• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.407-428
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• 2021

This study compares and analyzes the mathematics assessment items of the middle school's national-level academic achievement tests in Korea and Japan, recently revised as a competency-focused curriculum. By comparing and analyzing the assessment items in each country, the analytic framework is integrated into content areas, contexts, and competencies. The characteristics of each country's assessment items developed for each content area were analyzed using the framework. We suggested some implications on developing and improving national-level academic assessment items.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.553-571
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• 2015

Mathematical, verbal, and spatial abilities are known as three important indicators for the success in the STEM disciplines. In this study, Purdue Spatial Visualization Test-Rotation, College Entrance Scholastic Aptitude Test- Math and Verbal score of engineering freshmen students have been used to find the relationships among these areas. In addition, gender differences in spatial visualization, verbal achievement and mathematical achievement have been investigated, too. In this research, I found that gender difference was highest in spatial visualization ability, followed by verbal achievement and smallest in mathematical achievement. Substantial number of male students possess high level of spatial abilities, but only half of female students were at the same level where their male colleagues were. The correlation between spatial ability and mathematical ability was negligible, contrary to former researches on elementary and middle school students. But the correlation was stronger for female students than male students. The correlation between mathematical achievement and verbal achievement was negative. It reflects the fact that when one section of SAT score is low, score of other sections should be higher to get admitted to college. Gender difference in mathematics was smallest for high achieving spatial ability group. For low spatial ability group gender difference in mathematics achievement has been observed, too. To find the combined contribution of spatial and verbal abilities to mathematics achievement, students were divided into 4 ability groups. Mathematics achievement decreased in the order of (1) high spatial -low verbal group, (2) low spatial - low verbal group, (3) high spatial - high verbal group, (4) low spatial - high verbal group.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.60-69
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there were difference between gender of engineering students in terms of academic achievement, self-efficacy and engineering self-efficacy. A total of 387 engineering students (male=284, female=103) completed the self-efficacy and engineering self-efficacy test. And students self-reported their grade point average(GPA) in their former semester. The results of t-test with gender about academic achievement indicated that there were not differences in academic achievement between gender. The results of MANOVA with grades indicated that there were differences in self-efficacy and engineering self-efficacy between gender. Male students scored significantly higher than female students in self-efficacy, and engineering self-efficacy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2011.01a
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• pp.163-166
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 컴퓨터를 중심으로 하여 인쇄매체, 영상매체를 활용하는 프로젝트 미디어교육이 중학생 기술교육의 학업성취도 및 자기주도 학습능력에 긍정적인 효과를 미치는가를 연구하였다. 연구대상자들을 전통적 교사중심 강의수업을 받는 집단과 프로젝트 미디어교육을 받는 집단으로 나누어 실험하였다. 이를 통해 나타난 결과는, 첫째, 프로젝트 미디어교육 학습집단이 전통적 강의방식 학습집단에 비해 인지적 영역과 정의적 영역의 학업성취도에서 더 효과적인 결과를 보여주었다. 그러나 학습결과물 영역의 학업성취도에서는 유의미한 차이가 없었다. 둘째, 프로젝트 미디어교육 학습집단이 전통 학습집단에 비해 학습자들의 자기주도 학습능력 요소들 중, 학습기회에 대한 개방성, 학습에의 솔선수범 및 독립성, 창의성의 요소들에서 더 효과적인 결과를 나타내었다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.18 no.3 s.20
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• pp.23-28
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• 2004

이 논문은 네덜란드의 4학년 학생들에게 시행된 문제 해결 시험에서 얻은 첫 번째 결과이다. 참여한 학생들은 수학에서 높은 성취도를 얻은 학생들이었다. 학생들의 응답을 분석한 결과 성취도가 높은 학생들에게 관심을 가져야 하는 이유를 알게 되었다. 교사는 우수한 학생에 대해서는 걱정할 필요가 없다는 일반적인 믿음을 수정해야 한다는 것이 분명해졌다. 수학에서 높은 성취도를 보인 학생들이 비전형적인 문제에 직면할 때 그들의 능력은 기대했던 것보다 저조하게 나타났다. 이 연구에서 학생들은 특정 문제를 풀 때 여분의 노트에 거의 아무것도 적지 않음을 발견하였다. 또한 학생들이 답을 찾는 과정을 참고 견디지 않는다는 것도 알 수 있었다. 이 논문에서는 시험 문제 중 한 문제의 결과를 논의하면서 이러한 결과를 보여줄 것이다.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.303-321
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• 2015

This research purposes to find out the mathematical cognitive characteristics of Korean students and compare it with that of TIMSS 2011 high-achieving countries based on the Cognitive Diagnostic Theory. Based on framework and questions of TIMSS 2011, we select cognitive attributes. Using the data of 8th grade students' mathematical achievement in TIMSS 2011, we compare and analyze the top 15-countries students' cognitive traits. As a result, cognition domain of TIMSS 2011 is reclassified as 9 cognitive attributes. we could distinguish between easy attributes and difficult attributes that students in each country relatively think. Especially, Students of Korea relatively think Recall/Recognize, Compute, Classify/Measure and Represent are easy. On the other hand, relatively they have difficulties in Retrieve, Implement, and Generalize. Based on this research result, It is necessary to establish an educational measures for each attributes which students have difficulties.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.367-376
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• 1999

When 37 7th-graders learned science in cooperative learning environments, their small-group processes were audio/video taped. The verbal behaviors that appeared in cooperative learning processes were categorized, and the relationships between verbal behaviors and academic achievement were investigated. Students' verbal behaviors were classified into learning behaviors and management behaviors. Learning behaviors were further coded into giving help. reading problem, and asking help. Giving help was the most frequent behavior among the categories. In studying zero-order correlation between verbal behaviors and academic achievement, giving help and reading problem were found to have positive relationships with academic achievement. Giving specific content, which is a subcategory of giving help. showed the closest correlation with academic achievement. In studying partial correlation between verbal behaviors and the improvement of academic achievement, only application subtest score. which demands higher-order thinking, was positively related with some verbal behaviors including giving specific content.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.73-82
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• 2011

The purpose of the present study is to examine the structural relationship among academic stress, achievement motivation, learning environment, school flow and learning persistence in cyber education. For this study, 879 students who were enrolled in S cyber university in Korea was chosen to conduct the survey. Achievement motivation was measured in the beginning of the semester. Academic stress, learning environment, school flow, and learning persistence were measured at the end of the semester through the web survey system. The results of this study were as follows: First, academic stress, achievement motivation, and learning environment significantly affected school flow. Second, academic stress, achievement motivation, and school flow affected learning persistence, but didn't affect learning environment significantly. The results imply that academic stress, achievement motivation, and school flow should be considered as the significant elements for constructing cyber education environments to enhance students' learning persistence.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.453-464
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• 2013

This study was to verify the structural relationships among achievement goal orientation, self-leadership and sport motivation of skating athletes. The data were collected out of skating athletes in Seoul and Gyonggi area, and total 369 copies of data were utilized in this study. To verify the relationships among achievement goal orientation, self-leadership and sport motivation, the construct validity and reliability for each factor were analyzed using SPSS18.0 and AMOS18.0 program. And the relationships among three factors were analyzed using covariance structural analysis. The results were as follows. First, the achievement goal orientation of skating athletes had positive effects on self-leadership. Second, the achievement goal orientation of skating athletes had positive effects on sport motivation. Third, the self-leadership of skating athletes had positive effects on sport motivation.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.462-470
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship among the self-directed learning ability, academic self-efficacy and academic achievement of elementary school students. The subjects of this study were 197 sixth graders. The results of this study were as follows. First, the correlations among self-directed learning ability, academic self-efficacy and academic achievement were significant. Second, among the variables of self-directed learning ability and academic self-efficacy, self-confidence, preference for task difficulty, self-understanding of learner and independent mind of learning were positively related to academic achievement. These results imply the need for measures to increase these variables of academic efficacy and self-directed learning ability in the field of education in order to improve students' academic achievement.