INVESTIGATING ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURE SENSE OF GRADE TEN INDONESIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOLVING ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS

Charity Muchoko, - (2019) INVESTIGATING ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURE SENSE OF GRADE TEN INDONESIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOLVING ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS. S2 thesis, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.

Abstract

Materi aljabar menjadi "penjaga gerbang" untuk kehidupan dan bahan dasar
untuk semua pembelajaran matematika di sekolah menengah dan seterusnya, penelitian
ini mengambil studi kualitatif deskriptif untuk menyelidiki pengertian algebraic
structure sense pada dua puluh empat (n= 24) siswa kelas sepuluh di salah satu
sekolah menengah atas di Bandung, Indonesia sebagai langkah dalam menunjukkan
kemampuan aljabar mereka dalam menyelesaikan persamaan linear dan persamaan
kuadrat. Melalui tes structure sense pensil-dan-kertas pada persamaan aljabar, diikuti
oleh wawancara mendalam pada tujuh siswa pelajari yang dipilih berdasarkan proses
kerja mereka pada tes structure sense. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa;
beberapa siswa Indonesia kelas 10 sudah bisa menyelesaikan masalah dengan strategi
structure sense. Namun; sebagian besar; beberapa siswa tersebut belum bisa memakai
strategi structure sense. Siswa lebih terbiasa dengan strategi prosedural (PS) daripada
strategi structure sense (SS). Selain itu, beberapa siswa bisa menyelesaikan persamaan
aljabar dengan cara yang berbeda. Siswa juga menunjukkan beberapa kesulitan dalam
menyelesaikan persamaan algebraic structure sense. Ya itu; kurangnya proses vertical
mathematization, kesalahan komputasi, kurang memahami istilah variabel dan
equivalence relations, kesalahan dalam operasi aljabar dan kurangnya kepercayaan diri
terhadap pemikiran mereka. Bagaimana kemampuan algebraic structure sense siswa
sekolah menengah Indonesia dalam menyelesaikan persamaan aljabar bisa ditingkatkan
dibiarkan terbuka untuk studi lebih lanjut ---Algebra has been considered as a “gate-keeper” to life and a key aspect for
courses in advanced Mathematics and Science for secondary and post-secondary
education. It argued that; algebraic structure sense is one aspect that can help exhibit
students’ mathematical proficiencies to enhance 21st century skills in solving problems.
This research took a qualitative case study to investigate 24 grade ten Indonesian
students’ algebraic structure sense ability and identify the difficulties that they
encounter in solving structure sense equations. An algebraic structure sense test was
administered, followed by in-depth interviews on 7 of the 24 subjects who showed a
variety of algebraic structure sense abilities and difficulties. Data was analysed by
coding and constant comparison of similar data. Results indicated that some grade ten
students have algebraic structure sense. However most of them are less accustomed to
algebraic structure sense strategies; rather they are more comfortable with procedural
strategies. Some students were able to recognise structure in its simplest form; deal with
terms as single entities and some were able to manipulate structures to make best use of
structure. Results also indicated that some students are quite flexible in solving
algebraic structure sense equations whilst some are not. In addition, students’
difficulties in vertical mathematization were noticed and some students made transfer
and omission errors whilst some had misunderstanding of algebraic terms and algebraic
manipulations. However, results could not be generalized over small number of
subjects; a longitudinal study on Indonesian school students’ algebraic structure sense is
highly recommended.

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Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Algebraic proficiencies, algebraic structure sense, mathematization, equations and algebraic difficulties
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Luar Biasa
Depositing User:	DAM STAF Editor
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2020 04:33
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2022 03:06
URI:	http://repository.upi.edu/id/eprint/48521

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