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Thinking for creative problem solving and problem posing (창의적 문제해결과 문제변형을 위한 사고)

  • Kim Yong Dae
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.399-404
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    • 2004
  • Mathematical creativity is a main topic which is studied within mathematics education. Also it is important in learning school mathematics. It can be important for mathematics teachers to view mathematical creativity as an disposition toward mathematical activity that can be fostered broadly in the general classroom environment. In this article, it is discussed that creativity-enriched mathematics instruction which includes creative problem-solving and problem-posing tasks and activities can be guided more creative approaches to school mathematics via routine problems.

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A Note on the 'Sentence Posing' Activities in the Third Grade Mathematics Textbooks (초등학교 3학년 수학 교과서에 제시된 '문장 만들기' 활동에 대한 고찰)

  • Paek, Dae Hyun
    • Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.37-51
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    • 2013
  • 'Sentence posing' is newly given in the third through sixth grade mathematics textbooks of the revised 2007 curriculum to confirm students' understanding on mathematical concepts of definitions. In this paper, we discuss the role of the sentence posing in the third grade mathematics textbooks on the basis of the problems occurred in third graders' sentence posing activities. Overall, it turned out that the role of the sentence posing was somewhat restrictive. Hence the sentence posing needs to be applied to check whether students can properly use the definitions in real life situations. In addition, it is necessary to employ the present role of the sentence posing to confirm students' understanding on mathematical concepts of definitions selectively according to the concepts of definitions.

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A Study on the Introduction and Explanation of the sum of the Angles of a Triangle in Elementary School Mathematics (초등학교 수학에서 삼각형의 내각의 합의 도입과 설명 방법)

  • Hong, Gap ju;Oh, Seong hun
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.75-91
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    • 2018
  • This study examines the educational meaning of the sum of the angles of a triangle in elementary school mathematics and discusses the introduction and explanation methods to convey the meaning faithfully. First, we investigated how to introduce the sum of the angles of a triangle in the Korean national mathematics curriculums from the past to the present and surveyed the experiences and opinions of the teachers. The results of the survey are summarized and discussed in three parts: The context of 'arranging angles activities' and 'measuring angles activities', the methods to convey the meaning of the sum of the angles of a triangle as an invariance, and other details.

A Comparative Study of Elementary Mathematics Textbooks in Korean and Chinese - Focused in Number, Addition and Subtraction- (한국과 중국의 초등수학 교과서의 내용과 전개방식 비교 - 수 개념과 덧셈 뺄셈 영역을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Pan-Soo
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.599-617
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    • 2011
  • This study is aimed at finding some drawbacks of current elementary mathematics textbooks and to give suggestions for ongoing new textbooks according to 2009 revised curriculums, by comparing and analyzing Korean textbooks and chinese textbooks of People's Education Press. The areas are confined to number concepts, addition and subtraction for comparative analyzing. The results are followings: Korea textbooks have more verbal expressions, designated instructive activities for students to do, similar algorithm applied for enlarging mathematical concepts, bigger number concepts and number usage of operations, and monotonous number sense activities. Therefore Korean textbooks, compared to China's, is more weaker in areas such as encouraging student's interest, in challenging mathematics, and in forming fundamental mathematical concept.

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Relationship between R&E Activities and Mathematics and Science Academic Achievement of Science High School Students

  • Dong-Seon Shin
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.34-42
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    • 2024
  • This study investigated the academic achievement of science and high school students according to the characteristics of R&E activities in mathematics and science. In addition, based on the survey results, the correlation between R&E activity characteristics and mathematics and science academic achievement was studied through correlation analysis and factor analysis between subjects. There was a difference in academic achievement in mathematics and science according to the characteristics of the R&E activity area, and the experience of R&E activity was found to be closely related to the academic achievement of related subjects. Depending on the area of R&E activity, mathematical and scientific academic achievement was found to be two factors: mathematical logic and natural understanding. Natural understanding factors significantly influenced students' academic achievement in mathematics, physics, and life sciences, and mathematical logic factors significantly influenced the academic achievement of students in chemistry and earth science subjects. In particular, mathematical logic ability was concentrated in excellent physics class students, and natural understanding ability was concentrated in excellent life science class students. Since the characteristics of the R & E activity area greatly influence the academic achievement of mathematics and science, it will significantly contribute to the selection and operation of the R & E activity area of science high school students.

The Effects of Kindergarten Teachers' Efficacy Belief on Mathematics Education Practices (유아 교사의 수학교수 효능감에 따른 수학수업실제에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Chung Hee
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.225-241
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    • 2001
  • This study examines the effect that mathematics teaching efficacy has on teacher's mathematics education practices. Data was obtained from 220 kindergarten teachers who responded to the questionnaire, the mathematics teaching efficacy belief instrument (developed by Enochs). Among these 220 teachers, upper and lower 5 % of the teachers on mathematics teaching efficacy belief were chosen to identify the influence of mathematics teaching efficacy on mathematics activity style, teaching strategy, and teacher-child interaction. The results indicated that teacher's interest in math, previous participation in mathematics teaching method course mainly influenced mathematics teaching self-efficacy. Teachers with high mathematics teaching efficacy belief preferred providing mathematical learning activity than providing other learning areas. They employed effective mathematics teaching strategy such as high and medium cognitive distancing strategy and established positive teacher-child relationship. Implications for teacher education and professional development activities were discussed.

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A study on the mathematical disposition and communication level in process of applying mathematical journal writing to the 3rd graders in a mathematics classroom (수학일지 쓰기 활동이 초등학생의 수학적 성향과 수학적 의사소통 수준에 미치는 영향: 3학년 수와연산 영역을 중심으로)

  • Yang, Hyeonsu;Kim, Min Kyeong
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.247-270
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the mathematical disposition and mathematical communication level of elementary school students in the process of applying mathematical journal writing activities. For this study, 21 third grade students in elementary school were observed when they participated in mathematical journal writing activities while studying number and operation area. According to the Mathematical disposition pre-test and post-test results, mathematical confidence, mathematical flexibility, mathematical will, and mathematical reflection increased and it was statistically proved. Expression and explanation level of the mathematical communication writing area also increased as the mathematical journal writing activity continued. Thus, mathematical journal writing activities can help to enhance the core competencies of the 2015 revised mathematics curriculum while make students 'to develop and transform mathematical expressions' and 'to express oneself'. Also, it provides implications of including active writing activities such as mathematical journal writing activities into mathematics classroom. Furthermore, the change in mathematical communication level according to mathematical disposition level was not statistically significant. Therefore, when providing active writing activities including mathematical journal writing activities into classroom, it is necessary to understand students' individual characteristics and to encourage communication to be active rather than giving feedback based on one's mathematical disposition level.

기초통계교육에서 조건부확률의 이해

  • 박태룡;한정순;장인홍
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.135-146
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, we demonstrate that one can teach conditional probability in a manner consistent with many features of the statistics education reform movement. Presenting a variety of applications of conditional probability to realistic problems, we propose that interactive activities and the use of technology make conditional probability understandable, interactive, and interesting for students at a wide range of levels of mathematical ability. Along with specific examples, we provide guidelines for implementation of the activities in the classroom and instructional cues for promoting curiosity and discussion among students.

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A Study on the Practice of Performance Assessment in the Elementary School Mathematics - Focussing on Self-assessment and Peer-observation - (초등학교 수학과 수행평가 실천에 관한 연구 - 자기평가.동료평가.관찰평가를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim Song-Ja;Choi Chang-Woo
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.67-87
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    • 2006
  • This study is to recognize a problem in the practice of performance assessment in elementary school, and to find out some suggestive points for improvement of teaching·learning method in elementary mathematics through assessment by reducing time restriction according to assessment through the practice of self-assessment, peer-assessment and observation, and then by reflecting the results of assessment on teaching learning plan. For that, the questions of study set up are as follows ; 1. How should self-assessment and peer-assessment be applied to in elementary mathematics assessment? 2. How should the time for 'let's play an interesting game' be managed for assessment of elementary mathematics? 3. How should the results of assessment be reflected on the Process of teaching and learning of mathematics? To solve these problems, a researcher of this thesis performed self-assessment, peer-assessment on 40 students of second grade under her charge as a class teacher, and applied observation in the time management process for 'let's play an interesting game' for a semester. self-assessment was made by mathematics journal, self-assessment chart, peer-assessment was by the analysis of conversation record among students in the situations of assessment, and observation was by observation of activity when playing with the results data of play analyzed. the concrete methods of application as follows ; First, mathematics journal was applied $1{\sim}2$ times by each unit with reconstruction into the level of second grade on the basis of the preceding-study models. Second, peer-assessment was applied to the unit-assessment time and the play-activities time by the method of recording·analyzing the contents of conversation among students in the process of assessment. Third, mathematical attitude & dispositions of students making use of the self- assessment table were examined referring to the teaching learning plan. Fourth, the time management for 'let's play an interesting game' was made through the prior recognition of play method and the joyful play-activities by use of the play-plate. Assessment depended on analysis of play-activities results of students making use of an observation form. Fifth, the results of self-assessment, peer-assessment, and observation were analyzed, and then they were made use of as self-observation data, of teacher her/his self, or teaching·learning improvement data. Students' self-assessment datum (mathematics diary, self-assessment sheets, conversation contents in the process of assessment) and observation materials (check lists, Play-activity result materials, conversation contents in the process of play) obtained in the process of application was analyzed as follows ; 1. From the practice of self-assessment in form of mathematics journal, I could obtain not only datum showing how much students was understanding the learning aims by unit time and to any degree they reached but also information about their response to learning datum and favorable type of learning. 2. Assessment by self-assessment chart was useful in planning the mathematics teaching learning process because it helps ascertain mathematical attitude & dispositions of students. 3. Through the application of peer-assessment, students had the opportunity of communicating with other students looking back on his/her explaining process, and teachers could obtain basic materials for assessment of students. 4, In case of time management for 'let's play an interesting game', there was natural extension of play made through time-security by prior looking into the method of play-activity, and then, for a remained time, by making children play a new game. 5, I could easily record the activities of students by use of the observation. form, and make use of it as basic data for descriptive assessment. 6, Each kinds of data obtained from the results of assessment was helpful for securing self-observation materials in the process of teaching learning and for their betterment in mathematics subject. However, because they were in the second grade of elementary school and there was an individual difference, some students could not make use of mathematics diary or self-assessment form properly. In case of these students, assessment data would be obtained through interview or observation. And for effective operation of play, its purpose & method and matters that demand special attention when play-acting should be clearly guided. Also, when applying an effective play in addition to play activities in textbook, to lessons, interesting mathematics lessons could be guided.

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A Study on Effect of Learner Centered Mathematical Club Based on Mathematics History (수학사 기반 학습자 중심 수학동아리 효과 분석 연구)

  • Boo, Deok Hoon
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2015
  • This study assumes alternative character of the operation of mathematical club in middle school. The case that operated the voluntary mathematics club for one year was analyzed and the educational effect was considered. First, the examination instrument for choosing the members of mathematics club was developed and used. And, diverse teaching and learning materials for improving creativity and mathematical ability of the members were used. Second, the difference of learning result between the experiment group and control one who joined the activities of mathematics club was analyzed. Finally, mathematical club activity based on mathematics history appeared to be effective in improving academic achievement and mathematics exploration activity.