Students Ability in Working The Mathematics Problem
Ni Nyoman Parwati

Learning technologies, Postgraduate
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Abstract

Abstract— According to Blooms taxonomy revised there are 6 levels of cognitive ability as indicators of student learning outcomes. In this study, the abilities studied were limited to the ability to apply concepts. This research is a qualitative descriptive study, with the subject of the research being the eighth-grade students of SMPN 3 Singaraja in the academic year 2018/2019, as many as 30 people. Research data were collected using essay tests. Data analysis was performed descriptively and qualitatively. The results showed that a score of students abilities in working on application problems an average of 64.67 were in sufficient qualifications. The types of errors made by students in working on the math problem in question include: misunderstanding of concepts, misconceptions, arithmetic errors, procedural errors, and errors in understanding symbols. The average of students who made these mistakes, respectively: 27%, 24%, 10%, 19%, 6%.

Keywords: the ability to apply concepts, work on the math problem, types of errors

Topic: Other Areas of Education