A Study on the Educational Contents of Primary Mathematics:Historical and Experimental Approach to Teaching Fraction

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: OKANO Tsutomu 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 教授 (30233357)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OTA Kunio 千葉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40176889)
• Research Collaborator: Tano Haruhiko 北海道・長沼町立西長沼小学校, 教諭
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 初等数学 / 教育内容 / 分数 / 授業書 / 国定教科書 / 師範学校 / 教育実践

Outline of Final Research Achievements

(1)　The subject of our study is the educational contents of primary mathematics. To approach this subject,we adopted an experimental method and a historical method.And we set focus on fraction,which is an important content of primary mathematics.
(2) As an experimental research,we conducted an experimental lesson for 4th grade students of elementary school.And through the examination of the results of the lesson,we clarified the educational contents and teaching materials of fractions(a definition,properties,order and four arithmetical operations) in form of“jyugyousho”.
(3) As a historical research,we made a study on the national textbooks of arithmetic(1905-1927),the report on the textbooks presented from normal school (1912-1916) and the results of practical study addressed　by teachers (1910-1921).We set focus on a definition of fraction and showed the existence of the fraction theory as primary mathematics.

Free Research Field

教育学（教育内容・方法）