Teacher and students response to learning devices based on van hiele theory

Abstract

Critical thinking is one of the higher order thinking ability that needs to be developed in the 21st century. In fact, that the students’ critical thinking ability are still low. In learning geometry students are still dependent on the teacher in receiving information, the media are inadequate in learning geometry so that students have not been trained to solve geometry problems with critical thinking. Thus a geometrical learning devices was made based on the van hiele theory. Before using the geometry learning devices, it is validated first with the experts, asking the teacher’s response, and student responses through questionnaires and interviews. The subjects of this study were class VIII students of SMP 13 Padang. The results showed that the response of teachers and students showed the geometry learning devices is practical criteria.