• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.390-406
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• 2021

This study investigated how elementary students with different spatial ability constructed spatial thinking process about on volcanoes and earthquakes with GeoMapApp-based materials. Students' spatial thinking process was analyzed in terms of spatial concept recognized, tools of spatial representation, and their spatial reasoning to construct topographic structure. The student group with high-scored spatial ability showed the spatial reasoning based on internal representation of building mental images through sectional division of horizontal distance, directly connected with spatial concept, or distorting spatial concept. The student group with low-scored spatial ability built the spatial reasoning directly connected with spatial concept instead of transforming into internal representation, and partially recognized spatial concept on either distance or depth. Based on the results, we argued identifying spatial concepts such as distance, height, or depth from the GeoMapApp data would be funda- mental for the better spatial thinking.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.153-171
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to investigate characteristics of students' problem solving processes based on their mathematical thinking styles and thus to provide implications for teachers regarding how to employ multiple representations. In order to analyze these characteristics, 202 university freshmen were recruited for a paper-and-pencil survey. The participants were divided into four groups on a mathematical-thinking-style basis. There were two students in each group with a total of eight students being interviewed. Results show that mathematical thinking styles are related to defining a mathematical concept, problem solving in relation to representation, and translating between mathematical representations. These results imply methods of utilizing multiple representations in learning and teaching mathematics by embodying Dienes' perceptual variability principle.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.535-546
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• 2016

This study examined the relation among orthographic knowledge, phonological awareness, and visual word decoding and encoding abilities. Children aged 5 to 8 years took letter knowledge test, phoneme-grapheme correspondence test, orthographic representation test(regular word and irregular word representation), phonological awareness test(word, syllable and phoneme awareness), word decoding test(regular word and irregular word reading) and word encoding test(regular word and irregular word dictation). The performances of all tasks were significantly different among groups, and there were positive correlations among the tasks. In the word decoding and encoding tests, the variables with the most predictive power were the letter knowledge ability and the orthographic representation ability. It was found that orthographic knowledge more influenced visual word decoding and encoding skills than phonological awareness at these ages.

• School Mathematics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-28
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• 2012

The purpose of the study are to identify factors of mathematical visualization through the thirty students of highschool 2nd year and to investigate how each visualization factor is used in mathematics problem solving process. Specially, this study performed the qualitative case study in terms of the five of thirty students to obtain the high grade in visuality assessment. As a result of the analysis, visualization factors were categorized into mental images, external representation, transformation or operation of images, and spacial visualization abilities. Also, external representation, transformation or operation of images, and spacial visualization abilities were subdivided more specifically.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.135-139
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• 2008

MMORPG로 대표되는 우리나라 온라인게임의 게임아이템 유형을 보면 대부분이 능력치와 관련된 것들이 많다. 이것은 게임아이템의 일부 기능만을 활용한다는 점에서 보다 적극적으로 게임아이템을 구성하고 그것에 유기적인 역할을 부여할 필요성을 갖게 한다. 이러한 필요성을 충족시키기 위하여 게임아이템을 인지심리학적 관점으로 연구는 것은 매우 유효하다. "게임아이템의 인지프로세스와 지식표상 모델"이라는 것은 인지심리학의 정보처리 과정을 게임아이템 사용자에게 적용하여 구조화한 것이다. 이러한 프로세스와 지식표상 모델은 게임아이템의 명료화와 인과적 플레이를 유도하기 위한 것으로 위의 필요성을 충족시킬 수 있다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.655-668
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• 2019

In this study, we investigated the middle school students' processes of scientific graph construction from the perspective of the problem solving process. Ten 9th graders participated in this study. They constructed a scientific graph based on pictorial data depicting precipitation reaction. The think-aloud method was used in order to investigate their thinking processes deeply. Their activities were videotaped, and semi-structured interviews were also conducted. The analysis of the results revealed that their processes of scientific graph construction could be classified into four types according to the problem solving strategy and the level of representations utilized. Students using the structural strategy succeeded in constructing scientific graph regardless of the level of representation utilized, by analyzing the data and identifying the trend based on the propositional knowledge about the target concept of the graph. Students of random strategy-higher order representation type were able to succeed in constructing scientific graph by systematically analyzing the characteristics of the data using various representations, and considering the meaning of the graph constructed in terms of the scientific context. On the other hand, students of random strategy-lower order representation type failed to construct correct scientific graph by constructing graph in a way of simply connecting points, and checking the processes of graph construction only without considering the scientific context. On the bases of the results, effective methods for improving students' ability to construct scientific graphs are discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.380-383
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• 2017

과학에서 사용하는 모델은 자연 그 자체가 아니면 자연을 단순화하여 표현한 표상이다. 그렇기 때문에 각 모델은 자연을 표상하기 위한 특정한 알고리즘을 갖는다. 그러므로 과학 모델에 대한 이해는 자연을 표상하기 위한 특정한 알고리즘이 무엇인지에 대한 이해가 필수적이다. 이러한 특정한 알고리즘에 대한 이해와 이를 바탕으로 한 다른 현상의 예측과 설명을 위한 도구로 본 논문은 스크래치를 활용하였다. 또한 과학의 모델에 대한 이해의 소재로 대학생뿐만 아니라 많은 과학교사 조차도 대안개념에 머물러 있는 뜨거나 가라앉는 현상을 선정하였다. 연구대상은 K대학원 교육대학원 멀티미디어와 과학교육을 수강한 17명의 과학교사이며, 스크래치를 통해 기본 알고리즘 3시간, 응용 알고리즘 3시간을 투입하였다. 모델에 대한 이해를 위해 뜨거나 가라 앉는 현상에 때한 LP설문지를 사전, 사후검사에 실시하였다. 1차적으로 양적변화를 통해 이 현상에 대한 개념의 수준의 변화를 알아보았으며, 2차적으로 인터뷰와 자기보고식 설문지를 이용하여 모델에 대한 이해를 질적으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 과학교사들은 현상에 대한 개념에 대한 수준이 상승하였으며, 질적자료 분석 결과, 모델에 대한 깊은 이해(depth)와 전이능력(transfer)이 증가하였다. 이는 스크래치를 통해 과학 모델의 이해를 높일 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.249-264
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• 2013

Using social network analysis, this study examined cognitive representations of ideal public figures as well as politicians and entertainers who are often regarded as public figures in Korea. Participants expected ideal public figures to possess only positive characteristics, such as high morality, integrity, competence. However, their assessment of politicians and entertainers reflected in their cognitive representations turned out to be fairly different from the image of ideal public figures. Personality traits and behavioral characteristics featured in cognitive representations of politicians were dominantly negative. Cognitive representations of entertainers incorporated both positive and negative characteristics highly interconnected to each other. This study also explored how people respond affectively toward ideal public figures, politicians and entertainers. Participants showed only positive feelings toward ideal public figures. However, their' affective responses toward politicians were entirely negative and toward entertainers, both positive and negative affects were shown. We discussed the disjunction between the representations of politicians and entertainers and of ideal public figures and suggested directions of future research.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.10
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• pp.107-124
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• 2000

정보화 시대의 수학 교육은 수학을 체험해 볼 수 있게 하여(Doing Mathematics) 수학적 힘을 향상시키는 데 초점을 두어야 한다. 이를 위해서는 수학의 기본 지식 ${\cdot}$ 추론 능력 ${\cdot}$ 문제 해결력 ${\cdot}$ 수학적 아이디어의 표현 및 교환 능력 그리고 사고의 유연함 ${\cdot}$ 인내 ${\cdot}$ 흥미 ${\cdot}$ 지적 호기심 ${\cdot}$ 창의력을 길러 주는 다양한 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습 방법이 필요하다. 본 연구는 연립방정식과 일차함수 단원에서 그래핑 계산기를 활용하여 다양한 표상을 통한 수학 개념의 연계지도와 수학 학습 태도 개선을 위한 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습 모델을 구안 ${\cdot}$ 적용하는 데 주안점을 두고자 한다.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.165-183
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• 2008

This study is to help to understand the influence of exchange writing activity in the elementary mathematics on students' mathematical communication skill. Various technical activities had been implemented during the classes and the ideas from those activities had been interpreted into writings in the final stage of the classes. Those writings, then, were distributed to other students or teachers in order to devise a teaching model for exchange writing, which is to be applied to the 3rd grade classes and to identify the influence on the in mathematical communication skill. From this study, we could get such conclusions as follows: First, there was considerable difference between experimental group practicing exchange writing and control group engaging in normal learning activities in the progress of their mathematical communication skill (group discussion), writing skill and expressivity when examining their average communication skill using t-method. Similar trend had been witnessed when self-evaluating their mathematical communication skill. Second, when it comes to the mathematical tendency, experimental group showed a higher tendency in positiveness compared to the control group. Therefore, we might conclude that the exchange writing has a positive influence on the students' mathematical tendency, especially on their curiosity or interest in teaming, willingness to study and their comprehension of its importance.