Education of Primary School Mathematics (한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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Analysis of Elementary Mathematics Textbooks Contents and 3rd Graders' Understanding on Unit and Whole of Fractions

분수의 단위와 전체에 관한 수학 교과서의 내용 고찰 및 초등학생의 이해 분석

  • Lim, Miin (Seoul Kaemyong Elementary School)
  • Received : 2020.06.19
  • Accepted : 2020.07.22
  • Published : 2020.07.31
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Abstract

Based on the current curriculum, students learn the concept of fraction in the 3rd grade for the first time. At that time, fraction is introduced as whole-part relationship. But as the idea of fraction expands to improper fraction and so on, fraction as measurement would be naturally appeared. In that situation where fraction as whole-part relationship and fraction as measurement are dealt together, it is necessary for students to get experiences of understanding and exploring unit and whole adequately in order to fully understand the concept of fractions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze how to deal with unit fractions, how to implement activities to find the standard of reference from the part, and what visual representations were used to help students to understand the concept of fractions in elementary mathematics textbooks from the 7th to the 2015 revised curriculum. And we analyzed 60 3rd graders' understanding of finding and drawing the whole by looking at the part. Several didactical implications for teaching the concept of fractions were derived from the discussion according to the analysis results.

현행 교육과정에 기초할 때 학생들은 3학년 시기에 분수 개념을 처음 학습하게 된다. 이때 전체-부분 관계로서의 분수로 도입되지만, 이후 가분수, 대분수 등으로 분수의 아이디어가 확장되면서 측정으로서의 분수가 자연스럽게 출현한다. 분수의 여러 의미 중 전체-부분 관계로서의 분수, 측정으로서의 분수가 혼재하는 상황에서 학생들이 분수 개념을 충분히 이해하기 위해서는 분수 지도 시 주어진 분수의 단위와 전체가 무엇인지 이해하고 파악하는 경험을 적절히 제공해야 한다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 분수의 단위와 전체에 관한 초등학교 수학 교과서의 내용을 고찰하고, 2015 개정 교육과정에 따른 수학 교과서에 새롭게 도입된 '부분을 보고 전체 그리기'에 대한 초등학교 3학년 학생 60명의 이해를 분석하였다. 분석 결과에 따른 논의로부터 분수 개념 지도를 위한 교수학적 시사점을 도출하였다.

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