The practicality of learning design based on realistic mathematics education for probability topic of grade VIII junior high school

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the practicality of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) based learning design for probability topics. Probability is a learning topic that is close to daily life and is expected to assist students in developing students' communication skills. The Learning design development was done by combining two designs, namely the development design of Plomp and Gravemeijer & Cobb; meanwhile, to find out the practicality of the design, data collection was done in the form of filling out questionnaires by teachers and students. The data obtained were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. From the research conducted, it was obtained that the RME-based learning design for the topic of Probability was practical so that the RME-based learning design of probability topics that were implemented to teacher books and student books could be used to develop mathematical communication skills of grade viii junior high school students.