• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.18 no.1 s.18
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• pp.89-98
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• 2004

한국과 미국(North Carolina주)의 확률과 통계 교육 내용을 고찰한 결과 한국과 미국(North Carolina주)은 내용적인 면에서 많은 차이를 보였다. 한국의 경우, 9-가 단계와 10-가 단계, 선택과목 중 수학 I, 실용수학, 이산수학 과목에 제시되어 있는 확률과 통계 영역은 심화선택과목인 확률과 통계 과목의 내용을 축소하여 재구성한 내용을 제시하고 있다. 미국(North Carolina주)은 한국과는 달리, Introductory Mathematics, Algebra(I, II), Technical Mathematics(1, 2) Advanced Mathematics, Advanced Placement Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Integrated Mathematics(1, 2, 3), Geometry 과목에서 확률과 통계 영역은 각 과목과 연관성 있는 내용으로 구성되어 있다. 한국의 심화 선택과목인 확률과 통계 과목과 미국(North Carolina주)의 AP통계(Advanced Placement Statistics)를 비교한 결과, 전체적으로, 자료의 정리, 확률변수와 확률분포 영역에서 한국과 미국(North Carolina주)은 거의 유사성을 보이고 있지만, 통계적 추론에서는 미국(North Carolina주)이 한국에 비하여 강화되어 있음을 알 수 있다.

• School Mathematics
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.227-241
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• 2009

The isoperimetric problem has been known from the time of antiquity. But the problem was not rigorously solved until Steiner published several proofs in 1841. At the time it stood at the center of controversy between analytic and geometric methods. The geometric approach give us more productive thinking (insight, structural understanding) than the analytic method (using Calculus). The purpose of this paper is to analysis and then to construct the isoperimetric problem which can be applied to the mathematically gifted students in the elementary school. The theoretical backgrounds of our analysis about our problem are based on the Gestalt psychology and mathematical reasoning. Our active program about the isoperimetric problem constructed by the Gestalt's view will contribute to improving a mathematical reasoning and to serving structural (relational) understanding of geometric figures.

• School Mathematics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.289-308
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• 2015

This study analyzed mathematical processes elaborated in the mathematics curricula of Korea, China, Japan, and the US. Ten mathematical processes were extracted: (a) learning of concepts, principles, laws, and skills; (b) problem solving; (c) reasoning; (d) communication; (e) representation; (f) connections; (g) creativity; (h) character-building; (i) self-directed learning; and (j) positive attitude toward mathematics. This study specified the meaning of such processes and their sub-domains, noticing similarities and differences among the curricula. On the basis of the results, this study includes suggestions for the development of next mathematics curriculum in Korea.

• School Mathematics
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.625-645
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• 2016

This study clarified the big ideas related to teaching addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators based on quantitative reasoning with unit and recursive partitioning. An analysis of this study urged us to re-consider the content related to the addition and subtraction of fraction. As such, this study analyzed textbooks and teachers' manuals developed from the fourth national mathematics curriculum to the most recent 2009 curriculum. In addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators, it must be emphasized the followings: three-levels unit structure, fixed whole unit, necessity of common measure and recursive partitioning. An analysis of this study showed that textbooks and teachers' manuals dealt with the fact of maintaining a fixed whole unit only as being implicit. The textbooks described the reason why we need to create a common denominator in connection with the addition of similar fractions. The textbooks displayed a common denominator numerically rather than using a recursive partitioning method. Given this, it is difficult for students to connect the models and algorithms. Building on these results, this study is expected to suggest specific implications which may be taken into account in developing new instructional materials in process.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.307-317
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• 2009

Formally p$\rightarrow$q means that affirming p one implicitly affirms q and that denying q one implicitly denies p. Denying p or affirming q do not lead to certain conclusions. Middle school students can recognize practical implication p$\rightarrow$q is true whenever p is false, but they don't recognize theoretical implication p$\rightarrow$q is true whenever p is false. They have not assimilated intuitively the complete structure of implication. Thus they do not distinguish naturally between the uncertain conclusion which can be drawn by affirming p and the certain rejection of p which follows from the negation of q. Also they can not recognize the uncertain conclusion which can be drawn by negation of p. There is no significant difference between practical conditional statements, formal conditional statements and conditional Inferences in advanced mathematics students. But there is a significant difference between formal conditional inferences and specific conditional inferences with statement p$\rightarrow$q is true when p is false.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.491-510
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• 2017

This study analyzes on conjecturing tasks in elementary mathematics textbook. We adopted Peircean semiotic perspective and variation theory to analyze conjecturing tasks in elementary mathematics textbook. We specifically analyzed mathematical tasks designed to support students' inquiries into definitions and properties of quardrilaterals. As a result, we found that conjecturing tasks in textbooks do not focus on supporting students' diagrammatic reasoning and inductive verification on provisional abductions. These tasks were mainly designed to support students' conjecturing on commonalities of mathematical objects rather than differences between objects.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.197-215
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• 2010

Intuition plays an important role in the mathematical education as well as the process of invention in mathematics. And many mathematics educators became interested in intuition in mathematics education. So we need to analyze the effect of the characters of intuition of elementary students. In this study, the questionnaire and the interview were used. The subjects were 6 grade-103 students in the questionnaire. They were asked to solve the problems in the questionnaire which was designed by the researcher and to describe the reasons why they answered like that. Students are effected directly by the characters of intuition, ie self-evidence, intrinsic certainty, implicitness, etc. And the effect come from intuitive and ordinary experiences and the results of previous learning. In conclusion, we have to be interested in teaching via intuition and to control the effect of the characters of intuition.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.309-327
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• 2003

In this paper, we deal with the teaching of algebra in the elementary school mathematics, and call this algebra teaching method as ‘early algebra’. Early algebra is appeared in the 1980's with the discussion of ‘algebraic thinking’. And many studies about early algebra is in progress since 1990's. These studies aims at reducing difficulties in the teaching of algebra and the development of algebra curriculum. We investigate the background of early algebra, and justify teaching of early algebra. Also we examine the projects and studies in progress around the world. Finally through these discussions, we compare our elementary textbooks with early algebra, and verify the characters of early algebra from our arithmetic curriculum.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.253-267
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• 2012

In this paper, we primarily focus on the perspectives about creative process, which is how mathematical creativity emerged, as one aspect of mathematical creativity and then present a desirable task characteristic to measure and program characteristics to develop mathematical creativity. At first, we describe domain-generality perspective and domain-specificity perspective on creativity. The former regard divergent thinking skill as a key cognitive process embedded in creativity of various discipline domain involving language, science, mathematics, art and so on. In contrast the researchers supporting later perspective insist that the mechanism of creativity is different in each discipline. We understand that the issue on this two perspective effect on task and program to foster and measure creativity in mathematics education beyond theoretical discussion. And then, based on previous theoretical review, we draw a desirable characteristic on instruction program and task to facilitate and test mathematical creativity, and present an applicable task and instruction cases based on Geneplor model at the mathematics class in elementary school. In conclusion, divergent thinking is necessary but sufficient to develop mathematical creativity and need to consider various mathematical reasoning such as generalization, ion and mathematical knowledge.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.927-941
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• 2013

In this paper, we investigate and analysis high school students' generalization of cosine rule using analogy, and we study teaching and learning methods improving students' analogical thinking ability to improve mathematical thinking process. When students can reproduce what they have learned through inductive reasoning process or analogical thinking process and when they can justify their own mathematical knowledge through logical inference or deductive reasoning process, they can truly internalize what they learn and have an ability to use it in various situations.