Generalization Pattern's Strategy of Junior High School students based on Gender

Abstract

This study aims to describe the Generalisation Patterns Strategy of junior high school students based on gender. The subject of this study is two junior high school students in Makassar City, one male, and one female. Data collection techniques are written tests and interviews which used to obtain data about the strategy of the generalization patterns of students. The validity used time triangulation. The analysis data consists of three stages: reducing data, presenting data, and daring conclusions. The results of this study show that the male subject used the strategy of Counting, Whole-object-No Adjustment, and Difference-Rate Adjustment. Meanwhile, the female subject used the strategy of Countin and Explicit in the generalization of patterns on numbers and pictures.