• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.27-46
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• 2008

This research aimed to find out what kind of effects cyber home learning system has on the 7th educational system elementary school students in grade 6. Specifically, the effects on the students' mathematics learning achievements and mathematical disposition. The following items were established for the research objective. First, analyze what effects using the cyber home learning system for studying mathematics has on mathematics learning achievements. Second, analyze what effects using the cyber home learning system for studying mathematics has on mathematical disposition of the students. The following results were obtained from the analysis. First, the students who were subjected to the cyber home learning system showed improvements in mathematics learning achievements compared to those who weren't. Furthermore, the students who were subjected to the system on mathematical program showed greater improvements than those who were subjected to the system on social program. Second, the experimental group that was subjected to the system, when compared with the comparison group 1, was shown to have positive, statistically-significant effects on mathematical disposition. Moreover, though effects weren't statistically significant when compared with the group that was subjected to the system on social program, it was seen that there were changes in mathematical disposition to some degree.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.269-283
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• 2009

This study has investigated the way to improve the communication skills emphasized in mathematics education, and analyzed the effects of Communication Oriented Mathematics Lessons on the mathematical disposition and the academic achievements. For this research, two groups of first grade students from D elementary school in Daegu city were selected which had been proved homogeneous in mathematical disposition and academic achievements via a preliminary test. The experimental group was given Communication Oriented Mathematics Lessons (COML) while the control group was given Traditional Classroom-based Instruction (TCI). COML were given along with first grade, first level mathematics for eight weeks, to improve communication skills of the students who were unfamiliar with mathematical communications. The schemes for the education include revising, summarizing, asking questions, and participating. The results of the study were summarized for mathematical disposition and academic achievements. First, COML is effective to evaluate the will to solve problems in the mathematical disposition of the students, and to make it useful for them to live their lives and to learn other subjects. Second, previous studies have shown contrary interpretations on the effects of COML. This study has found that it does not improve the students' scores on the original form of academic achievement test.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.43-59
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• 2007

The goal of this thesis was to examine the effects of applying meta-problems to elementary school mathematics class In their achievements, beliefs and attitudes. To achieve this goal the following research questions were asked. a. What effects does the class applied with meta-problem have on students' mathematical achievements? b. What effects does the class applied with meta-problem have on students' mathematical beliefs and attitudes? To answer questions, an experimental study was designed and conducted. The subjects were 6th-grade students at S Elementary School located in Dobong-Gu, Seoul where the researcher teaches. Among them, the class that the researcher teach was chosen as the experimental group. During the experimental study, a teaching-learning with meta-problems was applied to the experimental group and a teaching-learning with general problems was applied to the comparative group. To examine changes in the mathematical achievements of the experimental group and the comparative group, a post-test of mathematical achievements was conducted and the results were t-tested. As well, to find answers to the second research question, a pre-test and a post-test of mathematical beliefs and attitudes were conducted on the experimental group and the results were t-tested. The results of this study were as follows First, the experimental group which was taught applying meta-problems got higher mathematical achievement than the comparative group. Second, the class with meta-problems did not bring significant changes in students' mathematical beliefs and attitudes. Synthesizing the study results above, a teaching-learning with meta-problems is a teaching-learning method that can accommodate problem solving naturally in school mathematics and give a positive effect on students' mathematical achievements.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.261-276
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• 2016

This study was to investigate the effects of peer mentoring on students' mathematical characters and mathematics achievements in mathematics class. The participants were twenty four 6th grade elementary students at the S school in Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea. They were divided into 4 groups according to the combination of groups. The researchers analyzed the experimental group and the control group with covariances on the sub-factors of the mathematical characters such as respect, caring, sharing, and openness. However, there were no statistically significant changes. However, with the help of the two analyses on the mathematical logs and the worksheets which had been carried out in advance by the quantitative and qualitative research methods, the researchers investigated how the peer mentoring-applied instructions would change the mathematical characters for each sub-factor in detail. In conclusion, the peer mentoring-applied instructions makes a positive contribution to the students' mathematical character and mathematical academic achievements. We suggest that peer mentoring in mathematics lessons should be adopted in various mathematical ability levels of students.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.51-64
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• 2002

The Purposes of This Study is to investigate the relationships among Multiple Intelligence(MI). Creativity and Home Economics achievements of the middle & high school students. The research of this study are performed as follows Subject of this study were 142 middle school student & 127 girls' high school. And The “Creativity Test” developed by Korean Creativity Research Institute(1998). Multiple Developmental Assesment scale were administrated as data gathering tools And end-term exam scores on 9 subject were collected as the measure of academic achievement. Especially the Home Economics achievement were collected with Written test and performance assesment. The data were analysed by pearson's correlation. The findings of this study were as follows: 1) A statistically significant correlation among the MI and Home Economics achievements in middle school students(linguistic, Logical-mathematical. Musical. Interpersonal, Intrapersonal) and high school students(linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Interpersonal) were found. But There were not statistical difference between another 8 subjects. 2) In middle school students. a statistically significant correlation among the creativity and Home Economics achievements were found But in high school students, statistically significant correlation among the creativity and Home Economics achievements were not found 3) In MI and Home Economics achievements correlation. there were not difference between written test and performance assesment.

• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.141-159
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• 2016

The purposes of the study are to recognize importance of motivation in math education and to increase interest in students' motivation problem by comparing math motivation between mathematically gifted and non-gifted 5th graders based on Keller's ARCS theory and analyzing correlations between math motivation, mathematically affective characteristics and mathematical achievements. For this purpose, 436 students who were mathematically gifted and non-gifted 5th grade students were asked to take questionnaires and test to measure math motivation, mathematically affective characteristics and mathematical achievements. After analyzing the data, there are statistically differences in three educational factors between two groups. In addition, there are correlations between three educational factors. This study revealed that highly motivated students showed positive mathematically affective characteristics and high mathematical achievements. As results indicate that motivation could be a crucial factor in learning, teachers should consider motivation strategy to plan students' lessons regarding to learners' giftedness.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.329-341
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• 2010

In this paper, we analyzed the freshmen's achievements on general mathematics their GPA based on 'basic mathematics diagonal test score'. Also, we studied the achievements of students who were not passed the 'Basic Mathematics Diagonal Test (BMDT)' and had to take supplementary lessons to improve their mathematics abilities four times a week during the first semester of academic year 2008 in Mokpo National University. Before taking college entrance exam, high school students had to choose two types of scholastic area. One is on 'Ga' or 'Na' in mathematics and the other is on Natural Science or Social Science. According to the types, we classified the freshman-Ga or Na and NS or SS. We found some facts. First, a few of Ga and NS freshmen had low score on the BMDT. Second, Na and NS freshman got higher score than Na and SS freshmen on the BMDT. Third, Ga and NS freshmen who passed the BMDT got higher score on the general mathematics than those who failed the BMDT. Finally, there are correlations between achievements of general mathematics and a curriculum of freshmen who were passed test after taking supplementary lessons.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.49-59
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• 1999

This article is to advance the connection between students' achievements and meditation and to explore the direct relationship between two factors by performing meditation in class, which has not been researched. As a result of study, I am convinced that meditation has a positive relation with achievements and many further experiments and researches (This article suggested many kinds of meditation.) will surely confirm this fact.

• Research in Mathematical Education
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.171-180
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• 2009

This study investigates relationships between 7th and 8th grade students' achievements in forming and solving equations of. Study was conducted on randomly selected 7th and 8th grade students of elementary schools in Konya City, Turkey. 145 students (99 female, 46 male) participated in the research. Data were collected by an 'Equation Test'. The test which is suitable for equation types in 7th Grade Elementary Mathematics Curriculum. It was developed by the researchers. The relationships between achievements in forming and solving equations were examined by dependent samples t-test. The t-test results show that there is a significant difference. This difference is in the favor of equation solving (p>0.05). In other word, students are more successful in equation solving. In addition, students' achievements about different types of equations were investigated. The results show that the students have the highest achievement in ax=b type and the lowest achievement in (ax+b)/c=(dx+e)/f type of equations.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.467-482
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• 2017

This paper studies the relationship between the college entrance examination scores and college mathematics achievements of the freshman, who are the students of college of technology and management in Yanbian University, by employing statistical analysis. First of all, we start from the correlation analysis of the majors and regions of students. Secondly, with gender and region as the classification, we divide the sample into two parts and test the mean significance, and we find that not only different gender but also different region have significant differences to college mathematics achievements. Thirdly, we use the college entrance examination scores as independent variable, and college mathematics achievement as the dependent variable to establish regression model. The model provides a realistic basis for the education department of our school, and provides reference value for the other major research.