The purpose of this study on the development of teaching-learning plan integrated a sixth-grade mathematics subject with cooking activities is to develop the teaching-learning plan for the basic principle of curriculum, learning objective prone to ove...
The purpose of this study on the development of teaching-learning plan integrated a sixth-grade mathematics subject with cooking activities is to develop the teaching-learning plan for the basic principle of curriculum, learning objective prone to overlook due to the nature of cooking activities, provide chances for more significant cooking activities, and suggest teaching-learning ways to solve mathematical problems of an abstract concept through actual operating activities.
To achieve this, a survey was carried out on the total of 84 sixth-grade students at an elementary school in Yongin city, Gyeonggi-do. The teaching-learning plan was designed through six steps of state objective setting, the select method, media and material, the utilize media and materials, the require learner participation, evaluate and revise beginning with the first step of ASSURE model, analyze learners. The designed teaching-learning plan was modified and supplemented after receiving the interview test from 5 persons of focus group made up of general teachers and nutritive teachers(nutritionists). And three teachers in charge of six graders gave a teaching demonstration of the plans. After the class, learner assessment and curriculum assessment by learners were done to produce results, and an independent sample t-test was carried out to figure out the effective change in solving the real mathematical problems(correct and incorrect answers) before and after the class.
A survey targeting research subjects was carried out for the learner assessment and instructional process assessment on a 5-point scale after cooking activities by the teaching-learning plan from this study. The results are as follows.
The learner(group) assessment showed that the average assessment of 'all groups have positively participated in cooking activities' was 4.07 and 4.33 for the first semester and second semester, respectively. The learner(self) assessment showed that the average assessment of 'I have positively participated in cooking activities without being excluded from group activities' was 4.42 and 4.23 for the first and second semester, respectively. The instructional process assessment showed that the average assessment of ‘the cooking activities was a clear learning objective’ was more than 4.29 for both the first semester and second semester, which the learning objective was clear for the design of teaching-learning plan in this study.
The average assessment of ‘the mathematical problems presented to cooking activities were related to cooking activities‘ was more than 4.15 for both the first semester and second semester, which cooking activities were related to a mathematics subject. The average assessment of 'I had a definite experience that a mathematics subject is applied to my real life through this class in cooking activities' was more than 4.06 for both the first semester and second semester, offering an experience that mathematics is applied to real life.
The response of 'yes' in ‘as the group activity numbering in the cooking activity class has an effect that can positively participate in cooking activities, the numbering is desirable’ was more than 92.9% for both the first semester and second semester, which the group numbering for attracting positive participation was desirable.
The post-assessment before and after cooking activities showed that as the average of pre-assessment and post-assessment was 5.04 and 5.77, respectively, which there was a significant difference(p<.01), with a significant effect of cooking activities integrating a mathematics subject.
As stated above, the cooking activity class integrating a mathematics subject in this study suggested the clear learning objective to learners, and provided them with a direct experience applied the mathematical concept to their real life as cooking activities linked to a mathematics subject. When cooking activities of clear learning objective are perceived as a learning tool, not simple cooking activities for interest and fun, to integrate knowledge organization and solve the problems through the learning linked to general subjects, the cooking activity class to the integrated approaches will increase more educative value as cooking activities.