Education of Primary School Mathematics (한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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A Fourth Grade Student's Units Coordination for Fractions

단위 조정에 따른 초등학생의 분수 개념 이해 분석

  • Received : 2020.03.13
  • Accepted : 2020.04.29
  • Published : 2020.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore how units-coordination ability is related to understanding fraction concepts. For this purpose, a teaching experiment was conducted with one fourth grade student, Eunseo for four months(2019.3. ~ 2019.6.). We analyzed in details how Eunseo's units-coordinating operations related to her understanding of fraction changed during the teaching experiment. At an early stage, Eunseo with a partitive fraction scheme recognized fractions as another kind of natural numbers by manipulating fractions within a two-levels-of-units structure. As she simultaneously recognized proper fraction and a referent whole unit as a multiple of the unit fraction, she became to distinguish fractions from natural numbers in manipulating proper fractions. Eunseo with a reversible partitive fraction scheme constructed a natural number greater than 1, as having an interiorized three-levels-of-units structure and established an improper fraction with three levels of units in activity. Based on the results of this study, conclusions and pedagogical implications were presented.

본 연구의 목적은 학생의 단위 조정 능력이 분수 개념 이해와 어떻게 관련되는지 탐구하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 초등학교 4학년 학생을 대상으로 4개월(2019.3.~2019.6.)에 걸쳐 교수 실험을 진행하였고 본 논문에서는 학생의 분수 개념 이해와 관련된 스킴과 조작이 교수 실험 동안 어떻게 변화하였는지에 대한 상세한 분석을 제시하였다. 학생의 단위 조정 조작은 분수 개념을 이해하는 능력과 밀접한 연관이 있는 것으로 나타났는데, 수업 초반에 부분 분수 스킴의 학생은 분수를 2수준 단위를 가지고 조작함으로써 분수를 또 다른 종류의 자연수로 인식하였다. 학생은 진분수와 전체 1을 단위 분수의 배수로 동시에 인식하면서 분수를 자연수와 명확히 구분하였다. 역 부분 분수 스킴의 학생은 1보다 큰 자연수를 내재화된 3수준 단위로, 자연수 아닌 가분수를 활동 중에 3수준 단위로 구성하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 결론 및 교수학적 시사점을 제시하였다.

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