Communications of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집)

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The Analysis of the Way of Teaching and Learning Logarithms with a Historical Background in High School Mathematics

학교수학 관점에서 살펴본 로그의 역사적 배경과 교수-학습 방법에 대한 고찰

  • Received : 2011.08.08
  • Accepted : 2011.09.23
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the way of teaching and learning logarithm in high school mathematics and provide practical suggestions for teaching logarithms. For such purpose, it reviewed John Napier's life and his ideas, the effect of logarithms on seventeenth century science, and a logarithmic scale and its methods of calculation. With this reviews, introduction of logarithms with function concept, logarithmic calculation with common logarithms, and the formula of converting to other logarithmic bases were reviewed for finding a new perspective of teaching and learning logarithms in high school mathematics. Through such historical and pedagogical reviews, this paper presented practical suggestions and comments about the way of teaching and learning logarithms in high school mathematics.

본 연구는 고등학교 수학에서 지도되고 있는 로그의 교수-학습 방법에 대한 새로운 관점과 방법을 고찰해보고 이를 통해 학교수학의 로그 지도에 대한 시사점을 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위하여 로그의 역사적 배경을 John Napier, 17세기 과학에 대한 로그의 영향, 그리고 로그계산자와 로그계산 방법을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 이런 배경과 함께 로그의 교수-학습 방법에 대한 고찰에서는 함수 개념을 이용한 로그의 도입, 상용로그를 이용한 로그계산, 밑의 변환 공식에 대해서 고찰하였다. 이런 역사적, 교수방법적 고찰을 통하여 학교수학에서 로그 지도에 대한 여섯 가지 시사점을 제시하였다.

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