• The Mathematical Education
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.303-325
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• 2003

This study sought to provide an explanation of university students' concept understanding on the infinity and infinite process and utilized a psychological constructivist perspective to examine the differences in transitions that students make from static concept of limit to actualized infinity stage in context of problems. Open-ended questions were used to gather data that were used to develop an explanation concerning student understanding. 47 university students answered individually and were asked to solve 16 tasks developed by Petty(1996). Microgenetic method with two cases from the expert-novice perspective were used to develop and substantiate an explanation regarding students' transitions from static concept of limit to actualized infinity stage. The protocols were analyzed to document student conceptions. Cifarelli(1988)'s levels of reflective abstraction and Robert(1982) and Sierpinska(1985)'s three-stage concept development model of infinity and infinite process provided a framework for this explanation. Students who completed a transition to actualized infinity operated higher levels of reflective abstraction than students who was unable to complete such a transition. Developing this ability was found to be critical in achieving about understanding the concept of infinity and infinite process.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.41-51
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• 2011

Informatics curriculum has been revised for informatics principles and concepts to effectively teach. According to the revised curriculum, researches are verifying the educational effects of algorithmic thinking and problem-solving abilities using programming language by applying it to various area. However, researches in programming education considering the level of student are yet incomplete. This research has analyzed the impact of the perceived level of problem solving on the performance of project completeness. As results of difference of project completeness, a high perceived level of problem solving group's performance of project completeness was higher than a low perceived level of problem solving group's one. Analysis of the impact of the perceived level of problem solving on the performance of project completeness, 'problem finding' factor had a significant impact. This research suggested the importance of 'problem finding' and self-reflecting introspective 'reviewing' stages in problem solving process using programming language.abstract of your study in English. This space is for the abstract of your study in English. This space is for the abstract of your study in English.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.411-429
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• 2015

In this study we investigated the effects of using GSP in solving geometric problems. Especially we focused the effects of GSP in leveled students' connection of geometry and algebra. High leveled students prefer to use algebraic formula to solve geometric problems. But when they did not know the geometric meaning of their algebraic formula, they could recognize the meaning after using GSP. Middle and low leveled students usually used GSP to obtain hints to solve the problems. For the low leveled students GSP was usually used to understand the meaning of the problem, but it did not make them solve the problem.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.625-642
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to develop and verify the feedback-enhanced performance assessment model through a variety of assessment strategies focused on the development of students. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, we analyzed the achievements of the sixth grade curriculum standards and set the central achievement standards in core competencies. We then established an evaluation plan to take advantage of a variety of methods and develop an assessment tool for process-based evaluation during lessons. We applied this assessment model to 6th grade students while teaching and learning mathematics in the classroom. The result of applying the performance evaluation model showed the improvement of students' reflective thinking ability. Also, some students who was not achieved at the level of 'N' could develop to the level of 'N + 1'. A long term research using various assessment strategies should be continued for effective help of students' mathematical development.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.47-70
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• 2009

The purpose of this research was to confirm one of constructivists' assumptions that even children 조o are with low reasoning ability can make reflective abstracting ability and cognitive structures by this ability can make generation ability of new knowledge by themselves. To investigate the assumption, learner-centered instruction were implemented to 2nd grade classroom located in Suseong Gu, DaeGu City and with lesson plans which initially were developed by Burns and corrected by the researchers. Recordings videoed using 2 video cameras, observations, instructions, children's activity worksheets, instruction journals were analyzed using multiple tests for qualitative analysis. Some conclusions are drawn from the results. First, even children with low reasoning ability can construct mathematical knowledge on multiplication in their own. ways, Thus, teachers should not compel them to learn a learning lesson's goals which is demanded in traditional instruction, with having belief they have reasoning ability. Second, teachers need to have the perspectives of respects out of each child in their classroom and provide some materials which can provoke children's cognitive conflict and promote thinking with the recognition of effectiveness of learner-centered instruction. Third, students try to develop their ability of reflective and therefore establish cognitive structures such as webs, not isolated and fragmental ones.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.535-558
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• 2022

In the current society, where statistical literacy is recognized as an important ability, statistical education utilizing the statistical problem solving, a series of processes for performing statistics, is required. The result interpretation stage is especially important because many forms of statistics we encounter in our daily lives are the information from the analysis results. In this study, data on private education were provided to pre-service mathematics teachers, and a project was carried out in which they could experience a statistical problem solving process using the population mean estimation. Therefore, this study analyzed the characteristics shown by pre-service mathematics teachers during the result interpretation stage. First, many pre-service mathematics teachers interpreted results based on the data, but the inference was found to be a level of 2 which is not reasonable. Second, pre-service mathematics teachers in this study made various kinds of decisions related to public education, such as improving classes and after-school classes. In addition, the pre-service mathematics teachers in this study seem to have made decisions based on statistical analysis results, but they made general decisions that teachers could make, rather than specifically. Third, the pre-service mathematics teachers of this study were reflective about the question formulation stage, organizing & reducing data stage, and the result interpretation stage, but no one was reflective about the result interpretation stage.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.337-348
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to examine epistemic thinking in middle school students in an argument-based inquiry science class. Participants of the study were 93 9th grade students from four classes of a middle school in a metropolitan city. Observations were made over one semester during which argument-based inquiry lessons on five subjects were conducted. Data was collected from argument-based inquiry activity worksheets and student questionnaires. After analysis of epistemic thinking in the written reflections, students were found to have the highest frequency of epistemic metacognitive skills, followed by epistemic cognition, epistemic metacognitive experience, and epistemic metacognitive knowledge. While investigating the effects of an argument-based inquiry science class on student epistemic thinking and after analysis of the reflections written for the first ABI activity and the fifth ABI activity, we found that all of the sub-elements of epistemic thinking have increased. The rate of growth for epistemic cognition is greatest, followed by epistemic metacognitive knowledge and epistemic metacognitive skills. Assessed for epistemic thinking, the level of epistemic thinking improved over the course of the argument-based inquiry science class. The results of the survey show that students actively participating and being recognized for their active participation in the argument-based inquiry science class are helpful in understanding scientific knowledge. Therefore, an argument-based inquiry science class is a teaching and learning program that allows students to understand and experience the epistemic nature of scientific knowledge and its construction through collaboration and agreement.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.191-207
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• 2023

In this study, we comprehensively investigated the cases of science teachers who implemented NOS assessments in Science Inquiry Experiment. Two science teachers working at high schools located in Seoul who taught and assessed NOS in Science Inquiry Experiment according to the 2015 revised curriculum participated in the study. We collected lesson and assessment materials and observed NOS lessons and assessments. We also conducted interviews. Based on the collected data, we analyzed the processes of the teachers' NOS assessments. The analyses of the results revealed that the teachers constructed the assessments by themselves due to a lack of NOS assessment experience and related materials. They had difficulties in selecting an appropriate assessment method and constructing assessment questions and criteria. Both teachers found it difficult to assess an understanding of NOS because it concerns the subjective views of individual students. Therefore, they had difficulties in setting detailed assessment criteria, which also led to difficulties in the overall assessment process. There was a difference in the reflective level of the assessments between the two teachers. In the reflective activities of low levels, the assessments were not properly enacted because it was difficult to infer students' understanding. Orientation toward teaching NOS influenced the perceptions of NOS assessment and overall lessons, resulting in a difference in NOS assessments. Finally, the absolute evaluation of Science Inquiry Experiment also affected teachers' NOS assessments. Based on the above results, implications for effective NOS assessments in schools are discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.8
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• pp.191-200
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• 2013

This study set out to explore the human rights sensitivity of undergraduates who were in the social welfare classes with regards to socio-demographic factors, education experiences in human rights. 251 students' data were collected and analyzed with frequency, ANOVA. Analysis revealed that students' human rights sensitivity level was 2.70(moderate) and the respondents showed high level of sensitivity in work rights of emigration workers and education rights of handicapped children. Among demographic variables, human rights sensitivity was significantly different from major and experiences of attending a social welfare ethics. The students who majored social welfare and who had attended a social welfare ethics showed high human rights sensitivity. There were differences in human rights sensitivity level according to each episode. These findings highlight that in the education of social worker as a human rights professionals it would be necessary to respect students' rights in the classes and to provide student customized human rights education. It was suggested that learning human rights dilemma cases and self reflection processes in classes would be necessary to effective human rights education.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.83-88
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 교사 스스로 느끼는 평가에 대한 거부감을 최소화하면서 바람직한 평가 전문성 신장 방향과 방법을 제공할 수 있도록 과학교사를 대상으로 한 학생 평가 전문성 자기 진단 프로그램을 개발하였다. 이 프로그램은 자기반성적 관점에서 과학교사 스스로 자신의 학생 평가 전문성을 진단할 수 있는 도구와 이를 이용하여 얻은 진단 결과를 바탕으로 학생 평가 전문성 수준을 가늠해 볼 수 있는 학생 평가 전문성 등급 평정 척도와 학생 평가 전문성 신장을 위한 안내로 구성되어 있다. 이 프로그램을 개발하기 위해 본 연구에서는 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성의 개념을 탐색하고, 바람직한 학생 평가 전문성 신장의 방향과 방법을 모색하였다. 또한 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성 요소를 추출하여 범주별로 정리한 다음 학생 평가 전문성 요소별로 구체적인 수준과 상태를 제시한 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성 기준을 마련하였다. 마련된 기준을 근거로 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성 자기 진단 프로그램을 개발하였다. 이를 위해 문헌연구와 더불어 수차례의 과학교육전문가 검토 및 협의, 학교 현장 교사들의 검토 및 협의를 거치면서 수정${\cdot}$보완하는 과정을 거쳤다. 본 연구에서 개발한 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성 자기 진단 프로그램에는 진단 내용에 과학교사의 평가에 관한 지식과 더불어 실무적인 능력과 실제로 행하고 있는 평가의 실천 내용이 포함될 수 있도록 노력하였다. 또한 교사 스스로 자신의 평가 전문성 수준을 가늠해 볼 수 있도록 전형적인 응답 유형과 채점 기준, 해설 및 평가 전문성 등급 평정 척도를 제시했고 진단 결과를 바탕으로 평가 전문성의 부족한 부분을 보완하고 신장시킬 수 있도록 간략한 전문성 신장을 위한 처방과 평가 지향에 따른 교사의 전형적인 유형을 제시하여 자기 진단 프로그램을 사용하는 교사가 전문성 개선 방향과 방법을 설정하는 데 도움을 주고자 했다. 본 연구는 과학교사 자신의 학생 평가 전문성에 대한 환심을 높이고, 이를 진단하고 신장시키는 데 도움을 줄 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성 신장을 위한 방안을 마련하려는 데에도 좋은 시사점을 제공할 것으로 판단된다. 이를 위해 과학교사의 학생 평가 전문성 진단 프로그램에 제시된 전문성 평정 기준을 좀 더 객관화하고 보완할 수 있도록 많은 교사들에게 이 프로그램을 사용해 보게 하고 그 결과를 분석하는 후속 연구가 필요하다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 진단 운항을 제작하는 데 있어 지구과학 내용을 소재로 사용하였으나 본 연구에 제시된 진단 문항 제작에 관한 해설을 참고하여 다른 과학교과 내용을 소재로 한 진단 문항 제작도 필요할 것으로 보인다.