An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Solving Story Based Problems and Its Alternative Solutions
This study aims to analyze the students’ difficulties of MTs Negeri Surakarta 1 in solving story based problems on the subject of Pythagoras along with its alternative solutions. This is a qualitative descriptive research. This study illustrates the difficulties of students in solving story based pr...
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| description | This study aims to analyze the students’ difficulties of MTs Negeri Surakarta 1 in solving story based problems on the subject of Pythagoras along with its alternative solutions. This is a qualitative descriptive research. This study illustrates the difficulties of students in solving story based problemsof the subject of Pythagoras. Research subjects in this study is composed of three students of class IX with each capable of high, medium and low. The data collection was condducted using the test method and the method of interview. The results of this study indicate that low-ability students have difficulty in determining the direction of wind direction, understand the intent of the language that is understood about the story, the difficulty in making a mathematical model as well as difficulties in the calculation. Difficulties experienced by the studentswith medium capability are determining the drawing of wind direction, understanding the intent of the language that is understood about the story, and making a mathematical model. While the high-ability students have no significant problems in understanding a story about the subject of Pythagoras, they just forgot to add ± sign in the answers, and the unit of length in the final calculation. However, the unit length was written in the final conclusions. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs2.journals.ums.ac.id:article-3720 An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Solving Story Based Problems and Its Alternative Solutions Rachmawati, Tika Karlina Mathematics Education students’difficulties, Pythagoras, story based problems, alternative solutions This study aims to analyze the students’ difficulties of MTs Negeri Surakarta 1 in solving story based problems on the subject of Pythagoras along with its alternative solutions. This is a qualitative descriptive research. This study illustrates the difficulties of students in solving story based problemsof the subject of Pythagoras. Research subjects in this study is composed of three students of class IX with each capable of high, medium and low. The data collection was condducted using the test method and the method of interview. The results of this study indicate that low-ability students have difficulty in determining the direction of wind direction, understand the intent of the language that is understood about the story, the difficulty in making a mathematical model as well as difficulties in the calculation. Difficulties experienced by the studentswith medium capability are determining the drawing of wind direction, understanding the intent of the language that is understood about the story, and making a mathematical model. While the high-ability students have no significant problems in understanding a story about the subject of Pythagoras, they just forgot to add ± sign in the answers, and the unit of length in the final calculation. However, the unit length was written in the final conclusions. Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta 2017-08-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion qualitative research application/pdf https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/jramathedu/article/view/3720 10.23917/jramathedu.v1i2.3720 JRAMathEdu (Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education); Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2016; 140-153 2541-2590 2503-3697 10.23917/jramathedu.v1i2 eng https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/jramathedu/article/view/3720/2395 Mathematics Education learning mathematics student ability Copyright (c) 2017 Tika Karlina Rachmawati http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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| title | An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Solving Story Based Problems and Its Alternative Solutions |
| title_full | An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Solving Story Based Problems and Its Alternative Solutions |
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| title_sort | analysis of students difficulties in solving story based problems and its alternative solutions |
| topic | Mathematics Education students’difficulties, Pythagoras, story based problems, alternative solutions |
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