Hawgent dynamic mathematic software as mathematics learning media for teaching quadratic functions

Abstract

According to the observation of schools in Indonesia, the quadratic function graph is a lesson for junior high school students. For it is an abstract concept, students have difficulties to understand and picture out the graph functions. The main purpose of this research is to design a learning media to improve students' learning achievement by using hawgent dynamic mathematic software. The method of this research is research and development method. The target audience of this research were 32 students in experimental class and 32 students in controlled class. The result of this research is the material expert, research and media experts obtaining "valid"criteria. This means that the software is better than traditional teaching methods as students are able to easily visualise and generalise the graphical form of the quadratic equation. This automatically increases student's learning achievement and makes them find math interesting.