Students' mathematical representation in solving mathematical problems

Abstract

Mathematical representation is an ability to process and reveal mathematical ideas/concepts to discover the solution to a problem by changing it to another form. Mathematical representation is one of the essential abilities of students. When students build ideas and use mathematical representation, they have developed basic ability indirectly that help them in solving problems. There are various types of mathematical representations to solve mathematical problems. In mathematics learning, representation should not only be related to change one form to another in one way, but it can be done in two ways or more. Therefore, students should be provided with problems in which their solutions can be achieved using various types of representations. This article discusses the definition and types of mathematical representations to be used in solving mathematical problems and also provide how to improve students' mathematical representation ability. This article expected to help teachers to know and understand about mathematical representation so that teachers can help students improve their mathematical representation.