Analyzing the student’s cognitive abilities through the thinking levels of geometry van hiele reviewed from gender perspective

Abstract

The process of thinking of students in understanding concepts and solving problems about geometry influenced by the cognitive ability of the level of geometry thinking of students, whether male or female. Van Hiele explained that there are five levels of thinking geometry. This study was conducted to determine the cognitive abilities of junior high school students based on Van Hiele’s geometry thinking level viewed from a gender perspective. The method used is a descriptive qualitative method with question instruments and interview guidelines. The research subjects were six female students and six male students. The results of tests and interviews were analysed to determine the level of the tendency of students’ geometric thinking. Research results show that there are four male students at level 3 (Deduction) and two students at level 2 (Informal Deduction).Whereas for female students there were three students at level 3 (deduction), two students at level 2 (simple deduction) and one student at level 1 (analysis). Male students are better at visual abilities and prefer simple ways of writing answers, while female students are better at verbal abilities and neater in writing answers. So it can be stated that male students tend to be superior to female students. This can be the basis for the treatment of students based on gender and cognitive abilities of students’ level of geometry thinking.