BERPIKIR KOMPUTASIONAL SISWA SMP DALAM MENYELESAIKAN MASALAH MATEMATIKA

Abstract

The important skill to be applied in the 21st century is computational thinking (CT). Students need to develop computational thinking skills by being trained to solve open-ended problems. The descriptive qualitative method is the method used in this research. This research aims to describe the computational thinking skills of junior high school students in solving open-ended mathematical problems by explaining each component of computational thinking, namely abstraction, decomposition, algorithmic thinking, generalization, and debugging. The subjects of the research were several 8th-grade students from a private junior high school in Surabaya, consisting of 55 students who had been given TKM and TPM. Then, 3 students with different categories who provided unique answers were selected. Student in the low computational thinking category (BK1) do not fulfill all computational components. Student in the moderate category (BK2) have incomplete results in the final solution, and the problem-solving methods provided are also inadequate, resulting in imperfect final outcomes. Student in the high computational thinking category fulfill all computational components. Student (BK3) provides correct and varied problem-solving methods and solutions.