수학학습 포기 현상에 관한 근거이론적 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine in-depth the process and cause of the phenomenon in which students giving up learning math. For this purpose, 10 primary and secondary teachers, 5 middle school and high school students, and 4 university students and adults were interviewed in-depth. The analysis of the interview data used the grounded theory and followed the three coding stage of Strauss & Corbin(1998). As a result of first stage(open coding), 104 concepts, 37 subcategories, and 18 categories were derived. As the outcome of second stage(axial coding), we presented a paradigm model consisting of 3 factors, such as personal factors, mathematical educational factors and environmental factors, in addition action/interaction strategies and results. Those represent the causes of mass production of students who give up math. Lastly in third stage(selecting coding), the core categories were ‘unvaried math classes and difficult math tests’. This result suggests that how math is taught and math tests in public schools must be changed to reduce the number of students who give up learning math.