• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.45-63
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• 2023

The activity of finding rules is useful for enhancing the algebraic thinking of elementary school students. This study analyzed the pattern activities of a finding rules unit in 10 different government-authorized mathematics curricular materials for fourth graders aligned to the 2015 revised national mathematics curriculum. The analytic elements included three main activities: (a) activities of analyzing the structure of patterns, (b) activities of finding a specific term by finding a rule, and (c) activities of representing the rule. The three activities were mainly presented regarding growing numeric patterns, growing geometric patterns, and computational patterns. The activities of analyzing the structure of patterns were presented when dealing mainly with growing geometric patterns and focused on finding the number of models constituting the pattern. The activities of finding a specific term by finding a rule were evenly presented across the three patterns and the specific term tended to be close to the terms presented in the given task. The activities of representing the rule usually encouraged students to talk about or write down the rule using their own words. Based on the results of these analyses, this study provides specific implications on how to develop subsequent mathematics curricular materials regarding pattern activities to enhance elementary school students' algebraic thinking.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Mathematical Education Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.11-15
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• 2008

다각형에서 가장 기본이 되는 삼각형과 사각형의 종이를 접을 때 마다 다양한 규칙성들이 발견될 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이런 종이접기를 통한 패턴 탐구를 통해 문제를 형식화거나 일반화 하는 능력과 수학적으로 사고하는 능력 즉, 귀납적 추론력을 길러주고자 함에 목적을 두고 있다.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.1-18
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• 2001

This note includes that repeating patterns, knowledge of odd and even numbers, and the patterns in processing and learning addition facts. The potential to mathematical development of repeating patterns is Idly realized if the unit of repeat is recognized. Through the partition of numbers greater then 9 into two equal sets and into sets of 2s, It is necessary the teaching of children's knowledge of odd and even numbers. Being taught derivation strategies through patterns in numbers, we suggest that the teaching seguence to accelerate development of children's learning of additions facts.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.01a
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• pp.115-120
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• 2006

제 7차 교육과정부터 규칙성 영역의 학습이 도입되고 중요하게 다뤄지고 있지만, 학생들이 규칙성을 찾거나 도형 패턴을 나타내는 데 어려움을 겪고 있기 때문에, 본 논문에서는 규칙성을 LOGO 프로그래밍 언어를 통해 학습하고 그 효과를 분석하였다. 수학적 패턴의 유형은 생성방식에 따라서 (1) 반복패턴, (2) 대칭패턴, (3) 증가패턴, (4) 회전패턴, (5) 혼합패턴의 다섯 가지이다. 논 논문에서는 규칙성 영역에 대한 LOGO 수업의 효과를 분석하기 위해서, 각각 패턴에 대하여 평가 문항을 만든 후 수업전과 LOGO를 통한 수업 후에 평가를 실시하여 분석하였다. 사전평가 M 4.74에서 LOGO 수업을 실시 한 후에 평가에서 M 5.22로 LOGO 수업의 효과가 유의미(p<.05, p=0.016)하게 나타났다. 특히, 도형패턴에서 높은 향상도를 나타냈다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.5
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• pp.215-229
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• 1997

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.769-789
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• 2016

Pattern activities are useful to develop functional thinking of young students, but there has been lack of research on how to teach patterns. This study explored teaching methods of geometric patterns for developing functional thinking of elementary school students, and then analyzed the lessons in which such methods were implemented. For this, three classrooms of fourth grades in elementary schools were selected and three teachers taught geometric patterns on the basis of the same lesson plan. The lessons emphasized noticing the commonality of a given pattern, expanding the noti ce for the commonality, and representing the commonality. The results of this study showed that experience of analyzing the structure of a geometric pattern had a significant impact on how the fourth graders reasoned about the generalized rules of the given pattern and represented them in various methods. This paper closes with several implications to teach geometric patterns in a way to foster functional thinking.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.18 no.2 s.19
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• pp.497-504
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• 2004

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.205-225
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• 2014

This study analyzed how two sixth graders recognized, generalized, and represented functional relationships in exploring geometric growing patterns. The results showed that at first the students had a tendency to solve the given problem using the picture in it, but later attempted to generalize the functional relationships in exploring subsequent items. The students also represented the patterns with their own methods, which in turn had an impact on the process of generalizing and applying the patterns to a related context. Given these results, this paper includes issues and implications on how to foster functional thinking ability at the elementary school.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.697-715
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to investigate the overall understanding of patterns by second- and third-grade elementary school students. For this purpose, 12 classes per grade were selected from 10 schools, and a 46-item test was administered to 216 second graders and 223 third graders. The results of the study showed that in most cases, there was no statistically significant difference in the understanding of patterns between second- and third-graders. The exception occurred regarding the 10 items of identifying the structure of a pattern: Second-graders did better than third-graders regarding 8 items, whereas vice versa regarding 2 items. The items that both second- and third-graders struggled with included finding multiple components of a given pattern, comparing the structures between patterns, and guessing a particular term in an open pattern. Based on these findings, this paper discusses second- and third-graders' understanding of patterns and suggestions for further instruction.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.16
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• pp.175-180
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• 2003