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An Effective Method for Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Characterization High School (특성화고교에서의 효과적인 수학교육 방안)

  • Lee, Seung Hwa;Kim, Dong Hwa
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.569-585
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    • 2015
  • Many mathematics teachers in characterization high schools have been troubled to teach students because most of the students have weak interests in mathematics and they are also lack of preliminary mathematical knowledges. Currently many of mathematics teachers in such schools teach students using worksheets owing to the situation that proper textbooks for the students are not available. In this study, we referred to Chevallard's didactic transposition theory based on Brousseau's theory of didactical situations for mathematical teaching and learning. Our lessons utilizing worksheets necessarily entail encouragement of students' self-directed activities, active interactions, and checking the degree of accomplishment of the goal for each class. Through this study, we recognized that the elaborate worksheets considering students' level, follow-up auxiliary materials that help students learn new mathematical notions through simple repetition if necessary, continuous interactions in class, and students' mathematical activities in realistic situations were all very important factors for effective mathematical teaching and learning.

Analysis of Teaching Practices of Mathematics Teachers from the Perspective of TPACK (수학교사의 테크놀로지 교수 내용 지식(TPACK) 관점에서 본 수업 실제 분석)

  • Lee, Da-Hee;Whang, Woo-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.343-376
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the perceptions of TPACK for mathematics teachers who practice the technology-using lessons. In addition, by looking at the part where the perception is expressed in the actual class and the part where the difference of recognition can be revealed, it is possible to provide the direction to teachers who want to practice the technology-using lessons in the future. To do this, two mathematics teachers were selected using purposeful sampling. And we conducted research study and interview in order to analyze the characteristics of the teacher's general background and TPACK recognition, and we analyzed the video, the class materials, and the interview contents for teaching practices from the perspective of TPACK. As a result, the two mathematics teachers practicing the technology-using lessons were connected with the actual class situation focusing on the sub-knowledges of TPACK recognizes as having a lot of them. In addition, technology-based lessons were able to confirm that the functional capabilities of technology alone were not sufficient conditions to lead effective instruction. Finally, teaching method using technology has been confirmed that experience-based field practice can be more important than simply knowing mathematics content, technology, teaching method. Based on the results of this study, it is possible not only to provide methodological guidance to teachers who practice the technology-based instruction, but also to suggest the direction of TPACK research or the development of teacher training program in the future.

A Study on the Questioning in the Elementary Mathematics Textbook (초등 수학교과서의 창의성 신장을 위한 발문)

  • Park, Man-Goo
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.25-35
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this research was to analyze questioning types of the Korean Elementary Mathematics Textbook in grade 3 and suggest the direction of questioning strategies for enhancing creativity in mathematics lessons. For the research, the researcher analyzed questioning types of the 3rd grade mathematics textbook and the changes of the questions compared with the questions in the previous textbooks. The author suggested the following recommendations. First, the questioning strategies of the revised mathematics textbook tends more to enhance students' creativity than the previous ones did. Second, teachers need to know the students' level of mathematics before starting their mathematics lessons because teachers can provide more effective differentiated questioning to the students. Third, students can response tuned to their level of mathematics if they meet with open-ended questions. It is desirable to develop good open-ended questions to fit students' abilities. Last, teachers should provide opportunities for students to share their own mathematical thinking. In risk-free environment, students can willingly participate at debating over mathematics proofs and refutation. Teachers should make efforts to make the classroom norm or culture free to debate among students, which leads to enhancement of students' creativity or mathematical creativity.

The "Third Wave": Values associated with Effective Learning of Mathematics in Australian Primary Classrooms

  • Seah, Wee Tiong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society of Mathematical Education Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.291-306
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    • 2010
  • The study reported here is the Australian component of an international research project which seeks to identify student-reported convictions co-valued by them and their teachers during moments of effective mathematics learning. The 2 teachers and their 12 students in the 2 primary school classes associated effective moments of learning with 13 different values. No gender difference was apparent. Although the teachers planned their lessons together and were teaching similar topics, there were differences in what were co-valued. Of the 13 values, examples, sharing, resources, and multimodal representations were found to be commonly valued by students across the 'ability' groups, while the others related to particular 'ability' groups only.

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The "Third Wave": Values associated with Effective Learning of Mathematics in Australian Primary Classrooms

  • Seah, Wee Tiong
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.99-114
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    • 2010
  • The study reported here is the Australian component of an international research project which seeks to identify student-reported convictions co-valued by them and their teachers during moments of effective mathematics learning. The 2 teachers and their 12 students in the 2 primary school classes associated effective moments of learning with 13 different values. No gender difference was apparent. Although the teachers planned their lessons together and were teaching similar topics, there were differences in what were co-valued. Of the 13 values, examples, sharing, resources, and multi modal representations were found to be commonly valued by students across the 'ability' groups, while the others related to particular 'ability' groups only.

Impact of academic achievement and mathematical beliefs through instruction using concepts learning hand-out (개념학습지를 활용한 수업이 학업성취도와 수학적 신념에 미치는 영향)

  • An, Jong Su
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.519-538
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study, for each section of high school mathematics I help to verify the utillization of instructional class in the formation of students' academic achievement and mathematical beliefs. For this purpose we construct an experimental class and then analyse the students' change in those aspects after applying concept learning hand-out and colleage feedback on their works those students are in the experimental class. As a result of the experiment, we find that concept learning hand-out activity and colleague feedback made some significant changes on the students achievement in mathematics and mathematical beliefs. Therefore, in this study I want to solve the concrete problems are as follows. First, utilizing the concepts of mathematics tutoring lessons to improve students' academic achievement is it effective? Second, utilizing the concepts of mathematics tutoring classes does have a positive impact on students' mathematical beliefs? Third, utilizing the concepts of mathematics tutoring lessons for students what is the reaction?

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A Case Study on Lessons for Counting, Addition and Subtraction of Natural Number with Counting Board for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (수판을 이용한 자폐성 장애 학생의 수세기와 덧셈, 뺄셈의 지도 사례)

  • Jung, YooKyung
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.415-430
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to get reflections on teaching numbers and operations for special education from analyzing lessons for counting, addition and subtraction of natural number with counting board for students with autism. In order to attain these purposes, this study analyzed the lessons for counting, addition and subtraction of natural number to students with autism in 4th and 6th graders in special class at regular elementary school using counting board for one hour per week for 30 weeks. According to the analysis, counting board that reveals the structure of numbers becomes an effective mathematical materials, and using the counting strategy and computation strategy can be an effective method of teaching, and it is possible to teach mathematical communication to students with autism. From this result, this study presented suggestions for teaching counting, addition and subtraction for students with disabilities.

Improvement of Elementary Instruction via a Teacher Community: Focused on the Implementation of Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (교사 공동체를 중심으로 한 초등 수학 수업 개선: 효과적인 수학적 논의를 위한 5가지 관행의 적용)

  • Pang, Jeongsuk;Kim, Juhyeon;Choi, Yewon;Kwak, Eunae;Kim, Jeongwon
    • Education of Primary School Mathematics
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.433-457
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    • 2022
  • An effective teacher community helps the participating teachers improve their instructional quality. This study reports a teacher community consisting of 15 elementary school teachers and one teacher educator. This paper analyzed 15 mathematics lessons in which the teachers implemented the five practices for orchestrating productive mathematics discussions by Smith and Stein (2018) based on the grade-specific discussions as well as the whole community's discussions. The results of this study showed that the overall levels of each practice either increased gradually or maintained at the highest Level 4, as mathematics lessons had been implemented. Specifically, the following practices were quite successful: setting goals for a lesson, selecting an appropriate task, anticipating student responses, and selecting student solutions. However, both sequencing and connecting student solutions were implemented at various levels. Monitoring student work tended to remain at Level 2 which included incorrect implementation of the practice. This paper closes with implications related to the skillful implementation of the five practices through a teacher community.

Technology as an equity lever: Applying the EqT-tech framework to center equitable integration of technology in the math classroom

  • Jennifer Suh;Kate Roscioli;Gretchen Maxwell
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.409-430
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, we describe a framework developed by synthesizing and combining scholarship from the fields of equity in mathematics education and effective integration of technology in the classroom. This framework allows researchers, educators, and teachers to examine the potential of technology-enhanced mathematics lessons to advance equity along six identified dimensions. We share a case study of a research lesson that applied this framework and implemented technology as an equity lever by allowing students to explore social justice issues using a suite of technology tools. Implications for mathematics teacher educators and researchers are discussed as ways the framework can be used to promote the equitable integration of technology.

A Study on the Elementary Teachers' Perception of the Storytelling-based Mathematics Textbook (스토리텔링 기반 수학 교과서에 관한 초등교사의 인식 조사)

  • Park, Yoon Ja;Kim, Kwon Wook
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.587-607
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    • 2015
  • The 4th grade storytelling-based mathematics textbook according to the 2009 revised curriculum was introduced in 2013. This study analyzed and investigated their perceptions regarding the storytelling teaching and learning, the effects of the introduction of storytelling, the reconstruction of storytelling, the problems and improvements of the textbook and their feelings of the storytelling lessons. For this objective, we administered the open and multiple choice surveys to fifty 4th grade teachers who had taught storytelling mathematics in 2013~2014 school years, four of them gave in-depth interviews as well. The purpose of this study is to obtain implications for the effective and reliable settlement of the storytelling teaching and learning.