The van hiele levels of geometric of students in first semester reviewed from gender

Abstract

This research is an exploratory study that aims to examine the geometry abilities of students based on gender. Participants numbered 90 people. The number of female students is 72 people and male students are 18 people. Participants are students of biology education programs who attend basic mathematics lectures in the first semester at one of the universities in Indonesia. The instrument of the geometry thinking level used test from CDASSG project. The results showed that from 18 male students as many as 4 people were at the level of pre-visualization, 2 were at level 0, and 12 were at level 1. Whereas of 72 female students, 13 were at pre-visualization level, 21 were at level 0, 34 people are at level 1, and 4 people at level 2. Based on these results there is a difference between male and female students, namely some female students reach level 2, but not male students.