Mathematics learning disabilities of the slow learner students on pythagorean theorem

Abstract

This research was aimed to analyze mathematics learning disabilities of the slow learner on Pythagorean Theorem. This research was an exploratory study with qualitative approach. The subjects of this research were 2 of the 8th grade’s slow learner students of two inclusive schools in even semester of the 2017/2018 academic year. Data collection was done using test and interview method. Based on the data analysis, the results showed that the subjects had mathematics learning disabilities on Pythagorean Theorem that was categorized in (1) procedural memory deficit: the subject could not do the procedure properly and still had difficulty in operating the algebraic form, (2) semantic memory deficit: disability in learning arithmetic facts, disability in using the principle (3)visuospatial deficit: the subjects were still confused when the triangle was rotated.