Junior High School Students’ Mathematical Communication Ability in terms of High-Level Interpersonal Intelligence

Abstract

Interpersonal intelligence is a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others consciously in different environments. The difference in the level of interpersonal intelligence affects communicating with other students. Mathematical communication skills are the ability to convey mathematical ideas either orally, in writing, or in motion. The purpose of this study was to see the mathematical communication skills of students with high interpersonal intelligence. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative with instruments in the form of tests of mathematical communication skills, interpersonal intelligence questionnaires, and interviews. The subjects of this study were 2 students from class VIII SMPN 2 Baki who have high interpersonal intelligence selected by purposive sampling. The triangulation used is method and source. The results of this study indicate that students with high interpersonal intelligence can meet all indicators of mathematical communication skills. However, some students have not fulfilled one of the indicators of mathematical communication skills, namely expressing real objects, situations, and everyday events into the form of mathematical models. One of the contributing factors is that students do not understand the information on the story questions presented, so students must be asked story questions related to everyday life.