INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND
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HABITS OF MIND AFFECT ON MATHEMATICAL COMPREHENSION
ABILITY
Rene Norman
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indraprasta PGRI, Jakarta, Indonesia
Email: [email protected]
Abstract
This research was conducted in Sekolah Alam Indonesia Elementary School. The purpose of this study
was to determine the effect of Habits Of Mind on
mathematical ability. The research method used was a survey method. The number
of samples that the researchers took was 40 students from a total population of
150 students, which were taken using the proportional random sampling
technique. The instrument used is a written test instrument with 10 items. The
result of this research is that there is a significant influence between habits
of mind on mathematical understanding ability. This is evident from the
calculation of the normality test, the mathematical understanding ability of
the value of Lo < Ltable (0.1549 <
0.173) then H0 accepted. It is concluded that the mathematical
understanding ability data come from a normally distributed population, as well
as in classes taught with the ability mathematical understanding Lo < Ltable (0.1549 < 0.173) then H0
accepted. It is concluded that the data on the mathematical comprehension
ability of the population is normally distributed.
Keywords: Habits of Mind, Mathematical Comprehension Ability, Learning
Received 29
June 2022, Revised 08 July 2022, Accepted 22 July 2022
INTRODUCTION
Mathematics
learning has a goal as implied in the Education Unit Level Curriculum (KTSP): learning that equips students
with knowledge, understanding, and several abilities to develop science and
technology (Menanti & Rahman, 2018). To achieve these
goals, the learning of mathematics in elementary schools must emphasize the
ability to understand mathematics, including products and processes. Moreover,
have curiosity). Learning mathematics must involve students actively
interacting in learning.
The process of
learning mathematics in elementary schools at this time, in general, has not
had an impact on the ability to understand mathematics. This can be done by developing
students' mathematical comprehension abilities in learning mathematics through
fostering process skills. Students' intellectual, social, and physical skills
are processed to obtain better knowledge. Moreover, centralizing bodily
interaction as the source of (mathematical) information provides an innovative
design approach for instructional technology (Alberto, Shvarts, Drijvers, & Bakker, 2021). Conceptualization is a component of mathematical comprehension
(Wibowo & Yuzianah, 2019).
In the classroom
learning process, students are required to play an active role in learning,
especially through practicing math problems that require understanding.
Students are more enthusiastic about working on questions. At the same time,
the teacher becomes a facilitator of learning activities whose role is to
direct students to find the concepts being studied. One factor that affects the
ability to understand mathematically is the habit of mind. Moreover, comprehension of the right selection
and application of learning habits can result in more effective and efficient
mastery of new information, enabling pupils to work more effectively and
adapting to changes more readily (Urh & Jereb,
2014).
Habits of mind are defined as
patterns of intelligent behavior that enable
productive action. Habits of mind are
a group of skills, attitudes, and values that allow people to bring up their
performance or behavioral intelligence based on the
stimulus provided to guide students in dealing with or solving existing issues (Marita & Amanati, 2017).
In addition, this mathematical habits of mind strategy refers to a method for
cultivating mathematical reasoning (Habibi, Lasia, Oktafia, & Ilham, 2020).
Habits of Mind have an effect on students' mathematics reasoning ability (Sugandi, Bernard, & Linda, 2021). However, there is
no association between the mathematics creative thinking skills of students and
their level of mental habit (Yulianto, 2021).
Based on those
phenomenon habits, then in the mathematics teaching and learning process, it is
necessary to prepare for learning so that students can understand
mathematically. Thus the author is interested in
researching the influence of Habits of
mind on the ability of mathematical comprehension.
METHOD
The type of research used in this study is a survey. A survey is a
research conducted on a group of objects at a certain time to assess the
condition or implementation of a program (Arikunto, 2010). The research
results are used to develop a plan to improve the program (Sanjaya, 2016). The variables
measured in this study were students' understanding of mathematical concepts as
the independent variable, namely
Habits of Mind (variable X), and students' mathematical comprehension ability as the dependent variable (variable Y).
The target population in this study were all fifth-grade students
of Sekolah Alam Indonesia Elementary
School for the academic year 2020/2020, totaling 150 students. The sampling
technique in this research is random sampling, with the following steps:
1)
Collecting data on the total
population.
2)
Using a shuffling technique, the
names of all fifth graders were put in a closed place and then shuffled; the
names (40 students) that came out were used as research samples.
3)
Collecting data on the sample
members and then given the research instrument.
The data collection
techniques used in this study were as follows:
1)
Students' habits of mind were
taken using a
questionnaire in
the form of a statement with 30 questions.
2)
The students' Mathematical
Comprehension Ability was taken from a written test containing 10 questions.
A. Results
There are three
kinds of mathematical comprehension: translation, interpretation, and extrapolation. Translational understanding is
used to convey information in other languages and forms (Susanto, 2012). It involves
giving the meaning of a variety of information. Discussion through statistical
results shows that the ability of mathematical understanding shows the
calculation results of the average value of 89.4. At the same time, the habits
of mind are 76.8, which illustrates that the
ability of mathematical understanding is good on the habits of mind.
For the
calculation of the normality test, on the ability of mathematical
understanding, the value of Lo < Ltable
(0.1549 < 0.173) then H0 accepted, and it is concluded that the
mathematical understanding ability data comes from a normally distributed
population and in classes taught with mathematical understanding ability Lo
< Ltable (0.1549 < 0.173) then H0 is.
accepted, and it is concluded that the data on the mathematical understanding
ability of the population is normally distributed
Meanwhile, in
the calculation of the homogeneity test on the
mathematical understanding ability, it is obtained that Fcount
< Ftable or 1.11 < 1.98 then H0
accepted, and it can be concluded that the data has the same variance or
Homogeneous, which means ability and habits of mind have the
same ability. The value of tcount > ttable or 5.34 > 2.02 is obtained based on
hypothesis testing. This proves that H0 is accepted, which means
there is a significant influence between the ability of mathematical comprehension
and habits of mind.
B. Discussion
Based on the
information described above, it can be concluded that the ability of mathematical comprehension has a
significant influence in helping to improve students� habits of mind. This is in line with other previous studies
related to the influence of mathematical understanding ability on mathematics
learning outcomes, including research conducted (Kusharyanti, 2009). There is an increase
in mathematical understanding ability with habits of mind of students in class XI
Nurul Iman Jakarta Vocational School, as well as research conducted by Sebastian, (2022), the results showed that
there was an increase in student learning outcomes in class XI of Public Senior
High School 2 Bekasi. Moreover, there is an increase in the mathematical comprehension
ability of students in class X Public Senior High School 3 Dompu
(Wardawati, 2012).
Research has
been conducted on the ability to understand mathematics in elementary schools,
with the results showing a significant increase in the acquisition of higher
student scores when they already can understand mathematics in solving math
problems than if students do not yet have an understanding of mathematics.
During the
teaching and learning process, students seem to understand the material
presented faster because students can already understand mathematically based
on each student's characteristics and ways of learning. Each student has a
different way of learning, and the way to respond to the learning material is
also different. Some are easier and faster to understand, some are slower, and
some are very slow to receive the subject matter. However, when all of them
already have good mathematical comprehension skills, almost all students have
no difficulty accepting the lessons.
CONCLUSION
Based on the results of research and discussion,
there is a significant influence between habits
of mind on mathematical comprehension abilities. This is evident
from the calculation of the normality test, the mathematical understanding
ability of the value of Lo < Ltable
(0.1549 < 0.173) then H0 accepted. It is concluded that
mathematical comprehension ability data come from a normally distributed
population, as well as in classes taught with the ability mathematical
understanding Lo < Ltable (0.1549 <
0.173) then H0 accepted. It is concluded that the data on the
mathematical comprehension ability of the population is normally distributed.
Meanwhile, in the calculation of the homogeneity
test on the
mathematical comprehension ability, it is obtained that Fcount < Ftable or 1.11 < 1.98 then H0
accepted, and it can be concluded that the data has the same variance or
Homogeneous, which means ability and habits of mind have the
same ability. Based on this hypothesis testing, the value of tcount > ttable
or 5.34 > 2.02 is obtained. This proves that H0 is accepted,
which means that there is a positive influence between habits of mind and mathematical comprehension ability
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