The Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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An Investigation of What Korean Students Valued with regards to Mathematics and Mathematics Learning: A Study with Sixth and Ninth Graders

한국 학생들의 수학과 수학 학습에 대한 가치 인식: 초등학교 6학년과 중학교 3학년을 중심으로

  • Pang, JeongSuk (Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Cho, Sooyun (Graduate School of Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Seah, Wee Tiong (Melbourne Graduate School of Education The University of Melbourne)
  • Received : 2016.06.22
  • Accepted : 2016.11.02
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

What an individual values and regards as important has a significant impact on his or her learning. Classroom instruction would be even more effective if what the teacher regards as important in his or her pedagogical practice are aligned with what students regard as important too. Given this background, this study sought to find out what Korean students valued about mathematics and mathematics learning using a questionnaire developed by Seah (2005). The participants were 409 students from Grade 6 and 407 students from Grade 9 in Korea. The results of this study showed that students put the biggest emphasis on ideological aspects of mathematics, specifically rationalism, among mathematical values. The students also valued product, computation, process, exposition, and recalling among values related to the learning of mathematics. A comparative analysis between the two groups of students showed that sixth graders tended to think more positively with regards to each value than ninth graders. On the basis of these results, this paper raises some issues about students' values in mathematics learning. It also suggests that teachers need to consider what students value and regard as important in their mathematics learning to bring about even more effective instruction.

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