The teacher's mathematical literacy for the change and relationship problems on the PISA adaptation test

Abstract

There is evidence suggesting that teachers are one of the factors influencing student's performance in solving mathematical problems. However, the study on Indonesian teacher's ability to solve PISA's mathematical problems is inadequate. Therefore, this study aimed to examine Indonesian teachers' ability in solving PISA-adapted mathematics problems for the topic of change and relationship. This study employed a case study research design involving seven mathematics teachers from various schools in Yogyakarta. They were required to solve PISA-adapted mathematics problems classified into four areas, namely Change and relationship, Space and Shape, Uncertainty, and Quantity. The results showed that: (1) all teachers could solve the first level problem, (2) all teachers could solve the first problem at the third level, (3) five teachers (71.43 %) could solve the second problem at the third level, (4) two teachers (28.57 %) could solve a third problem at the third level, (5) six teachers (85.71 %) could solve the fourth problem at the third level, (6) four teachers (57.14 %) could solve the first problem at the fourth level, and (7) Six teachers (85.71 %) could solve the second problem at the fourth level.