Development and Utilization of Mathematics Teaching Materials for Gifted Class by the Use of Polyominoes and What if (not)? Strategy

폴리오미노에 What if (not)? 전략을 적용한 영재 학급용 수학 수업 소재 발굴과 활용

  • Received : 2011.02.14
  • Accepted : 2011.03.11
  • Published : 2011.03.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop and utilize various kinds of mathematics teaching materials for gifted class in elementary school by utilizing polyominoes and a what-if-not strategy. Blokus is used to let students understand the characteristics of polyominoes, and omok is utilized to let them grasp interior point. Thus, the activities that utilized the new materials, blokus and omok, are developed to teach Pick's theorem. Besides, recreation activities were additionally prepared to provide education in an easy, intriguing and creative manner. The findings of the study is as follows: First, each of the materials was utilized in a different manner when the students engaged in basic and enrichment learning. Second, the mathematically gifted students were able to discover Pick's theorem in the course of utilizing the materials that contained recreational elements. Third, the students were taught to foster their problem-solving skills about area, girth and interior point by making use of the materials that were designed to be linked to each other. Fourth, existing programs were just designed to attain particular objects, to be conducted at a fixed time and to cater to particular graders. Fifth, when the students made problems by making use of the what if (not) strategy and the materials, they responded in diverse ways and were able to apply them.

본 연구는 폴리오미노에 What if (not)?이라는 기법을 적용하여 영재학급용 수학수업 소재를 발굴하고 이를 수업에 활용한 사례 분석을 통해 수학영재교육의 시사점을 도출하고자 한다. 이를 위해 학생들이 흔히 접할 수 있는 블로커스라는 게임을 사용하여 폴리오미노의 특징을 이해하도록 구성하였고, 한중일 동양 3국의 전통적인 두뇌스포츠인 오목이라는 게임을 접목한 탐구 활동을 개발하였다. 블로커스 오목이라는 새로운 소재에 Pick의 정리를 적용하면서, 블로커스 오목 활동을 하는 동안 창의적인 학습이 되도록 구성하였다. 본 연구는 수학 수업 소재를 발굴 및 활용하여 학생들에게서 나타나는 각 소재별 특징과 결과를 바탕으로 최종적인 수업 소재를 제안하였다. 이를 통해 초등학교 수학영재 학생과 교사들을 위한 5가지 시사점을 얻을 수 있었다.

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