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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/jksmee.2019.33.3.295

An International Comparison study in Mathematics Curriculum - Contents for Angle among the Korea, Singapore U.K., Australia and U.S.  

Choi, Eun (Graduate School of Seoul national University)
Kim, Seo Yeong (Graduate School of Seoul national University)
Kwon, Oh Nam (Seoul national University)
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Communications of Mathematical Education / v.33, no.3, 2019 , pp. 295-317 More about this Journal
Abstract
Angle concept is widely used in all mathematics curriculums and is a basic concept in geometric domain. Since angle have a multifaceted and affect subsequent learning, it is necessary for students to understand various angle concepts. In this study, Singapore, U.K., Australia, and U.S. are selected as comparable countries to examine the angle-related contents and learning process that appear in the curriculum as a whole, and then look at the perspectives and the size aspects of angle in detail and give implications to the Korean curriculum based on them. According to the analysis, the four countries except Korea, supplement angle, complement angle, angles on a straight line, angles at a point, and finding angle were explicitly covered in the curriculum. And most countries gradually covered angle-related contents over several years, compared to Korea which intensively studied in a particular school year. In common, definition of angle was described as static, measurement of angle was described as dynamic. But in Korean curriculum, dynamic views on angles are described later and less compared to other countries, and range of angle size was narrower than in other countries'. From this comparison, this study suggest to discuss how to place and develop various contents of characteristics of angle in curriculum, address the angle using both static and dynamic perspectives, and introduce the angle size as the amount of rotation to learn the reflex angle, $180^{\circ}$, $360^{\circ}$ angle.
Keywords
comparative study of international mathematics curriculum; angle; perspective on angle; angle measurement;
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