Visuospatial reasoning of eighth-grade students in solving geometry problems: A gender perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-167
Author(s):  
Kartika Sulistiya Nuriswaty ◽  
Sadrack Luden Pagiling ◽  
Nurhayati Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Female Student ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Mathematics Ability ◽  
Visuospatial Reasoning ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Three Stages

[English]: Visuospatial reasoning is indispensable in solving mathematical problems, especially geometry. However, many students face difficulty in visuospatial reasoning. This qualitative study aims to describe eighth-grade students' visuospatial reasoning in solving geometry problems in terms of gender differences. One male and one female student with high mathematics ability were involved. A test and interview were utilized to collect data. The test was used to investigate students' visuospatial reasoning and the interview was administered to confirm students' reasoning. Students’ test and interview results were analyzed in three stages: data condensation, data presentation, and conclusion drawing and verification. This study found that both male and female students' visuospatial reasoning in solving the problems is at the synthesis level. However, at the synthesis level, when identifying the spatial relationships between objects, the male student expresses information from the overall view scheme, while the female student expresses part by part of the view scheme. Keywords: Visuospatial reasoning, Geometry problems, Gender [Bahasa]: Penalaran visuospasial sangat diperlukan dalam menyelesaikan masalah matematika terutama pada masalah geometri. Namun, banyak siswa yang mengalami kesulitan dalam melakukan penalaran visuospasial. Penelitian kualitatif ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan penalaran visuospasial siswa kelas VIII yang ditinjau dari perbedaan gender dalam menyelesaikan masalah geometri. Satu siswa laki-laki dan satu siswa perempuan dengan kemampuan matematika tinggi dipilih sebagai subjek. Tes dan wawancara digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Tes digunakan untuk menyelidiki penalaran visuospatial siswa dan wawancara bertujuan mengonfirmasi dan menggali lebih dalam penalaran siswa. Data hasil tes dan wawancara dianalisis dalam tiga tahap, yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan dan verifikasi simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penalaran visuospasial siswa laki-laki dan perempuan dalam menyelesaikan masalah geometri berada pada jenjang sintesis. Namun, terdapat perbedaan pada jenjang sintesis dalam mengidentifikasi keterkaitan spasial antar objek-objek. Siswa laki-laki mengutarakan informasi dari skema pandangan secara menyeluruh, sedangkan siswa perempuan mengutarakan bagian per bagian dari skema pandangan tersebut. Kata kunci: Penalaran visuospasial, Masalah geometri, Gender

scholarly journals Penalaran Proporsional Siswa SMP Kelas IX dalam Menyelesaikan Masalah Matematika ditinjau dari Gender

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Defi Indah Permatasari
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Numerical Comparison ◽  
Reasoning Task ◽  
Missing Value ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Data Validity

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan penalaran proporsional siswa smp laki-laki dan perempuan dalam menyelesaikan masalah matematika. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari siswa laki-laki dan perempuan kelas IX SMPN 2 Bangsal Mojokerto. Penelitian ini dimulai dengan memberikan Tes Kemampuan Matematika (TKM) untuk mendapatkan dua subjek dengan kemampuan matematika yang setara. Kemudian dilanjutkan dengan pemberian Tugas Penalaran Proporsional (TPP) dan wawancara. Pengecekan keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi waktu. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa laki-laki dan perempuan menunjukkan aktivitas penalaran proporsional pada komponen 1) memahami kovariasi, 2) mengenali situasi proporsional dan non-proporsional, 3) mengaplikasikan strategi multiplikatif dan 4) memahami syarat penggunaan rasio, pada saat menyelesaikan masalah jenis missing value. Kemudian untuk jenis masalah numerical comparison diperoleh hasil bahwa hanya siswa laki-laki yang menunjukkan aktivitas penalaran proporsional sedangkan siswa perempuan mengenali bahwa jenis masalah tersebut merupakan situasi non-proporsional.This research is a qualitative research which aimed to describe the proportional reasoning of male and female students on solving mathematical problems. The subject of this research are two students, they are male and female students at IX grade of SMPN 2 Bangsal Mojokerto. This study begins by giving the Mathematical Ability Test (TKM) to get two subjects with similar mathematical abilities and then it continued with Proportional Reasoning Task (TPP) and interviews. The checking of the data validity using triangulation of time. The results of this study showed that in the reasoning of proportional component, there is activity of the male and female students in 1) understand covariation, 2) recognize proportional and non-proportional situations, 3) apply multiplicative strategies and 4) understand terms of use of ratios, when resolving type problems "missing value". For the type of "numerical comparison" problem, only male student showed proportional reasoning activities whereas female students recognize that the type of problem as a non-proportional situation.

scholarly journals Analysis of Students’ Metacognitive Abilities Judging from Gender Differences

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pradesta ◽  
H Bharata
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Equation System ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Variable Equation ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Metacognitive Abilities ◽  
And Control

Metacognition is a person's knowledge, awareness and control of the process and the results of his thinking, this study aims to describe the students' metacognitive abilities in solving problems with the Two Variable Equation System (SPLDV). The ability of Metacognition in this study consists of three stages: planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The research is descriptive qualitative. The subjects in this study from class VIII grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Bandar Lampung. Data collection techniques in this study were written tests, observations, interviews, and documentation. The data technique reduction data, presenting data and drawing conclusions. The results of research conducted on male and female students show that there is no difference in using the structure or ability that it already has to solve mathematical problems encountered. However, there are differences in the procedure for carrying out problem-solving. While the steps to plan and look again there are no differences in procedures and concepts.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Stimulating Neural Branching Strategies in Developing Creative and Critical Thinking among Eighth Grade Students in Sultanate of Oman

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
Khadija A. Al Balushi ◽  
Sulaiman M. Al Balushi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Experimental Group

This research aims to examine the effect of teaching by using strategies that stimulate neural branching in creative and critical thinking of study groups. The sample of this study consisted of two experimental groups and a control group. In terms of the treatment, one experimental group was taught using strategies that stimulate the neural branching in human brain mentally. The other experimental group was taught using the same strategies supported by technology. The control group was taught using the traditional instruction. The sample included (95) male student and (102) female students from two schools of the governorate of Muscat. To answer the research questions, Torrance test of creative thinking (TTCT) and Watson & Glaser critical thinking test (WGCTT) were used. The results show that the experimental groups significantly outperformed the control group with respect to the creative thinking test. However there were no statistically significant differences between the study's groups in the critical thinking test. This study recommends investment of mental capacities of the learners to encourage creative thinking and train teachers on using methods that stimulate neural branching.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF FEMALE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THE VALUE OF CITIZENSHIP FOR THE EIGHTH-GRADE BOOK OF NATIONAL AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE GOVERNORATE OF AJLOUN

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (34) ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Khitam Al-Smadi ◽  
Najihah Abd Wahid ◽  
Anas Mohd Yunus ◽  
Heyam Okleh Almomani
Keyword(s):  
Civic Education ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Experimental Sample ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Girls School ◽  
The Impact

The paper is an attempt to evaluate female students’ attitudes towards the value of citizenship in the book of national and civic education in Jordan. It is mainly built on the key issues surrounding the book of national and civic education. The study aims to identify female students’ attitudes towards citizenship values for the eighth-grade book of national and civic education. The study population consists of (120) eighth-grade students at Anjara Elementary Girls School. They were selected by a simple random method. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a study tool consisting of (37) items was developed, divided into two areas, values towards women and society, religious, moral and social values, and then applying pre- and post-test for control and experimental sample. The results of the study showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the average performance of female students in the experimental and control groups on the scale of students' attitudes towards the post values of citizenship traced to the teaching of national and civic education book in favor of the experimental group. The study recommended that the values of citizenship in the national and civic education book for secondary schools needs to be developed in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to measure the impact of female student attitudes toward it.

scholarly journals Pengalaman Mahasiswa Yang Mengambil Cuti Akademik Karena Hamil

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
SKp Sabina Gero
Keyword(s):  
Female Student ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenology ◽  
Pregnant Students

Student in a college like Health Department of Kupang Polytechnic have a specific problems like as student pregnant. Health of Polytechnic Kupang rule, called Norma and Tolak Ukur has statement abaout pregnant student on chapter academic holiday. Before 2008, the rule was very strict, many female student became victims, as drop out student because they can't show a married later. Pregnant students are increased every year. This study want to know the experience of pregnant students who taking an academic holiday and student action after coming on the study again. The advantage of this study is to revision the rule of Norma and Tolok Ukur healt Polytechnic Of Kupang. The Comperation between female and male student in this college is 4 : 1. The study method was qualitative phenomenology, doing in 7 (seven) program studies , which have students to take place singular semester on 2008, after academic holiday. All of the participants are 18 (eighteen) students came back to school after pass their academic holiday. The participants answer the easy test in home and giving the researcher after finish answer the easy. The researcher analisis the answer by categoical, themes and the conclusions. The results were all of the female pregnant students were very distress emotional during the cases, their parents want them to finish their study. All of the female students want to finish their study. Also after they begun the singular semester they were very happy, more concetration, and higher motivation than before . Keywords: Pregnant students, experiences, academic holiday, Norma amd tolok ukur.

scholarly journals Impact of TV Violence on Aggression of Youth; A Comparative Analysis of Male and Female Students of Lahore

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-556
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan Qadir ◽  
Shafiq Jullandhry
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Convenience Sampling

This study focuses on impact of TV violence on aggression young viewers of Lahore. For this study 500 (Male, 250 and Female 250) students are taken as a sample size from different universities of Lahore. Data is collected through stratified and convenience sampling technique from the targeted population. Major results indicate the significant difference in exposure to TV violence and aggression of male and female students. Major results of statistical tests male student exposure and attitude to TV violence has significant impact on aggression but exposure of female student has not significant impact on aggression whereas attitude to TV violence has significant impact on aggression. Further, there is also need to set some sort of filters on media contents which are presenting violence.

scholarly journals Mathematical Connection Profile of Junior High School Students in Solving Mathematical Problems based on Gender Difference

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
Didik Sugeng Pambudi ◽  
I Ketut Budayasa ◽  
Agung Lukito
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Math Ability ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
Mathematical Connection

This study aimed at describing the mathematical connection profile of Junior High School students in solving mathematical problems based on gender difference. The subjects were two eighth grade students who had the same math ability. They were one male student and one female student. Subjects were selected by giving a math ability test, and based on the same scores at a middle level. The research type was exploration with a qualitative approach. Data were taken by interviewing the subject in depth on the basis of Task problem-solving. The problem-solving task contained narrative matter related to Geometry matter and Social Arithmetic. Data credibility used time triangulation. Data analysis was done by data categorization, data reduction, data display, data interpretation, and conclusion. The research results showed that male student connected and used mathematical ideas in the Abstrak : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk men deskripsikan profil koneksi matematis siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama dalam memecahkan masalah matematika berdasarkan perbedaan gender.form of facts, concepts/principles, and mathematical symbols in sufficient quantity, and they were linked appropriately and the mathematical ideas connection were used effectively so that it could solve problems correctly. The female student made a connection with mathematical ideas in excessive quantity and the connection was not appropriate, so the student could not solve the problem correctly. This indicated that mathematical connection profile of male student in solving mathematical problems was an efficient, strong, and effective category. On the other hand, the mathematical connection profile of female student in solving mathematical problems was in the category of inefficient, weak, and ineffective. From this result, it is suggested to the math teachers to create a learning process that is able to facilitate all students to practice improving their mathematical connection ability so they are able to succeed in solving mathematical problems.  

scholarly journals The Effect of Using the Learning Cycle Strategy (5E's) on Achievement and Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Science among Eighth Grade Students in Jordan: أثر استخدام استراتيجية دورة التعلم (5E's) في التحصيل وتنمية مهارات التفكير الناقد في العلوم لدى طالبات الصف الثامن الأساسي في الأردن

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 98-82
Author(s):  
Taghreed S.A Totanji Taghreed S.A Totanji
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Cycle ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Living Organisms

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of using the learning cycle strategy (5E's) on achievement and development of critical thinking skills in science among eighth grade students in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (53) female students who were intentionally selected from two divisions of the eighth grade class at the Al-Jubaiha Secondary School for Girls. 27) A female student, and an educational material was built in the living organisms unit and their environments from the science book for the eighth grade basic in the first semester, and an achievement test was built and a test for critical thinking was used. (5E's) in raising the level of achievement and developing critical thinking skills in science among female students.

scholarly journals ANALISIS BERPIKIR KRITIS PADA MASA PANDEMI (COVID-19) DITINJAU DARI GENDER

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Astrid Chandra Sari ◽  
Nurul Ilmiyah ◽  
Intan Yuli Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Female Student ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Math Problems

Knowing how to think critically of fellow students in solving math problems on the circle material and knowing how to think critically on male students and students during the pandemic is the goal of this research. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The research sample consisted of 6 students consisting of 1 male student with high scores, one male student with moderate grades, one male student with low scores and one female student with high scores, one female student with moderate scores, one female student with low scores. They were then followed by interviews to determine the critical thinking skills of each subject. Including (1) Focus, (2) Reason, (3) Inference, (4) Situation, (5) Clarity, and (6) Overview, which can be abbreviated as (FRISCO).  Based this study shows that male students and female students as a whole are included in the category of students with high critical thinking skills because more than 70% of students meet the criteria for high critical thinking skills.  However, male students have higher critical thinking skills than female students. This is evidenced by the fulfillment of all indicators of critical thinking by male students, while female students are only in Clarity, which means that the Overview indicator has not been fulfilled. Abstrak Mengetahui bagaimana kemampuan berpikir kritis matematis peserta didik dalam menyelesaikan masalah matematika pada materi lingkaran dan mengetahui bagaimana perbedaan kemampuan berpikir kritis matematis peserta didik laki-laki dan peserta didik perempuan pada masa pandemi merupakan tujuan dari penelitian ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 6 peserta didik yang terdiri dari 1 peserta didik laki-laki dengan nilai tinggi, 1 peserta didik laki-laki dengan nilai sedang, 1 peserta didik laki-laki dengan nilai rendah dan 1 peserta didik perempuan dengan nilai tinggi, 1 peserta didik perempuan dengan nilai sedang, 1 peserta didik perempuan dengan nilai rendah. Indikator berpikir kritis yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalan indikator  (1) Focus, (2) Reason, (3) Inference, (4) Situation, (5) Clarity, and (6) Overview yang biasanya disingkat dengan istilah (FRISCO). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peserta didik laki-laki dan peserta didik perempuan secara keseluruhan termasuk dalam kategori peserta didik dengan kemampuan berpikir kritis tinggi, karena lebih dari 70% peserta didik memenuhi kriteria kemampuan berpikir kritis tinggi. Namun peserta didik laki-laki memiliki kemampuan berpikir kritis lebih tinggi dibandingkan peserta didik perempuan. Hal itu dibuktikan dengan terpenuhinya semua indikator berpikir kritis oleh peserta didik laki-laki, sedangkan peserta didik perempuan hanya pada Clarity yang artinya indikator Overview belum terpenuhi.

scholarly journals Profil Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Mahasiswa dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Pemecahan Masalah Matematika Ditinjau dari Jenis Kelamin

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-104
Author(s):  
Dwi Utami Setyawati ◽  
Baiq Rika Ayu Febrilia ◽  
Ita Chairun Nissa
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Mathematics Problem Solving ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
Complex Reasoning ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Mathematics Problem

Critical thinking is a careful and calculated thinking activity using complex reasoning. The purpose of this study is to describe the students' ability to think critically in solving problems based on gender. The research subjects were two second semester students of Mathematics Education Program Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika. The instruments were a mathematics problem-solving sheet and interview guidelines. Data were analyzed qualitatively by three stages: data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results of the study found that the two subjects could bring up the five indicators of critical thinking. The male student was better in providing analytical analysis on the further explanation of the solution given, and the female student was better providing a complete, clear and detailed explanation so that it takes a longer time. However, the two students could not accurately draw conclusions and analysis. It is recommended that the lecturer provides various questions with different levels so that students are accustomed to thinking critically and they, later, as teachers also can train students' critical thinking.

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