• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.19-35
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• 2014

In this study, an experimental elementary school mathematics textbooks in use in the effects of the storytelling investigated. For this purpose, three different elementary schools teachers and students to a group of grades 3-4 mathematics textbooks for the effects of the storytelling questionnaire study. Survey, teachers were given an overall rating of storytelling in mathematics textbooks were positive recognition. Specifically, learning motivation and communication have significant positive recognition and learning of mathematics content that was helpful. The students are given an overall rating of storytelling textbooks showed a positive reaction. Grade 3 students were more positive than the four-year students. More specifically, mathematics is interesting storytelling. That public education was more fun than private supplementary education. But for storytelling low-level math students need measures showed insignificant changes.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.275-299
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to provide an opportunity for better understanding and application of 2009 revised elementary school mathematics textbooks through survey data and focus group interview on structures of textbooks. First, We collect online survey results which 2333 elementary school teachers participated. Next, We interview focus group(8 teachers) about shapes of textbooks, quantity of learning contents, activities and problems for evaluation in the mathematics lessons. Storytelling is especially issued in the 2009 revised mathematics curriculum. We intensively discuss learning and teaching methods with application of storytelling textbooks; interests of students, role of storytelling textbooks etc. As results of analysis, the positive rate to use the 2009 revised textbooks is relatively high about shapes and activities of textbooks. But there is more considered about storytelling method. Storytelling may be positive on improvement of learning interests and participation of students. In order to develop these advantages, studies in relation of storytelling are more proceeded and teaching materials for teachers are required effectively in order to applicate to the elementary school.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences between the cognitive load of mathematics textbooks based on storytelling and traditional mathematics textbooks that are presented to students. In order to verify this, we have selected two 4th grade classes in elementary school that were identified as a homogeneous group through prior testing, and thus were separated into experimental group and comparative group. Then, without the teacher's lessons, the experimental group learned from mathematics textbooks based on storytelling and the comparative group learned from traditional mathematics textbooks. Afterwards, the two groups' cognitive load was measured through a questionnaire, and the following results were obtained: In the 'mental effort' and 'self evaluation' categories, the students that learned from the mathematics textbook based on storytelling showed higher scores than the students that learned from the traditional mathematics textbook. also there was statistically significant difference in some items. However, no statistically significant difference was found in the remaining categories 'task difficulty', 'self evaluation', and 'material design'.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.527-544
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• 2015

Storytelling is one of the important features in the elementary school mathematics textbooks of the 2009 revised curriculum. In particular, the whole 'comparing objects' unit in the first grade mathematics textbook is based on storytelling method. In this study, we investigate the contents of the stories and the mathematical activities in the 'comparing objects' unit from both mathematical and character educational viewpoints. Based on our investigations, we analyze educational problems on teaching and learning mathematics as storytelling, suggest reconstructed alternative mathematical activities, and drew their educational implications.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.413-430
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to analyze mathematical storytelling in Korean elementary mathematics textbooks and propose some applications for better storytelling, Storytelling strategies were introduced for enhancing students' understanding on mathematical concepts and improving students' attitudes toward mathematics. For this study, the researcher analyzed the 2nd grade mathematics textbook that employs storytelling strategies. The results are as follows. First, current storytelling textbook chapter is designed to appreciate students' intellectual autonomy. Second, current storytelling textbook chapter includes the storytelling that helps understand mathematical concepts and exercise mathematical skills. Third, current storytelling textbook chapter is designed for enhancing students' interest and helping students' character education. The researcher suggested the followings. First, a long term field-based research should be continued for more improved mathematical storytelling materials. Second, a digital format storytelling also needs to be developed as an alternative strategy of mathematical storytelling, which reinforces interactions between teller and listeners.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.143-158
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• 2015

This research was conducted with focus groups interviews targeted at elementary teacher to analyze perceptions on storytelling based mathematics textbooks. As a result, elementary school teacher recognizes the introduction of storytelling as a major change in the revised textbooks. In addition, a change in the appearance of the revised textbook, the role of the Materials package, a change of assessment items, and increased exploration activity and the experience turned out to be having a significant impact on actual classroom as much as the introduction of storytelling.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.493-504
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• 2014

Some problems of elementary mathematics textbook applying storytelling continue to be suggested since implementing it in mathematics instruction. The paper looks into concrete problems. First problem is the lack of mathematics education experts studying storytelling in the field. Second problem is that a variety of materials including storytelling need to be used in the process of developing instruction materials. Third problem is that storytelling needs to include integration of various mathematical knowledge. Fourth problem is that it is needed to develop making storytelling focused on mathematical concepts. Fifth problem is that there is no appropriate lessen plan necessary for instruction applying storytelling. Sixth problem is that storytelling inducts intrinsic motivation as well as extrinsic motivation. Final problem is the sources of story need to be diverse. It is expected that storytelling reflecting those aspects is developed.

• School Mathematics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.683-699
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• 2013

At the point when textbooks based on storytelling have been used in math classes for elementary first and second grades, this research analyzed any changes in perspectives of in-service teachers towards storytelling education, to promote further application for teaching and learning math by storytelling in the future. 30 in service teachers who have used math textbooks based on storytelling were surveyed in March and in July, 2013. For the better understanding of the survey results, four of the subjects were selected and interviewed. Consequently, teachers' perspectives towards the appropriateness and efficiency of the storytelling education did not change significantly. It also suggested that the most suitable area for storytelling is measurement, the least suitable area is geometry, and storytelling by real-life applications is effective in teaching elementary math.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.141-154
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• 2015

This study analyzed storytelling in mathematics textbooks for third graders, which had been developed according to the 2009 revised mathematics curriculum. Storytelling are supposed to be composed of elements such as message, conflicts, characters, and plot, all of which should be consistent with and focused on unit contents. Especially, conflicts in storytelling should be so obvious that children can take an initiative in learning tasks to solve the problems required by the tasks. The analysis of storytelling in the introduction part in teacher's guides for the third-grade textbooks indicates the following: 1) messages are unclear; 2) conflicts are frequently absent (if any, they are unclear); 3) incidents attributable to textbook characters are insufficient; and 4) plots often lack plausibility. In order to achieve the purposes for which storytelling in mathematics textbooks is intended, storytelling should be reconstructed and improved, taking the roles that each component should serve into consideration.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.277-297
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• 2014

In this study, we analyzed what STEAM-related subject contents, except mathematical knowledge, are contained in 2009 revised elementary first grade mathematics textbooks. STEAM-related subject contents in the textbooks were examined by unit and by strand of the content in the elementary school mathematics curriculum. According to the results, the number and the type of STEAM-related subject contents are different depending on the unit and the strand of the mathematics content. Generally speaking, in each unit and in each strand of mathematics, storytelling liberal arts-related contents are seen the most, followed by non-storytelling liberal arts-related contents and physical education contents in order, while the number of musical contents was very small. So we need to develop different STEAM materials in order to activate STEAM education in our elementary math classrooms.