The purpose of this study is to improve interests about mathematics and understand the value of it, and to provide realistic support in operation of Whole day Club Activities as developing and proposing paper-folding learning material to raise affirma...
The purpose of this study is to improve interests about mathematics and understand the value of it, and to provide realistic support in operation of Whole day Club Activities as developing and proposing paper-folding learning material to raise affirmative attitudes about mathematics.
Especially, To provide paper-folding learning material of geometry parts and study the application of it, the research deals with following questions.
Question 1. How are the realities of Club Activities related with mathematics in middle school?
Question 2. How can paper-folding learning materials based on middle school geometry parts be developed?
Question 3. What kinds of features are apparent in the process of class where the developed learning materials are applied?
This study analyzed responses of 41 math teachers using percentage terms to address Question 1. It researched paper-folding learning material that was able to be applied to geometry parts and produced paper-folding learning materials with 7 subjects to address Question 2. It analyzed students features in the process of class and changes of attitudes about math to address Question 3.
The brief findings of the study are as follows :
First, in consequence of researches into the application based on geometry parts paper-folding learning activities through club activities have lots of useful parts for math class and worth learning materials.
Second, thanks to decreasing rejection and being familiar about mathematics, active participation of students will be apparent.
Third, we can find mathematical concepts in paper-folding learning activities.
The study shows that paper-folding learning activities are mathematical learning activities through making and proving mathematical facts or characters in paper-folding learning activities.
Finally, paper-folding activities bring the increased ability to learn mathematics. Simple activities of paper-folding give students a given condition to study the feature of geometry and the method of paper-folding , students can imagine and estimate them by themselves.
In turn students can get the expansion of learning ability, too.
As stated above, paper-folding activities are valuable as educational materials including club activities. When paper-folding activities were applied to the geometry class, the study shows that students can understand the concepts, characters, and definitions easier. Also it shows that students' self-confidence and positive attitude will increase.
Here are a few suggestions based on the product of this study.
First, it needs to develope paper-folding materials in various fields such as numeral, operation, and measurement as well as geometry.
Second, it needs to develope paper-folding materials involving math subject.
Third, as the study emphasizes the traits of the course and changed attitudes of students, a quantitative research to investigate the effects of learning is indispensable.
Fourth, as this study was approached with paper-folding activities only involving third-grade courses for club activities in middle school it needs to treat several levels of learning topics, questions, and object for the lower grades.