• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.283-307
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• 2010

In this study, a new open-ended format math testing system for elementary school students has been proposed. This system is an application of the recently proposed Constructive Multiple-choice Testing (CMT) system on math testing. The CMT system is a testing system in which the examinee has to respond to an item twice, first in an open ended format, and then in the multiple choice format. The advantages of this system is that process information can easily be obtained and that the examinee can receive feedback immediately after the test, based on his/her multiple choice responses. This open-ended format math testing system includes the manager mode, which allows the generation of the test items and student account management, and the testing mode, which allows the students to input their solution process using the menu bar and the keyboard. When two groups, one tested using the CMT system and the other tested using the paper and pencil test, were compared, there was no significant difference in average scores between the two groups although the testing time was longer for the group tested using the CMT system. This result suggests that the open-ended format math testing system proposed in this study can be used effectively in the actual classroom setting.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.27 no.1_2
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• pp.431-440
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• 2009

In this paper, we introduce and consider a new system of relaxed cocoercive variational inequalities involving three different operators and the concept of projective nonexpansive mapping. Base on the projection technique, we suggest two kinds of new iterative methods for the approximate solvability of this system. The results presented in this paper extend and improve the main results of [S.S. Chang, H.W.J. Lee, C.K. Chan, Generalized system for relaxed co coercive variational inequalities in Hilbert spaces, Appl. Math. Lett. 20 (2007) 329-334] and [Z. Huang, M. Aslam Noor, An explicit projection method for a system of nonlinear variational inequalities with different ($\gamma,r$)-cocoercive mappings, Appl. Math. Comput. (2007), doi:10.1016/j.amc.2007.01.032].

• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.1-15
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• 2021

In the recent papers, S'anchez-Reyes [Appl. Math. Model. 40 (2016), 1676-1682] described the method for finding a minimal surface through a geodesic, and Li et al. [Appl. Math. Model. 37 (2013), 6415-6424] studied the approximation of minimal surfaces with a geodesic from Dirichlet function. In the present article, we consider an isoparametric surface generated by Frenet frame of a curve introduced by Wang et al. [Comput. Aided Des. 36 (2004), 447-459], and give the necessary and sufficient condition to satisfy both geodesic of the curve and minimality of the surface. From this, we construct minimal surfaces in terms of constant curvature and torsion of the curve. As a result, we present a new approach for constructions of the minimal surfaces from a prescribed closed geodesic and unclosed geodesic, and show some new examples of minimal surfaces with a circle and a helix as a geodesic. Our approach can be used in design of minimal surfaces from geodesics.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.123-148
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• 2015

After government released the measures to reduce private tutoring and to advance math education, the Education Ministry carrying out projects to narrow the gap of education using ICT of the agricultural, mountain and fishing villages with 'ICT Supporting Business for the rural communities'. EBS(Educational Broadcasting System) also has established a website for self-directed math learning called EBSmath and offers various and customized services. This study has been conducted on how smartifact-assisted learning on EBSmath provided by 'ICT Supporting Business for the rural communities' will affect self-directed math learning of students. In other words, the purpose of this study is to see if students of the farming villages with poor surroundings of education using ICT can acquire knowledge for themselves and organize it systematically, and then they can finally produce new knowledge while they learn through EBSmath.

• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.321-324
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• 2018

We present a new and simple proof of improved Carleson's inequality.

• School Mathematics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.123-138
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• 2008

The objective of this paper is to reveal the cause of failure of New Math in the field of the SMSG area education from the didactical point of view. At first, we analyzed Euclid's (Elements), De Morgan's (Elements of arithmetic), and Legendre's (Elements of geometry and trigonometry) in order to identify characteristics of the area conception in the SMSG. And by analyzing the controversy between Wittenberg(1963) and Moise(1963), we found that the elementariness and the mental object of the area concept are the key of the success of SMSG's approach. As a result, we conclude that SMSG's approach became separated from the mathematical contents of the similarity concept, the idea of same-area, incommensurability and so on. In this account, we disclosed that New Math gave rise to the lack of elementariness and geometrical mental object, which was the fundamental cause of failure of New Math.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.50 no.5
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• pp.1555-1565
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• 2013

In this paper, some new generalized discrete Halanay inequalities are established. On the basis of these new established inequalities, we obtain the attracting set and the global asymptotic stability of the nonlinear discrete systems. Our results established here extend the main results in [R. P. Agarwal, Y. H. Kim, and S. K. Sen, New discrete Halanay inequalities: stability of difference equations, Commun. Appl. Anal. 12 (2008), no. 1, 83-90] and [S. Udpin and P. Niamsup, New discrete type inequalities and global stability of nonlinear difference equations, Appl. Math. Lett. 22 (2009), no. 6, 856-859].

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.173-185
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• 2007

It is the importance of Lifelong Education that is gradually more and more increased and publicly mentioned as the population of current society is aging even very rapidly. Especially the vivid activity of human being's brain is emphasized rather than before for the protection of senile dementia as people consider the sound life worth. This paper suggests mathematical education that is applicable and suitable for the emotional and cognitive level of the aged as the way of new method. I suggest the 'silver math' that may strengthen memory, thinking power and logical power of the aged, further cause the interest through games with mathematics, finally uplift the self-perception and pride. Thus, several basic elements are proposed here in this paper, that can be the foundation for the systematic and specific research of 'silver math'.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.343-356
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to search whether mathematical beliefs have changed when new social norms are formed in math classroom through research using survey papers about mathematical beliefs and math class video photographing. In addition, it would search for social norms of mathematical classroom which affects to students' mathematical beliefs by analyzing culture of mathematical classroom. The result was that the class focusing only general social norms wasn't enough to change students' mathematical beliefs. And as we have examined sociomathematical norms of math classroom through analyzing culture of mathematics classroom, it has affected students' mathematical beliefs.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.155-164
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• 2014

Tianyuanshu and Zengcheng Kaifangfa introduced in the Song-Yuan dynasties and their contribution to the theory of equations are one of the most important achievements in the history of Chinese mathematics. Furthermore, they became the most fundamental subject in the history of East Asian mathematics as well. The operations, or the mathematical structure of polynomials have been overlooked by traditional mathematics books. Investigation of GuIlJib (九一集) of Joseon mathematician Hong JeongHa reveals that Hong's approach to polynomials is highly structural. For the expansion of $\prod_{k=11}^{n}(x+a_k)$, Hong invented a new method which we name Hong JeongHa's synthetic expansion. Using this, he reveals that the processes in Zhengcheng Kaifangfa is not synthetic division but synthetic expansion.