2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of modeling as core in science education curriculum

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15500573
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Science education
Research Institution	Yamagata University
Principal Investigator	OSAWA Hironori Yamagata University, Faculty of Education, Art and Science, associate professor, 教育文化学部, 助教授 (10343071)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MORIKAWA Ikutarou Yamagata University, Faculty of Education, Art and Science, Professor, 教育文化学部, 教授 (20166391)
Project Period (FY)	2003 – 2006
Keywords	modeling / application
Research Abstract	This research is a practical case-study on the aspect of mathematical modeling and applications of mathematics. I promoted the classes of mathematics of the junior high school which were developed by action-research. Especially, I tried to handle the problems in the real world at the math-classes. The main teaching materials were settled in a book "Mathematics in life". For instance, the following topics have been described in it : (1) Weight of eggs (2) Hitotachi-origami (3) Baton passing (4) Triangular graph (5) Patterned making (6) Decision making (7) Victory method in janken (8) Time and hour (9) Surface area of an orange (10) Daily expression and mathematical expression (11) Slide puzzle (12) Fractal model (13) Secrets of ISBN (14) Error correcting codes (15) Iekebana (16) Kiela (17) Cryptography (18) Amidakuzi (19) Measurement by a board (20) π