Journal on Mathematics Education (JME)
Vol 6, No 1 (2015)

MATHEMATICAL CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY THROUGH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING APPROACH

Kurniati Kurniati (Pakuan University, Bogor)
Yaya S. Kusumah (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung)
Jozua Sabandar (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung)
Tatang Herman (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Feb 2015

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the effect of the application of contextual teaching and learning (CTL) approach to the enhance of mathematical critical thinking ability (MCTA) of Primary School Teacher Students (PSTS). This research is an experimental study with the population of all students PSTS who took algebra subject matter of one  university in the city of Bogor. The results showed: (1) the increase of MCTA of student who receive CTL better than students who receive TTL; (2) There are differences in the increase MCTA between students in groups of high MPA, medium MPA, and low MPA, both the student who received the CTL and TTL; and (3) There is no interaction between learning factors (CTL and TTL) with MPA (high, medium and low) toward the enhance of MCTA.Keywords: Critical Thinking Ability in Mathematics, Contextual Teaching and Learning Approach, Prior Mathematical Ability DOI: dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.61.53

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jme

Publisher

Subject

Education Mathematics

Description

Journal on Mathematics Education (IndoMS-JME) is peer-refereed open-access international journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of mathematics education. This journal is founded under collaboration between Indonesian Mathematical Society ...