Jurnal Pengajaran MIPA
Vol 18, No 2 (2013): JPMIPA: Volume 18, Issue 2, 2013

DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL COMMUNICATION AND REPRESENTATION OF STUDENTS GRADE VII: A DESIGN RESEARCH

Juandi, Dadang (Unknown)
Jupri, Al (Unknown)



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Publish Date
20 Oct 2013

Abstract

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini berfokus pada komunikasi matematika dan representasi melalui pembelajaran berbasis masalah yang dikembangkan melalui penelitian desain. Ada dua tujuan dari penelitian ini. Pertama, dalam jangka pendek, penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui: bagaimana komunikasi matematika dan representasi siswa berkembang, apakah budaya kelas mendukung pencapaian kompetensi dasar-, dan apa hambatan siswa untuk belajar. Kedua, dalam jangka panjang, penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengembangkan “teori” dalam pendidikan matematika. Kedua tujuan tersebut diharapkan dapat dicapai melalui penelitian pengembangan (dalam hal ini menggunakan desain penelitian). Tujuan pertama dicapai dengan desain penelitian yang meliputi tiga tahap: desain awal, eksperimen, dan analisis retrospektif. Penelitian awal menunjukkan bahwa: (i) komunikasi matematika dan representasi dapat dikembangkan melalui bahan pembelajaran kontekstual, intervensi guru yang tepat itu, berbagai pengaturan belajar-mengajar, situasi didactical dikembangkan oleh guru, dan usaha guru dalam menghubungkan situasi didactical yakni antara bahan dan siswa belajar, dan antara mahasiswa dan guru, (ii) kesulitan siswa meliputi: kesulitan dalam berkomunikasi ide matematika secara lisan, mewakili ide matematika aljabar, menggunakan representasi matematis untuk memecahkan masalah, dan mengusulkan argumentasi, dan (iii) kesulitan guru adalah menganalisis komunikasi matematika dan representasi siswa.ABSTRACTThis research studies mathematical communication and representation through problem based-learning which is developed by design research. There are two objectives of this research. First, in short term, the research is conducted to know: how students’ mathematical communication and representation develops, does classroom culture support the achievement of basic-competence, and what are students’ learning obstacles. Second, in long term, this research is conducted to develop “a theory” in mathematics education. These two objectives are expected to be achieved through developmental research (in this case using design research). The first objective is achieved by design research which includes three phases: preliminary design, experiment, and retrospective analysis. The preliminary research showed that: (i) mathematical communication and representation could be developed through contextual learning materials, proper teacher’s intervention, various learning-teaching settings, a didactical situation developed by the teacher, and the teacher’s effort in connecting didactical situations i.e., between learning materials and students, and between students and the teacher; (ii) students’ difficulties include: a difficulty in communicating mathematical idea verbally, representing mathematical idea algebraically, using mathematical representation to solve problems, and proposing argumentation; and (iii) the teacher’s difficulty is analyzing students’ mathematical communication and representations.

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JPMIPA

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Journal of Mathematics and Science Teaching or Jurnal Pengajaran Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (JPMIPA) was founded in 1993 and published qualitative and or quantitative research concerning mathematics and science teaching. JPMIPA is published by Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education ...