• Research in Mathematical Education
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• v.9 no.3 s.23
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• pp.233-241
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• 2005

Mathematics has developed dramatically in today's world and come to be increasingly put into practical use in various fields in society. However, many Japanese students dislike mathematics. We have to study mathematics education with this situation in our mind. When we consider a better educational material, we don't have to consider only within the framework of the current school mathematics. We can expect to find good mathematical materials in fields beyond the school mathematics. In this paper, we study how the inclusion of idea such as 'fuzzy theory' and 'graph theory' influences pupils' approaches to learning mathematics.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.6-27
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• 2016

There has been a growing interest and enthusiasm for the application of virtual worlds in learning and training. This research proposes a design framework of a virtual world-based learning environment that integrates two unique features of the virtual world technology, immersion and interactivity, with an instructional strategy that promotes self-regulatory learning. We demonstrate the usefulness and assess the effectiveness of our design in the context of information security learning. In particular, the information security learning module implemented in Second Life was incorporated into an Introduction to Information Security course. Data from pre- and post- learning surveys were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning module. Overall, the results strongly suggest that the virtual world-based learning environment enhances information security learning, thus supporting the effectiveness of the proposed design framework. Additional results suggest that learner traits have an important influence on learning outcomes through perceived enjoyment. The study offers useful design and implementation guidelines for organizations and universities to develop a virtual world-based learning environment. It also represents an initial step towards the design and explanation theories of virtual world-based learning environments.

• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.140-148
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• 2014

The objective of this study is to address Effective Learning Methodology by subjects to acquire National Certification which is an essential requirement to get employed. For this purpose, analysis was completed after conducting a survey on the class to obtain Interior Architecture Engineer Certification. 23 applicants were selected based on effectiveness of each subject, level of difficulty, degree of understanding, mentoring effect, self-driven learning, and group discussion. Results are as below. Upon the first written test, Interior Design Theory and Chromatics showed a high learning effectiveness in self-driven learning and mentoring. Ergonomics showed a high learning effectiveness in mentoring, self-driven learning and group discussion while Building Materials, Architecture Construction presented a high effectiveness only in mentoring and group discussion. Architecture Environment showed average learning effectiveness in mentoring and group discussion and showed a low effectiveness in self-driven learning. Upon the second practice test, Interior Architecture Construction and Planning/Management of Construction Materials presented an average learning effectiveness in mentoring and group discussion. Process Control and Adding Up(Supply Calculation) showed a low learning effectiveness in self-driven learning and presented an average to below average learning effectiveness in mentoring and group discussion. Lastly, Interior Design Plan, Interior Design Drawings presented average learning effectiveness in mentoring and group discussion however they showed a high effectiveness in self-driven learning.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.417-425
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• 2012

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing e-Learning acceptance intention through extended Technology Acceptance Model(TAM) applying TAM, the motivation theory, and the social response theory. To do this, this paper proposes and analyzes a theoretical model consisting of factors such as perceived sociability, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, and e-Learning acceptance intention. Our findings are revealed as following: First, perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment have positive effects on e-Learning acceptance intention. Second, perceived ease of use has positive effects on determinants of e-Learning acceptance intention. Third, perceived sociability not only has direct influence on e-Learning acceptance intention but also has indirect influence carried by perceived usefulness.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.01a
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• pp.29-35
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• 2011

With the society rapidly changing, children are being asked respond quickly to these changes. Therefore, how children learn and think comes before what to teach, and we need to come up with ways to nurture their ability to proactively control their lives and studies. We attempt to use the technique of Accelerated learning, which focuses on the student's own ability toacquire and use information, to enhance the efficiency of information technology education. We designed the PLAY model based on accelerated learning and Multiple Intelligence Theory, and conducted ten experimental sessions on two groups of 70 second grade elementary school students.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.99-110
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• 2010

In order to adapt learners' individual differences in learning ability, individual learning and level-learning have been recommended. However, instructing each student accordingly is not easy issue. In this paper, an online learning support system based on Keller's Personalized System of Instruction theory is developed. As a class-based system, it supports teachers and students to conveniently conduct frequent formative evaluations. It enables students to study at their own learning pace and to reach their learning goals. And it adopts point system and level system to induce self-directed participation. Our implementation results confirm teachers can conduct formative evaluations efficiently.

• Cross-Cultural Studies
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• v.37
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• pp.233-265
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• 2014

The objective of this article is to emphasize the importance of French grammar and apply effective ways in the course considering the results of investigations conducted by teachers and learners. In the first part, we observed different types of the theory of grammar teaching. The key point in choosing a theory of grammar is to adopt a learning objective defined by the level of learners. To do this, the teacher must find methods that enable learners to achieve a gradual grammatical knowledge. In the second part, we focused on the conscience of the learners et teachers in respect of the grammar's importance. Learners and teachers agreed on the importance of French grammar. However, it is essential to find effective methods that can not only attract the interest of learners but also give students the motivation towards learning French grammar. Regarding the correlation between the learning of linguistic communication and the teaching of grammar, it is very important to familiarize learners with the following facts: - The grammar is not an independent component of the other with regard to the teaching of French. - You can get a satisfactory result on learning grammar provided that it takes place in the course of linguistic communication. What we have proposed in this article is not an absolute solution to improve the course of French, with regard to learning grammar. However, we hope that this study could help to facilitate the teaching of French grammar.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.636-639
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• 1997

In this paper, a dynamic control scheme is proposed which not only compensates for the lateral dynamics and longitudinal dynamics but also deal with the yaw motion dynamics. Using the dynamic control technique, adaptive and learning algorithm together, the proposed controller is not only robust to disturbance and parameter uncertainties but also can learn the inverse dynamics model in steady state. Based on the proposed dynamic control scheme, a dynamic vehicle simulator is contructed to design and test various control techniques for 4-wheel steering vehicles.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.33B no.5
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• pp.25-32
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• 1996

This paper will propose the direct adaptive learning control scheme based on adaptive control technique and intelligent control theory for a nonlinear system. Using the proposed learning control scheme, we will apply to on-line control an uncertain but for model perfect matching, it's structure condition is known. The effectiveness of the proposed control schem will be illustrated by simulations of a robot manipulator.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.484-489
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• 1992

The inference of fuzzy controller can be considered a mapping from the controller input to membership value. The membership value, a kind of weight, has a role to decide if the input is appropriate to the rule. The membership function is described by several values, which are decided by a learning method. The learning method is adopted from adaptive filtering theory. The simulation shows the proposed fuzzy controller can learn linear and nonlinear functions. the structure of the proposed fuzzy controller becomes a kind of neural network.