• School Mathematics
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.707-722
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• 2009

Various theories of mathematics education which have been considered by many European researchers particularly, in France, recently are introduced. The Anthropological Theory of the didactic discussed by Chevallard will be briefly introduced. Then the praxeology as Anthropological model according to Chevallard's theory will be discussed. The necessity of Anthropological Theory, its background of development through transition process of didactic, and its basic elements will be discussed further. Additionally, teaching limit of sequences in high school mathematics will be suggested according to the theory.

• School Mathematics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.667-682
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• 2013

Though teachers' lesson plays, this article analysed teachers' knowledge for mathematical teaching about mathematical definitions and their pedagogical difficulties in teaching defining. Although the participant teachers didn't transmit definitions to students and suggested possible definitions of the given geometric figure in their imaginary lessons, they didn't teach defining as deductive organization of properties of the geometric figure. They considered mathematical definition as a mere linguistic convention of a word, so they couldn't appreciate the necessity of deductive organization in teaching definitions, and the arbitrary nature of mathematical definitions. Therefore, for learning to teach definitions differently, it is necessary for teachers to reflect the gap between the everyday and mathematical definitions in teachers'education.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.473-495
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• 2011

Across the secondary school, students deal with the algebraic conditions like as identity, inverse, commutative law, associative law and distributive law. The algebraic structures, group, ring and field, are determined by these algebraic conditions. But the conditioning of these algebraic structures are not mentioned at all, as well as the meaning of the algebraic structures. Thus, students is likely to be considered the algebraic conditions as productions from the number sets. In this study, we systematize didactically the meanings of algebraic conditions and algebraic structures, considering connections between the number systems and the solutions of the equation. Didactically systematizing is to construct the model for student's natural mental activity, that is, to construct the stream of experience through which students are considered mathematical concepts as productions from necessities and high probability. For this purpose, we develop the program for the gifted, which its objective is to teach the meanings of the number system and to grasp the algebraic structure conceptually that is guaranteed to solve equations. And we verify the effectiveness of this developed program using didactical experiment. Moreover, the program can be used in ordinary students by replacement the term 'algebraic structure' with the term such as identity, inverse, commutative law, associative law and distributive law, to teach their meaning.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.811-831
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the contents of pi of Chosun-sanhak and organize the teaching and learning activities to help to understand the concept of pi deeply using the analysis results. The results of this study are as follows. First, Chosun-sanhak used various approximate values of pi and those were represented as the form to reveal the meaning of the ratio of radius and circumference. Second, There were the freedom of selection of the approximate values of pi suitably. Lastly, the enriched leaning about pi need to draw a distinction pi from approximate values of pi, choose the suitable approximate values of pi and compare the method of calculation of circumference and the area of circle of Chosun-sanhak and today's mathematics. In conclusion, I proposed several issues which is worth exploring further in relation to pi and Chosun-Sanhak.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.135-148
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• 2011

We can say that the history of mathematics is the history on the development of the number system. The number starts from Natural number and is constructed to Integer number and Rational number. The Rational number is not the complete number analytically so that Real number is completed by the idea of the nested interval method. Real number is completed analytically, however, is not by algebra, so the algebraically completed type of the rational number, through the way that similar to the process of completing real number, is Complex number. The purpose of this study is to show the most appropriate way for the development of the human being thinking about the teaching and leaning of Complex number. To do this, We have to consider the proof of the existence of Complex number, the background of the introduction of Complex number and the background knowledge that the teachers to teach Complex number should have. Also, this study analyzes the knowledge to be taught of Complex number based on the anthropological theory of didactics and finally presents the teaching method of Complex number based on this theory.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.699-722
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• 2015

Based on Lagrange's general theory of algebraic equations, by applying the solution of the equation using the relationship between roots and coefficients to the high school 1st grade class, the purpose of this study is to recognize the significance of symmetry associated with the solution of the equation. Symmetry is the core idea of Lagrange's general theory of algebraic equations, and the relationship between roots and coefficients is an important means in the solution. Through the lesson, students recognized the significance of learning about the relationship between roots and coefficients, and understanded the idea of symmetry and were interested in new solutions. These studies gives not only the local experience of solutions of the equations dealing in school mathematics, but the systematics experience of general theory of algebraic equations by the didactical organization, and should be understood the connections between knowledges related to the solutions of the equation in a viewpoint of the mathematical history.