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The Effect of Educational Contextual Variables on Fourth Grade Students' Mathematics Achievement in East Asian Countries (초등학생 수학 성취도에 영향을 미치는 교육맥락변인에 대한 동아시아 5개국 비교)

  • Choi, Ji Sun;Sang, Kyongah
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.167-180
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    • 2019
  • This study analyzed the effects of the educational contextual variables on fourth grade students' mathematics achievement in five East Asian countries(Singapore, Hong Kong Taiwan, Japan and Korea) using TIMSS 2015 data. There are four findings of this study. The first is that the common student-home-level variables that give significant influence on the mathematics achievement in all 5 countries are 'Home resources for learning' and 'Parents' educational expectations'. But 'Literacy and numeracy activities before entering a school' and 'Parents' attitude for mathematics and science' are not common variables. The second is that 'Students' interest in math learning' gave significant influence on the mathematics achievement of in all 5 countries. The third is that 'Teaching limited by student needs' does not give significant influence on the math achievement in Korea, Taiwan, and Japan but in Singapore and Hong Kong. The fourth is that 'Student economic background' gave more significant influence in Korea, Taiwan, and Japan than Singapore and Hong Kong. Suggestions to improve elementary school mathematics teaching and learning are discussed in the conclusion.

ON THE FINITE DIFFERENCE OPERATOR $l_{N^2}$(u, v)

  • Woo, Gyung-Soo;Lee, Mi-Na;Seo, Tae-Young
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.97-103
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    • 2000
  • In this work, we consider a finite difference operator $L^2_N$ corresponding to $$Lu:=-(u_{xx}+u_{yy})\;in\;{\Omega},\;u=0\;on\;{\partial}{\Omega}$$, in $S_{h^2,1}$. We derive the relation between the absolute value of the bilinear form $l_{N^2}$(u, v) on $S_{h^2,1}{\times}S_{h^2,1}$ and Sobolev $H^1$ norms.

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