Study on Mathematics Education Method for Nurturing Innovators

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381244
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Tsuyama National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MATSUDA OSAMU 津山工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 教授 (60342549)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): UMENO Yoshio 一関工業高等専門学校, 教授 (30042211) ; KURATA Hisayasu 米子工業高等専門学校, 教授 (60205185) ; SAITO Junichi 東京都立産業技術高等専門学校, 准教授 (00469579) ; NAGAMIZU Toshihiro 福井工業高等専門学校, 教授 (10259856) ; YANAI Tadashi 新居浜工業高等専門学校, 教授 (50220174)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 数学教育法 / 自由研究 / 課題設定能力 / 発想力 / テーマ設定 / 未解決問題

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our purpose is to study mathematics education methods for nurturing innovators. We aim to utilize Free-Thinking in mathematics as a method of teaching. Free-Thinking in mathematics encourages students to think of new ideas and it improves their problem discovery ability. So we have to teach Free-Thinking in mathematics, and we have to teach how a student goes about doing research in mathematics. We think a hint is in unsolved problems in number theory. From this, we made a teaching text to appreciate unsolved problems, and used this text as a first step of research in mathematics. We found that the teaching method using this text improves students’ problem discovery ability.

Free Research Field

数学教育