• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.33-51
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• 1992

The purpose of this study was to investigate activities of kindergarteners in the mathematics corner. The study included an analysis of children's interactions with mathematics materials and of children's peer interactions during mathematics activities. The subjects were 47 children aged three to four and 72 children aged four to five from four classes of two kindergartens in Kwangju. Children's math activities during free play sessions were observed and audiotaped. The data were coded by the categories of children's peer interactions and types of mathematics manipulations. The characteristics of children's peer interactions and materials frequently selected by the subjects were identified. The results indicated that (1) most of the math materials were for passive manipulation that require children to respond according to predetermined conditions like the rules of games, but (2) the materials that children liked to play with were active manipulative materials that require diversity and flexibility of children's thinking and allow several choices for solutions, and (3) children's peer interactions during math activities were categorized into unilateral and reciprocal/collaborative peer interaction type.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.545-570
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• 2014

This study was conducted to analyze the education theories applied to teaching-learning from the perspective of mathematical education. To this end, 41 papers regarding mathematical education theories were selected as study subjects from among 1,190 papers published in Korea between 2000 and 2013 in the Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education and the Journal of the Korean Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics, which are journals that specialize in mathematics education. These papers were classified according to mathematical education theory, study method, content field, and study subject to obtain the numbers of papers and percentages by category in order to analyze their contents.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.3-12
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• 2019

Due to the expansion of rolling admissions and diversification of college admissions, the widening gap between the level of scholastic ability and academic performance is the reality of college education. Thus, based on the incoming class of College A, this study analyzes the correlation between incoming students who enrolled in a college mathematics course during their first semester. Through this analysis, this study searches for a way to efficiently instruct students from various learning backgrounds when enrolled in the same course. Also, this study searches for a solution to lower the deviation of college mathematics' academic performance among engineering majors by examining the efficiency of a joint managed college mathematics curriculum.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.301-320
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• 2013

Although many people have recognized the importance of history of mathematics in mathematics education, there are few studies that history and mathematics educations are connected. In this paper, we present and discuss the ways of introducing the instruction with mathematics machines. This instruction use the history of mathematics as part of a class not as a tool to stimulate students' interest but as a goal that it can be targeted mathematical itself. To do this, we first analyze the characteristics of applying history of mathematics in mathematical education, second, describe the meaning and the educational value of mathematical machines, and finally explained the way of applying history of mathematics with mathematics machines. The Instruction of history of mathematics with mathematics machines has advantages that practice (manipulation and experiment) and theory (elaboration of definition, production of conjectures and constructions of proofs) are interlaced within a historic-cultural perspective.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.621-634
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• 1998

Emthusiasm about the introduction of computers into mathematics education is widespred. But, the perspectives about the relationship between mathematics education and computer are diverse. The purpose of this study is to examine theoretical background for using computers in mathematics education. In spite of the pedagogical possibilities of computers. only a small minority of mathematics teachers are using computers in mathematics classroom. It is natural to seek this obstacles within theoretical background of the teachers who manage computers, In this study, We discuss the problems in the two sides. First, due to increased computer activity, relationship of mathematics in school with mathematics in society is changing. It is tension between academic mathematics and practical mathematics. School mathematics have to be changed toward stressing practical mathematics. Second problem is the dialectical relationship between the individual and the collective. While maintaining a respect for the individuality of student contributions. We take into account the social dimension of mathematical meaning-making. We discussed theoretical clarification of work collaborative learning. We propose the case study for the roles of computer in collaborative mathematics learning.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.125-135
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• 1998

This study is to identify and analyze the realities and the problems of the open education in mathematics, and suggest the directions of the open education in mathematics. I have examined 104 primary school teachers using the questionnaire, observed and analyzed two open instructions. The advocates for open education should try to establish its identities. I claim that the open education in mathematics should be opening children's thinking. And I propose some suggestions for such instruction.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.19 no.4 s.24
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• pp.587-597
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• 2005

Mathematics education for social science majors at the college level could be a totally different subject from mathematics education for mathematics majors. We discuss goals, curriculum and effective teaching of mathematics for social science majors with a focus on business, management and economics at the college level.

• School Mathematics
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-23
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• 2001

In this paper, contents related to problem solving in 7th elementary mathematics curriculum analyzed in five aspects: problem solving stages, problem solving strategies, problems, problem posing, and assessment on problem solving abilities. From the results and processes of analysis, following conclusions are obtained: First, it is difficult to say the contents related to problem solving in 7th elementary mathematics curriculum are prepared organically. Second, it is difficult to say that contents related to problem solving in 7th elementary mathematics curriculum reflect results of recent researches.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.297-303
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• 2000

We investigate the conformally flat warped product manifolds and study the geometric structure of the base space and each fibre. Moreover we find the conditions that the base space and each fibres to be the space of constant curvatures.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.505-517
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• 2008

This paper studies on the necessity of mathematics/statistics in software and hardware fields. First, this research analyzes the contents of mathematics/statistics among subjects in software and hardware fields. Secondly, this research explores the relationship and connectivity between mathematics/statistics and major tracks of software and hardware fields. This connectivity between mathematics/statistics and majors in software and hardware fields would certainly contribute to creating pragmatic and professional knowledge.