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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmee.2011.25.1.245

A Comparison between Korean and American Sixth Grade Students in Mathematical Creativity Ability and Mathematical Thinking Ability  

Lee, Kang-Sup (Dept. of Math. Ed., Dankook University)
Hwang, Dong-Jou (Dept. of Math. Ed., Ajou University)
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Communications of Mathematical Education / v.25, no.1, 2011 , pp. 245-259 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the instrument of mathematical creative problem solving ability test were considered the differences between Korean and American sixth grade students in mathematical creativity ability and mathematical thinking ability. The instrument consists of 9 items. The participants for the study were 212 Korean and 148 American students. SPSS were carried out to verify the validities and reliability. Reliabilities(Cronbach ${\alpha}$) in mathematical creativity ability is 0.9047 and in mathematical thinking ability is 0.9299 which were satisfied internal validity evaluation on the test items. Internal validity were analyzed by BIGSTEPS based on Rasch's 1-parameter item response model. The results of this study can serve as a foundation for understanding the Korean and American students differences in mathematical creativity ability and mathematical thinking ability. Especially we get the some informations on mathematical creativity ability for American's fifth grade to seventh grade students.
Keywords
mathematical creativity ability; mathematical thinking ability; intuitive insight ability; organizing ability of information; ability of space perception and visualization; mathematical reasoning ability; mathematical abstraction ability; generalization and application ability;
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