Abstract
This study aims to determine students’ mathematical literacy skills in solving PISA mathematical problems. Mathematical literacy is the capacity of individuals to formulate, use, and interpret mathematics in various contexts. Students’ mathematical literacy skills can be seen in the way students work in solving PISA questions. This study is qualitative descriptive research. Data from the analysis of students’ mathematical literacy skills were obtained through tests in the form of descriptive questions adopted from PISA questions, analysis based on indicators of mathematical literacy skill according to PISA, and the interview results with students who worked on the PISA questions. This study shows that students’ mathematical literacy skills were in the medium to the low category; this can be seen from the percentage of students’ answer scores in working on PISA questions. Therefore, it is necessary to provide reasoning questions such as PISA questions to help students improve their mathematical literacy skills.
Highlights
Mathematical literacy skills in mathematics help humans understand the role and use of mathematics in life and make correct decisions as educated humans
This research type is used to describe students’ mathematical literacy abilities based on tests in the form of descriptive questions adopted from PISA questions, analysis based on indicators of mathematical literacy skill according to PISA, and the results of the interviews with students who worked on the PISA questions
The analysis results refer to the mathematical literacy process, which is an indicator in analyzing mathematical literacy skills
Summary
Mathematical literacy skills in mathematics help humans understand the role and use of mathematics in life and make correct decisions as educated humans. Mathematical literacy is still a major challenge in basic mathematics education, so improving literacy is a challenge worldwide since people need literacy skills to find, select, interpret, analyze, and produce relevant information (Genlott & Gronlund, 2016). Mathematical skills help individuals recognize that mathematics plays a role in every aspect of life and makes informed decisions needed in a constructive, engaged, and reflective manner (Colwell & Enderson, 2016; Genlott & Gronlund, 2016; Purpura, Schmitt, & Ganley, 2017)
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