The Difference between Mathematical Reasoning Ability Improvement by Learning with Meta Cognitive Approach Aided Probing and Prompting Techniques in SMP Negeri 4 SeiSuka
<em>The purpose of this study were: (1) analyzed the differences in students’ mathematical reasoning ability </em><em>improvement taught by metacognition approach aided probing technique (PMT-probing) and </em><em>metacognition approach aided prompting technique (PMT-prompting); and (2) described the process of</em><br /><em>the students’ responses in solving mathematical reasoning abilities. This study was a quasi </em><em>experimentalresearch. The population in this study were all students of class VIII SMP Negeri 4 </em><em>SeiSuka, with a purposive sampling techniques, the obtained sample was VIII-1 and VIII-2. The </em><em>research instrument used a test of mathematical reasoning ability, and had qualified the criteria of </em><em>content validity, and reliability coefficient of 0.819. Anova two ways was used to analyze the difference </em><em>of mathematical reasoning ability improvement, while descriptive analysis was used to analyze </em><em>students’ answers process. The results showed that: (1) There were differences in students’ </em><em>mathematical reasoning skills improvement which were taught by metacognition approach aided </em><em>probing techniques and the students taught by prompting technical approach; and (2) The process of </em><em>the students’ responses on students’ mathematical reasoning abilitythrough learning with metacognition </em><em>approach aided by prompting techniques was better than metacognition approach aided by probing</em><br /><em>techniques.</em>