• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.429-451
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• 2012

This paper examined eight novice elementary teachers' knowledge in terms of the types and sources of students' errors and teaching strategies on plane figures through a questionnaire and teachers' discussion. The teachers tended to predict students' diverse error types, but they attributed the sources of such errors mainly to their characteristics. The analysis of teachers' responses of teaching strategies revealed that they recognized the importance of the teacher's clear explanation and students' own problem-solving, while they were somewhat negative in presenting diverse examples and classifying, drawing, or constructing figures. Building on these results, this paper provides the implications for novice teachers' professional development programs.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.389-406
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to analyze eighth grade students' errors in the constructed-response items to improve teaching and learning of mathematics in schools. By analyzing 99 students' responses to nine constructed-response items, we found several types of students' errors in their responses to the assessment items involving with mathematical reasoning and representations, problems within realistic contexts, and mathematical connections. Not only a single error but also multiple errors (a combination of two or more types of errors) were discovered. In particular, high achieving students showed more simple errors than multiple errors while low achieving students had more multiple errors in various kinds.

• 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.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.599-624
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between error types and Polya's problem solving process. For doing this, we selected 106 sophomore students in a middle school and gave them algebra word problem test. With this test, we analyzed the students' error types in solving algebra word problems. First, We analyzed students' errors in solving algebra word problems into the following six error types. The result showed that the rate of student's errors in each type is as follows: "misinterpreted language"(39.7%), "distorted theorem or solution"(38.2%), "technical error"(11.8%), "unverified solution"(7.4%), "misused data"(2.9%) and "logically invalid inference"(0%). Therefore, we found that the most of student's errors occur in "misinterpreted language" and "distorted theorem or solution" types. According to the analysis of the relationship between students' error types and Polya's problem-solving process, we found that students who made errors of "misinterpreted language" and "distorted theorem or solution" types had some problems in the stage of "understanding", "planning" and "looking back". Also those who made errors of "unverified solution" type showed some problems in "planing" and "looking back" steps. Finally, errors of "misused data" and "technical error" types were related in "carrying out" and "looking back" steps, respectively.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.381-387
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• 2013

This study is the analysis of the form of the word appeared in the sixth grade of elementary school students' writing errors. The major findings of this study are as follows. 14532 words appeared, the average is 145.3. And 1903 sentences, and average 19.0 papers. On average, one sentence have consisted of 7.6 word. Second, the 69 people out of 100 had an error. This is serious. Because this study contains very basic contents. Third, the order of errors are abbreviations(33.09%), endings(27.70%), etc(19.78%), stems(19.42%). The results of this study can contribute to revise a elementary school textbooks. And the results of this study can contribute to select the contents of elementary spelling teaching.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.29 no.8
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• pp.898-909
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• 2009

In this study, we investigated the influences of the role-playing analogy in chemistry concept learning on mapping understanding and mapping errors by analogical reasoning ability level. Seventh-graders (N=151) at a middle school were assigned to the comparison group and the experimental group. The students of the experimental group were taught with the 'running in the circle' role-playing analogy. After the students were taught about 'the relation between volume and pressure of gas', the test of mapping understanding in the next class and the retention test four weeks later were administered. The students with typical mapping errors were also interviewed to investigate their mapping processes. The results revealed that the role-playing analogy in chemistry concept learning improved mapping understanding and its retention regardless of analogical reasoning ability level. It was also found that the students in the experimental group had fewer mapping errors than those in the comparison group. However, there were similar patterns of mapping errors in both groups, and there were no significant differences in the frequencies of each type of mapping errors by analogical reasoning ability level. Educational implication of these findings are discussed.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.337-360
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• 2002

그래프 능력을 바탕으로 한 함수의 그래프 표현은 함수 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습상 중요한 위치를 차지한다. 그러나 부적절한 함수 그래프 과제 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습 방법은 학생들의 지식 구성, 이해 과정에 영향을 주면서 수학적 오류를 형성하게 하였다. 그러므로 체계적인 오류 분석을 기반으로 한 좋은 교수학적 프로그램을 통해 수학적 오류를 예견하고 학습 과정에서 그것을 잘 처치, 활용하는 것이 효과적인 함수 교수 ${\cdot}$ 학습을 위해 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 지필 환경하에서 함수 그래프 과제를 수행한 학생들에게서 일반적으로 나타나는 수학적 오류를 점검하고, 새로운 교육용 테크놀러지 환경하에서 이러한 수학적 오류가 변화되는 과정을 살펴보고자 하였다. 첫 번째 연구 문제를 위해 고등학생 119명을 대상으로 양적 연구를 실시하였으며, 함수에 대한 개념 이미지로부터의 오류가 가장 많이 나타났음을 확인할 수 있었다. 두 번째 연구문제를 위해 고등학생 2명을 대상으로 사례 연구를 실시하였는데, 그 결과 기존의 수학적 오류가 새로운 교수학적 환경하에서 변화, 극복되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.18 no.1 s.18
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• pp.223-237
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• 2004

본 연구는 중학교 1학년을 대상으로 일차방정식의 풀이 과정에서 나타나는 오류를 분석하고 그래핑 계산기를 활용하여 오류의 교정 과정을 제시하였다. 오류의 유형을 개념적 이해 미흡 오류, 등식의 성질에 대한 오류, 이항에 대한 오류, 계산 착오로 인한 오류, 기호화에 의한 오류로 분류하였으며, 이 중에서 등식의 성질에 대한 오류와 개념적 이해 미흡으로 인한 오류를 많이 범하고 있었다. 학생들이 TI-92를 활용하여 일차방정식의 해를 구할 때, Home Mode에서 Solve 기능을 이용하여 단순히 결과만을 보는 것 보다 Symbolic Math Guide를 이용하여 풀이 과정을 선택하여 대수적 알고리즘을 형성하면서 해를 구하는 것을 선호하였다. 그리고 학생들의 정의적 및 기능적 측면을 고려해야 할 필요성을 느끼게 되었다.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.195-208
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• 2006

Among different geometrical representations of a mathematical concept, learners are likely to form their geometrical concept image of the given concept based on a specific one. A learner's image is not always in accord with the definition of a concept. This can induce his or her errors in mathematical problem solving. We need to analyse types of such errors and the cause of the errors. In this study, we analyse learners' geometrical concept images for geometrical concepts and errors related to such images. Furthermore we propose a theoretical framework for error analysis related to a learner's concept image for a general mathematical concept in mathematical problem solving.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.36-46
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• 2007

This paper presents an automated English scoring system designed to help non-native speakers of English, Korean-speaking learners in particular. The system is developed to help the 3rd grade students in junior high school improve their English grammar skills. Without human's efforts, the system identifies grammar errors in English sentences, provides feedback on the detected errors, and scores the sentences. Detecting grammar errors in the system requires implementing a special type of rules in addition to the rules to parse grammatical sentences. Error production rules are implemented to analyze ungrammatical sentences and recognize syntactic errors. The rules are collected from the junior high school textbooks and real student test data. By firing those rules, the errors are detected followed by setting corresponding error flags, and the system continues the parsing process without a failure. As the final step of the process, the system scores the student sentences based on the errors detected. The system is evaluated with real English test data produced by the students and the answers provided by human teachers.