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The 10th Grade Students’ Folding Back Process in Solving Contextual Mathematical Problem Widyastuti, W; Hasanah, A
International Conference on Elementary Education Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Proceedings The 2nd International Conference on Elementary Education
Publisher : Elementary Education Study Program School of Postgraduate Studies Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia in collaboration with UPI PRESS

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Mathematical contextual problem can be useful for students because it is able to evoke higher student’s thinking and good mathematization to apply mathematics in real world. However, many students have been difficult in solving mathematical contextual problems, and some of them even have difficulty in understanding mathematical contextual problems. The folding back process is a key feature of the Pirie-Kieren theory about layers of mathematical understanding. Folding back occurs when students cannot solve a problem at an outer level of understanding directly, so they return to the inner level and reconstruct their understanding using their new knowledge. The purpose of this study is to analyze the folding back process in 10th grade students’ mathematical understanding based on the Pirie-Kieren theory in solving mathematical contextual problems. Thus, this study used qualitative approach. The subjects of this study were two students of grade 10th in Jakarta. The data were collected by giving two items of mathematical contextual problem and interviewing with semi-structured interview. The result of this study showed that both of the subjects often folding back to the primitive knowing level and go forward to the next level. This study showed that primitive knowing level was a key factor to solve mathematical contextual problems
Senior High School Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Of Three-Variable Linear Equation System Asok, Abdul Nu'man; Hasanah, A
JTAM (Jurnal Teori dan Aplikasi Matematika) Vol 5, No 1 (2021): April
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram

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The aim of this research is to find the difficulties of students in solving word problems in the three-variable linear equation systems subject. Before they took a mathematical problem-solving exam, the learners were given reinforcement of prerequisite knowledge of the intended subject. The problem-solving test indicators used in this study were taken from Polya's problem-solving steps consisting of (1) recognizing the question, (2) making a plan for problem-solving (developing a plan), (3) implementing the plan for problem-solving, and (4) looking back. The research method used in this study was a qualitative descriptive. The subject in this study was 15 students who were 10 th graders of senior high school. The data were obtained from a student performance who took mathematical problems solving test. The result obtained from this study can be seen from the number of students whose achievement indicators formulate a plan of 49.6%, achievement in completing plans 14.1%, and achievement in checking solutions 2.2%. However, the indicators of understanding the problem area in the good category, namely 80%. The result of this study showed that the students were only able to solve the word problems for understanding the problem (good category) and devising the plan steps (mediocre category), whereas they got difficulties in solving the word problems in carrying out the plan and looking back (low category).