• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.163-183
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to provide useful information for teachers by analyzing mathematical communication emphasized through 'exploratory activity' and 'story corner' in elementary textbooks based on the revised curriculum. Two classrooms from the first grade and second grade respectively were observed and videotaped. Mathematical communication of each classroom was analyzed in terms of questioning, explaining, and the sources of mathematical ideas. The results showed that only one classroom focused on students' thinking processes and explored their ideas, whereas the other classrooms focused mainly on finding answer. Particularly, this tendency often appeared when implementing 'story corner' than 'exploratory activity'. The reason for this was inferred that teachers were not familiar with teaching mathematics in stories and that teachers' manual did not include concrete questions and students' expected responses. This paper included implications on how to promote mathematical communication specifically in lower grades in elementary school.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.169-186
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• 2015

According to changes of college admission policies and the first application for 2009 revised mathematics curriculum, we should redefine characterization of mathematics section in 2017 College Scholastic Ability Test(CSAT) and prepare a plan on details of making questions related to it. Specially, we need to reflect the voices of the school site in order to determine the method of making CSAT questions which is consistent with the intent of it and contributes to the normal operation of high school curriculum. In this study, we polled out 312 schools among 2,338 high schools nationwide and math teachers of the schools were been chosen were surveyed. The sampling method used a proportionate stratified sampling by the department of education. Analyzing the results of the survey, We redefined characterizations and roles of mathematics section in 2017 CSAT and suggested the details including questions distribution according to optional object of 2017 CSAT mathematics section.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.261-278
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• 2011

Definitions in elementary school mathematics textbooks are given to represent mathematical contents in terms of mathematical symbols and terms. In this study, we investigate the definitions in elementary school mathematics textbooks of the 7th and the revised 2007 curricula to comparatively analyze their contents and the way they are stated and suggest implications on teaching and learning mathematics.

• Research in Mathematical Education
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.139-162
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• 1997

본 연구는 학교 교육과정 가운데 특히 수학과 교육과정에 초점을 맞추고, 미국과 한국을 중심으로 수학과 교육과정의 변화를 초래한 근본적인 원인을 분석하고, 두 나라의 중학교 수학과 교육과정의 체제와 내용을 비교해 보고자 시도하였다. 이러한 비교는 교육과정의 공통성과 차이성을 찾아서 한국 교육과정의 사회적 및 개인적 적합성을 평가하고, 이후 한국의 교육과정 개선을 위한 방안들을 모색하기 위한 것이다. 이미 미국의 경우 1980 년대 들어 서면서 정보화 사회에 적응할 수 있는 수학과 교육과정의 개발 작업에 노력해 왔으며, 한국도 1980 년대 후반부터 제 6 차 교육과정의 개발을 위한 연구를 시작하였다. 그 결과, 미국은 NCTM (미국 수학교사협회)을 중심으로 새로운 수학교육의 표준을 설정하고, 향후 수학교육이 지향할 방향과 전략을 설정한 바 있다. 또한 한국은 제 6 차 교육과정 개정 작업을 통하여 1992 년에 새로운 교육과정을 고시하였다. 물론 양국의 수학과 교육과정을 비교 분석하기 위해서는 그 범위와 대상을 폭 넓게 정할 수도 있겠지만, 본 연구에서는 분석의 대상을 최근 미국의 수학과 교육과정의 근간을 이루고 있는 NCTM 의 일련의 교육 표준화 관련 연구들과 한국의 제 6 차 교육과정에 나타난 수학과 교육과정으로 제한하였다. 본 연구에서는 양국의 수학교육을 이해하기 위하여 1) 양국의 수학과 교육과정에 나타난 수학교육의 일반적 성격, 기본 방향 교육 목표를 비교 분석하였고, 2) 양국의 중학교 수학 교육과정에 나타난 교육 내용을 비교해 보았다. 이를 위해서, 본 연구는 NCTM 의 교육과정 안에 명시된 중학교 과정의 수학과 교육 목표 및 내용을 준거로 하여 한국 교육과정의 관련 내용을 분석하고 비교학적으로 해석하는 방식을 취하였다. 물론 한 국가의 교육과정 체제를 목표 및 내용 요소의 비교만으로 파악할 수 없다고 본다. 향후 미국과 한국의 교육과정을 이해하기 위한 연구들은 내용의 조직, 방법, 평가, 그리고 운영계획 등에 관한 분석으로 확대되어 시도되어야 할 것으로 본다.

• School Mathematics
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.377-394
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• 2012

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the elementary school mathematics textbooks according to the mathematics curriculum revised in 2007 which put emphasis on mathematics as a communication, and to find out the implication for improving the mathematics textbook of Korea. Mathematics textbooks are analyzed by five analysis criteria, which are suitability of communication activities, suitability of usage of terms and symbols, suitability of literary expressions, suitability of visual expressions and adequateness of mathematics and curriculum. As a result of analysis, it is found out that communication activities were generally reflected the intent of curriculum but there were incomplete terms usage and literary, visual expressions. So communication among authors, between authors and writers, authors and illustrators is necessary for improvement of mathematics textbooks.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.361-384
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• 2007

In Korea, mathematics education of 1-6 grade students has been taken according to the 7th national mathematics curriculum, which was renovated by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development announcement in 1997. The education of probability and statistics has been carried out as a part of this curriculum. We analyze the contents of probability and statistics in 1-6 grade mathematics textbooks and propose the solutions about the problems on the contents of probability and statistics.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.33-52
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• 2004

The paper is analyzed the mathematics curriculum of Korea and the philosophy of the mathematics education in the history of mathematics education. We have found that the various philosophy of Western mathematics education have led us to various views of the mathematics curriculum of Korea. This change of the mathematics curriculum in Korea have important implications to the didactics of mathematics. This study tried to find out the direction of outlook on the mathematics education in the future.

• School Mathematics
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.569-583
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• 2013

In Korea, the school mathematics curricula have been revised in every average 6 years by the government. From the year 2013, the new revised curricula called 2009 version are implied. The subject of elementary mathematics in this new curricula contains four issues to be improved. First, it should be allowed to call the basic figures such as box, cylinder, ball, quadrilateral, triangle and circle in verbal languages. Second, the name of the activities to define mathematical concepts should be changed from 'Yaksok', which means 'promise' in English, to a better and more honest one. Third, the concave polygons should be treated together with the convex ones. Fourth, the calculations of fractions should be weakened as much as possible for the elementary school children.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.167-185
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the actual states of the elementary school and the middle school mathematics education as a curriculum quality-management. To this end, this study surveyed the input, process and output phase in the school curriculum to the teachers, students and parents. The results are like these: First, the achievement standards contents in the elementary school and the middle schools are relevant in the input phase. Second, the teachers in the elementary school have more concern on the teaching & learning methods than those in the middle school in the process phase. Third, students and parents' satisfaction on the cognitive and affective domain in the elementary school is higher than that in the middle school in the output phase. This study suggests that these result has to be affected to make ways to apply the new curriculum, and the curriculum revision system has to be established to revise the curriculum as an important method of quality management.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.62 no.2
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• pp.269-287
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• 2023

Matrix theory is widely used not only in mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering, but also in social sciences and artificial intelligence. In the 2009 revised mathematics curriculum, matrices were removed from high school math education to reduce the burden on students, but in anticipation of the age of artificial intelligence, they will be reintegrated into the 2022 revised education curriculum. Therefore, there is a need to analyze the matrix content covered in other countries to suggest a meaningful direction for matrix education and to derive implications for textbook composition. In this study, we analyzed the German mathematics curriculum and standard education curriculum, as well as the matrix units in the German Hesse state mathematics curriculum and textbook, and identified the characteristics of their content elements and development methods. As a result of our analysis, it was found that the German textbooks cover matrices in three categories: matrices for solving linear equations, matrices for explaining linear transformations, and matrices for explaining transition processes. It was also found that the emphasis was on mathematical reasoning and modeling when learning matrices. Based on these findings, we suggest that if matrices are to be reintegrated into school mathematics, the curriculum should focus on deep conceptual understanding, mathematical reasoning, and mathematical modeling in textbook composition.