2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Educational Practice on More Meaningful Teaching/Learning of Linear Algebra Starting from Real-Life Applications
| Project/Area Number |
20500767
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Science education
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| Research Institution | Toyota National College of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIZAWA Hitoshi 豊田工業高等専門学校, 電気・電子システム工学科, 教授 (40249800)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIOKA Takayoshi 豊田工業高等専門学校, 電気・電子システム工学科, 准教授 (30270268)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | ものづくり / 線形代数 / 有意味学習 / 空間図形 / ベクトル方程式 / 国際研究者交流 |
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| Research Abstract |
We had presumed that major causes of students 'poor achievement in linear algebra were too high abstractness and distance of the lessons from real world applications. To compensate this situation and deepen the students' conceptual understanding, we redesigned our lesson-plan to be directed from concrete examples towards abstract mathematical ideas, from handling graphic objects and observing their characteristics towards building vector equations and manipulating them symbolically. The new lessons are changing our students learning style from black-box approach to more meaningful one.
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