• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.291-305
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• 2009

The purpose of this article is to formulate the base that mathematical thinking power can be improved through activating the metacognitive ability of students in the math problem solving process. The guidance material for activating the metacognitive ability was devised based on a body of literature and various studies. Two high school students used it in their math problem solving process. They reported that their own mathematical thinking power was improved in this process. And they showed that the necessary strategies and procedures for math problem solving can be monitored and controled by analyzing their own metacognition in the mathematical thinking process. This result suggests that students' metacognition does play an important role in the mathematical thinking process.