An Overview of Third Grade Students’ Understanding of The Concept of Fractions

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10.2991/978-2-38476-210-1_27How to use a DOI?

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Fractions; Understanding Concepts; Bruner Theory

Abstract

Fractional material is a complex study that makes it difficult for students to understand the concept. The concept of fractions differs from natural numbers and integers because it has its own uniqueness that creates pedagogical challenges for the mathematics education community. The purpose of this study was to determine the understanding of grade III elementary school students regarding the concept of fractions based on Bruner’s theory. This research uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. The subjects of the study were grade III elementary school students in North Toraja Regency. In Bruner’s theory, the understanding process starts from the enactive stage to iconic then to symbolic but based on the findings in this study conducted on several elementary school students in North Toraja Regency, different results were found, namely the understanding process starts from iconic to symbolic, without passing the first stage, namely enactive. Students find it too difficult to understand the enactive stage because the concepts taught in school start directly with the medium of images so that is what causes the loss of this stage. Therefore, teachers are expected to teach concepts starting from the enactive stage because at this stage students are easier to understand by using concrete objects related to everyday life.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Topanus Tulak
AU  - Abdur Rahman
AU  - Asdar Asdar
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/08
TI  - An Overview of Third Grade Students’ Understanding of The Concept of Fractions
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Science and Technology in Elementary Education (ICSTEE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 316
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-210-1_27
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-210-1_27
ID  - Tulak2024
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