Open AccessFragmentation of thinking structure: concept construction and problem solving in geometry of junior high school students
Author(s) -
Arum Nur Wulandari,
Budi Usodo,
Sutopo Sutopo,
Rubono Setiawan,
Ira Kurniawati,
Yemi Kuswardi,
Ifa Aulia
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 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1567/3/032007
Subject(s) - mistake , mathematics education , construct (python library) , fragmentation (computing) , qualitative research , data collection , computer science , geometry , psychology , mathematics , sociology , programming language , social science , statistics , political science , law
Fragmentation is adopted from the term of inefficient data storage in a computer which is used to describe thinking fragmentation. The purpose of this study is to describe the fragmentation of geometrical concepts in junior high school classified into: hole construction, mis-connection, and mis-analogical construction. This study used descriptive qualitative research method with the subjects of 8 th grade students in Surakarta. Data collection in this study was conducted by task-based interview method. Qualitative descriptive analysis through the stages of reduction, representation, and interpretation of data. Hole construction occurs when students do not construct concept completely (20%). Mis-connection occurs when students make mistake in making connections between concepts (40%). Mis-analogical construction occurs when students analogizing a concept with another concept in geometry which is a mistake (20%). From the analysis result, defragmentation of thinking structure in geometry can be done with scaffolding to bring up scheme, knite scheme, and improve of analogic thinking.