Brillo Journal
Vol 5 No 1 (2025): -

Assessing Students’ Mathematical Literacy through PISA Items in the Space and Shape Content

Marsyandia, Inaara Pangesti (Unknown)
Nusantara, Duano Sapta (Unknown)
Gustiningsi, Tria (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Dec 2025

Abstract

This study aims to analyze students’ mathematical literacy in solving PISA problems, particularly in the space and shape domain. The research approach used is a qualitative approach. This type of research is qualitative descriptive approach. The study involved 27 ninth-grade students from one of Junior High School (JHS) in Kota Jambi. Data were collected through a written test using items adopted from the 2012 PISA Mathematics Released Problems, complemented by interviews to gain deeper insights. The results revealed that students’ mathematical literacy abilities were categorized into high, medium, and low levels. The results show that most students demonstrate low mathematical literacy skills. Based on the three indicators of mathematical literacy, students in the high-ability category were able to formulate mathematical models, employ geometric concepts appropriately, and interpret the results within the given context. Students in the medium category were able to perform correct procedures but were unable to derive meaningful conclusions, while students in the low category experienced difficulties in all indicators. These findings indicate that students’ mathematical literacy skills in geometry remain limited, particularly in reasoning and interpreting results. Therefore, learning activities that facilitate reasoning and provide more PISA-like tasks are needed to help strengthen students’ mathematical literacy, especially in space and shape problems. Future research may also explore the use of locally contextualized PISA-like tasks to provide students with more meaningful and relatable problem situations.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

brillojournal

Publisher

Subject

Education Mathematics Other

Description

Brillo Journal is a scientific, peer-reviewed and open-access journal managed and published by S&Co Publishing, Jakarta, in June and December. It aims to be an open-access journal platform that publishes and disseminates ideas and researches on education. Its focus is to publish original research ...