Developing a didactical design: The distance between a point and a line in three dimensional shape

Abstract

This research was implemented to students from the 10th grade in one of high schools in Bandung city. The initial problem that became a background of this research was the existence of the learning obstacles which causes students less optimal in learning the concept of the distance in three dimensional shape so that learning becomes meaningless. The focus on this research was to develop a didactical design of the distance from a point and a line that constructed by considering the learning trajectory and the learning obstacles that have been found. This research used the qualitative method in the form of a didactical design research through three phases of the analysis that are prospective analysis, methapedadidactic analysis, and retrospective analysis, with the triangulation technique for collecting data. Based on the results and discussion of research, the didactical design that has been made is capable to overcome some learning obstacles. So, this design can be one of the recommendations on learning the concept of the distance in the geometry.