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Investigation of Present State about Mathematical Reasoning in Secondary School -Focused on Types of Mathematical Reasoning- (학교 현장에서 수학적 추론에 대한 실태 조사 -수학적 추론 유형 중심으로-)

  • 이종희;김선희
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.273-289
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    • 2002
  • It tends to be emphasized that mathematics is the important discipline to develop students' mathematical reasoning abilities such as deduction, induction, analogy, and visual reasoning. This study is aimed for investigating the present state about mathematical reasoning in secondary school. We survey teachers' opinions and analyze the results. The results are analyzed by frequency analysis including percentile, t-test, and MANOVA. Results are the following: 1. Teachers recognized mathematics as knowledge constructed by deduction, induction, analogy and visual reasoning, and evaluated their reasoning abilities high. 2. Teachers indicated the importances of reasoning in curriculum, the necessities and the representations, but there are significant difference in practices comparing to the former importances. 3. To evaluate mathematical reasoning, teachers stated that they needed items and rubric for assessment of reasoning. And at present, they are lacked. 4. The hindrances in teaching mathematical reasoning are the lack of method for appliance to mathematics instruction, the unpreparedness of proposals for evaluation method, and the lack of whole teachers' recognition for the importance of mathematical reasoning

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On the Pedagogical Significance of Mathematical Representations (수학적 표현의 교수학적 의의)

  • Kim, Young-Kuk
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.155-168
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    • 2008
  • The theory of representation, which has been an important topic of epistemology, has long history of study. But it has diverse meaning according to the fields of argument. In this paper the author set the meaning of mathematical representation as the interrelation of internal and external representations. With this concept, the following items were studied. 1. Survey on the concepts of mathematical representations. 2. Investigation of pedagogical significance of the mathematical representations, taking into account the characteristics of school mathematics. 3. Recommendation of principles for teaching representation to cope with the problems that are related with cause of disliking each domain of the secondary school mathematics. This study is expected to enable the development of teaching methods to help students strengthening their ability to comprehend mathematical sentences.

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Reconsidering Mathematical Literacy (수학적 소양 (Mathematical Literacy)에 대하여)

  • 주미경
    • Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.163-180
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the meaning of mathematical literacy based on the investigation of the nature of mathematical knowledge communicated in university level mathematics classes. The analysis of classroom discourse has revealed three different kinds of mathematical knowledge circulated in mathematics class, which include 'factual mathematics', 'mathematical fantasy', and 'mathematical savior faire.' The fact that a mathematics teacher delivers diverse categories of mathematics knowledge suggests that the mathematical literacy is not confined to the development of technical competence. More specifically, the kinds of mathematical knowledge identified above tell that mathematical literacy developed through learning mathematics reflects the cultural norms and values of doing mathematics. This means that mathematical literacy is not merely involve with technical competence but rather with cultural competence. In this regard, this paper highlights the meaning of mathematical literacy as a cultural identity, which has been underestimated in the theory and practice of mathematics education dominated by technocracy of the twentieth century In particular, the notion of mathematical savior faire implies that teaching and teaming mathematics ultimately deals with a system of cultural meaning. Hence, through learning mathematics, a learner gets transformed as a whole person according to the cultural norms and values. In this regard, it is concluded that mathematical literacy can be considered as a necessary condition to become a competent member of mathematics community sharing cultural norms of doing mathematics as well as a repertoire of mathematical skills.

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Pre-Service Primary Teachers' Mathematical Investigation Through Transforming Mathematical Games (수학적 게임 변형을 통한 초등 예비교사의 수학적 탐구 경험)

  • Lee, Dong-Hwan
    • Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.143-157
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to find out the feasibility and effectiveness of mathematical games as a way to provide primary pre-service teachers with doing mathematics. The game had induced the active participation of elementary pre-service teachers. Through transforming the game, the teachers have been able to experience of mathematical problem posing and generating mathematical representation. Based on this, we discuss the role of mathematical games as a method of pre-service teacher education.

Investigation of Present State for Teaching Mathematical Communication (수학적 의사소통의 지도에 관한 실태 조사)

  • Lee, Jong-Hee;Kim, Sun-Hee
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.63-78
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    • 2002
  • This research's purpose is to investigate follows. 1. How do middle school teachers recognize the mathematical communication globally? 2. If we classify the modes of mathematical communication as written, spoken, graphic and active ones, how much do teachers use them and how do the students' communication ability come as teachers judge? 3. What are teachers' thinking, the present condition and the future indication for the application of mathematical communication with computer? 4. Do teachers evaluate their students' communication ability? If then, what is the assessment rubric of student's communication ability? The results are analyzed by frequency analysis including percentile and free writings are arranged by similar responses. The result of this study is that global recognition for mathematical communication, current state for students' concrete performance of mathematical communication, and assessment of mathematical communication & proposals are very lacking.

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Mathematical investigation activity through folding and unfolding paper crane (종이학을 접고 펼친 흔적을 통한 수학탐구활동)

  • Kwon Young-In;Suh Be-Euk
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.20 no.3 s.27
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    • pp.469-482
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    • 2006
  • It ill give much interest both to the teacher and student that paper crane makes interesting mathematical investment possible. It is really possible for the middle school students to invest mathematical activity such as the things about triangle and square, resemblance, Pythagorean theorem. I reserched how this mathematical investment possible through folding and unfolding paper crane and analyzed the mathematical meaning.

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Modeling the Cardiac Na+/H+ Exchanger Based on Major Experimental Findings

  • Cha, Chae Young;Noma, Akinori
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.81-85
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    • 2009
  • $Na^+-H^+$ exchanger (NHE) is the main acid extruder in cardiac myocytes. We review the experimental findings of ion-dependency of NHE activity, and the mathematical modeling developed so far. In spite of extensive investigation, many unsolved questions still remain. We consider that the precise description of NHE activity with mathematical models elucidates the roles of NHE in maintaining ionic homeostasis, especially under pathophysiological conditions.