Analysis of Ability to Understand Mathematical Concepts Class Students XI in Geometric Transformation Materials

Abstract

The low ability of students to understand mathematical concepts is proven by the majority of students not being able to reformulate the solution to the problem given. This research aims to describe students' ability to understand mathematical concepts for each indicator so that it is known which indicators students experience problems with. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The instruments in this research are test and interview instruments. The research subjects were 26 students of class XI Science 1 SMAN 5 Sukabumi City. Data were analyzed using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. In data reduction, researchers summarize the data and classify the data. Based on the results of data analysis, it was concluded that students with high and medium abilities had excellent concept understanding abilities in restating a concept, classifying objects according to the concept, and presenting concepts in various forms of mathematical representation. while students with low abilities are in the good category. Highly capable students are able to restate the concepts they have learned and apply concepts or problem solving algorithms very well. Meanwhile, students with medium and low ability are in the sufficient category. In linking various concepts, high, medium and low ability students have quite good ability to understand mathematical concepts.