• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.855-864
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• 2022

Due to limited resources, and increasing speed of development, the optimal use of available resources has become the most important challenge of human societies. In the last few decades, many researchers have focused their research on solving various optimization problems, providing new optimization methods, and improving the performance of existing optimization methods. Echolocation Search Algorithm (ESA) is an evolutionary optimization algorithm that is based on mimicking the mechanism of the animals such as bats, dolphins, oilbirds, etc in food finding to solve optimization problems. In this paper, the ability of ESA for solving truss size optimization problems with continuous variables is investigated. To examine the efficiency of ESA, three benchmark examples are considered. The numerical results exhibit the effectiveness of ESA for solving truss optimization problems.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.83-107
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• 2019

The aim of this study is to provide the values and descriptive implications of the Design Thinking (DT) method into the context of educational problems of practice in an undergraduate course. To achieve the research objective, both quantitative and qualitative studies were conducted. For the qualitative study, the student's productions and reflections on the experience of the application of the DT into educational problems were analyzed. For the quantitative research, one-group pre and post-test were designed to validate the effectiveness of the DT method into educational contexts in terms of creativity level to measure the student's Creativity Potential and Practiced Creativity, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, and Problem-Solving Inventory. This study validated that the DT method had a statistically significant influence on those three competencies and also illustrated the detailed process from a qualitative viewpoint. The results and implications reflect the potential of the DT approach with the educational problem of practice, especially, in the ill-structured problem-solving contexts for student-centered instructional setting.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.502-509
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 '힘과 운동'에 관한 문제들을 충동성-사려성의 인지양식을 가진 해결자가 어떻게 해결하는가를 해결과정분석을 통해 비교해보고자 하였다. 여자고등학교 1학년 학생을 대상으로 1학기 성적이 상위 10%에 들어가고 역학문제 성취도가 높고, 인지양식검사에서 충동성과 사려성이 강하게 나타나는 학생들 8명을 선정하였다. 학생들에게 발성사고법을 연습시키고, 해당내용을 복습하게 한 다음, 여섯 문제를 풀게 하였다. 마지막 만남에서는 회상적 면담을 하였고, 해답에 대한 자신감, 문제의 친밀도와 선호도를 조사하였다. 연구 결과, 더 풍부한 물리적 지식을 보유하고 있는 충동적인 학생들이 그렇지 못한 사려적인 학생들 보다 더 많이 문제해결에 성공하였고, 사려적인 학생들은 천천히 주의 깊게 수행하였으므로 문제해결에 더 많은 시간이 걸렸다. 특히 이해, 실행, 검증 단계에 더 많은 시간을 사용하였다. 그리고, 문제해결에 있어서 단계를 반복하는 것은 충동적인 학생에게서 더 많이 나타났다. 그들은 첫 번째 아이디어에 집착하는 경향이 있었다. 충동적인 학생들은 사려적인 학생들보다 문제를 더 생소해 했으나, 자신감이나 선호도에는 차이가 없었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.485-502
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• 2001

Modem soft computing methods, such as neural networks, evolutionary models and fuzzy logic, are mainly inspired by the problem solving strategies the biological systems use in nature. As such, the soft computing methods are fundamentally different from the conventional engineering problem solving methods, which are based on mathematics. In the author's opinion, these fundamental differences are the key to the full understanding of the soft computing methods and in the realization of their full potential in engineering applications. The main theme of this paper is to discuss the fundamental differences between the soft computing methods and the mathematically based conventional methods in engineering problems, and to explore the potential of soft computing methods in new ways of formulating and solving the otherwise intractable engineering problems. Inverse problems are identified as a class of particularly difficult engineering problems, and the special capabilities of the soft computing methods in inverse problems are discussed. Soft computing methods are especially suited for engineering design, which can be considered as a special class of inverse problems. Several examples from the research work of the author and his co-workers are presented and discussed to illustrate the main points raised in this paper.

• 한국수학사학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.17-30
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• 2016

This study focused on the selection and application of mathematical problems to provide mathematically challenging tasks for the gifted elementary students. For the selection, a mathematical problem from <算術管見> of Joseon dynasty, '圓容三方互求', was selected, considering the participants' experiences of problem solving and the variety of approaches to the problem. For the application, teaching strategies such as individual problem solving and sharing of the solving methods were used. The problem was provided for 13 mathematically gifted elementary students. They not only solved it individually but also shared their approaches by presentations. Their solving and sharing processes were observed and their results were analyzed. Based on this, some didactical considerations were suggested.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.623-636
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• 2003

Metacognition is defined to be 'thinking about thinking' and 'knowing what we know and what we don't know'. It was verified that the metacognitive abilities of high school students can be improved via instruction. The purpose of this article is to investigate a new method for activating the metacognitive abilities that play a key role in the Mathematical Problem Solving Process(MPSP). Hyunsung participated in the MPSP using Visual Basic Programming. He actively participated in the MPSP. There are sufficient evidences about activating the metacognitive abilities via the activity processes and interviews. In solving mathematical problems, he had basic metacognitive abilities in the stage of understanding mathematical problems; through the experiments, he further developed his metacognitive abilities and successfully transferred them to general mathematical problem solving.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.455-467
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• 2009

During problem solving, "mathematical thought process" is a systematic sequence of thoughts triggered between logic and insight. The test questions are formulated into several areas of questioning-types which can reveal rather different result. The lower level questions are to investigate individual ability to solve multiple mathematical problems while using "mathematical thought." During problem solving, "mathematical thought process" is a systematic sequence of thoughts triggered between logic and insight. The scope of this case study is to present a desirable model in solving mathematical problems and to improve teaching methods for math teachers.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.65-80
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• 2015

Problems solved by the TRIZ method have been developed and applied in many fields ranging from management as well as engineering. Most of the problems occurring in the construction site should be applied immediately. To solve the problem of building engineering, formulation of the problem solving process using the TRIZ method is needed. This study classified and analyzed the problem solving process of architectural engineering technology in accordance with the procedures of TRIZ, and showed the case of solving problem in the field and the availability of TRIZ theory in architectural engineering. This paper shows that the TRIZ theory can be used as a tool for creative problem solving and cost reduction in architectural engineering.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2008년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.633-639
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• 2008

Recently, product-reliability and process-reliability in product development processes has been regarded as an important issue in many manufacturers. TRIZ which is theory for inventive solving is required to obtain reliability of each process. To solve the technological problems, TRIZ provides problems can be occurred in product development processes as a contradiction matrix based on 40 creative invention principles with alternatives for physical and technological contradiction. This paper suggests the method for inventive solving to ensure the reliability assurance of product development processes based on TRIZ.

• 초등상담연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.111-132
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• 2010

본 연구는 초등학교 교육현장에서 교사들이 직면하는 문제이자 해결해야할 부담스러운 과제가 되고 있는 초등학생의 대인관계문제 개선을 위한 상담교육 방안을 탐색, 제시하고자 하였다. 초등학생 대인관계 문제의 개선과 해결을 위한 기존 접근 방식의 특성과 제한점을 지적하고 일회적, 표면적, 문제대처 지향적인 기존 접근방식의 한계를 극복하고 보다 더 근원적이고 체계적인 관점에서 초등학생의 인간관계 문제를 개선하기 위한 상담교육 방안을 제시하였다. 즉 초등학생들로 하여금 다양한 인간관계 특히 또래관계에서의 갈등, 상처, 피해로 인해 나타나는 부정적 반응을 극복하고 건강한 반응으로 나아가게 촉진하는 용서상담교육에 대해서 논의하고 용서상담교육의 실제를 제시하였다. 마지막으로 용서상담교육이 대인관계 공격성 문제를 해결하기 위한 효과적인 인성교육방안으로 실천, 적용되기 위해서 해결되어야 할 과제를 논의하였다.