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Development and application of teaching - learning materials for mathematically gifted students by using Fermat Point - ('페르마 점'을 활용한 중학교 수학 영재 교수·학습 자료 개발 및 적용)

  • Yoon, Joon-Ho;Yun, Jong-Gug
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.335-351
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to develop Project-Based Teaching-Learning materials for mathematically gifted students using a Fermat Point and apply the developed educational materials to practical classes, analyze, revise and correct them in order to make the materials be used in the field. I reached the conclusions as follows. First, Fermat Point is a good learning materials for mathematically gifted students. Second, when the students first meet the challenge of solving a problem, they observed, analyzed and speculated it with their prior knowledge. Third, students thought deductively and analogically in the process of drawing a conclusion based on observation. Fourth, students thought critically in the process of refuting the speculation. From the result of this study, the following suggestions can be supported. First, it is necessary to develop Teaching-Learning materials sustainedly for mathematically gifted students. Second, there needs a valuation criteria to analyze how learning materials were contributed to increase the mathematical ability. Third, there needs a follow up study about what characteristics of gifted students appeared.

Mathematics teachers' knowledge and belief on the high school probability and statistics (수학교사의 확률과 통계에 대한 지식과 신념)

  • Kim, Won-Kyung;Moon, So-Young;Byun, Ji-Young
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.45 no.4 s.115
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    • pp.381-406
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    • 2006
  • This work aims to investigate mathematics teachers' knowledge and belief on the high school probability and statistics. For this aim, two research questions are estabilished as follows. (1) How is mathematics teachers' knowledge on the main contents of the high school probability and statistics in the 7th mathematics curriculum? (2) What is mathematics teachers' belief on the high school probability and statistics? Survey and interviews were carried out to answer the above research questions. Subjects of the survey were 2 7mathematics teachers who were answered to questionnaire. Among them, 3 volunteers were chosen by provinces for in-depth interview. Research findings in mathematics teacher's knowledge are as follows. Firstly, mathematics teachers do not have much of mathematical knowledge on the newly added and changed contents of the high school probability and statistics in the 7th mathematics curriculum. Secondly, mathematics teachers do not change their teaching-learning method for probability and statistics. Thirdly, many teachers think that the use of technology and reconstruction of the textbooks are required in teaching and learning of the high school probability and statistics. But, they stick on their own way. Research findings in mathematics teachers' belief are as follows. Firstly, many mathematics teachers view the nature of statistics as a branch of the applied mathematics and put the value of high school probability and statistics on the practical usefulness, Secondly, many mathematics teachers think that understanding concepts and improving problem solving ability are the best method of the teaching and learning. Thirdly, many mathematics teachers think that high school probability and statistics textbooks should cause motivations and interests in order not to give up studying probability and statistics. It is expected that the above findings can be used to change teachers' teaching and learning methods and to improve teachers training program.

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The Influence of Family Strength on College Students' Flow (가족건강성이 대학생의 몰입에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Hyo Jin;Jung, Sohee;Choi, Woong Yong
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.81-97
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    • 2017
  • Objecives: This study was performed to analyze the effect of the family strength perceived by college students on flow. Methods: To achieve this purpose, a survey on the family strength and flow was conducted on 113 male college students and 187 female college students. Correlation analysis and independent sample t-test were carried out among the variables, and regression analysis was performed to examine the effect of the family strength on flow. Results: The results are as follows. Firstly, the family strength of the college students had a static correlation with flow. Secondly, the examination on the difference between the male and female college students in the family strength and the flow revealed that the family strength and flow of male students were significantly higher than those of the female students. Thirdly, according to the analysis on the influence of family strength on flow when the sociodemographic background was controlled, the shared value system among family members, the ability of problem solving, and ties with family members from the sub-factors of family strength had significant effect on the sub-factors of flow. Conclusions: Through the above results, this study identified that family strength is important for college students who have greater independence and freedom than in middle and high school, and the higher family strength was, the higher flow was. This result can be used as a basis to prepare a practical intervention plan to increase the flow of college students.

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Analysis on the General Education at an Engineering College - Hongik University, College of Science and Technology - (공과대학의 소양교육 현황 분석 - 홍익대학교 과학기술대학을 중심으로 -)

  • Park Jin-Won;Baek Hyun-Deok;Sim Soo-Man;Chung Bo-Hyun
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.19-31
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    • 2004
  • This study is for the analysis on the basic engineering education for enhancing the quality of engineers at a local engineering school. Negative appraisal for the engineering education by industry, the decrease on the number of students applying for the colleges of engineering, the changes on the high school education make the engineering schools forced to improve the basic engineering education. For the starting point for the study, we have surveyed on the current engineering education by asking questions to professors, students and alumni of Hongik College of Science and Technology. Analyzing the survey results and considering the needs by industry, we have set the basic educational philosophy as educating practical engineers and have decided the goals of basic engineering education as changing to student oriented education, enhancing the field adaptation capability, improving the problem solving ability and introducing engineering design courses.

A Case Study in Engineering Design of Vehicle Aerodynamics Course by CO2 Model Dragster (CO2 모형 경주차를 이용한 차량 공기역학의 공학설계 사례연구)

  • Jang, Hyun-Tak
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.8
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    • pp.2750-2757
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    • 2010
  • Recently, there have been a number of voices from industry that automotive education at the college is too theoretical and so college graduates are lack of practical ability to apply the automotive idea to actual systems. In order to educate engineering students design qualities in creative problem solving, this paper reports the results of employing engineering design projects in a Motor sports course of at A College. This paper presents design creterion and manufacture process of $CO_2$ model dragster, measures $CO_2$ model dragster speed and aerodynamic drag. In order to investigate the impact of engineering design on student's learning, a survey was conducted in 2008 spring semester. According to the results of survey analyses, student's key competencies and satisfaction reports high values on engineering design projects.

A Suggestion of Standard Curriculum Model for Strengthening the Competency of High-skilled Master Workplace Trainers In Degree-linked Work-and-Study in Parallel Courses (학위연계형 일학습병행제에서 고숙련마이스터 기업현장교사의 역량 강화를 위한 표준 교과 모델 제안)

  • Kim, Min-Chul;Kim, Dong-Wook;Son, Yung-Deug;Kim, Seung-Hee
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.181-193
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    • 2019
  • A workplace trainer is required to have profound theoretical and technological knowledge, sufficient experience and problem-solving ability in order to play the role of a competent trainer and assessor for the apprentices and experienced worker students who are participating in the Work-Learning Dual System of the company. This study has introduced a Degree-linked Highly Skilled professional Course in Korea and proposed an optimized standard education model for the training of high-quality workplace trainers. It is expected that this study will contribute greatly to the training of highly skilled professionals for efficient implementation of the Work-Learning Dual System and stable institutional settlement of the Highly Skilled professionals Course as the first empirical study on the training of highly skilled professionals.

Research on Analysis of Factors Affecting Mathematics Academic Achievements: a Case Study of an Elementary School in Busan (수학 학업성취도의 영향 요인 분석 연구 - 부산광역시 동구의 초등학교 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Dong-Joon;Choi, Soo-Yeong
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.383-398
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    • 2009
  • We conduct a survey on mathematics academic achievement to 4th, 5th, and 6th grade elementary school students at Dong-Gu in Busan in order to provide teachers in elementary schools with basic research data. The survey questionnaire includes home background, private education, the difficulty degree of mathematics textbook, practical usage of computers, group-teaching, teaching methods, preview, review, homework amount, learning attitude, problem solving ability, interest for mathematics, and the relationships of a home room teacher and friends. Based on survey data we perform factor analysis to find major factors affecting mathematics academic achievement. We identify if there are statistically significant differences in responses of survey for gender group and grade group with regard to survey questions belonging to the major factors obtained in factor analysis.

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Factors affecting on Filming of the Adolescent's Sexual Behavior by using Smart Phone (스마트폰을 통한 청소년 성행동 촬영에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Kim, Seok Hwan
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.71-81
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: The objective and aim of this research is to cultivate a problem-solving ability by analysing the factors that negatively impact on filming sexual behaviour by adolescent. Methods: This research mainly refer to the secondary reference which is conducted a survey of all over the country by National Youth Policy Institute. 3,963 students on the register who participated in survey between 12th of June in 2014 and 15th of July in 2014 was nominated as final recipient for research. Results: Firstly, it has been shown that students who have watched sexual video have more experienced at filming sexual behaviour. In the area of stimulation(p<0.01) and emulation/sharing(p<0.001) except to violation of human rights, adolescent who has experienced at filming sexual behaviour significantly gains more high score than adolescent who does not have experienced statistically. Secondly, as a result of analysis the factors which negatively impact on filming sexual behaviour by adolescent with Binary logistic regression analysis, the adolescent who have shared sexual video was impacted on having an experience at filming sexual behaviour. and the adolescent who had sexual conversation was impacted on having an experience at filming sexual behaviour. Conclusion: A local autonomous entity and school should enforce systematic health education and practical management of mass media rather than unconditional restriction of adolescent's use of smart phone. To carry out this, the state and a local autonomous entity should urge plan for support for settling the instructive environment about using smart phone.

A Study on the Improvement of Engineer Rating System in the Age of 4th Industrial Revolution (4차 산업혁명시대 엔지니어링 기술자 등급체계의 개선전략 탐구)

  • Yoon, Sang Pil;Kim, Beop Yeon;Choi, Jeong Min;Yoon, Ki Chan;Kim, Mi Ryang;Kwon, Hun Yeong
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.53-74
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    • 2018
  • This study theoretically examines the essence of the competencies, qualifications and grades newly required in the era of the 4th industrial revolution, points out that the engineer rating system does not reflect the new talent and practical capability, and conducts theoretical and empirical analyzes on improvement of the rating system. The current rating system need to be improved because it is not possible for graduates and experience workers to upgrade. Also, it is reasonable that the current highest grade of engineer, the Professional Engineer, which is a sort of qualification, is not a grade but a function of calculating the grade. Based on this theoretical background, empirical analysis of the question investigation and focus group interview shows that the rating system should be improved to four grades or return to the previous system in 2013. And if it is reduced to four grade, it should go in the way that the professional engineer and the qualified engineer combined. In the industry, the future skills of engineers are as follows : qualification, ability to use emerging technology, problem solving, understanding and utilization of major, and data management, etc. These can be summarized as qualification, education (degree) and career. In particular, the engineering industry considers qualifications, degrees, and career experience, and career experience as the most important elements of the rating system. In this regard, it is necessary to introduce a method that accurately reflects the career experience in the improvement of the engineer rating system.

A Study on the Educational Methods of Convergence Major Based Learning (CMBL) for University Students (지역 연계 융합전공수행 기반 대학 교육 방안 연구)

  • Hyun-ju Kim;Jinyoung Lee
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to develop convergence major-based learning (CMBL), which selects performance tasks related to local problems at hand and solves them based on convergence major performance, and builds a suitable teaching and learning model. We developed a CMBL class with a team project-type class that finds and solves practical problems in the region to cultivate overall problem-solving capabilities for convergence major competencies. Additionally, for this class, the instructor played a role as a bridgehead to explore and connect the community's sites, and students visited connected institutions in person to identify problems they need based on understanding and empathy for the subjects through field observation and qualitative interviews, and developed a CMBL class teaching and learning model necessary to directly solve them by using their major capabilities to the fullest. Therefore, we intend to present the future-oriented direction of university convergence education required by the community by forming a group of students with various majors to cultivate the ability to solve realistic problems in the community.