Problem solving ability of junior high school students viewed by mathematical resilience

Abstract

Mathematical resilience is one of the non-intellectual aspects that students must have to overcome anxiety, so students will have a diligent, persistent and confident attitude to be able to solve problems in mathematics. Problem solving skills are high-level thinking skills that must be possessed by students. This research is a quantitative descriptive study with 274 students from three junior high schools in Karanganyar Regency, Indonesia, respectively with high, moderate, and low school categories. The purpose of this study is to find out which kind of students have better mathematical problem solving abilities among students with high, medium and low mathematical resilience categories. The data analysis technique used is the one-way ANOVA with unbalanced cells and post hoc test using the Scheffe method. Based on the statistical analysis, the problem solving skills of students who have high resilience are as effective as those of students who have moderate resilience. Students with moderate resilience have the same effective problem solving skills as those who have low resilience, and students with high resilience have better problem solving skills than those who have low resilience.