized the use of technological tools. Third, there is a middle school grade in which only Korea does not deal with statistical domains. Fourth, the statistical areas of the United States, Singapore, and Japan focused on identifying trends or variability in data distribution. Fifth, I have found some contents that only Korea does not deal with. Based on this, the following recommendations were developed for the development of the next curriculum and new textbooks in Korea. First, the statistics curriculum should be changed from one that focuses on understanding statistical concepts to one that focuses on statistical activity that utilizes these concepts. Second, in terms of middle school statistical curriculum contents, the addition of interquartile range (IQR) and box plots as learning contents should be considered. IQR and box plots are simple and practical techniques for the comparison of multiple sets of data that can be easily learned and drawn by middle school level students and applied to real-life-related statistical data to expand statistical literacy. Through this study, it is suggested that IQR and box plots need to be included in the statistical curriculum of middle schools in Korea.
Keywords
Middle school mathematics curriculum; Statistics education; Interquartile range; Box plot;
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