• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.445-474
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• 2010

The results of performing first survey after learning linear equation and second survey after 5 months to find out whether there is change in solving process while seventh grade students solve linear equations are as follows. First, as a result of performing McNemar Test in order to find out the correct answer ratio between first survey and second survey, it was shown as $p=.035^a$ in problem x+4=9 and $p=.012^a$ in problem $x+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{2}{3}$ of problem type A while being shown as $p=.012^a$ in problem x+3=8 and $p=.035^a$ in problem 5(x+2)=20 of problem type B. Second, while there were students not making errors in the second survey among students who made errors in the solving process of problem type A and B, students making errors in the second survey among the students who expressed the solving process correctly in the first survey were shown. Third, while there were students expressing the solving process of linear equation correctly for all problems (type A, type B and type C), there were students expressing several problems correctly and unable to do so for several problems. In conclusion, even if a student has expressed the solving process correctly on all problems, it would be difficult to foresee that the student is able to express properly in the solving process when another problem is given. According to the result of analyzing the reaction of students toward three problem types (type A, type B and type C), it is possible to determine whether a certain student is 'able' or 'unable' to express the solving process of linear equation by analyzing the problem solving process.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.353-363
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• 2002

In this study, characteristics of the problem solving process of the balancing redox equations was ana-lyzed by mental capacity and problem solving methods, and the pertinent teaching and learning guidance for oxidation-reduction unit was suggested. Participants were 79 senior high school students and 57 science high school students. Tests were conducted to measure the mental capacity, the understanding of the oxidation-reduction concepts and the com-pletion of the balancing redox equations. The framework was made to find the patterns of failure and success. As the analysis of the influence on the performance of mental capacity,understanding of the oxidation-reduction concepts, and problem solving methods, students who had lower understanding of oxidation-reduction concepts selected the trial and error method, and their performance were influenced by mental capacity. The students that had higher understanding of the oxidation-reduction concepts had good performance by using oxidation number method regardless of their mental capacity. As the results of analysis for the patterns, the success patterns of solving the problems, those of mostly the sci-ence high school students, were the cases of using oxidation number method well and lessening problem solving steps. The patterns of failure in solving problems by using trial and error method showed that students had mistakes in cal-culating, errors in making unknown equations, no consideration for all variables, or stopped solving the complicated problems. The patterns of failure in solving problems by using oxidation number method showed that many students had wrong oxidation number or no consideration for mass and charge balance.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.627-653
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• 2010

The present study proposes and examines a new type of multiple-choice math test. In this format, the options are the intermediate derivatives of the math problem solution process rather than the final answers. This idea originates from the studies on the effect of worked-out examples. In these studies, it has been shown that students learn better when they were presented with worked-out examples than when presented with final answers by themselves. In line with these findings, we introduced the intermediate derivatives of the solution process as the options of multiple-choice items so that the test-taker will have a chance to examine the solution process. The test was implemented as a computerized test in which students can solve problems in a short answer format, and then pick a multiple-choice option which appears when requested. The experimental group had multiple-choice options which were intermediate derivatives of the solution process, and the control group had the final answers as the options as in most multiple-choice tests. The participants were 6th graders in elementary school. The posttest results revealed that the average score of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group. The results suggest that tests that use intermediate derivatives of the problem solution process as options can be used as learning tools in the classrooms. Finally, directions for further studies were discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Mathematical Education Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.21-23
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• 2009

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.12
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• pp.265-280
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• 2001

고등학교 수학 I 의 확률 및 통계영역의 교육내용을 정리한 후, 고등학생들에게 확률 및 통계영역에 관한 흥미를 돋구기 위하여 2002년 월드컵을 소재로 한 문제들을 활용하여 비주얼 베이직으로 프로그램한 ‘확률상자’ 라는 확률모형을 개발하였다. 확률상자에는 확률의 역사, 경우의 수, 순열, 같은 것이 있는 순열, 원순열, 조합, 이항계수, 통계적 확률, 조건부 확률, 배반사건 등 모두 10가지 모듈을 포함한다. 확률상자의 초기화면에서 메뉴를 선택하면 선택된 내용에 관한 간단한 정의와 함께 문제가 제시되어 정답을 적도록 하였고, 오답일 때는 힌트를 누르면 정답을 이해할 수 있도록 풀이과정을 제시하였다. 특히, 메뉴가운데서 경우의 수, 순열, 같은 것이 있는 순열, 원순열, 조합, 통계적 확률의 경우에는 풀이과정 중에 애니메이션 또는 시뮬레이션이 실행되도록 하여 이해를 돕도록 하였다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.351-355
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• 2009

When teaching mathematics, one of the most effective ways of analyzing the weakness of student is to look over the process of problem solving. Based on this observation, we propose a Tablet PC based feedback system for effective mathematics education. The effectiveness of our system is demonstrated with usability tests.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.699-718
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• 2012

The purpose of mathematics eduction is to develop the ability of thinking mathematically. It informs method to solve problem through mathematical thinking that teach mathematical ability. Errors in the problem solving can be thought as those in the mathematical thinking. Therefore analysis and classification of mathematics errors is important to teach mathematics. This study researches the preceding studies on mathematics errors and presents the characteristic of them with analyzed models. The results achieved by analysis of the process of problem solving are as follows : ▸ Students feel much harder to solve words problems rather than multiple-choice problems. ▸ The length of sentence make some differences of understanding of the words problems. Students easy to understand short sentence problems than long sentence problems. ▸ If students feel difficulties on the pre-learned mathematical content, they feel the same difficulties on the words problems based on the pre-learned mathematics content.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.15-17
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• 1998

설명 기반 학습은 시스템 성능향상에 필요한 탐색 제어 지식을 학습하는 방법으로 많이 이용되고 있다. EBL은 과거의 문제풀이 과정을 일반화하여 학습한 다음 이와 유사한 상황이 발생할 경우, 문제풀이를 거치지 않고 학습된 해답을 신속하게 제시하여 성능을 향상시킨다. 그러나 새로운 문제 해결이 과거 문제 풀이 해답에 의존할 경우, 그에 대한 해답을 신속히 구할 수는 있지만 해답의 질은 학습 결과에 의존하지 않을 때보다 오히려 못할 수 있다. 이러한 현상을masking효과라고 한다. 본 논문에서는 의존성 구조를 학습, 이용하여 이러한 masking 효과를 축소하고자 한다. 의존성 구조는 현 상태에서 선택된 연산자가 이후의 문제 풀이에 끼치는 영향을 포함하는 구조로서, 이후 유사한 상황에 대해 선택될 연산자의 적합성 및 효율성을 평가하는 기준으로 사용될 수 있다는 점에서 masking 효과를 축소할 수 있다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.10
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• pp.505-517
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• 2000

수학 학습에서 컴퓨터와 계산기의 활용은 시각화의 강화로부터 직관력과 사고력의 향상을 가져왔다. 컴퓨터 대수체계(Computer Algebra System)가 탑재된 수학 학습용 컴퓨터 프로그램과 계산기가 활발히 사용되고 있으며, 교수매체로서의 활용은 지식 정보전달 체계와 학습자의 지식 구성방법에 새로운 패러다임을 형성하였다. 특히 수학학습용 그래픽 계산기(Graphing Calculator)는 휴대형(Hand-held Technology)으로 학습공간의 이동(Mobil Education)이 가능하며, 수학학습 전용기라는데 의미를 둘 수 있다. Symbolic Graphing Calculator를 활용한 수업에서 학습자는 계산기를 가지고, 기호연산 실행 조작을 통해 자신의 사고과정을 표현하고, Symbolic Graphing Calculator는 실행 조작에 즉각적으로 과정과 결과를 제공하며, 다른 표상과 상호작용을 함으로써 학습자 스스로의 규제가 강화된 과정을 통해 지식을 구성하게 된다. 이때 교사는 지식 정보전달 체계인 대화형 실행매체(IMTs)를 작성하여 학습자의 지식 형성에 안내자의 역할을 하게 된다. 이번 워크샵에서는 CASIO fx 2.0을 활용한 교실 수업모형을 그래프 표상과 연계한 방정식의 풀이과정을 통해 알아본다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.131-139
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• 2010

The transport mode choice problem is to determine which of the alternative transport modes connecting an origin and destination will be used by a traveler. Most of the research relating to transport mode choice have mainly been focused on modeling, properties, and applications of the model, but rarely were concerned with equilibrium among the modes. This paper proves the equilibrium among the modes by using a logit mode choice model, and then verifies it with the Korean Transport Database (KTDB). In order to obtain such an equilibrium, this paper also presents a solution algorithm based on the fixed point theorem. The algorithm was tested with an example and confirmed the equilibrium solution.