Kesalahan Mahasiswa dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Integral Berdasarkan Gaya Kognitif pada Mata Kuliah Matematika Informatika

Abstract

The aimed of this research to describe the student’s errors in solving Informatics Maths subject in Integral Problems based of the cognitive style. In this research, cognitive style divided into field dependent (FD) and field independent (FI). This descriptive research used qualitative approach. Subjects of this research consisted of 2 FD students and 2 FI students. Subjects obtained by purposive sampling technique. Research data collected by test and interview. Test the validity of the data used technique triangulation. The results showed that the type of FD student’s errors are misconception, operational error, and error on the principle, while FI student’s error is only error on the principle.