Open AccessThe thinking process of students in understanding the concept of graphs during ethnomathematics learning
Author(s) -
Wahyu Widada,
Dewi Herawaty,
Dwi Sulikah Andriyani,
Renti Marantika,
Irma Yanti,
Ari Anggoro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1470/1/012072
Subject(s) - ethnomathematics , graph , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , theoretical computer science
Understanding of concepts was one of the goals of learning graph theory. The concept of graph can be achieved through learning ethnomathematics. The purpose of this study was to describe students’ thinking processes in understanding the concept of graphs during ethnomathematics learning. This research was part of development research. This was the prototype stage. The subjects of this study were 26 students in the University of Bengkulu. The instrument of this study was the researchers themselves plus interview guides, anecdotes and observation sheets. Data collection was done during ethnomathematics learning. Data were analyzed qualitatively with the constant comparative technique. The results of this study were students begin learning with a culture of communication using mobile phones. Students think about the definition of graph by corresponding to a cellphone with a vertex. The edge of a graph was corresponded to the existence of a relationship between mobile phones. Students can define graph as a system that was built by a set of non-empty vertices, and a set of edges which were pairs of non-sequential vertices. The conclusion of this study was that students’ thought processes in understanding the concept of graph through ethnomatematics approaches. It was a contextual problem about the culture of communication using mobile phones.