Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
Vol 12, No 3: August 2018

Some Methods Used by Mathematics Teachers in Solving Equations

Baiduri Baiduri (University of Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2018

Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing and describing Various Methods used by mathematics teacher in solving equations. Type of this study is descriptive by subject of this study comprised 65 mathematics teachers in senior, junior, and primary schools respectively 15, 33, and 17 in numbers. The data were collected from the answer to containing four problems of equation. Data Coding was conducted by two coding personnel to obtain credible data. The data were then analyzed descriptively. It has been found that the teachers have implemented a method for solving equation problems by means of operation on one side of equation and procedural operation. This method has been dominantly used by the teachers to solve to the equation problems. The other method was doing operation on both sides of the equation simultaneously by focusing on similar elements on both sides of the equation.

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Abbrev

EduLearn

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Subject

Humanities Education Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

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Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) ISSN: 2089-9823, e-ISSN 2302-9277 is a multi-disciplinary, peer-refereed open-access international journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of education, teaching, development, instruction, ...