Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Feb 1, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

This study focused on teaching strategies preferred and used by grade 8 mathematics teachers, what they thought was most effective for learning mathematics as well as students’ perspectives of their mathematics classroom. The aims of this study were to investigate the teaching strategies used in the South Korean mathematical classroom and to find out how they attain a high performance in mathematics, in comparison with other countries. The target population was chosen from within the Chungcheongbuk Province and ten schools were selected for the study. In order to determine what teaching strategies are used in the South Korean mathematics classroom, a case study using both quantitative and qualitative research methods was adopted. Data collection methods included questionnaires for the students while interviews were conducted with the teachers. The questionnaire contained fifty closed-ended questions divided into different sections to obtain data on teaching strategies used, on preferred learning styles from the students and on how they felt about mathematics and the mathematical classroom. The interview consisted of ten open-ended questions to get feedback from the mathematics teachers on what teaching strategies they used in the classroom and on what they thought were the best strategies with regard to teaching grade 8 mathematics. From the ten sampled schools there were two hundred and two students who participated in this research, and six teachers were interviewed. The results of the study showed that in the South Korean mathematics classroom a combination of direct instruction, practice and teacher guidance helps the students to learn problem-solving skills and to master mathematics. The students indicated that the teachers mostly used chalkboard instruction and that they practiced solving problems using worksheets, past exam paper questions and through homework or private study. The average student studied mathematics for about six hours a week and most attended afterschool academies for further studying mathematics. Although the South Korean students attained a high performance in mathematics it was evident that they indicated a low interest in the subject. The teachers stated in the interviews that they thought the students needed to see examples on the chalkboard, and then the students need to practice with guidance from the teacher. It was evident that the students focus a lot on guided practice, since they study for about six hours a week. The teachers also felt that the curriculum is overloaded and that there was a gap between the better and the poorer level of students in the mathematics classroom, this gap grew bigger as students lost motivation. The responses to the questionnaire showed that 65% of the students were not interested in mathematics; in spite of this South Korea is placed among the best performing countries in the world. The teachers also indicated that mathematics was very highly valued in South Korea and that parents and universities put a lot of pressure on students to perform well in this subject. This study provides better insight into what is happening in the South Korean mathematics classroom, what methods are used and how the students felt about the mathematics classroom and the strategies that are used. Apart from commenting on teaching strategies, there was also an indication of what teaching style the students preferred. The information in this research study can provide answers to questions regarding South Korean mathematics instructional practices and will be useful for future comparative studies regarding the teaching of mathematics in other countries. / Mathematics Education / M. Ed. (Mathematics Education)

Orientador: Plinio Soares de Arruda Sampaio Junior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T23:03:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_RodrigoLuizMedeirosda_M.pdf: 1595987 bytes, checksum: 0584706958b89045aa35ac2bce8538a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Nas últimas quatro décadas, a Coréia do Sul tem vivenciado um processo extremamente acelerado de crescimento econômico e modernização estrutural. Alçado ao patamar de ¿modelo¿ para os demais países periféricos, o chamado ¿caso coreano¿ deu origem a duas interpretações teóricas mais vastamente difundidas. A primeira, de inspiração ortodoxa, enfatiza as condições estruturais vigentes na Coréia e advoga pela adequação das políticas econômicas ali implantadas, que teriam respeitado os mecanismos de mercado, dadas as vantagens comparativas estruturais supostamente detidas pelo país. A segunda, de inspiração heterodoxa, enfatiza o papel do Estado na criação de condições para o desenvolvimento industrial, distorcendo os mecanismos de mercado em setores taticamente eleitos. O objetivo desta dissertação é problematizar estas duas vertentes analíticas, com base nos ensinamentos de Celso Furtado. Para tal, as principais tarefas desta dissertação são: 1) apresentar um quadro geral das transformações ocorridas no país no pós-guerra, 2) discutir, à luz da obra de Furtado, a diferença qualitativa entre desenvolvimento e crescimento, 3) retomar contribuições de autores das duas vertentes mais difundidas no debate sobre o ¿caso coreano¿, 4) discutir a especificidade geopolítica e histórica da Coréia, demonstrando como a trajetória do país seria altamente afetada por acontecimentos internacionais cruciais, e 5) argumentar que o rápido crescimento econômico sul-coreano esteve associado à contínua repressão da dissidência política nacionalista coreana e, 6) discutir em que medida, à luz da teoria furtadiana, a Coréia estaria efetivamente se desenvolvendo / Abstract: During the last four decades, South Korea has been characterized by an extremely accelerated process of economic growth and structural modernization. Promoted to the rank of ¿model¿ to other developing countries, the so-called ¿Korean Case¿ originated two leading theoretical interpretations. The first, of orthodox inspiration, emphasizes Korea¿s structural conditions and supports the policies put into practice in the country, which are seen as respectful to the market mechanism, given the structural comparative advantages supposedly detained by the country. The second, of heterodox inspiration, emphasizes the role of the State in distorting the market mechanism in tactically elected sectors. The point of this dissertation is to discuss the conclusions of these two groups of authors, having recourse to the theory of development created by Celso Furtado. Hence, the major tasks of this dissertation are: 1) to present the transformations occurred in the country since the end of the Korean War, 2) to discuss, alluding to Celso Furtado¿s contribution, the qualitative difference between economic growth and development, 3) to recapture the dominant debate about the ¿Korean case¿, 4) to present the historical and geopolitical specificity of Korea, demonstrating how vastly the country¿s trajectory has been affected by crucial international happenings, 5) to state that the political repression of Korean nationalist forces was tough during the period of accelerated growth and, 6) to answer the following question: accoding to the conception developed by Celso Furtado, is Korea becoming a developed nation? / Mestrado / Teoria Economica / Mestre em Ciências Econômicas

Mobile phone usage has grown rapidly and is widely used as an advertising channel. Both short message service (SMS) and multimedia messaging service (MMS) are typically used for mobile advertising. The goals of this study are to examine the determinants of attitudes toward mobile advertising in an apparel context and subsequent impact on behavior intention and to investigate the effects of modality and culture on attitudes toward apparel mobile advertising. Results indicate that entertainment, informativeness, irritation, and credibility are determinants of attitudes toward apparel mobile advertising, and attitudes can explain behavioral intention at least in part. Perceived entertainment is different between SMS and MMS apparel mobile advertising, and perceived entertainment, informativeness, irritation, and credibility are different between U.S. and Korea participants.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 309-331). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-95). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-95). Also available on the Internet.

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This study has presented an analytic comparison of interactivity between CNN and YTN. In the circumstance that traditional media are suffering difficulty in attracting audience, CNN and YTN adopted a timely relief to break through a slump. It was interactivity. The most authoritative and oldest news networks in each country, America and Korea, CNN and YTN began the first interactive news shows at similar time. CNN’s Rick’s List and YTN’s Topic News did interactivity with audiences in real-time. Viewer’s texting messages to specific topics were on screen and anchors responded to them. The first interactive news shows gained steady popularity even under the decreasing rating period of CNN and YTN While Rick’s List has advanced, Topic News stopped after twenty months. This study analyzed why the different results and dissimilarities have been generated in terms of culture, inveterate media custom and business circumstance. / Department of Telecommunications