Students’ Ability in Working the Mathematics Problem

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10.2991/assehr.k.210715.086How to use a DOI?

Keywords

students’ ability, mathematics problem, Bloom’s taxonomy

Abstract

According to Bloom’s 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%, 6%, 24%, 19%, and 10%.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ni Nyoman Parwati
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/17
TI  - Students’ Ability in Working the Mathematics Problem
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Asian Education Symposium 2020 (AES 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 410
EP  - 414
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210715.086
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210715.086
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