Students’ metacognitive skill in mathematics learning with Cabri Geometry II Plus

Rahmah Johar (Mathematics Education Department, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Khalisna Khalisna (Mathematics Education Department, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Taufik Fuadi Abidin (Informatics Department, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)

Proceedings of Annual International Conference Syiah Kuala University - Social Sciences Chapter
Vol 1 (2013)

Metacognitive skill is the awareness of one's thinking about the thinking process itself, whereas consciousness is the awareness of one's thinking about what to do. The subjects for this research were five students from class VII-1 SMP 1 Banda Aceh. Research data collection used the sheet metacognitive questions. Data were analyzed descriptively to interpret students' metacognitive skills in learning how to use Cabri Geometry II Plus software. The results showed that the metacognitive abilities of students increased from the first meeting to the fourth meeting.Keywords: Metacognitive, Cabri Geometry II Plus