• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.449-466
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• 2013

This paper started from a question: Can it help a student solve the problem to give supports in point of view of a teacher knowing the solution. We performed a case study to get an answer for the question. We analysed a case which students do not make full use of data in the mathematical problem from this point of view of the mental representation. We examined closely the cause for not making full use of data. We got that the wrong mental representation which the students get from data in the problem lead to not making full use of data. We knew that it is insufficient to present the data not making use of. To help a student truly, it is necessary to give a aid based on a student's mental representation. From the conclusion of study, We got that figuring out student's mental representation is important and hope that many investigation about student's mental representation for various problem occur with frequency.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.595-605
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• 2014

Infinite decimals have an infinite number of digits, chosen arbitrary and independently, to the right side of the decimal point. Since infinite decimals are ambiguous numbers impossible to write them down completely, the infinite decimal representation accompanies unavoidable opaqueness. This article focused the transparent aspect of infinite decimal representation with respect to the completeness axiom of real numbers. Long before the formalization of real number concept in $19^{th}$ century, many mathematicians were able to deal with real numbers relying on this transparency of infinite decimal representations. This analysis will contribute to overcome the double discontinuity caused by the different conceptualizations of real numbers in school and academic mathematics.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.9
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• pp.317-325
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• 1999

수식에 의한 컴퓨터 그래픽의 입력과 출력에 관한 프로그램의 개발은 수학의 역동화, 인간화, 보편화에 기여하고 있다. 현실적으로 해결해야할 문제와 수식에 의한 해답이 전부인 현재의 수학을 소프트웨어를 활용하여 그래픽 기능을 첨부하면 움직이는 수학을 가시화 할 수 있다. 컴퓨터 프로그램에 의한 수학의 실현은 수학자들 모두의 염원으로 전세계적으로 활발한 연구가 진행되고 이는 것이다. 수학의 원리와 응용성을 가미한 수학적 그래픽의 발전은 새로운 천년을 장식할 새로운 학문분야로 등장하고 있다. 기초과학의 여러 자료를 분석, 검토하여 그래픽으로 조립하는 작업은 수학적 그래픽의 힘으로 가능하며, 실험과 실습의 양상을 바꾸어 놓고 있다. 건축이나 토목 또는 전기전자 학과의 응용수학은 새로운 소프트웨어의 출현으로 컴퓨터 강의로 전환되고 있으며 수학 그 자체로 전산기능을 강화하는 방향으로 개편되고 있다. 수학 교과 내용의 전산 프로그램화와 컴퓨터 활용 수학 학습은 거부할 수 없는 시대적 요구이다. 이 연구에서는 새로운 천년의 시작은 컴퓨터 프로그램에 의한 완성된 그래픽의 연출이라는 시각에서 수식에 의한 컴퓨터 그래픽의 기본 방향을 제시하고 있다. 2차원 평면이나 3차원 공간에 이와 같은 다변수함수의 역할을 구현함으로써 다양한 그래픽을 영상화할 수 있다. 다중화면의 연출, 다단계화면의 조합, 다단계다중화면의 영상화 등은 수학에 의한 애니메이션의 기초가 된다. 평면도형의 기본동작을 화면에 구체화시키는 Table 기능을 실제로 구현한다. 연습과 실행 그리고 재구성을 반복하여 조형미를 갖춘 수학적 그래픽을 실현한다. 수학의 학습에 적용할 가치가 있는 학습조형물을 개발하고, 프로그램의 단순화에 노력한다. 미분기하학의 여러 공식을 이용하여 숨어 있는 그림을 표출하며 미분방정식의 해가 갖는 그래픽의 묘미를 형상화한다. 수식에 의하여 출력된 그래픽의 여러 효과를 응용수학에 활용할 수 있도록 재조립하는 과정을 걸쳐 완성하는데 이 연구의 참된 의미가 있다.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.1-19
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• 2012

Kant defines mathematical cognition as the cognition by reason from the construction of concepts. In this paper, I inquire the meaning and the characteristics of the construction of concepts based on Kant's theory on the sensibility and the understanding. To construct a concept is to exhibit or represent the object which corresponds to the concept in pure intuition apriori. The construction of a mathematical concept includes a dynamic synthesis of the pure imagination to produce a schema of a concept rather than its image. Kant's transcendental explanation on the sensibility and the understanding can be regarded as an epistemological theory that supports the necessity of arithmetic and geometry as common core in human education. And his views on mathematical cognition implies that we should pay more attention to how to have students get deeper understanding of a mathematical concept through the construction of it beyond mere abstraction from sensible experience and how to guide students to cultivate the habit of mind to refer to given figures or symbols as schemata of mathematical concepts rather than mere images of them.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.213-235
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the teaching activities which used EXCEL influence the specialized high school underachieved students. They have difficulties in making use of various representations for better understanding of function. EXCEL is helpful for learning function because it enables the students to use real life materials in math learning as well as formulates Tabular, Algebraic and Graphical which represent function. Furthermore, the students in specialized high school also have the experience of using EXCEL while studying other subjects. For that reason they have no burdens and fears on using EXCEL in learning activities. Utilizing EXCEL in the classroom gives an expectation that it helps to have interests on studying function and prepare for the next learning in the end. Research classes were conducted in a group of five students who have different hopes of career and a variety of mathematical interests. Though the students couldn't transfer Algebraic to Graphical in the diagnostic evaluation, they could resolve the problem of connections between Graphical, Tabular and Algebraic in the process perspectives, and could also express graphical representation by linking object perspectives with process perspectives. Therefore, they solved the connection problem of Tabular, Algebraic and Graphical in the object perspectives. As a result, the students could make transitions between Algebraic and Graphical in object perspectives through the classes applying EXCEL. Consequently, teaching the students with underachievement utilizing EXCEL enables them to recover their interests on math and it helps them to complete their following curriculum.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.637-646
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• 2003

Visual representation is very important topic in Mathematics Education since it fosters understanding of Mathematical concepts, principles and rules and helps to solve the problem. So, the purpose of this paper is to analyze and clarify the various meaning and roles about the visual representation. For this purpose, I examine the status of the visual representation. Since the visual representation has the roles of creatively mathematical activity, we emphasize the using of the visual representation in teaching and learning. Next, I examine the errors in relation to the visual representation which come from limitation of the visual representation. It suggests that students have to know conceptual meaning of the visual representation when they use the visual representation. Finally, I suggest some examples of problem solving via the visual representation. This examples clarify that the visual representation gives the clues and solution of problem solving. Students can apprehend intuitively and easily the mathematical concepts, principles and rules using the visual representation because of its properties of finiteness and concreteness. So, mathematics teachers create the various visual representations and show students them. Moreover, mathematics teachers ask students to design the visual representation and teach students to understand the conceptual meaning of the visual representation.

• School Mathematics
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.589-609
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• 2016

In this study, researchers have modernly reinterpreted geometric solving of cubic equations presented by an arabic mathematician, Omar Khayyam in medieval age, and have considered the pedagogical significance of geometric solving of the cubic equations using two conic sections in terms of analytic geometry. These efforts allow to analyze educational application of mathematics instruction and provide useful pedagogical implications in school mathematics such as 'connecting algebra-geometry', 'induction-generalization' and 'connecting analogous problems via analogy' for the geometric approaches of cubic equations: $x^3+4x=32$, $x^3+ax=b$, $x^3=4x+32$ and $x^3=ax+b$. It could be possible to reciprocally convert between algebraic representations of cubic equations and geometric representations of conic sections, while geometrically approaching the cubic equations from a perspective of connecting algebra and geometry. Also, it could be treated how to generalize solution of cubic equation containing variables from geometric solution in which coefficients and constant terms are given under a perspective of induction-generalization. Finally, it could enable to provide students with some opportunities to adapt similar solving procedures or methods into the newly-given cubic equation with a perspective of connecting analogous problems via analogy.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.37-57
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• 2018

In the early days, the use of concept maps in mathematics education focused on how to represent mathematical ideas in the concept map. In recent years, however, concept maps have proved beneficial for improving problem solving ability. Conceptual diagrams can be used for collaboration among students, tools for exploring problems, tools for introducing problem structures, tools for developing and systematizing knowledge systems. In this study, we focused on the structure analysis of mathematical problems using Concept Map based on the analysis of previous research. In addition, we have devised a method of using concept maps for problem analysis and a method of analysis of systematic mathematical problem structure. The method developed in this study was found to have significant value by applying to the university scholastic ability test.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2001.10d
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• pp.310-316
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• 2001

이 논문은 '에서', '으로'와 같은 한국어의 부사격 조사들을 다국어 기계번역 시스템에서 다룰 때 올바른 역어 선택을 위한 3단계 변환 방식과 이를 위한 부사격 조사의 언어학적 모델링 방법을 제시한다. 3단계 변환 방식은 부사격 조사의 의미 모호성 해소, 의사 중간언어표상 (Quasi-Interlingua Representation)으로의 변환, 전치사 선택의 3단계로 구성되어 있다. 본 논문에서 중점적으로 다루게 될 세번째 단계, 즉 영어나 독일어에서 한국어의 부사격 조사에 대한 전치사 선택의 단계에서 올바른 대역어 선정 방법론의 핵심이 되는 부사격 조사에 대한 언어학적 모델링을 위해 Pustejovsky (1995)의 생성 어휘부 이론 (Generative Lexicon Theory)을 도입한다. 이 논문에서 제시한 방법론은 그 타당성의 수학적 검증을 위해 통합기반 기계번역 시스템인 CAT2에서 구현되었으나, 방법론 자체는 특정 시스템에 제한됨 없이 범용적으로 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.103-124
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• 2014

The process of analogical reasoning can be conventionally summarized in five steps : Representation, Access, Mapping, Adaptation, Learning. The purpose of this study is to develop more detailed model for reason of analogies considering the distinct characteristics of the mathematical education based on the process of analogical reasoning which is already established. Ultimately, This model is designed to facilitate students to use analogical reasoning more productively. The process of developing model is divided into three steps. The frist step is to draft a hypothetical model by looking into historical example of Leonhard Euler(1707-1783), who was the great mathematician of any age and discovered mathematical knowledge through analogical reasoning. The second step is to modify and complement the model to reflect the characteristics of students' thinking response that proves and links analogically between the law of cosines and the Pythagorean theorem. The third and final step is to draw pedagogical implications from the analysis of the result of an experiment.