• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.1-29
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• 2013

The main goal of the research is to develop instructional consulting manual to help math teachers improve classroom teaching. Improving the quality of teaching in schools is stressed as a central focus of meaningful classroom instruction and high quality education. In this research, teaching consulting was defined as an activity that covers reflection process oriented towards formative assessment and continuing professional development. Within this context, subject-specific teaching consulting and teaching professionalism with focus on PCK was reviewed. Further, the questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the current situation of teaching consulting and teachers' needs for consulting. And also, specific examples of subject-specific consulting based on our previous consulting experiences in math classes were shown. Alternative ways to improve subject teaching were derived through the conferences where consultants and consultees analyze video-taped lessons conducted by the consultees. By those results, a manual for invigorating teaching consulting was developed. The contents of the manual consists of setting conditions of teaching consulting and its implementation in the classroom teaching. The first part of the manual contains steps to establish teaching consulting system, the qualification and role of the consultant, system evaluation, etc. The second part of the manual presents the pre-preparation, prescription and implementation and follow-up management steps. Each part of the manual provides consultants with specific guidelines for each step. Finally, recommendations for making policy related to ways to invigorate teaching consulting was suggested. It is expected that specific examples and cases of subject-specific teaching consulting presented in this research will be used to narrow the gap between theory and practice of teaching consulting, and to help math, science and English teachers develop teaching professionalism.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.369-393
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to find the commonality between process-focused assessment and existing performance evaluation and to find out whether the process-focused assessment is effective for the development of the character of school mathematics. By analyzing the previous research, this study defined the meaning of process-focused assessment as an evaluation that can improve students' growth and quality of class through immediate feedback by introducing various performance tasks and evaluation methods. The character of school mathematics refers to personality factors that are easily expressed and cultivated during math classes. Therefore, this study presented examples of the feasibility of process-focused assessment focusing on geometry and vector subjects and examined the effectiveness of mathematics and character development through process-based evaluation. Four course-based assessments (math experiments, logic, proof, and communication) aimed at cultivating the character of school mathematics were conducted from March to June 2019 for the third year of high school. The index was measured. Analysis of the results using the corresponding variable t-test showed that the process-based evaluation in this study had a significant effect on the character of school mathematics development.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.523-543
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• 2009

We conduct a survey to find out the academic achievement factors for 484 second grade students at two middle schools in Busan city and Kyungsangnam Do, respectively. The survey questionnaire includes home environment and background, students' personal character, relationships with friends, learning attitudes towards improving problem solving, variables related to teaching methods and teachers, the school's computer facilities, mobile class by students levels, private education current situations, etc. Private education current situations are presented according to regions. Based on survey data we perform factor analysis to find major factors affecting mathematics academic achievement. We analyze the characteristics of the major factors. We also propose basic data and implications to mathematics educators and mathematics teachers at middle schools for improving middle school mathematics education quality.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.63-73
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• 2021

Sudden implementation of online classes in higher education due to Covid19 pandemic implies a lot of worries about academic performance declining. Thus, this paper analyzed a class(CalculusI) taught 100% online which was the same as the offline class before. This class tried to maintain the same quality as the offline one by utilizing various teaching strategies. The result shows the academic achievement level was similar or higher than that of offline class, and so was the students' perception and satisfaction degree. However, this was not just the outcome of online class, but it came from the professor's well-designed teaching plan and smooth operation of the class. It implicates successful teaching methodology is more important factor than such medium difference as online or offline. This study suggests the potential of online classes after the Covid19 pandemic, and expects further studies verify the result in a lot more curricula.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.155-171
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• 2024

This study compared and analyzed students' reasoning processes and justification methods when introducing the concept of "the sum of angles in a triangle" in mathematics classes with a focus on both measurement and geometric aspects. To confirm this, the research was conducted in a 4th-grade class at H Elementary School in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The conclusions drawn from this study are as follows. First, there is a significant difference when introducing "the sum of angles in a triangle" in mathematics classes from a measurement perspective compared to a geometric perspective. Second, justifying the statement "the sum of angles in a triangle is 180°" is more effective when explained through a measurement approach, such as "adding the sizes of the three angles gives 180°," rather than a geometric approach, such as "the sum of the angles forms a straight angle." Since elementary students understand mathematical knowledge through manipulative activities, the level of activity is connected to the quality of mathematics learning. Research on this reasoning process will serve as foundational material for approaching the concept of "the sum of angles in a triangle" within the "Geometry and Measurement" domain of the Revised 2022 curriculum.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.359-374
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• 2020

This study is a complex type consisting of survey study and self-study. The former investigated elementary teachers' epistemological beliefs on convergence knowledge and teaching. As a representative of the result of survey study I, as a teacher as well as a researcher, was the participant of the self-study, which investigated my epistemological belief on convergence knowledge and teaching and my execution of convergent science teaching based on family resemblance of mathematics, science, and physical education. A set of open-ended written questionnaires was administered to 28 elementary teachers. Participating teachers considered convergent teaching as discipline-using or multi-disciplinary teaching. They also have epistemological beliefs in which they conceived convergence knowledge as aggregation of diverse disciplinary knowledge and students could get it through their own problem solving processes. As a teacher and researcher I have similar epistemological belief as the other teachers. During the self-study, I tried to apply convergence knowledge system based on the family resemblance analysis among math, science, and PE to my teaching. Inter-disciplinary approach to convergence teaching was not easy for me to conduct. Mathematical units, ratio and rate were linked to science concept of velocity so that it was effective to converge two disciplines. Moreover PE offered specific context where the concepts of math and science were connected convergently so that PE facilitated inter-disciplinary convergent teaching. The gaps between my epistemological belief and inter-disciplinary convergence knowledge based on family resemblance and the cases of how to bridge the gap by my experience were discussed.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.61-80
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• 1998

Whereas research on telelearning in educational technology area is lively done, that in mathematics education area is not. Related to the open education, telelearning has 4 models: the distance classroom model, the front-end system design, the knowledge construction model, and the teaching model based on data. S/W, C/W, and H/W are the components of telelearning system. For an effective mathematics telelearning system, H/W and S/W which use multimedia with complex multimode information such as text, graphics, animation, video, and audio are necessary. Examples of telelearning systems on going are MIPOS, SDS telelearning system, telelearning system of the Naechon Elementary School, and Doorae Multimedia Application Development Platform.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.207-219
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• 2004

There have been studies reporting the increase in student confidence in mathematics when using technology. However, past studies indicating a positive correlation between technology and confidence in mathematics do not explain why they see this positive outcome. With increased availability and easy access to the Internet in schools and the development of free online virtual manipulatives, this research was interested in how the use of virtual manipulatives in mathematics can affect students confidence in their mathematical abilities. Our hypothesis was that the classes using virtual manipulatives which allows students to connecting dynamic visual image with abstract symbols will help students gain a deeper conceptual understanding of math concept thus increasing their confidence and ability in mathematics. The participants in this study were 46 fifth-grade students in three ability groups: one high, one middle and one low. During a two-week unit on fractions, students in three groups interacted with several virtual manipulative applets in a computer lab. Data sources in the project included a pre and posttest of students mathematics content knowledge, Confidence in Learning Mathematics Scale, field notes and student interviews, and classroom videotapes. Our aim was to find evidence for increased level of confidence in mathematics as students strengthened their understanding of fraction concepts. Results from the achievement score indicated an overall main effect showing significant improvement for all ability groups following the treatment and an increase in the confidence level from the preassessment of the Confidence in Learning Mathematics Scale in the middle and high ability groups. An interesting finding was that the confidence level for the low ability group students who had the highest confidence level in the beginning did not change much in the final confidence scale assessment. In the middle and high ability groups, the confidence level did increase according to the improvement of the contest posttest. Through interviews, students expressed how the virtual manipulatives assisted their understanding by verifying their answers as they worked and facilitated their ability to figure out math concept in their mind and visually.

• School Mathematics
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.751-774
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• 2017

Having mathematics for everyone in terms of students' mathematics achievement and attitudes toward mathematics is challenging in high school in South Korea. To gain such purpose, teachers are supposed to have a considerable amount of knowledge and develop mathematical and pedagogical reasoning and insight because equity can be fulfilled in mathematics classroom when any student share their ideas and have mathematical discussions. As a part of a large project aimed to develop and enact professional development for equity and examine its effects and, finally, to propose the direction of professional development to help students cognitively and affectively balanced grow in mathematics, the current study briefly introduces how such professional development was designed and implemented. This study reports its effect based on the statistical analysis of students' responses for the three different surveys, which are parts of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement study, TIMSS Advanced, and the survey about classroom interaction. The data collected in all students in school whose three mathematics teachers had participated in the professional development for two years. The findings consistently indicate the strong and impressive growths in students' attitudes toward mathematics, which are statistically significant. Furthermore, their attitudes toward mathematics are also related to interactions in a mathematics classroom. Based on such results, this study claims expansion of professional development for equity.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.117-139
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• 1990

본 연구는 국민 학교 산수 익힘책의 효율적인 활용 방안을 찾는 데 목적이 있으며, 이를 위하여 선행 및 문헌 연구와 "산수 익힘책"의 활용 실태를 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 수행한 연구 내용을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 가. 이론적 배경 연구 및 산수 익힘책의 개발 방향 문헌과 선행 연구를 통하여 보조 교과서의 특성에 따를 활용 방안 및 보조 교과서의 학습 내용에 따른 틀용 방안을 이론적으로 고찰하였고, "산수 익힘책"의 개발 방향 및 그 특색에 대하여 조사하였다. 나. 활용 실태 조사 사용하고 있는 "산수 익힘책"의 활용 실태를 파악하여, 활용 방안을 마련하는 기선 자료를 수집하기 위함이며, 조사 내용은 다음과 같다. 1) 조사 내용 (1) 교사의 측면에서 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"의 도움 정도 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"의 수업 시간에의 활응 목적, 방법 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"의 활용시 편리성 ㆍ 흥미성 ㆍ 활용 시기 ㆍ 가정 학습으로 부과시의 목적 ㆍ 문제 풀이 결과 확인자 ㆍ 교육 과정 반영 정도 ㆍ 개선점 (2) 학부모의 측면에서 ㆍ"산수 익힘책"의 활용 목적 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"의 활용 정도 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"의 도움 정도 ㆍ 학부모의 역할 정도 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"에 대한 학생의 흥미도 ㆍ "산수 익힘책"의 개선점 2) 조사 도구 조사 내용에 대하여 국민 학교 1, 2, 3학년 담임 교사용과 학부모용의 질문지를 각각 작성하여 전문가의 검토를 거쳐 "산수 익힘책"의 활용에 관한 실태 조사지를 개발하였다. 이 때, 각 학년별 교사용끼리, 학부모용끼리의 질문지의 문항은 서로 같게 하였으며 교사용은 25문항, 학부모용은 16문항으로 구성하였다. 다. 활용 방안 구안 "산수 익힘책"의 개발 방향과 "산수 익힘책"의 활용 실태 조사에 기초하여 산수 익힘책의 효율적인 활용 방법을 수업 절차에 따라 구분하였다. 수업 절차는 여러 가지 형태가 있지만 본 연구에서는 KEDI의 수업 과정 일반 모형에 준하여 산수 익힘책의 활용 방법을 구안하였다. 라. 활용 방안을 구안하였다. 1) 적용 목적 구안된 "산수 익힘책"의 활용 방안의 현장 적용은 활용 방안의 질을 높이려는 대에 중요한 목적이 있다. 적용 결과는 현장 적용 가능성을 판단할 수 있는 입증 자료가 될 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, "산수 익힘책" 관심을 가지고 있는 교사나 연구자에게 학력 향상 가능성에 대한 경험적 근거를 제시함으로써 중요한 시사를 줄 수 있을 것이다. 2) 적용 결과 전체적으로 적응 수업이 실시된 지 3주후 부터는 활용 방안에 익숙해져 "산수 익힘책"을 효과적으로 활용할 수 있었다. 그 뿐만 아니라 자율학습시 학생들 스스로가 상호 확인을 하고, 서로 결손이 있는 부분을 가르쳐 주는 협동 학습이 이루어졌다.