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Math Creative Problem Solving Ability Test for Identification of the Mathematically Gifted Middle School Students (중학교 수학 영재 판별을 위한 수학 창의적 문제해결력 검사 개발)

  • Cho, Seok-Hee;Hwang, Dong-Jou
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.1-26
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to develop a math test for identification of the mathematically gifted on the basis of their math creative problem solving ability and to evaluate the goodness of the test. Especially, testing reliability and validity of scoring method on the basis of fluency only for evaluation of math creative problem solving ability was one of the main purposes. Ten closed math problems and 5 open math problems were developed requiring math thinking abilities such as intuitive insight, organization of information, inductive and deductive reasoning, generalization and application, and reflective thinking. The 10 closed math test items of Type I and the 5 open math test items of Type II were administered to 1,032 Grade 7 students who were recommended by their teachers as candidates for gifted education programs. Students' responses were scored by math teachers. Their responses were analyzed by BIGSTEPS and 1 parameter model of item analyses technique. The item analyses revealed that the problems were good in reliability, validity, item difficulty and item discriminating power even when creativity was scored based on the single criteria of fluency. This also confirmed that the open problems which are less-defined, less-structured and non-entrenched were good in measuring math creative problem solving ability of the candidates for math gifted education programs. In addition, it was found that the math creative problem solving tests discriminated applicants for the two different gifted educational institutions.

The Impact of Social Support for and Self-esteem of North Korean Adolescent defectors on their Problem Solving Ability (탈북청소년의 사회적지지 및 자아존중감이 문제해결능력에 미치는 영향)

  • Chae, Kyung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.11
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    • pp.683-689
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    • 2017
  • Given that the ratio of adolescents among North Korean refugees is increasing, it is the right time to study the present situation of juvenile North Korean defectors. North Korean adolescents tend to find themselves in an uncomfortable situation as they experience unfamiliar lives in South Korea, and act passively in various situations. A proper resolution of such problems in this situation will help them adapt smoothly to South Korean society. This study investigates the relationship between social support, self-esteem, and problem-solving abilities of North Korean adolescent refugees based on a survey on 213 North Korean teens which was performed for 24 days beginning on June 14 2017. The study results show that emotional, material, informational, and evaluative support for North Korean adolescent defectors, which is a type of social support, had a positive effect on their self-esteem, and self-esteem in turn had a positive effect on their problem solving ability. In addition, self-esteem had a mediating effect on the relationship between the four types of social support and problem solving ability of North Korean adolescent defectors. This study suggested a practical plan to improve the problem solving ability of North Korean adolescent defectors for their smooth adaptation to South Korean society, through social support and improved self-esteem of North Korean adolescents, such as program development or self - development training.

Metacognitive Processes in the Problem Solving of Elementary School Children (학습부진아와 학습평균아의 초인지적 문제 해결 과정 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Kee Seon;Woo, Nam Hee
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.133-146
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of this study was to compare the metacognitive abilities of low and middle-achievers in elementary school. Forty-nine low-and fifty middle-achieving 6th graders were selected from two elementary schools in Seoul. The tower of Hanoi with three discs was used to explore the children's abilities. The subjects were asked to move the three discs on a post to another post five times. All children's performances on the Hanoi tower were video taped. KEDI-WISC, an intelligence test was also used to see whether the children's intelligence scores affect their performances. The results showed that: (1) there was no significant difference between the two groups in the rate of success for the tasks; (2) low-achievers took more time to finish the tasks than middle-achievers, but the time difference decreased dramatically after the first trial; (3) no significant differences was found in self monitoring abilities, though the low-achievers needed more time to start monitoring themselves; (4) low-achievers had much more difficulty in representing the tasks; (5) the IQ scores of the middle-achievers were significantly higher than the low-achievers, but the IQ scores of low achievers were more scattered than those of middle-achievers; that is, IQ scores significantly affected the performance of the children.

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Analysis on Factors and the Application of Mathematical Visualization in Problem Solving Process (문제 해결 과정에서 나타나는 수학적 시각화의 구성 요소 및 활용에 관한 분석)

  • Joo, Hong-Yun;Kwean, Hyuk-Jin
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-28
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of the study are to identify factors of mathematical visualization through the thirty students of highschool 2nd year and to investigate how each visualization factor is used in mathematics problem solving process. Specially, this study performed the qualitative case study in terms of the five of thirty students to obtain the high grade in visuality assessment. As a result of the analysis, visualization factors were categorized into mental images, external representation, transformation or operation of images, and spacial visualization abilities. Also, external representation, transformation or operation of images, and spacial visualization abilities were subdivided more specifically.

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The Evaluation of Class Design for the Computing Thinking Using Entry and Sensor Board (엔트리와 센서보드를 이용한 컴퓨팅 사고력에 대한 수업 설계 평가)

  • Mun, Sung-Yun;Lee, Hyuk Soo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.571-577
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    • 2017
  • Through the 2015 Revised Curriculum, programming education is introduced into the elementary school regular curriculum as part of the software education. Effective teaching & learning methods can be presented through an analysis of the effects of programming education on the problem-solving abilities. In this paper, students were divided into two groups according to their academic achievement, a learning program was developed for five times of implementation using the entry and the sensor board for the entry, and classes to which it was applied were conducted. Before and after the classes, a problem-solving test tool was used to measure and analyze the changes in Gamma waves and EEG concentration indicators. As a result, the gamma waves and the concentration indices of the students in the group with high academic achievement showed a tendency to be improved through the programming lessons, and those of the students in the group with poor academic achievement showed no such tendency. Through this, the necessity of the level-specific programming education in consideration of students' academic abilities was suggested.

Development of Physical Computing Curriculum in Elementary Schools for Computational Thinking (컴퓨팅 사고력 향상을 위한 초등 피지컬 컴퓨팅 교육과정 개발)

  • Kim, Jaehwi;Kim, Dongho
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.69-82
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    • 2016
  • Block-based educational programming language(EPL) is commonly used due to its availability at low or no cost. It is also preferred tool of computing education due to its intuitive design, ease-of-use and its effectiveness in increasing algorithmic thinking abilities especially in elementary students. Physical computing is also necessary because it brings students closer to real-world problem solving by connecting the real world with the computing environment. However, due to high-cost and required knowledge in electrical engineering, many schools find the education difficult to access. The study shows significant increase in computational thinking abilities in both groups treated with EPL and additional physical computing education.

The Development and Application of STEAM Education Program based on Systems Thinking for High School Students (고등학생을 위한 시스템 사고 기반의 융합인재교육 프로그램 개발 및 적용 효과)

  • Jeon, Jaedon;Lee, Hyonyong
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.1007-1018
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    • 2015
  • In the 21st century, in a Knowledge-Based Information Society, systems thinking is a very important human resources skill in science and technology, which is required in STEAM education in order to understand and solve complex problems. The purposes of this study are: (1) to develop a STEAM education program based on systems thinking; (2) to investigate the effects of the program on students' systems thinking. The systems thinking-based STEAM education program was developed on the basis of 'ADBAS' model (Park & Lee, 2013), and focused on the theme of watermill. A total of 60 high school students participated in this study. The results of this study showed that quantitatively as well as qualitatively, systems thinking skills improved after the treatment. In conclusion, the program we developed in this study can contribute in improving high school students' systems thinking skills and creative problem-solving abilities. The findings of this study may provide useful insights into cultivating human resources with systems thinking skills and creative problem-solving abilities.

The Influence of Debate Studies Through Small Group Activities in Ability Group to The Improvement of The Students′ Learning Ability. (토의식 수업을 적용한 수준별 소집단 협력학습이 학력신장에 미치는 영향)

  • 김성국
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.91-101
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    • 2001
  • Nowadays the number of students that is losing their interest as well as learning desire in mathematics is increasing because of lack of logical thought creative power and abstract expression that present-day mathematics requires by reason of discrepancy of extreme scholastic ability by speciality of mathematics. In these conditions, we reduce the number of learning depression by bringing about learning desire or learning interest on mathematics, and students learn effective learning methods to be voluntary learning of discovery themselves that studies basic concepts, principles, rules through logical thought of students to solve difference of scholastic ability, thus we assumed that debate studies through small group activities in ability group would be one of ways to improve learning power, so the results of our research are as follows; 1. Debate studies through small group activities were very effective because of reinforcing the achivement level of students. 2. By this learning method, an individual or cooperrative learning was fostered, and lively discussions were accomplished. And learning attitudes of students were changed by the extension of cooperative learning abilities through advices or by themselves. 3. A personal opinion is payed regard by accepting an individual idea in the process of making questions. Learners can correct wrong concepts in the process of correcting wrong answers. So if we apply above-mentioned studies with easy contents from the lower grades, the effectiveness would increase as learners go to the higher grade. According to the results of various researches as follows; "The teaching-learning method oriented coopperative debate studies is effective to find solutions to mathematical problems." If small group activities are applied in the educational situation to search the course of a desirable cooperation learning through small group activities to improve scholastic abilities for a discoverable problem-solving power. I think that the teaching-learning method oriented cooperative debate studies is one of the most desirable methods to increase the problem-solving ability.

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A Study on Learning Activities for Mathematics using Problem Posing Method through Brainwriting (Brainwriting 기법을 활용한 문제제기 수학학습 활동에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Duk-Koon;Ryu, Shi-Kyu
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.67-106
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    • 2010
  • This paper tries to analyze how effective the problem posing method through Brainwriting can be on mathematical problem solving and creativity as a way to seek a new pedagogy to enhance student problem solving levels and creativity in mathematics. The findings of the study can be summarized as follows: First, the Brainwriting problem posing method improved students' abilities to alter problems, suggest new problems from multi-perspectives, and solve them. All procedures for such were obtained through discussions among group members. Second, the Brainwriting problem posing method resulted in positive effects on fluency and originality among components of creativity, but not on flexibility. That is, studying mathematics with this method helped students develop creativity levels not in terms of flexibility but of fluency and originality. Third, the interest rate in mathematics learning rose for those who studied mathematics by adopting the Brainwriting problem posing method. Finally, this study caused the Brainwriting problem posing method to be more deeply understood and appreciated from a new perspective.

The Effect of the Learning Attitude and Achievement by the Group Presentation Method of Incorrect Answer Case in Mathematics (오답사례 조별발표방식이 수학과 학습태도 및 학업성취에 미치는 영향)

  • 곽만영;김승동
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.31-45
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    • 2000
  • The idea to be changed first among the general ideas of mathematics is that, from the standpoint of teachers, one-sided teaching is efficient due to the progress of classwork of excessive quantity, and, from the standpoint of students, they say they gave up mathematics publicly feeling uneasiness in every class because of the deficiency of previous learning and interest, and they think all problems are due to the educational system, neglecting their studies, not participating actively in lessons. Therefore this study is, after giving learning points and problem papers of which the degree of difficulty differs to the groups of students divided into the advanced, intermediate, and elementary by personal abilities of learning and concerns, tried out to remove uniformity and integrity of lessons through solving the problems students can, to convert lessons to the learner-oriented that learners take part in voluntarily through discussing, solving the problems, and correcting the errors of them by group-cooperative actions, for the students to realize that they can solve everything only by their own endeavors.

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