Enhancing Students' Motivation and Problem Solving Skills in Mathematics Using Guided Discovery Learning

Abstract

Guided discovery learning is one of the learning models that focus on students. This model is one of the recommended models for implementing the 2013 Curriculum as a foundation for education reform in Indonesia. It's just that the internalization of teachers in the learning models that focus on students still needs to be improved. This study aims to see the impact of guided discovery learning on motivation and problem-solving abilities. This research is a descriptive quantitative study conducted on exponential mathematics subject topics and logarithms in class 10 in Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. The student motivation data was collected using a questionnaire consisting of 40 items and measured using a Likert scale of 1 to 5. The problem-solving ability was measured using 5 test items. Assessment of the answer questions with a score of 0 to 4 for each aspect of problem-solving ability (understanding, planning, completing, rechecking). Descriptive statistics were used to prose the data. The results of this paper indicate that the motivation of students who get learning with this strategy is high. Although students, in general, have done other problem-solving activities well on the aspects of Understanding the problem, compiling a plan of the resolution, implementing a method of recommendation, but in the aspect of Rechecking at the suitability of the results tends not to be done well. The impact of this finding is the possibility of thinking habits that still need to be improved in the problem-solving process.