• School Mathematics
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.197-222
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• 2007

The study aims to reflect the elementary school geometry education based on the Realistic Mathematics Education in the Netherlands in the light of the results from recent researches in geometry education and the direction of geometry standards for school mathematics of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in order to induce implications for improving korean geometry curriculum and textbook series. In order to attain these purposes, the present paper reflects the history of elementary school geometry education in the Netherlands, sketches the elementary school geometry education based on the Realistic Mathematics Education in the Netherlands by reflecting general goals of the mathematics education, the core goals for geometry strand of the Netherlands, and geometry and spatial orientation strand of Dutch Pluspunt textbook series for the elementary school more concretely. Under these reflections on the documents, it is analyzed what is the characteristics of geometry strand in the Netherlands as follows: emphasis on realistic spatial phenomenon, intuitive and informal approach, progressive approach from intuitive activity to spatial reasoning, intertwinement of mathematics strands and other disciplines, emphasis on interaction of the students, cyclical repetition of experiencing phase, explaining phases, and connecting phase. Finally, discussing points for improving our elementary school geometry curriculum and textbook series development are described as follows: introducing spatial orientation and emphasizing spatial visualization and spatial reasoning with respect to the instruction contents, considering balancing between approach stressing on grasping space and approach stressing on logical structure of geometry, intuitive approach, and integrating mathematics strands and other disciplines with respect to the instruction method.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.45-61
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• 2004

The seventh curriculum of mathematics which value much of the learners' participative activities became conspicuous by introducing a new system of ‘activities’ to the textbook in particular, Then I categorized and analyzed the ‘activities’ proposed in actual textbooks in the context of specific operative activities. The objective of this study is for understanding the features and trends of the activities proposed in textbooks.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.167-183
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• 2012

In this paper I analyzed mathematics textbooks of elementary school in 1st curriculum. I found that they used the natural closed items and children's play. And they also delayed the introduction of the symbol and letters. Finally they had the system to practice what students learned repeatedly.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.409-423
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to probe into student teachers' understanding of mathematics content knowledge and to identify the features of knowledge which is required to be emphasized in the elementary teacher education. For this, student teachers attending teacher preparation courses in Korea and Hong Kong were interviewed on tasks encompassing the 'what', 'why' and 'how' aspects of elementary mathematics. It was found that for the student teachers in the sample, their understanding of the concepts behind elementary mathematical topics was not very thorough. They were unable to retrieve the advanced mathematics that they learned in their advanced mathematics courses. It is suggested that for student teachers in mathematics, it is essential that the advanced mathematics they learn be explicitly related to the elementary mathematics they have learned in school.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.503-523
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• 2010

The current mathematics curriculum are consist of the following domains: 'Characteristics', 'Objectives', 'Contents', 'Teaching and learning method', and 'Assessment'. The mathematics standards which students have to learn in the school are presented in the domain of 'Contents'. 'Contents' are consist of the following sub-domains: 'Number and Operation', 'Geometric Figures', 'Measures', 'Probability and Statistics', and 'Pattern and Problem-Solving' (Elementary School); 'Number and Operation', 'Geometry', 'Letter and Formula', 'Function', and 'Probability and Statistics' (Junior and Senior High School). These sub-domains of 'Contents' are dealing with mathematical subjects, except 'Problem-Solving' at the elementary school level. In this study, the sub-domain of 'mathematical process' was suggested in an equal position to the typical sub-domains of 'Contents'.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.29-44
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• 2014

The newly revised mathematics curriculum in 2009 mentioned the mathematics specified classroom. All schools in the secondary school will implement Mathmatics Subject Class System by 2014. Expecing to extend the mathematics specified classroom to the elementary school, this study explores the direction how to configurate and use it. On the ground of previous research on mathematics laboratory and mathematics subject class system, this study makes questionnaire and survey recognition and opinions about mathematics room in the elementary school with elementary school teachers. Based on the result of analysis of questionnaire, this study suggests math cultural experience room, room for mathematical recreation, mathematics specified classroom as the main functions of elementary mathematics room, and utilization of mathematics room to perform such functions. This study provides suggestions about elementary mathematics room differentiated from mathematics subject class system in the secondary school.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.625-639
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 LOGO를 개발한 Papert의 철학에 따라 아동이 자유롭게 학습할 수 있는 Microworld를 통해 수학을 새로운 관점에서 접근하고, 아동에 맞게 수학을 재구성하여 제공한다는 적극적인 교육적 배려에서 정규교육과정(교실), 특기적성, 자기 주도 학습 등 다양한 학습 환경에 가능한 컴퓨터 창의력수학 프로그램을 개발하고자 한다. 많은 관심에 비해 창의력 교육이 구체적으로 학습과 관련되어 있지 않고, 체계적인 교육과정을 따라 이루어지지 않고 있으며, 컴퓨터 교육 역시 한글 워드나 Excel과 같은 기능 위주의 학습으로 컴퓨터 학습에서 기대하는 알고리즘 학습은 소홀히 다루는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 창의력 교육과 컴퓨터 교육에 대한 문제점에 주목하여 학교 교과과정과 연계된 컴퓨터 알고리즘 학습과 수학 학습이 함께 가능한 컴퓨터를 통한 수학적 창의력 향상 프로그램을 개발하고자 한다. 이에 학교 교과과정에 연계하여 컴퓨터 알고리즘 학습과 수학적 창의력 향상에 적합한 매체로 LOGO 마이크로월드를 택하고, 이를 이용한 컴퓨터 창의력 수학 프로그램이 가지는 특징을 살펴본다. 이렇게 개발된 프로그램은 검증을 위해 봄학기 초등학교에서 실험연구가 계획되어 있다.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.143-156
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• 2004

Lakatos's mathematical philosophy implies that the mathematical knowledge is quasi-empirical and provides the context where mathematics grows and develops. So, it is educationally significant. But, it is not easy to apply Lakatos's methodology to teaching elementary mathematics, because Lakatos's logic of the mathematical discovery is based on the proofs and refutations but elementary mathematics does not contain any proof. This study is to develop the schemes that apply Lakatos's methodology to teaching elementary mathematics and to provide the teaching examples. I devised the teaching process and the curriculum development method. And I developed the teaching examples.

• School Mathematics
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.269-286
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• 2005

The purpose of this paper is to study the spatial sense that is introduced for the first time in our 7th mathematics curriculum. For this purpose, we first investigated the factors of the spatial sense ability and with this factors, we analyze the errors those was founded in elementary school students' carrying out tasks related to the spatial sense, and the contents of elementary mathematics textbook. From the analysis, we found that the teaching topics in the spatial sense is disagreed with the students' learning level and for each similar topics is cut off into not adjacent grades, connecting these topics to each other and to the other traditional geo-metric topics is not easy. we must consider this findings in the future revision of mathematics curriculum.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.55-72
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• 2002

초등학교에서 제 7차교육과정은 2002학년도부터 모든 학년에서 운용이 시작된다. 우리는 새로운 교육과정의 기본 방향을 ‘학습자 중심교육과정’이라 하고, 이에 대한 실천방안으로 초등수학교육에서는 ‘활동중심’ 교육과정의 전개를 특징으로 하고 있다. 특히 활동 중심교육에서 가장 중요한 것은 활동의 대상이 되는 교구의 활용이라 할 수 있다. 이러한 교구들 중에서 가장 일반적인 것은 조작교구이므로 이러한 조작교구의 종류와 특징, 성질을 이해하고 활용하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 그러나 실제 학교현장에서는 이러한 자료 활용에 대한 준비와 연구 미흡으로 실천하는데 어려움을 겪고 있는 것이 현실이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 보다 효과적으로 조작교구를 활용 할 수 있는 방안을 제 7차교과서의 내용을 중심으로 탐색하여 구체적인 예를 들어 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습활동에 도움을 주고자 한다.