This study is a part of research report entitled “Developing Senior High Students’
Mathematic Power and Emotional Intelligence and Their Retention by MEAs
Instruction”. This study is an experiment applying pretest-posttest group design
which aims at analyzing the effect of MEAs instruction towards senior high
students’ mathematics problem solving and connecting ability. Besides, this research
is also expected to be able to improve their mathematics problem solving and
connecting ability. The population is all eleventh graders of senior high schools in
Cimahi, while the sample is purposively chosen from two senior high schools in
Cimahi and randomly selected from existing grade XI. Then they are randomly
selected to become experiment group and control group. Based on the result, it can
be concluded that: (1) students’ problem solving ability with MEAs instruction is
better than those with conventional instruction. Both classes’ ability is Fair. (2)
Students’ connecting ability with MEAs instruction is better than those with
conventional instruction. The ability of experiment class is Good; while control
group is Fair. (3) There is a fairly strong level of association between students’
problem solving and connecting abilitie