• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.51-67
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• 2017

Analogical reasoning is a mathematically useful way of thinking. By analogy reasoning, students can improve problem solving, inductive reasoning, heuristic methods and creativity. The purpose of this study is to analyze the analogical reasoning of preservice mathematics teachers while constructing quadratic curves defined by eccentricity. To do this, we produced tasks and 28 preservice mathematics teachers solved. The result findings are as follows. First, students could not solve a target problem because of the absence of the mathematical knowledge of the base problem. Second, although student could solve a base problem, students could not solve a target problem because of the absence of the mathematical knowledge of the target problem which corresponded the mathematical knowledge of the base problem. Third, the various solutions of the base problem helped the students solve the target problem. Fourth, students used an algebraic method to construct a quadratic curve. Fifth, the analysis method and potential similarity helped the students solve the target problem.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.653-674
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• 2023

The development of mathematical problem solving ability and the making(transforming) mathematical problems are consistently emphasized in the mathematics curriculum. However, research on the problem making methods or the analysis of the characteristics of problem making methods itself is not yet active in mathematics education in Korea. In this study, we concretize the method of deductive problem making(DPM) in a different direction from the what-if-not method proposed by Brown & Walter, and present the characteristics and phases of this method. Since in DPM the components of the problem solving process of the initial problem are changed and problems are made by going backwards from the phases of problem solving procedure, so the problem solving process precedes the formulating problem. The DPM is related to the verifying and expanding the results of problem solving in the reflection phase of problem solving. And when a teacher wants to transform or expand an initial problem for practice problems or tests, etc., DPM can be used.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.9
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• pp.187-201
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 사회적 구성주의(social constructivism) 관점에서 고등학교 수준에서의 수학적 모델링 (mathematical modelling) 자료를 개발, 적용, 활용함으로써 학교수학과 실생활 문제를 관련시켜 학생 스스로 관찰 ${\cdot}$ 해석 ${\cdot}$ 사고 ${\cdot}$ 분석하여 구조화하는 고차원적인 인지능력의 형성과 문제 해결력을 배양할 수 있는 학습방법을 고찰한다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.18 no.1 s.18
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• pp.191-199
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• 2004

본 연구에서는, 6년 전에 개발된 수학 창의적 문제 해결력 검사(MCPSAT; 한국교육개발원(김흥원 외, 1997))에 대한 현시점의 적합성여부를 알아보기 위하여 이 검사의 중학교 1-3학년용 A형 1부 검사와 고등학교 1-2학년용 A형 1부 검사를 해당 학년 학생들에게 적용하여 분석하였다. 검사도구의 양호도는 비교적 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 중학교와 고등학교 모두 문항 내적 일관성 신뢰도(Cronbach ${\alpha}$)의 계수가 약간 떨어져 있지만 비교적 양호한 것으로 볼 수 있으며 변별도는 점이연 상관 계수가 0에 가까운 문항이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 모든 문항이 학생들의 수학 창의적 문제 해결력을 변별해 줄 수 있을 것으로 생각한다. 내적 타당도는 중학교의 경우 관대하게 본다면 수용할 만 하고, 고등학교의 경우 아직은 우려할 수준은 아니다. 즉, 중학교 문항 1과 문항 4는 적합도 지수 1.2를 상회하였으나 Infit과 Outfit 모두 1.5를 넘는 문항은 없었다. 고등학교의 문항 4는 문항의 적합도 지수 1.2를 상회하는 것으로 나타나고 있으나 Infit과 Outfit 모두 1.2를 상회하지 않았다. 난이도 측면에서 볼 때, 이 검사의 계속 사용은 염려스러운 면이 있다. 즉, 중학교에서는 6년 전 보다 쉬운 것으로 나타나고 있는 바 이것은 현재의 학생들이 이러한 유형의 문항을 많이 접하였을 것으로 추측할 수 있다. 고등학교에서는 6년 전 보다 조금 더 어려워 졌다고 볼 수 있다. 위의 사항을 종합할 때, 수학 창의적 문제 해결력 검사에서 중학생용은 현재의 학생들의 수준을 고려하여 재 표준화하는 것이 바람직하고, 고등학생용은 개발 당시의 신뢰도, 난이도, 변별도 등에서 유사하므로 당분간 계속 사용하여도 될 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2003

In this paper, we study the methods of improving an ability of a creative solving mathematical problem belonging to an educational system which every province office of education has adopted for the mathematically talented students. Especially, we give an attention on a preferential reaction in teaching styles according to student's LQ., the relationship between student's LQ. and an ability of creative solving mathematical problems, and seeking for an appropriative teaching methods of the improvement ability of a creative solving problem. As results, we have the followings; 1. The group having excellent students who have a higher intelligential ability prefers inquiry learning which is composed of several sub-groups to a teacher-centered instruction. 2. The correlation coefficient between student's LQ. and an ability creative solving of mathematical is not high. 3. Although the contents and the model of thematic inquiry learning don't have a great influence on the divergent thinking (ex. fluency, flexibility, originality), they affect greatly the convergent thinking - a creative mathematical - problem solving ability. Accordingly, our results show that we should use a variety of mathematical teaching materials apart from our regular textbooks used in schools to improve a creative mathematical problem solving ability in the process of thematic inquiry learning. Also we can see that an inquiry learning which stimulates student's participation and discussion can be a desirable model in the thematic mathematical classroom activities.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.01a
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• pp.209-216
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• 2007

고도의 지식정보사회 속에서 논리적 사고력과 창의력, 문제해결력을 길러주는 프로그래밍 교육의 필요성은 더욱 강조되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 초등학생들에게 적합한 교육용 프로그래밍 언어인 JavaMAL을 활용하여, 프로그래밍의 함수개념 형성을 위한 학습모형을 구안 적용하고 일반화 가능성을 탐색하고자 하였다. 먼저 기초적인 프로그래밍 요소 중 함수개념과 관련된 학습요소를 추출하여 차시별 지도계획을 수립하였다. 또한, 프로그래밍의 함수가 수학적 함수의 모방이라는 것에 착안하여 수학의 '규칙성과 함수'지도 단계를 LOGO의 문제해결력 수업모형인 안내된 발견식 교수법(guided discovery teaching method)에 강화한 후, 인터넷을 활용한 문제해결 수업모형을 구안하였다. 기본명령어와 변수개념을 이미 익힌 계발활동 부서 6학년 아동들을 지도 대상으로 한 달간 웹 기반 JavaMAL 환경에서 학습할 수 있도록 하였으며, 게시판 활동 및 활동지를 통해 함수개념 형성 여부를 측정하였다.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.227-241
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• 2000

This study investigated the effectiveness of mathematical activities based on picture books for the development of children's problem-solving performance. Subjects were 72 children divided in two groups of 36 each; one group had mathematical activities based on picture books and the other group had of pencil-and-paper tasks. The problem-solving performance was measured in terms of the test by Ward(1993) with a few modification for pretest and posttest. Mathematical activities were performed 12 times over a 6 week period. The data was analyzed by Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA). The group taught by picture books significantly improved mathematical problem-solving performance.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.163-177
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• 2006

A new teaching-learning method is needed to improve creative problem-solving ability of the gifted students at mathematics. In response to this demand, I applied mentor-project studying to the mathematically gifted class students of Chungnam Science High School. The purpose of this monograph is to analyze in what situations they demonstrated mathematical creativity and whether the interactions among the gifted in the process of studying were of great help toward improving creativity. The effectiveness of mentor-project studying was especially verified by the analysis of creative problem-solving test results.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.455-469
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• 2007

In this study, we want to being helpful to improvement of ability to solve mathematical problem, that is grafted on the subjects being able to occur in real life, of students in teaching materials and results studied and developed in the university. For increasing ability to solve ingenious problem and growing in the learning ability of oneself leading of students. The goal of this study is to make possible open research as a result of that students look for problem around real life by one's own efforts and take interest in them through learning mathematics of parents of students, they are the most important fact of educational environment in the mathematics education - earlier than students. In particular, the goal of this study is that students have an positive attitude of mind for mathematics and maximize ability of practical application by the analytic thinking learned through experience of their parents, they survey, analyze and solve problems taken from real life in the method transmitting one's knowledge to others. This study is divided into 2 categories: education of students and education of their parents. By these, we want to disseminate advanced knowledge and theory through students improve the powers of thought, logic and inference, develop ability to solve mathematical problem, stir up motivation of learning and learn knowledge of mathematics become familiar with real life.

• School Mathematics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.135-151
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• 2004

This study investigated children's realistic response on problematic word problems focused on number operations. Even though word problems and problem solving should be considered in terms of realistic context, results indicates that children's responses didn't show realistic consideration in solving problems. Also, children showed their tendency of mindless or mechanical operation in solving problems and modeling problems