Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar FKIP Universitas Pasundan
Abstract
This research is motivated by the ability of students in solving math problems, especially the material of positive and negative integer counting operations, where there are many students who still have difficulty in solving problems due to a lack of understanding of the concept of integer material, and students cannot understand the question sentence. This study aims to describe students' ability to solve positive and negative integer arithmetic operation problems which include short answer questions and story problems. This research is a qualitative research and designed descriptively. This research was conducted at SD Negeri 1 Kuta for grade VI students. The research instruments used were tests and interviews. Data analysis techniques used data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results of this study indicate (1) of the 59 students who took the test, 14% of students scored in the high category, 46% of students scored in the medium category, and 41% of students scored in the low category. This means that most students are in the medium and low ability categories, (2) students have difficulty in solving negative integer arithmetic operations, mixed arithmetic operations, and integer story problems. in negative integer operations students have difficulty determining the results and signs used at the end of the problem answer. in mixed operations students have difficulty in which operation to do first. As for the description/story problems, only a few students wrote the steps of solving the problem completely, students mostly wrote the problem solving in mathematical form
