Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Matematika
Vol 7, No 1 (2023): Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Matematika

Studi Etnomatematika: Eksplorasi Konsep Teorema Phytagoras pada Budaya Palembang




Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2023

Abstract

Ethnomathematics is a study that combines mathematics and culture. Culture is a legacy passed down from ancestors that becomes a characteristic or characteristic of a particular region, one of the regions that has characteristics that are famous for its culture is the city of Palembang. Palembang city has various cultures that are in great demand by outsiders such as the Limas traditional house and jumputan cloth. Discussing about culture, this is certainly inseparable from learning concepts found in everyday life, one of which is the concept of learning mathematics. Where in this case the researcher takes the concept of mathematics on the phytagorean theorem associated with Limas houses and jumputan cloth. The type of research that researchers use is ethnographic qualitative research. Data sources are primary data and secondary data. Data collection techniques through interviews, observations and documentation. The data obtained was then analysed by data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions and verification. The result of this research is that Palembang culture, namely the Limas house roof, has the application of the phytagoras theorem concept. In the motifs of jumputan fabric patterns and the plan of the Limas house looking sideways contains the concept of proving the truth of the phytagoras theorem.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpmatematika

Publisher

Subject

Mathematics

Description

Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Matematika is a double blind peer-reviewed journal which is published by Mathematics Education Study Programme of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. This journal publishes current concept and research papers on in the scope of ...