• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.331-352
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• 2012

The purpose of the study is to verify what cognitive variables have significant effect on proportional problem solving. For this aim, the study classified proportional problem into well-structured, moderately-structured, ill-structured problem by the level of structuredness, then classified the cognitive variables as well into factual algorithm knowledge, conceptual knowledge, knowledge of problem type, quantity change recognition and meta-cognition(meta-regulation and meta-knowledge). Then, it verified what cognitive variables have significant effects on 6th graders' proportional problem solving abilities through multiple regression analysis technique. As a result of the analysis, different cognitive variables effect on solving proportional problem classified by the level of structuredness. Through the results, the study suggest how to teach and assess proportional reasoning and problem solving in elementary mathematics class.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.59-75
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• 2012

This study aims to find whether the solutions for well-structured problems learned in school can be transferred to the moderately-structured problem and ill-structured problem. For these purpose, research questions were set up as follows: First, what are the patterns of changes in strategies used in solving the mathematics problems with different level of structuredness? Second, From the group using and not using proportion algorithm strategy in solving moderately-structured problem and ill-structured problem, what features were observed when they were solving that problems? Followings are the findings from this study. First, for the lower level of structuredness, the frequency of using multiplicative strategy was increased and frequency of proportion algorithm strategy use was decreased. Second, the students who used multiplicative strategies and proportion algorithm strategies to solve structured and ill-structured problems exhibited qualitative differences in the degree of understanding concept of ratio and proportion. This study has an important meaning in that it provided new direction for transfer and analogical problem solving study in mathematics education.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.131-150
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• 2018

The structure of a mathematics task shapes the aspects of learning of those who solve the task. This study explores the process of understandings on the statistical variability of primary school students. Students were given two problems with different degrees of structuring - a well-structured problem (WSP) and an ill-structured problem (ISP) - and discussed in a group to solve each task. The highest level of development achieved in both cases appeared to be similar. However, when given the ISP, students dynamically proposed ideas and justified the conclusion based on their hypothesis. Furthermore, all students actively participated in solving the ISP until the end whereas some students were marginalized while solving the WSP. This discrepancy results from the difference in the degrees of task structuring.

• Proceedings of the Korea Association of Information Systems Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.149-164
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• 1997

사례기반형 추론(CBR)은 과거의 경험을 이용해서 문제를 해결하려는 방법으로서 규칙기반형 추론(RBR)과 달리 문제해결경험이 풍부한 도메인에 적합한 방법이다. CBR은 정적인 측면에서 사례의 표현과 구조화문제가 중요시되며, 동적인 측면에서는 사례의 검색 절차와 수정이라는 해결안 생산과정이 중요시된다. 본 논문은 정적 측면에서 효과적인 CAPP 지원을 위해 사례베이스(CB)를 계층적으로 구조화하였다. 또한 CB의 구조화시 시스 템의 문제해결 능력을 향상시켜주기 위하여 CB를 응용도메인 종속적 CB(DDCB)와 독립적 CB(DICB)로 분리하여 과거의 문제해결 경험에 관한 지식은 DDCB에 나타내었으며, 도메인 전문가가 가지는 일반적인 문제해결 지식은 DICB에 나타내었다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.860-869
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to suggest an instructional direction for improving scientific inquiry problem-finding ability of the scientifically-gifted. For this purpose, this study has made an in-depth analysis of the scientific inquiry problems generated by the scientifically-gifted in Problem-Finding Activity in Ill-structured Inquiry Situation (PFAIIS) and Problem-Finding Activity in Well-structured Inquiry Situation (PFAWIS). The results of this study turned out to be as follows: First, most of the problems generated in PFAIIS and PFAWIS could be categorized into seven types (measurement, method, cause, possibility, what, comparison, relationship) according to the inquiry objectives, while the frequency of each type shown in each inquiry objective was a little different. Second, the frequency of scientific concepts stated in inquiry problem was more in PFAWIS than in PFAIIS. But the scientific concepts were shown more diversely in PFAIIS than in PFAWIS. Therefore, results of this study have the following educational implications. First, it is necessary to offer various opportunities of problem-finding activity under ill-structured scientific Inquiry situation. Second, it is needed to emphasize that a new inquiry problem can be found out even during general scientific experiment and frequently to discuss inquiry problems generated during an experiment. Third, it is needed to encourage the scientifically-gifted to generate a scientific inquiry problem based on at least more than seven types.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.76-95
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 비.반구조적 문제의 구조화 과정을 지원하는 지식기반(knowledge-based) 의사결정지원시스템을 설계. 개발하였다. 문제의 구조화란 당면한 문제에 대한 인식을 한 후, 문제의 핵심과 관련된 요인을 추출하여 그들간의 관계를 모델화하는 것으로서, 본 연구에서는 구조화기법으로 방향성 그래프구조인 영향도(Influence Diagram)를 채택하였다. 특히 본 연구에서 제시된 시스템은, 의사결정자가 지식베이스에 자신의 관심영역에 관한 지식을 저장하여 사용할 수 있도록, 영역독립적(domain-independent)인 쉘(shell)의 구조로 설계되었다. 개발된 프로토타입인 IDMS를 R&D 평가와 관련된 의사결정분야에 적용하여 그 구조화과정을 보임으로써 현실문제에의 적용가능성을 제시하였다.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.171-187
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• 2007

The 166 elementary school students of this study were divided into four groups by gender and degree of structure in problem situations. Written instruments ascertained intelligence, conceptual knowledge, science process skills, divergent thinking, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, personality traits, and home environment. Results were that male students scored higher on problem finding in the ill-structured than in the moderately structured problem situation. In the ill-structured problem situation, personality traits, conceptual knowledge, and intrinsic motivation contributed to the scores of male students and home environment and conceptual knowledge contributed to the scores of female students. In the moderately structured problem situation, personality traits and intrinsic motivation contributed to the scores of all students, but science process skills contributed to the scores of female students only.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.719-743
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• 2013

Proportional reasoning is considered as a difficult concept to most elementary school students and might be connect to functional thinking, algebraic thinking, and mathematical thinking later. The purpose of this study is to analyze the sixth graders' development level of proportional reasoning so that children's problem solving processes on different proportional problem items were investigated in a way how the problem type of proportion and the degree of ill-structured affect to their levels. Results showed that the greater part of participants solved problems on the level of proportional reasoning and various development levels according to type of problem. In addition, they showed highly the level of transition and proportional reasoning on missing value problems rather than numerical comparison problems.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.35-44
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• 2005

Purpose: The aim of this preliminary study was to evaluate the effect of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) curriculum on development of comprehension of basic medical knowledge and quality of semi-structured problem solving including scientific reasoning skill. This scientific reasoning contained five components including: size of simple, design of research cause-effect, construction of risk factor, analysis statistic of data, interpretation of result. Materials and Methods: Seoul National University Dental students (100) participated in this experience during two weeks, 2004. Forty eight multiple-choice questions (MCQ) concerned "Infection Control and Prevention" were asked before and after two sections of Lecture-Based Learning (LBL) and PBL (pretest-posttest control group design). A semi-structured problem in epidemiological research was asked to these students after two sections (posttest-only control group design). Data (mean and SD) were analysed using the t Test for two independent samples (p<.05), comparing PBL versus LBL. Results: Our analyse of scores show no difference between LBL and PBL in the development of comprehension of "Infection Control and Prevention". The quality problem solving (epidemiological research) was significantly different between the two groups (p=.029); specially, two components' scores of reflection on scientific reasoning cause-effect (p=.000) and interpretation of result (p=.001) were significantly better for PBL than for LBL. Conclusion: Theses results indicate that comparing LBL and PBL, PBL curriculum have not been disadvantaged in comprehension of basic knowledge, and have contributed to develop the scientific reasoning in problem solving.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.282-291
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• 2020

This study was conducted to explore the effects of students' problem solving ability according to the level of structuring of curriculum tasks in PBL activities. The study was conducted on 60 college students in curriculum classes. Problem solving ability was measured at the beginning of the semester. And after the midterm exam, PBL activities were conducted. 30 experimental groups performed unstructured tasks. 30 comparison groups performed semi-structured problems. After the task was completed, problem solving ability was measured at the end of the semester. Collected data were analyzed using ANCOVA. As a result, it was verified that the experimental group had a statistically significant improvement in information collection, evaluation, and feedback level than the comparative group.