MEJ (Mathematics Education Journal)
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019)

Implementation of Patil Lele Traditional Game As Ethnomathematics to Improve Student’s Perspective to Mathematics

Nuzul Putri Rahmawati (Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Akhsanul In’am (Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Mayang Dintarini (Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jan 2020

Abstract

The aim of this research is as an effort students’ perspective on mathematics and the preservation of traditional Indonesian games. As for the background of this writing, because Indonesia is a country that has a diversity of cultures, one of them is traditional games. The current of globalization in Indonesia has the effect of threatening extinction towards various traditional Indonesian games. On other hand, the problem is the majority of students consider mathematics learning is difficult and unpleasant lesson. This research takes one of the traditional Indonesian games namely patil lele to be implicated in mathematics learning. This research used descriptive qualitative research with the aim of describing, explaining, and interpreting the implementation of traditional game patil lele as ethnomatematics qualitatively using observation, documentation, and filling questionnaires and tests. The results showed that the use of patil lele games introduce students to traditional games, foster social attitudes, collaborate with students, and help students understand the concept of distance between points. After applying traditional patil lele games, students can get to know the game. By introducing this game, students can love their own culture that is Indonesian culture with their participation in preserving traditional patil lele games. The application of traditional patil lele games can reduce the abstractness of mathematics by visualizing the material of distance between points through the game. Thus, the implementation can provide a good image of mathematics subjects students’ perspective

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MEJ

Publisher

Subject

Mathematics

Description

MEJ (Mathematics Education Journal) is a journal that has a mission to publish the results of research, studies and / or innovation of quality in the field of education and learning from all aspects of mathematics education. To accelerate the transfromasi and implementation of science and technology ...