수학적 의사소통과 표상을 강조한 수학활동이 유아의 수학적 개념 형성에 미치는 영향 = Using mathematical activities based on mathematical communication and representation to improve young children`s mathematical concepts

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This study investigates how mathematical activities based on mathematical communication and representation can improve children`s mathematical concepts. Subjects were forty-six 4-year-old children at ``S`` kindergarten and ``H`` kindergarten in Seoul, divided into an experimental group of 25 children at ``S`` kindergarten and a comparative group of 21 children at ``H`` kindergarten. In order to test the premise, I designed a mathematical program consisting of three steps in which, for 16 weeks, the experimental group engaged in 1) exploring mathematical concepts, 2) representing those concepts, and 3) communicating with others about them. Post-tests given to both groups, show a significant positive statistical difference between the experimental group and the comparative group in the scores of children`s mathematical concepts: numbers, geometry, measurement, pattern, and probability and statistics. These results demonstrate that mathematical activities based on mathematical communication and representation improves and deepens children`s mathematical concepts.