The Analysis of Geometry Content in Middle School Mathematics Textbooks
Fadhliya Syam Mastura (a*), Al Jupri (b)

Department of Mathematics Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*fadhliyasm[at]upi.edu

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the items, seen from the answers forms and the contextual features in the topics of geometry presented within the textbooks. This research is based on the analysis of textbooks with geometry topics. The research method used in this study is content analysis and item analysis using a qualitative approach. The results of analysis of nine school mathematics textbooks published by three different publishers (Center for Curriculum and Bookkeeping, Balitbang, Ministry of Education and Culture, Erlangga, and Yudhistira) showed that more than 25% of the total pages in textbooks present geometry topics, close-ended types of problems are more dominant in all textbooks, and more than 80% problems in textbooks are intra-mathematical context type. We conclude that the mathematics book published by Erlangga 2013 curriculum is closer to the book published by the Center for Curriculum and Books, Balitbang, Ministry of Education and Culture.

Keywords: mathematics textbooks- content analysis- geometry- answers forms- contextual features

Topic: Mathematics Education