Teaching Method for Functional Thinking by Situation Posing Connected with Other Subjects

타 교과와 연결된 상황 설정을 통한 함수적 사고 지도 방안

Functional thinking is a central topic in school mathematics and the purpose of teaching functional thinking is to develop student's functional thinking ability. Functional thinking which has to be taught in elementary school must be the thinking in terms of phenomenon which has attributes of 'connection'- assignment and dependence. The qualitative methods for evaluation of development of functional thinking can be based on students' activities which are related to functional thinking. With this purpose, teachers have to provide students with paradigm of the functional situation connected to the other subjects which have attributes of 'connection' and guide them by proper questions. Therefore, the aim of this study is to find teaching method for functional thinking by situation posing connected with other subject. We suggest the following ways for functional situation posing though the process of three steps : preparation, adaption and reflection of functional situation posing. At the first stage of preparation for functional situation, teacher should investigate student's environment, mathematical knowledge and level of functional thinking. With this purpose, teachers analyze various curriculum which can be used for teaching functional thinking, extract functional situation among them and investigate the utilization of functional situation as follows : ${\cdot}$ Using meta-plan, ${\cdot}$ Using mathematical journal, ${\cdot}$ Using problem posing ${\cdot}$ Designing teacher's questions which can activate students' functional thinking. For this, teachers should be experts on functional thinking. At the second stage of adaption, teacher may suggest the following steps : free exploration ${\longrightarrow}$ guided exploration ${\longrightarrow}$ expression of formalization ${\longrightarrow}$ application and feedback. Because we demand new teaching model which can apply the contents of other subjects to the mathematic class. At the third stage of reflection, teacher should prepare analysis framework of functional situation during and after students' products as follows : meta-plan, mathematical journal, problem solving. Also teacher should prepare the analysis framework analyzing student's respondence.

함수적 사고는 학교 수학에서 가장 중요한 주제이고 함수적 사고 지도의 목적은 학생들의 함수적 사고를 향상시키는 것이라고 할 때 초등학교에서 함수적 사고를 지도한다는 것은 함수적 사고의 속성인 지정과 종속의 연관이 내재된 현상을 의미하는 함수적 사고이다. 함수적 사고를 습득했는지에 대한 평가 방법은 함수적 사고의 지도를 통해 학생들이 함수적 사고를 한다고 판단할 수 있는 학생들의 활동이다. 이를 위해서 교사는 함수적 속성을 갖는 타 교과의 내용과 관련된 함수적 상황의 형태의 전형적인 예(paradigm)을 제공하고, 적절한 발문을 통해 안내해야 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 타 교과와 연결된 상황 설정을 통한 함수적 사고의 지도 방안을 구안하고 적용하여 보다 발전된 지도 방안을 모색하는 것이다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서 제안하는 지도 방안은 함수적 상황의 준비단계, 적용단계, 반성단계의 3단계로 구성되며, 각 단계에서 지도해야 할 방안들을 제안하고자 한다.