Jurnal Gantang
Vol 11 No 1 (2026): Jurnal Gantang

Development of RME-based student worksheet with Riau Malay cultural context on curved-sided spatial figures to facilitate mathematical representation skills

Ulya, Izzati (Unknown)
Suanto, Elfis (Unknown)
Heleni, Susda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2026

Abstract

Mathematical representation skills are essential for helping students build concepts and express mathematical ideas using symbols, images, and words. However, students’ mathematical representation skills remain relatively low, so innovations in learning approaches are needed to encourage students to construct meaningful knowledge. This study aims to develop a student worksheet based on the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach that is valid and practical, and that facilitates the development of mathematical representation skills among phase D students. This study uses a 4D Development model consisting of the define, design, develop, and disseminate stages. The research instruments include a validation sheet and a practicality questionnaire. The validation results show that the worksheet is highly valid, with an average percentage score of 95.70%, while the practicality test results from field tests conducted on 37 students of class IX.2 SMPN 4 Pekanbaru obtained a percentage of 89.32% with a very practical category. Thus, the RME-based student worksheet developed has met the criteria of validity and practicality and is suitable for use in learning to support students' mathematical representation skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

gantang

Publisher

Subject

Education Mathematics

Description

Jurnal Gantang is a peer-reviewed journal. Jurnal Gantang is published two numbers per year by Raja Ali Haji Maritime University, Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia. The articles written for Jurnal Gantang are state-of-the-art research articles in the field of Mathematics Education. Starting in ...