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A Statistics Education Package Tong-Gramy for 5-8 Graders (초중등학생 교육용 통계패키지 통그라미 개발)

  • Lee, Jung Jin;Lee, Tae Rim;Kang, Gunseog;Kim, Sungsoo;Park, Heon Jin;Lee, Yoon-Dong;Sim, Songyong
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.487-500
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    • 2014
  • The elementary school curriculum includes some statistical concepts and many graphical methods. However, statistical concepts are difficult to understand; consequently, many of those graphs and numerical summaries are obtained by hand. We develop an intuitive statistics education package called Tong-Gramy focused on 5-8 graders to help students and teachers study statistics. This software covers numerical and graphical statistics that appear in 5-8 graders' textbooks. The graphs provided are dynamically linked to data and every graph is linked to every datum. The graphs of Tong-Gramy are dynamic graphs and morphing technology is used where applicable.

An International Comparison of R&D Efficiency: DEA Approach

  • Lee, Hak-Yeon;Park, Yong-Tae
    • Journal of Technology Innovation
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.207-222
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    • 2005
  • A prerequisite for making R&D more productive is to able to measure its productivity. Most of the previous studies on this topic have attempted to measure R&D productivity at the firm or industry levels. In this study, however, R&D productivity is measured at the national level to provide R&D policy implications, particularly for Asian countries. Contrary to the previous studies where total factor productivity was adopted, this study employs the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to measure R&D productivity. DEA is a multi-factor productivity analysis model for measuring the relative efficiency of each Decision Making Unit (DMU). In addition to the basic DEA model that includes all inputs and outputs, five additional models are constructed by combining single input with all outputs and single output with all inputs in order to measure specialized R&D efficiency. In this study, the twenty-seven countries are classified into four clusters based on the output-specialized R&D efficiency: inventors, merchandisers, academicians, and duds. Then, the characteristics of the Asian countries with respect to R&D efficiency are identified. It is found that Singapore ranks high in total efficiency, and Japan in patent-oriented efficiency. Meanwhile, China, Korea, and Taiwan are found to be relatively inefficient in R&D. We expect that the findings from this study will be able to provide directions for R&D policy-making of the Asian countries.

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Extension Services in Agricultural Experiment Station (지역특화작목시험장의 기술전파활동 현황)

  • Hwang, Jeong-Im;Kim, Sung-Soo;Park, Duk-Byeong
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.59-91
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    • 2007
  • The objectives of this study were 1) to explore the present status of extension services of agricultural experiment station, and 2) to get some implications for ameliorating extension services of agricultural experiment station. The data were collected through the semi-constructed interviews with 11 agricultural researchers in 6 local agricultural experiment stations and 11 farmers who have ever made contact with the researchers. The major findings of this study were as follows: The agricultural experiment stations were providing extension services as expedients to accommodate to new markets and structural changes of organizations, though they are originally research-oriented agencies. The extension methods of agricultural experiment stations were similar with those of extension agencies, and the extension methods used mainly were 'experiment plot demonstration exhibition', 'consultation using telephone, internet, face to face meeting', 'visiting farms and consulting'. These were generally carried out by farmer's request, therefore the extension services of agricultural experiment stations were provided in a passive way so far. Based on the results of this study, the followings are recommended for further development of extension services of agricultural experiment station: The rural development organizations should set principles and support for extension services of agricultural experiment stations. The alternative plans to strengthen the linkage between research and extension have to be made, and these plans should include financial, personnel and systematic arrangements for further development of extension services of agricultural experiment stations.

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Design and Implementation of Creativity Improving System to Support Humanity Education (안성교육을 위한 창의성 계발 시스템의 설계 및 구현)

  • Song, Tae-Ok;Jung, Sang-Wuk;Kim, Tae-Young
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2000
  • Humanity education is very important and essential part of education from the viewpoint of education. Further, it is valuable to utilize the advantages of computer system for systematic humanity education. In this paper, we designed and implemented Creativity Improving System(CIS) for improving student's creativity as an integrated component of Humanity Education System (HES) which will be developed in the near future. CIS is easy to maintain, repair and extend itself, since it is implemented based on Object-Oriented Development Method (OODM). By using 3-dimensional graphic technology, the contents of 3D-world in space is realistically expressed for improving the interest and effect of learning in the part of the maze game.

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A Comparative Analysis of the Science Curriculums and Textbooks of Middle School in South and North Korea (남.북한 중학교 과학과 교육과정 및 교과서 비교 분석)

  • Park, Kwang-Seo;Jeong, Eun-Ju;Yang, Il-Ho;Park, Kuk-Tae
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.481-498
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to compare and analyse the subject organization and teaching units of middle school science curriculums and science textbooks, by studying the organization of subject matter and content scope and level of middle school science subject in South and North Korea. As a result of this study, the composition, scope, and level of content between middle school science textbooks in South and North Korea were similar. However, the study found that science education objectives, separated science curriculum subject organization, economical efficiency weighted format and organization of science subject matter, result-centered experiments, the enlightenment of Kim Ilsung and his son in North Korea science education were very far from the desirable direction of science education. Therefore, the view on level-based curriculum and organization of the science curriculum should be integrated, and preparation of student-centered organization of textbooks and expansion of science-technology-society content is needed before unification. And also, the united Korea science curriculum shouldn't simply compromise or neutralize between middle school science curriculum in South and North Korea. They should make a future-oriented plan for information and globalism society.

Contents Analysis of Textbook Related to Safety Education in Elementary School (안전교육에 대한 초등학교 교과서 내용 분석)

  • Song, Mi-Kyung;Lee, Jung-Eun;Moon, Sun-Young;Yang, Sook-Ja;Kim, Shin-Jeong
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.205-220
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide basic data to develop safety education programs in elementary school. Method: Analysis is made based on textbooks for $1st-{\sim}6th-grade$ elementary school students published by Korea Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development. Results: 1) Among the textbooks. only , . , and courses dealt with safety education. 2) The contents of safety education included traffic safety, water safety, indoor and outdoor safety, fire, emergency measures, misuse and abuse of drug, smoking, toy safety, sports safety, leasure safety and disasters. However, the contents were theoretical, fragmentary, local and limited. Conclusion: These results suggest that the consents of safety education must be strengthened, and more practical and more behavior-oriented in consideration of activities.

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A Study on The Programming Education Curriculum with Scratch Language for The Elementary Student (스크래치 언어를 이용한 초등학교 프로그래밍 교육 과정)

  • Kim, Mi-Seon;Park, Phan-Woo
    • 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.01a
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2011
  • In the basis on the revised Information and Communications Technology guidelines at elementary and middle school, it is newly emphasized in 3rd stage of ICT guidelines that the programming education is needed to cope with information-oriented society at the elementary school. But, it is a little difficult for the young students to learn how to make program. In this paper, we suggest a programming education curriculum with Scratch Language and educational contents for the elementary student.

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Risk Management Software Utilization in the Singapore Construction Industry: Evaluation and Improvement

  • Hwang, Bon-Gang;Chua, Pee Mee
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.28-36
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    • 2011
  • Risk management is popularly and widely used in various industries to handle uncertainty that can negatively affect their businesses. While in the current Information-Technology oriented age, software packages are designed to assist in carrying out risk management processes, the construction industry does not seem to have software that is tuned to its specific characteristics and processes. Therefore, this study first explores the types of software that are commonly used for risk management in the Singapore construction industry. Also, using one-sample t-test, it is tested if the software programs used in the construction industry have effectively catered the needs of the users. For the analysis, a survey questionnaire was developed and the representatives from 34 companies participated in the survey. Furthermore, this study also makes use of the current risk management framework defined in ISO31000 to design a risk management software algorithm that can suit the needs for the Singapore construction industry. The results from this study will contribute to identifying strategic areas, in terms of use of risk management software, on which the industry needs to focus, ultimately enhancing their performance of risk management.

Development and Application of Failure-Based Learning Conceptual Model for Construction Education

  • Lee, Do-Yeop;Yoon, Cheol-Hwan;Park, Chan-Sik
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2011
  • Recent demands from construction industry have emphasized the capability for graduates to have improved skills both technical and non-technical such as problem solving, interpersonal communication. To satisfy these demands, problem-based learning that is an instructional method characterized by the use of real world problem has been adopted and has proven its effectiveness various disciplines. However, in spite of the importance of field senses and dealing with real problem, construction engineering education has generally focused on traditional lecture-oriented course. In order to improve limitations of current construction education and to satisfy recent demands from construction industry, this paper proposes a new educational approach that is Failure-Based Learning for using combination of the procedural characteristics of the problem-based learning theory in construction technology education utilizing failure information that has the educational value in the construction area by reinterpreting characteristics of construction industry and construction failure information. The major results of this study are summarized as follows. 1) Educational effect of problem-based learning methodology and limitation of application in construction area 2) The educational value of the information on construction failure and limitation in application of the information in construction sector 3) Anticipated effect from application of the failure-based learning 4) Development and application of the failure-based learning conceptual model.

TCP Performance Analysis over Mobile ad-hoc Networks (모바일 ad-hoc 네트워크에서 TCP 성능 분석)

  • Nam, Ho-Seok;Cho, Sol;Lee, Tae-Hoon;Kim, Jun-Nyun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.32 no.12B
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    • pp.800-808
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    • 2007
  • With the development of wireless data communication technology, all IP-based network will become compositions of wired and wireless networks. TCP is a connection-oriented, reliable transport protocol and has been used as de facto standard in most wired networks. Because TCP's congestion control algorithm could not distinguish congestion from BER, link failure and frequent route changes, TCP shows a poor performance over mobile ad-hoc networks. In this paper, the theoretical feature of TCP was studied and the performance of TCP over mobile ad-hoc networks was analyzed with ns2.