The influence of realistic mathematics education (RME) approach with the TANDUR on understanding the concepts and solving mathematical problems on grade 8 in smp negeri 1 pantai cermin

Abstract

The aims from this study observe at the effect of using the RME approach with the TANDUR design on students' ability to understand concepts and solve problems in Mathematics in SMP Negeri 1 Pantai Cermin both to the students who had high previous knowledge and those who had low previous knowledge. This was a quasi-experimental research. Samples are choose using randomized sample. Data are analysed using t-test, Mann Whitney test and two Ways Anova using MINITAB software. The result of data analysis showed that: (1) the application of RME with TANDUR can improve students' MPS skills and still need to improve their ability to understand concepts, (4) there was no interaction between learning approaches and previous knowledge toward the eighth grade students.