Efektivitas Pembelajaran Matematika Realistik Terhadap Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Matematik Siswa Kelas VII SMP

Abstract

This study aims to (1) find out whether the mathematical problem-solving abilities of students who are taught by realistic mathematics learning were higher than those students who were taught using conventional learning; (2) knowing students' learning attitudes towards realistic mathematics learning approaches. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a quantitative approach. This research was conducted in class VII of the Junior High School 28 Medan 2017/2018 Academic Year where the population of this study was all class VII. Samples from this study were class VII-G as the experimental class and class VII-F as the control class. Based on the results of the analysis of calculations, the following data are obtained: (1) the results of analysis of realistic mathematical learning on students' mathematical problem-solving abilities using the t-test found that ttable = 1.68 and tcount = 3.6821 so tcount> ttable then concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha be accepted. The mathematical problem-solving abilities of students who are taught by realistic mathematics learning was higher than conventional learning. (2) student responses were very positive towards realistic mathematics learning with an average of ≥ 86.03.