The analysis of students’ metacognition in solving local wisdom based mathematical problems and the application of murder strategy to increase their metacognition ability

Abstract

Metacognition ability is very important nowadays, especially in solving the problems faced. This study aims to analyze the students’ level of metacognition in solving math problems based on local wisdom, and is continued with the effort to improve their metacognition ability by using Murder. This study is carried out by using Concurrent Triangulation mix method, started by having qualitative method, continued by analyzing quantitatively and finished by doing the qualitative analysis. The research subjects were 21 elementary students in the experimental class and 21 elementary students in the control class. The research findings show that there are various students’ metacognition level varies weak, moderate and strong. There is a mean difference on students’ metacognition ability and their achievement test. The description of each level of metacognition is presented in the portrait phase of metacognition. N-Gain shows that the use of Murder strategy in the experimental class is more effective than the use of demonstration strategies in control class. The increasing students’ metacognition in Murder class were presented in a table. The result reveals that the application of Murder Strategy can increase students’ metacognition level in solving local wisdom based mathematical problems of elementary school students