英文摘要 |
The study was indented to explore an alternative approach of teaching initial concept of rate and ratio by taking the view of the nature of mathematics in which is based on Lamon's four semantic structures of proportion problems. Main factors of influencing students' solving proportion problems and the framework of analyzing current textbooks were addressed by literature reviewing. The semantic structures of the proportion problems were compared and contrast among three textbooks. The key initial concepts of ratio includes: the use of ratio, the sense of ratio, and the meaning of the relationship between two numbers. Particularly, the study claims that students learned the sense of ration by emphasizing the use of ratio in which ratio can only be used when the contexts of problem is inferred and the numbers are patterns. The inference of contexts being embedded into the problems are two essential elements of developing sense of ratio. The alternative instructional design can be as a reference for curriculum writing committees. |