• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.225-236
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• 2011

This study basically investigated the mathematics curriculum of Finland. The curriculum is similar with the 2009's revised mathematics curriculum of Korea in terms of formats, but is different in terms of contents. The mathematics curriculum of Finland is organized into grade bands: grade 1-2, grade 3-5, grades 6-9. And also, it provides the purpose of each grade bands, the purpose of each content areas, the expectation of assessment tested at the end of grade bands.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.207-223
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• 2015

This study aims to find ways for securing continuity of elementary mathematics curriculum and kindergarten curriculum. To do this, we considered the status of 'mathematical exploration' in Nuri curriculum and analysed the correspondence of content-domains and the continuity between Nuri curriculum for ages three to five and 2009 revised national elementary mathematics curriculum, based on the reconstructed achievement criteria. The result of these analyses reveals that the classification of five content-domains both for 'mathematical exploration' of Nuri curriculum and for 2009 revised national elementary mathematics curriculum coincides. We also recognized the reconstructed achievement criteria which are considered as reverse continuity or as discontinuity of Nuri curriculum and 2009 revised national elementary mathematics curriculum in all the five content domains. The former means being lower in levels or reduction in ranges from Nuri curriculum to elementary one. The latter means that some reconstructed achievement criteria are included in only one of the two curriculum. Based on these results, we suggested several ways to secure the continuity between Nuri curriculum and 2009 revised national elementary mathematics curriculum in the perspective of mathematics education.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.15
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• pp.43-52
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• 2003

교육과정은 그 시대에 적합한 요구들을 반영하여야 한다. 제 7차 수학과 교육과정에서 이산수학의 도입이 바로 정보화 시대의 반영이라고 볼 수 있다. 즉, 이산수학의 도입은 수학의 변화가 수학교육의 변화로 이어졌다는 점에서 긍정적으로 평가할 수 있다. 그러나 새로운 내용의 교육과정 도입은 충분한 검증 절차의 부재로 인하여 부정적인 측면도 나타날 수 있다. 예를 들어, 교사양성 대학에서 이미 오래 전부터 개설되어진 해석학이나 대수학 같은 강좌와는 달리 이산수학의 강좌는 비교적 최근에 개설되어 졌으므로 대부분의 현장교사들은 이산수학 내용에 대한 지식이 거의 없다는데 있다. 이러한 문제점들을 바탕으로 우선, 교사양성 대학교육과정에서의 이산수학에 대한 충분한 연구와 우리 현실에 맞는 교재의 재구성이 요구되어진다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 7차교육과정을 고려하여, 교사양성 대학에 적합한 이산수학 강좌에 대한 구체적인 예들을 제시하여 사범대학 학생들로 하여금 이산수학을 제대로 이해하고, 아울러 이러한 연구가 현직 교사연수에도 충분히 반영될 수 있도록 한다.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.405-425
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• 2018

Increasing the problem solving power in school mathematics is the most important task of mathematics education. It is the ultimate goal of mathematics education to help students develop their thinking and creativity and help solve problems that arise in the real world. In this study, we investigated the contents of problem solving according to mathematics curriculum goals from the first curriculum to current curriculum in Korea. This study analyzed the problem-solving contents of the mathematics textbooks reflecting the achievement criteria of the revised curriculum in 2015. As a result, it was the first curriculum to use the terminology of problem solving in the mathematics goal of Korea's curriculum. Interest in problem solving was most actively pursued in the 6th and 7th curriculum and the 2006 revision curriculum. After that, it was neglected to be reflected in textbooks since the 2009 revision curriculum, We have identified the problems of this problem-solving instruction and suggested improvement direction.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.645-668
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• 2014

This study was designed to gain insights into contemporary secondary mathematics curriculum revision in Korea. The two secondary mathematics curriculum reports submitted in the 1920s, the Kilpatrick Reports and 1923 Reports were compared and contrasted as the origin of recent math wars, and their backgrounds, committee members, viewpoints of math and math education and contents were analyzed to understand the perspectives of the two extreeme parts. Kilpatrick Reports was selected at that time, but nevertheless 1923 Report had taken a role of guiding secondary mathematics in US until the New Math era. The direction and process of mathematics curriculum revision were suggested based on the analysis of reports' short- and long-term influences. A close examination of the curriculum revision process in US and in Korea and the implications from the results are also included in the suggestion.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.111-124
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• 2009

In this paper we check over some problems in College Scholastic Ability Test(CSAT) Mathematics section and propose some methods to improve the CSAT Mathematics section. CSAT has been changed several times with the change of the school curriculum. A Mathematics amended curriculum will apply in 2009 and we have to reorganize the system of CSAT. We investigate the changes in school curriculum and system of CSAT. Also we make a comparative study of the range of possible questions of CSAT with those of SAT and foreign national entrance exam for college.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.105-134
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to explore which performance verbs are used in the achievement standards of the Korean mathematics curriculum and how to improve them. So, first, we analyzed whether there were differences in the performance verbs included in the 2015 revised mathematics curriculum achievement standards by school level. In addition, it was analyzed whether there were differences in the performance verbs included in the mathematics curriculum in Korea and foreign countries. As a result of the analysis, both the frequency and the type of performance verbs included in the achievement standards of the Korean mathematics curriculum decreased as the school level increased. Also, performative verbs such as 'understand' and 'know' were excessively used. Similar tendencies were seen in foreign mathematics curricula, but the frequency and the type of performance verbs were higher than those in Korea, and various performance verbs were used. As a result of the study, it is suggested that performance verbs included in achievement standards need to be improved to improve middle and high school mathematics classes.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.157-170
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• 2004

This study, in the view of the particulars on mathematics, tried to criticize the way how they have reformed mathematics curriculums, which moreover have been executed without any official investigation of the ways up to the recent curriculum. On the basis of these critics, this study suggested a few desirable ideas about how to reform the mathematics curriculum which were investigated from a mathematics educational standpoint. For this purpose this study was executed as followings : first, there has been reflective investigations about the existing ways of reforming mathematics curriculums ; second, there suggested a new way of reforming the mathematics curriculum which we may consider as the way for the future mathematics curriculum reform.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.19 no.2 s.22
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• pp.409-416
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• 2005

여러 대학의 공학전공자를 위한 수학교육의 현황을 살펴보며 '공학 전공자를 위한 대학 수학교육과정'의 구체화의 필요성과 교육과정의 내용 및 교수에 관해 살펴본다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.12
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• pp.527-537
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• 2001

중등교사 임용고사는 현실적으로 수요를 초과하는 다수의 교사 자격증 소지자 가운데에서 우수한 교사를 선발하여 공립 중등학교에 임용하기 위한 공개 경쟁 시험제도이지만, 그 영향력은 중등교육의 발전과 사범대학의 교육과정에서 결정적일 뿐 아니라, 사회적으로도 지대하다. 여기서는 “좋은 수학교사”의 양성과 선발이라는 문제를 중심으로 임용고사가 수학교육의 발전에 순기능적 원동력이 될 수 있도록 개선을 위한 몇 가지 드러난 문제점들에 대하여 논의하고, 필연적으로 임용고사의 영향력 아래 놓이게 되는 수학교육과의 교육과정과의 관계에서 상호 보완적 역할을 할 수 있는 방안과 수학교육과의 교육과정에 대하여 개략적으로 논의하였다.