초등학생의 공간시각화능력 및 수학성취도에 관한 연구

Abstract

공간능력은 수학의 직관적 관점과 수학적 이해 및 수학적 성취도와도 밀접한 관련이 있다는 점에서 매우 중요한 능력으로 평가될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 초등학교 4, 5, 6학년 학생 1228명을 대상으로 공간시각화능력을 조사하였다. 이를 통하여 다음과 같은 연구결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 첫째, 공간시각화 능력과 수학성취도, 공간시각화 능력과 공간시각화 검사시간 사이에 상관관계가 있다. 둘째, 공간능력은 남녀 사이에 차이가 있었으며, 남학생이 여학생보다 더 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 공간능력은 학년수준에서 4학년보다는 5학년이 높았으며, 5학년보다는 6학년이 더 높게 나타났다. Spatial ability has been valued as one component of intelligence and associated with the achievements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and important in STEM education. The purpose of this study is to assess elementary school students' spatial ability and analyze the relationship with mathematical achievement, gender and grade level. This study explored the spatial visualization ability of 1288 elementary school students (grade 4-6) in Seoul and Gangwon province and investigated association between spatial ability and students' mathematics achievement, the students' spatial ability according to their gender and grade level. As a result, this study showed that there were significant correlations between spatial ability and mathematical achievement. And also, boy students were better than girl students in spatial ability and higher grader were better than lower graders in spatial ability. According to these results, spatial ability should be included as one of the important components in identifying students for gifted education programs. Furthermore, more research is needed on how to effectively structure educational opportunities to students both who have high spatial ability and have low spatial ability.