Sora Journal of Mathematics Education
Vol 5 No 1 (2024): Sora Journal of Mathematics Education

AN ANALYSIS of MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS BASED on LEARNING STYLE

Labuem, Susana - (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2024

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the process of solving mathematical problems based on the learning style of class VII students at SMP Negeri 1 Dobo. The subjects in this study consistend of three students, consisting of one students, consisting of one student with an auditory dominant learning style (SA), one student with a kinesthetic dominant learning style (SK), and one student with a visual dominant learning style (SV). Determining research subjects was carried out by distributing learning style questionnaires to 32 class VII students and then analysing them. The results of the research show that the process of solving mathematical problems is as follows: 1) SA was able to understand the given problem very well and find the correlation between recognized information and prior concept. Thus, SA could solve the problem correctly with considerably systematic solving steps; 2) SK was able to understand the given information very well and designa structured problem-solving step. However, during the implementation of the step, SK directly entered numbers without writing down the complete equation in advance; 3) SV lacked understanding the given problem and hence often asked other students how to solve the problem. Nevertheless, after several times recalling the previously learned concepts, SV started to solve the problem correctly by using a comparison and difference table. After getting the answer, SV rechecked the mathematical problem-solving process several times in order to ensure the final answer.

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Journal Info

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sora

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Subject

Education Mathematics Other

Description

Sora Journal of Mathematics Education is provided for writers, teachers, students, professors, and researchers, who will publish their research reports or their literature review articles (only for invited contributors) about mathematics education and its instructional. Start from October 2020, this ...