Open AccessAnalysis of students difficulties in completing mathematical communication problems
Author(s) -
Wily Wandari,
Benny Anggara
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1918/4/042090
Subject(s) - mathematical problem , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , mathematical theory , communication skills , mathematical model , computer science , language of mathematics , mathematical structure , psychology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , medicine , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics , medical education
Mathematical communication is one of the skills that students are expected to achieve in learning mathematics. Mathematical communication can help students express mathematical ideas in their own language that can be understood by others. Students not only express mathematical ideas in a nutshell, but students must be able to explain with mathematical arguments and their reasons. This study revealed the students ‘ability in solving mathematical communication problems and identified students’ difficulties in solving mathematical communication problems. This research is a qualitative research involving 45 students of class XI. Students’ difficulties in solving mathematical communication questions were analyzed from the results of tests of mathematical communication skills and student interviews. The results showed that students still had difficulties with mathematical communication problems on the indicators of explaining mathematical ideas or situations in writing into a mathematical model, there were still many students who had not been able to solve problems that required deep thinking.