Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference on Education and Social Science (ACCESS 2020)

Analyzing the Ability of Mathematics Students as Prospective Mathematics Teachers on Multiple Mathematical Representation

Authors
Sudi Prayitno, Ulfa Lu’luilmaknunn, Nyoman Sridana, Sri Subarinah
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Sudi Prayitno
Available Online 26 May 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210525.096How to use a DOI?
Keywords
mathematical representation, multiple, visual, verbal, symbolic
Abstract

This study aims to describe the ability of mathematics students as prospective mathematics teachers on multiple mathematical representations. Multiple mathematical representation is the ability to present mathematical ideas in various forms namely visual, verbal, and symbolic. The population of this study were students of the mathematics education department at a university located in Mataram, Lombok. Simple random sampling technique was used and 169 students from various class years were selected as the sample. The research instrument was in the form of a multiple mathematical representation ability test which consist of four questions in the form of an essay. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the data were collected through an online platform (daring) which then were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative method. Generally, the data analysis indicated that the ability of multiple mathematical representations of students was 72.73% (moderate). Specifically, it was obtained that (1) the ability of visual representation was 84.22% (high), (2) the ability of verbal representation was 71.73% (moderate), and (3) the ability of symbolic representation was 63.95% (low). It is believed that the low percentage of symbolic representation was influenced by the ability of verbal representation and problem-solving abilities.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference on Education and Social Science (ACCESS 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
26 May 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-383-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210525.096How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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