Abstract
This study aimed to improve the students’ productive disposition (PD) through Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) learning with an outdoor approach based on school level. Productive disposition development is intended so that students can appreciate mathematics as a science needed for their lives. The method used in this research was a quasi-experimental study. The population was 210 students of the fifth grade of Elementary School from five schools. The sample was 75 fifth grade students. The data were collected by using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-test to find out the difference between the experimental and the control group. The results of this study indicate that RME learning with the outdoor approach more influential than the conventional learning in improving PD in high school level. Otherwise, in medium and low level school, the conventional learning was more influential than the RME learning with the outdoor approach to improve the students’ PD. Therefore, it can be concluded that the school level needs to be considered in improving students’ productive disposition through RME learning with an outdoor approach. Moreover, RME learning with an outdoor approach as an alternative model to improve productive disposition of students.
Highlights
Developing attitudes and habits of elementary school students who view mathematics as useful knowledge for their lives is not an easy thing because mathematics is an abstract knowledge contained in the human mind
The general statement of this problem was “Could Realistic Mathematics Education learning with the outdoor approach improve the mathematical productive disposition of the elementary school students viewed from the school levels?” Based on the problem statement, the general objective of this study was to improve the mathematical productive disposition of the students through Realistic Mathematics Education learning with the outdoor approach viewed from the school levels
The Realistic Mathematics Education learning model with the outdoor approach could improve the ability of the mathematical productive disposition of the elementary school students by 0.03
Summary
Developing attitudes and habits of elementary school students who view mathematics as useful knowledge for their lives is not an easy thing because mathematics is an abstract knowledge contained in the human mind. Mathematics is the science of the organized structure (Saleh Haji & Yumiati, 2018). The form of the structure is abstract from mathematics in the form of symbols, operations, and formulas. The teachers do not develop productive disposition towards mathematics. They tend to teach mathematical concepts and skills rather than developing attitudes towards mathematics (productive disposition). A small number of mathematics teachers focus on developing the students’ mathematical dispositions during the process of teaching mathematics rather than developing the students’ procedural fluency and strategic competence (An et al, 2015).
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