• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.143-158
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• 2015

This research was conducted with focus groups interviews targeted at elementary teacher to analyze perceptions on storytelling based mathematics textbooks. As a result, elementary school teacher recognizes the introduction of storytelling as a major change in the revised textbooks. In addition, a change in the appearance of the revised textbook, the role of the Materials package, a change of assessment items, and increased exploration activity and the experience turned out to be having a significant impact on actual classroom as much as the introduction of storytelling.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.269-283
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• 2014

Recently, 3S Mathematics Education (Storytelling mathematics education, SMART mathematics education, and STEAM mathematics education) is emphasized. Based on recently published report on Storytelling mathematics textbook, we propose executable expression based SMART storytelling mathematics related to the elementary mathematic curriculum on 3D building blocks. We designed letters and expressions to represent three dimensional shape of 3D building blocks, and we compare its characteristics with that of LEGO blocks. We assert that text-based executable expressions not only construct what students want to make but also teachers can read students thinking process and can support educational help based on students needs. We also present linear function, quadratic function, and function variable concepts using executable expressions based on 3D building block as an example of SMART storytelling mathematics. This research was supported by the collaborated creativity mentoring project between Siheung City and college of education at Seoul National University. We hope designed executable expressions can be used for the development of SMART storytelling mathematics education.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences between the cognitive load of mathematics textbooks based on storytelling and traditional mathematics textbooks that are presented to students. In order to verify this, we have selected two 4th grade classes in elementary school that were identified as a homogeneous group through prior testing, and thus were separated into experimental group and comparative group. Then, without the teacher's lessons, the experimental group learned from mathematics textbooks based on storytelling and the comparative group learned from traditional mathematics textbooks. Afterwards, the two groups' cognitive load was measured through a questionnaire, and the following results were obtained: In the 'mental effort' and 'self evaluation' categories, the students that learned from the mathematics textbook based on storytelling showed higher scores than the students that learned from the traditional mathematics textbook. also there was statistically significant difference in some items. However, no statistically significant difference was found in the remaining categories 'task difficulty', 'self evaluation', and 'material design'.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.587-607
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• 2015

The 4th grade storytelling-based mathematics textbook according to the 2009 revised curriculum was introduced in 2013. This study analyzed and investigated their perceptions regarding the storytelling teaching and learning, the effects of the introduction of storytelling, the reconstruction of storytelling, the problems and improvements of the textbook and their feelings of the storytelling lessons. For this objective, we administered the open and multiple choice surveys to fifty 4th grade teachers who had taught storytelling mathematics in 2013~2014 school years, four of them gave in-depth interviews as well. The purpose of this study is to obtain implications for the effective and reliable settlement of the storytelling teaching and learning.