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Science Teachers' Awareness of the Criteria for Minimum Achievement Standards in Science to Support Basic Skills (기초학력 보장을 위한 과학과 최소한의 성취기준에 대한 과학 교사들의 인식)

  • Eun-Jeong Yu;Taegyoung Lee
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.265-276
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study was to develop a plan to ensure that students lacking basic science skills acquire the minimum needed science learning ability while completing the common curriculum. We surveyed 27 elementary and secondary science teachers with experience in research and teaching related to basic skills support to investigate their perceptions of the criteria for minimum achievement standards using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results indicated that the science teachers tended to describe low achievers as lacking science learning competency, accumulating a science learning deficit, and lacking prerequisite knowledge. However, there were some differences in the characteristics that the elementary and secondary teachers paid attention to in students with insufficient science and basic academic skills. Specifically, the secondary teachers demonstrated greater sensitivity towards low learning motivation and difficulties in using scientific symbols, whereas the elementary teachers were more sensitive towards students' attitudes towards science or lack of experience. Furthermore, it has been observed that the prioritization of items, categorized by school level, differs in terms of setting minimum achievement standards to ensure basic skill support. This implies the need to develop minimum achievement standards considering various variables based on the school level. As there are diverse opinions among science teachers, depending on their expertise, regarding the factors to be considered when developing these standards to guarantee science and basic skill support. Based on the findings of the study, policy support is required to enhance teachers' professionalism in developing students' basic skills while considering the individual context and diversity of low achievers. Additionally, it is crucial to establish a shared vision for students lacking basic skills to reduce the gap between national policy and the practices of science teachers in ensuring support for basic skills.

A Study on 3D Printed Tactile mathematics textbook for Visually Impaired Students (시각장애청소년을 위한 3D 프린팅 촉각수학교재 모델 개발 연구 - 함수 지도와 관련하여 -)

  • Lee, Sang-Gu;Park, Kyung-Eun;Ham, Yoon-Mee
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.515-530
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    • 2016
  • Recently an extensive study of the mathematicians who have overcome the visually impaired and contribute to the academic in math was published. In the case of Korea, we can find there are mathematicians who have overcome physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy and polio. However there is no example of blind person who majored mathematics to become a mathematic's teacher or professor and have entered any mathematics related professions. This let us to study the reasons that caused difficulties to visually impaired students majoring in mathematics. We also suggest ways that may help blind students to have access to mathematics intuitively. In this study, we propose a tactile mathematics textbooks and teaching manuals utilizing 3D printing which the visually impaired students can touch and feel. We can supply such materials to visually impaired youth, special education teachers and parents in Korea. As a result, visually impaired students will be able to access mathematics easily and can build their confidence in mathematics. We hope that some blind students with mathematical talent do not hesitate to major mathematics and choose career in mathematical professions.

Comparison of KSL Curriculum and ESL Curriculum for Adaptation of International Students in the Internet of Things era to Domestic Universities (사물인터넷시대의 유학생의 국내대학 적응을 위한 KSL 교과과정과 ESL 교과과정 비교)

  • Kang, Hyun-Joo;Jeong, Se Ri;Choi, Jang Won
    • Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 2021
  • In this study, it is necessary to supplement the Korean language curriculum in order for international students to adapt and settle in Korea in an era where education is being transformed into future education due to the 4th industry. In the KFL (Korean as a Foreign Language) situation encountered by international students, they suffer from difficulties in university mathematics due to communication problems due to lack of language ability, which is one of the stress factors for cultural adaptation in the Korean language education program. To solve this problem, we analyzed ESL programs in English-speaking countries and KSL programs in Korea to set educational goals, curriculum, and educational methods to achieve goals for international students, and to establish curriculum and learning processes. Therefore, the Korean language education program (KSL program) for foreign students in the Korean language curriculum should also be supplemented by accepting the advantages of setting accurate goals for the ESL program and linking it with university graduation in the curriculum of English-speaking countries. In addition, for international students to learn Korean, an integrated Korean language education course and management system using IT suitable for the 4th industrial age is needed.

A Study on the Development Fluid Mechanics Principles by WBI Learning Program (유체역학의 원리 학습을 위한 WBI 프로그램 개발 연구)

  • Son, Young-Bae;Park, Dea-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.14 no.10
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    • pp.2324-2330
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    • 2010
  • In middle and high school to learn the principles of fluid mechanics to Experiments in space and time constraints and difficulties for the study of the principles of fluid mechanics to the problem is superficial. In this paper, Pascal's principles, Archimedes' Principle, Bernoulli's Theorem, etc. learning about the fluid mechanics and implemented in Web Browser, In connection with flash and HTML, web simulation is to implement. Web Based Instruction program that implemented a comparative analysis became an effect of 15% to industrial total high school students in satisfaction, Interest, Achievement. The fluid mechanics education through engineering design and web design through the actual web server is implemented on the Internet over broadband. Department of Education, this study the fluid mechanics and the Internet will contribute to the development of distance education.

Development of Game Programming Education Model 4E for Pre-Service Teachers (예비교사를 위한 게임 프로그래밍 교육모델 4E 개발)

  • Sung, Younghoon
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.561-571
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    • 2019
  • Programming education generally includes problem analysis process, automation through algorithms and programming, and generalization process. It is a good software education method for students in improving computing thinking. However, it was found that beginners had difficulties in understanding instruction usage, writing algorithms, and implementing programming. In this study, we developed a game programming education model and curriculum for programming education of pre-service teachers. The 4E model consisted of empathy, exploration, engagement and evaluation. In addition, it is configured to learn game core elements and core command blocks by each stage. To help the pre-service teachers understand the use of various programming blocks, a three-step teaching and learning method was presented, consisting of example learning, self-game creation, and team-based projects. As a result of applying and verifying the curriculum for 15 weeks, it showed significant results in the 4E model and pre-service teachers' perception of block programming competence and the level of computational thinking on the submitted game project results was also high.

Research on Teaching Method for the Properties of Arithmetic Based on Analysis of Elementary School Mathematics Textbooks (교과서 분석에 기초한 연산법칙의 지도 방안 탐색)

  • Chang, Hyewon
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.1-22
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    • 2017
  • The properties of arithmetic are considered as essential to understand the principles of calculation and develop effective strategies for calculation in the elementary school level, thanks to agreement on early algebra. Therefore elementary students' misunderstanding of the properties of arithmetic might cause learning difficulties as well as misconcepts in their following learning processes. This study aims to provide elementary teachers a part of pedagogical content knowledge about the properties of arithmetic and to induce some didactical implications for teaching the properties of arithmetic in the elementary school level. To do this, elementary school mathematics textbooks since the period of the first curriculum were analyzed. These results from analysis show which properties of arithmetic have been taught, when they were taught, and how they were taught. Based on them, some didactical implications were suggested for desirable teaching of the properties of arithmetic.

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The Development of a Variety of Blended Global Courses and Their Comparative Analysis (블렌디드 글로벌 강좌 유형 개발 및 비교 분석)

  • Kim, Seong-Baeg;Kwon, Sang-Chul;Park, Chan-Jung
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.173-185
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    • 2016
  • As a dual-degree program/exchange student program becomes widespread, the faculty and students consisting of a course are being globalized. Recently, there has been an online or blended learning-based course, which is evolved from a conventional offline course. However, the course has no consideration of a dual-degree program or exchange student program because it is limited to a domestic university. To create and manage a global course, there have several of difficulties in the aspects of cost or effectiveness. As a solution to tackle them, it is necessary to do research on providing blended global courses with a fusion approach of online and offline. In this paper, we studied and presented a model of blended global courses. To create and maintain overseas scholar-oriented courses, we devised eight types of blended global courses depedning on their opening time and the cooperative relation between online and offline and made their comparative analysis. The blended global course proposed in this paper can be applied to cultivating global human resources in universities.

An Analysis on the State of Adjustment on Mathematical Education for Adolescent North Korean Defectors (새터민 청소년의 수학학습 실태 및 적응 요인 분석)

  • Yeon, Bo-Ra;Kim, Hong-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.467-486
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    • 2012
  • By identifying the state of adjustment regarding mathematical education for adolescents who escaped from North Korea and analyzing the relevant factors from multiple perspectives, this study is aimed at finding improvement methods for their math education adoptability. To fulfill such objective, this paper-reviewed the existing literature and research, conducted participatory observation, collected and analyzed survey research on math education adoptability for 43 students who are currently attending an alternative school for North Korean defectors. The results of this research are as follows: There is a serious pattern of maladjustment concerning math education of adolescents who defected from North Korea. The lack of basic skills in mathematical principles due to the gap in their studies results in poor academic performance, particularly in the advanced stages of learning. In the process of defection, environmental challenges, such as the loss of basic study skills which naturally results from the gap in their studies and differences in the educational curriculum between North and South Korea, are posing difficulties for these students.

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The Development of an Education System for Preventing Inappropriate Information on the Internet (인터넷상의 유해정보 예방교육 시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Hee-Soon;Lee, Jae-Mu
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.203-211
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study was to develop an education system to protect elementary school students from inappropriate information and verify the effect of the program. It was deemed necessary that an education system be developed for the cultivation of appropriate information selection and self-censorship of inappropriate Internet information. To this time, however, schools have not placed great importance on this concept because of the lack of the documents and the teaching strategies. Our system gives support on three levels to a learning course according to collected documentation. The learner receives not only feedback activities and results from others and the teacher, but also counsel from the teacher about difficulties. The system implementing this methodology indicated that both the students' recognition of harmful information and their moral values were improved as the result of applying the system in a local elementary school.

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An Analysis of Novice Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Elementary Mathematics Teaching (초등학교 수학 수업에 나타난 초임교사의 교수학적 내용 지식 분석)

  • Kim, Yu-Kyung;Pang, Jeong-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.27-51
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    • 2012
  • This paper analyzed the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) presented in three novice teachers' mathematics instruction. PCK was analyzed in terms of the knowledge of mathematics content, the knowledge of students' understanding, and the knowledge of teaching methods. Teacher A executed a concept-oriented instruction with manipulative materials because she had difficulties in learning mathematics during her childhood. Teacher B attempted to implement an inquiry-centered instruction in the lesson of looking for the area of a trapezoid. Teacher C focused on the real-life connection to mathematics instruction. There were substantial differences among the teachers' PCK revealed in mathematics teaching, depending on their instructional goals. The detailed analyses of three teachers' teaching in terms of their PCK will give rise to the issues and suggestions of professional development for beginning elementary school teachers in mathematics teaching.

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