Education of Primary School Mathematics (한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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Statistical Reasoning of Preservice Elementary School Teachers Engaged in Statistical Problem Solving: Focused on Question Posing Stage

통계적 문제해결 과정에서 나타난 예비초등교사들의 통계적 추론 분석 : 질문 생성 단계를 중심으로

  • Received : 2019.09.03
  • Accepted : 2019.10.18
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

The study aimed at investigating preservice elementary school teachers' statistical reasoning when they posed survey questions as they engaged in statistical problem solving, and analyzing how their statistical reasoning affect the subsequent stages. 24 groups of sophomore students(80 students) from two education universities conducted statistical problem solving and completed statistical report, and 22 of them were analyzed. As a result, 9 statistical reasoning were shown when preservice teachers posed survey questions. Among them, question clarification oriented reasoning and variability based reasoning were not exclusively focused upon in the previous research. In order to investigate how statistical reasoning in posing survey questions affected subsequent stages, we examined difficulties and issues that preservice teachers had when they engaged in analyses and conclusion stage described in their report. Consequently, preservice teachers' difficulties were related to population relevant reasoning, category level reasoning, standardization reasoning, alignment to question reasoning, and question clarification oriented reasoning. While previous studies did not focus on question posing stage, this study claimed the necessity of emphasizing various statistical reasoning in question posing and importance of teaching and learning method of appropriate statistical reasoning in question posing.

이 연구는 통계적 문제해결 과정 중에 설문지 질문 생성 단계에서 나타나는 예비초등교사들의 통계적 추론을 조사하고 이것이 이후 단계들에서의 활동에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 분석하는 데 목적을 두었다. 이를 위해 24개 조의 교육대학교 2학년 학생들 80명이 통계적 문제해결 과정을 직접 실행하고 통계 보고서를 작성하였으며, 그 중 22개 조의 보고서를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 설문지 질문 생성 단계에서 예비교사들의 9가지 통계적 추론이 확인되었으며, 특히 그 중 질문 명확화 지향 추론과 변이 기반 추론은 기존 연구에서 보고되지 않았던 추론이었다. 또한, 설문지 질문 생성 단계에서의 통계적 추론이 이후 단계의 활동에 미친 영향을 알아보기 위해 자료 분석 및 결론 단계에서 예비교사들이 보고서에 기술하였던 어려움 및 이슈를 확인하였다. 그 결과, 예비교사들의 어려움이 설문지 질문 생성 과정에서의 모집단 관련 추론, 범주 수준 추론, 표준화 추론, 질문의 일관성 지향 추론, 질문 명확화 지향 추론과 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그동안 선행연구에서 질문 생성하기 단계에 크게 주목하지 않았다는 점에 비추어보면, 본 연구 결과는 질문 생성 단계에서 나타나는 다양한 통계적 추론에 좀 더 주목할 필요가 있다는 점과 질문 생성 단계에서 적절한 통계적 추론이 이루어지도록 하기 위한 교수 방안들을 논의할 필요가 있다는 점을 시사한다.

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