Algebraic Literacy among Pesantren-based Senior High School Students

Mathematics is a vital means needed by students to solve various problems, both personal and social, and it is required to succeed in work. Thus, students are highly expected to possess good mathematical literacy. In the 21st Century, most of parents would rather choose pesantren-based schools for their children since they believe that theirs will have chance to acquire universal and religious sciences, at once, for their life. Further, the current research was aimed to investigate level of algebraic literacy among pesantren-based senior high school students, along with its determinant factors. Qualitative research method was employed by means of descriptive approach. Moreover, there were 30 students involved in the research; all of which were the twelfth graders of Science Class of a pesantren-based senior high school in Madura, Indonesia. To collect data, two instruments were used: algebraic literacy test and guideline to interview with the Math teacher and the Vice Principal of Curriculum Affairs. The results showed that level of algebraic literacy among students was dramatically low, with 94% of whom classified in below Level 1, 3% in Level 2, and 3% in Level 3. Moreover, lack of student’s focus in learning Mathematics was one of possible causes of it as the students were strongly demanded to learn about two major sciences at once. Therefore, any endeavors for betterment from the teacher and institution are needed to make algebraic literacy among students get improved; one of which can be by integrating pesantren and national education curricula

Students' Mathematical Literacy on The Performance of PISA Questions: What Is Gender Correlation?

Descriptive research with a qualitative approach method is used because it is accordance with the research objectives, namely to describe students' mathematical literacy towards the performance of the PISA questions in terms of gender. The subjects in this study were two students that 1 male and 1 female in the high math ability of category in grade 9 of junior high schools. Subjects were selected by purposive sampling by giving a mathematical ability test to 25 students to see their mathematical abilities, then also taking into account the mathematics teaching teacher, two students were obtained as research subjects in accordance with the purpose of the study, namely to describe students' mathematical literacy based on gender, especially students with high mathematical abilities.The instrument used was a mathematical ability test and a mathematical literacy test as well as an interview guide as research data. Based on data analysis, there is an influence of gender on students mathematical literacy level. Female’s mathematical iteracy is better than male’s mathematical literarcy, so there needs to be efforts to improve learning from both teachers and schools so that there are no longer differences in abilities between male and female, and gender does not affect mathematical literacy

Proses Sistematisasi dalam Pembuktian Matematika

Mahasiswa sebagai calon guru harus memiliki kemampuan dalam melakukan pembuktian matematis. Kemampuan tersebut berfungsi untuk meyakinkan seseorang akan suatu rumus ataupun teorema. Semakin tinggi kemampuan mahasiswa dalam melakukan pembuktian akan berdampak pada peningkatan keterampilan pembuktian matematika siswa. Secara umum metode pembuktian yang dikenal oleh siswa adalah pembuktian secara langsung dan tidak langsung. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kemampuan mahasiswa dalam melakukan pembuktian ditinjau dari proses sistematisasi. Penelitian ini juga bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi kemampuan siswa dalam melakukan pembuktian matematis. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian yang dijelaskan secara deskriptif menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan pembuktian mahasiswa ditinjau dari proses sistematisasi masih lemah, mahasiswa belum memahami perbedaan antara rumus, definisi, teorema ataupun sifat. Selain itu, mahasiswa juga belum mengaitkan definisi, sifat, ataupun teorema yang relevan dengan pembuktian yang dilakukan. Akibatnya mahasiswa menyelesaikan soal dengan cara coba-coba. Salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi hal tersebut yaitu kurangnya latihan dalam mengerjakan soal yang berbasis pembuktian matematika