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Authentic Investigative Activities for Teaching Ratio and Proportion in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teacher Education

  • Ben-Chaim, David;Ilany, Bat-Sheva;Keret, Yaffa
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.85-108
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    • 2008
  • In this study, we created, implemented, and evaluated the impact of proportional reasoning authentic investigative activities on the mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge and attitudes of pre-service elementary and middle school mathematics teachers. For this purpose, a special teaching model was developed, implemented, and tested as part of the pre-service mathematics teacher training programs conducted in Israeli teacher colleges. The model was developed following pilot studies investigating the change in mathematical and pedagogical knowledge of pre- and in-service mathematics teachers, due to experience in authentic proportional reasoning activities. The conclusion of the study is that application of the model, through which the pre-service teachers gain experience and are exposed to authentic proportional reasoning activities with incorporation of theory (reading and analyzing relevant research reports) and practice, leads to a significant positive change in the pre-service teachers' mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge. In addition, improvement occurred in their attitudes and beliefs towards learning and teaching mathematics in general, and ratio and proportion in particular.

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Classification of Online Simulation Content for Effective Engineering E-Learning Courses (효과적 이러닝 실습전략을 위한 온라인 시뮬레이션 구현방법 및 학습활동 분류)

  • Hwang, Suk
    • The Journal of Korean Institute for Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2010
  • Effectiveness of the e-learning hands-on practice in the engineering education depends on the quality of the contents of which simulation is a part and the teaching strategy of the instructor. Instructors who develop and use the simulation-included e-learning content should employ various teaching and learning activities which would make online simulation practice effective. Thus, the strategy for the effective e-learning simulated practice in engineering courses should be known and used effectively. The aim of this paper is to classify the development methods of the simulations and the teaching and learning activities of the development types classified. The comparison of the teaching and learning activities leads to suggestion on teaching and learning strategy for effective use of the online simulation in engineering education.

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A Study on a Home Teaching Method to Prevent Slow Learner in Elementary School Mathematics (수학 학습부진아 예방을 위한 가정학습 효율화 방안 연구)

  • 이영하;박희연
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.195-215
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this paper is to present a specific set of home teaching methods in hopes to prevent slow learner of the elementary mathematics. This paper deals with the number and operations, one of five topics in the elementary mathematics A survey of two hundred elementary school teachers was made to see the teacher's opinions of the role of home studying and to concretize the contents of the research topics. There were asked which is the most essential contents for the concrete loaming and which is the most difficult monad that might cause slow leaner. And those were found to be; counting, and arithmetic operations(addition and subtraction) of one or two-digit numbers and multiplication and their concepts representations and operations(addition and subtraction) of fractions. The home teaching methods are based on the situated learning about problem solving in real life situations and on the active teaming which induces children's participation in the process of teaching and learning. Those activities in teaching each contents are designed to deal with real objects and situations. Most teaching methods are presented in the order of school curriculum. To teach the concepts of numbers and the place value, useful activities using manipulative materials (Base ten blocks, Unifix, etc.) or real objects are also proposed. Natural number's operations such as addition, subtraction and multiplication are subdivided into small steps depending upon current curriculum, then for understanding of operational meaning and generalization, games and activities related to the calculation of changes are suggested. For fractions, this paper suggest 10 learning steps, say equivalent partition, fractional pattern, fractional size, relationship between the mixed fractions and the improper fraction, identifying fractions on the number line, 1 as a unit, discrete view point of fractions, comparison of fractional sizes, addition and subtraction, quantitative concepts. This research basically centers on the informal activities of kids under the real-life situation because such experiences are believed to be useful to prevent slow learner. All activities and learnings in this paper assume children's active participation and we believe that such active and informal learning would be more effective for learning transfer and generalization.

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A study on the practical methods of open teaching and loaming In mathematics education (문제해결력 신장을 위한 교수 학습 활동의 개별화 방안)

  • Lee Jeongjae
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 1997
  • Children should have opportunities to experience problem solving individually with strategies for developing their problem solving abilities. To make an instructional design for individual teaming, problem solving activities were classified into categories like individual activities, individual activities within a group, and team teaching. A flow of teaching and teaming process was designed before, and concrete and semi-concrete materials were used in an experimental teaching, which was analysed in this research.

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Exploring the factors of situational interest in learning mathematics (수학 학습에 대한 상황적 흥미 요인 탐색)

  • Park, Joo Hyun;Han, Sunyoung
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.60 no.4
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    • pp.555-580
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to explore the factors of situational interest in math learning, and based on the results, to reveal the factors of situational interest included in teaching and learning methods, teaching and learning activities in mathematics class, and extracurricular activities outside of class. As a result of conducting a questionnaire to high school students, the factors of situational interest in learning mathematics were divided into 10 detail-domain(Enjoy, Curiosity, Competence / Real life, Other subjects, Career / Prior knowledge, Accumulation knowledge / Transformation, Analysis), 4 general-domain(Emotion, Attitude / Knowledge, Understanding), 2 higher-domain(Affective / Cognitive) were extracted. In addition, it was revealed that various factors of situational interest were included teaching and learning methods, teaching and learning activities and extracurricular activities. When examining the meaning of 10 situational interest factors, it can be expected that the factors for developing individual interest are included, so it can be expected to serve as a basis for expanding the study on the development of individual interest in mathematics learning. In addition, in order to maintain individual interest continuously, it is necessary to maintain situational interest by seeking continuous changes in teaching and learning methods in the school field. Therefore, it can be seen that the process of exploring the contextual interest factors included in teacher-centered teaching and learning methods and student-centered teaching and learning activities and extracurricular activities is meaningful.

A study on Development of Mathematics Teaching and Learning Platform Model using NAS (NAS 서버를 활용한 수학 교수·학습 플랫폼 모델 개발 연구)

  • Kim, Tae Jung;Huh, Nan
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.419-436
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    • 2023
  • In this study, we aimed to develop a teacher-adaptive platform model that enhances teachers' instructional activities and teaching capabilities, allowing them to conduct intended lessons effectively. The platform is designed to support various teaching and learning activities based on the instructional situation, and additionally provides teaching and learning materials, assessment questions, and results. The developed teaching and learning platform utilized Moodle, an open-source-based LMS solution that provides various tools for online learning. The platform was specifically designed for teaching conic sections in high school geometry, and it was constructed to enable teachers to deliver their intended lessons effectively.

Development of Environmental Inquiry Activities in Science Subject of High School (고등학교 과학과의 환경 탐구활동 개발)

  • Hong, Jung-Lim
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.18 no.2 s.27
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to develop environmental inquiry activities for teaching the 10th grade students in science classes of high school. The activities are developed to perform goals of environmental education for sustainable development. In order to this, activities are sequently organized in order of context of laboratory, field, and problem solving in respect of one learning topic. The object of inquiry activities in laboratory context is understanding concepts related environment and environmental pollution. The inquiry activities in field context have an object of attaining good awareness and attitude toward environment. Throughout the activities in probem solving context students are expected to have a mind of participating in environmental issues. The activities are designed to learn and use integrated science knowledge in many domains. Some activities are intended to utilize MBL(Microcomputer-based Laboratory). The ICT materials, lesson plans, instructional sheets for teaching and student' sheets for inquiry were produced to guide these activities. It is expected that this effort will contribute to cultivate environmental literate persons who have not only scientific understanding but also practical will of environmental issues.

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Comparison of Computational Thinking Improvement Based on Teaching Aids and Student's Level in Elementary Software Education (초등학교 소프트웨어교육에서 교구와 학습자 수준에 따른 컴퓨팅사고력 향상도 비교)

  • Lee, YoungJae;Kim, Yungsik
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.31-39
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    • 2020
  • As the importance of software education is emphasized, various educations for improve the computational thinking of elementary school students are being provided. However, there are many limitations that apply to the school at preceding studies. because they were invented for specific environment or students. Therefore, in this study, software education was conducted by constructing teaching-learning activities in consideration of the characteristics of students such as teaching aids and level of computational thinking ability, which can influence students based on the contents of textbooks. Through the comparison about computational thinking improvements, this study tried to suggest the direction of effective software education method. As a result, there are differences in computational thinking improvements according to the student's level and used teaching aids. Specifically, visual programming and unplugged type teaching-learning activities were more effective in teaching aids, and according to the level of students, students with low level of computing thinking in pre-inspection showed relatively high improvement. This tendency suggests that it is necessary to consider various learning factors in designing teaching-learning activities in elementary software education.

Effects of Simulated Instruction Activities through a Constructivist Lens on Preservice Biology Teachers' Epistemological Belief, Science Teaching Efficacy Belief and Teaching Motivation (구성주의에 기반한 모의수업 활동이 예비 생물교사의 인식론적 신념, 과학 교수 효능감 및 교수 동기에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sun Young
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.32 no.7
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    • pp.1157-1168
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    • 2012
  • This study examined the effect of simulated instruction activities based on a constructivist teaching approach on epistemological belief, science teaching efficacy belief, and teaching motivation. The RTOP (Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol) played a role to guide preservice biology teachers to obtain insights on current reformed teaching and to further practice teaching based on constructivism. The results indicated that preservice teachers changed their epistemological beliefs toward more sophisticated views, especially for 'simple knowledge'. They also improved their science teaching efficacy beliefs, both personal science teaching efficacy belief (PSTEB) and science teaching outcome expectancy (STOE). In addition, these perservice teachers decreased their scores of extrinsic teaching motivation. The Pearson correlation represented the negative relationship between personal science teaching efficacy belief (PSTEB) and extrinsic teaching motivation. After intervention, the preservice teachers mentioned inquiry, active participation and discussion as ideal science teaching methods and qualifications for science teachers.