Students’ responses on ethnomathematics based learning with the context of Kayuagung community

Abstract

This research belongs to the type of qualitative research with ethnographic design, which aims to find out the mathematical ideas contained in the innate ritual or the conveyance of the people of Kayuagung, Ogan Komering Ilir district called oban yadikon rasan. And to find out learning using the context of the oban yadikon rasan. The subjects in this study were resource persons who had knowledge about the wooden yadikon oban yadikon and IX grade students in SMP Negeri 2 Kayuagung. This research generates mathematical ideas to build dimensional space 3, which corresponds to junior high school students, namely the material to construct curved side spaces in class IX. After learning by using these mathematical ideas, students in class IX.1 as the subject of this study conclude that learning is more interesting and increases students’ interest in learning mathematics. Thus ethnomathemics-based learning with the context of oban yadikon rasan agung for junior high school students, received a positive response that is more interesting and increased student interest in learning.