Abstract
AbstractThe group discussion is the activity of a group of students, speaking exchanging information and opinions on a topic, where each student wants to find answers to all the possibilities. This study aims to find out and analyze the improvement of understanding the concept of mathematics students of class IX A SMP Negeri 21 Pontianak after the learning of mathematics through discussion groups assisted props. This study is a classroom action research consisting of two cycles, with the help of teacher and student activity observation sheets, student activity sheets for group discussion and test result of learning. Based on the results of data analysis, there is an increased understanding of mathematical concepts of students Through the implementation of teaching-assisted group discussion of learning aids occur increased student activity in learning. An increase in the percentage of student activity from cycles I and cycle II by 18%. Through the implementation of learning group-assisted discussion of visual aids, there was an increase in the understanding of mathematical concepts of students from cycle I and cycle II seen from the results of concept comprehension tests provided, there was an average score increase of 9.45 and a 22.85% increase in the percentage of mastery. Keywords: Conceptual Understanding, Group Discussion, Props
Highlights
The group discussion is the activity of a group of students, speaking exchanging information and opinions on a topic, where each student wants to find answers to all the possibilities
This study aims to find out and analyze the improvement of understanding the concept of mathematics students of class IX A SMP Negeri 21 Pontianak after the learning of mathematics through discussion groups assisted props
This study is a classroom action research consisting of two cycles, with the help of teacher and student activity observation sheets, student activity sheets for group discussion and test result of learning
Summary
Matematika merupakan ilmu dasar yang mempunyai peran penting dalam perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi. Berdasarkan uraian di atas kemampuan memahami konsep adalah salah satu tujuan penting dalam pembelajaran, memberikan pengertian bahwa materi-materi yang diajarkan kepada siswa bukan hanya sebagai hafalan, namun lebih dari itu. Untuk memudahkan pemahaman konsep siswa dalam proses pembelajaran maka diperlukan suatu alat atau media yang dapat digunakan untuk merangsang keaktifan, partisipasi siswa serta memperoleh hasil belajar sesuai dengan harapan peneliti. Dari uraian-uraian di atas jelaslah bahwa alat peraga atau alat bantu mengajar adalah merupakan segala sesuatu yang dapat digunakan untuk menyalurkan pesan dan dapat merangsang pikiran, perasaan, perhatian dan kemauan siswa sehingga dapat mendorong terjadinya proses belajar pada diri siswa. Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan aktivitas guru dan siswa dalam pembelajaran matematika dan diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pemahaman konsep matematika siswa dari hasil diskusi kelompok. Prosedur dalam penelitian tindakan kelas ini terdiri dari empat tahap untuk masing-masing siklus, yaitu: 1) perencanaan tindakan; 2) pelaksanaan tindakan; 3) pengamatan tindakan; dan 4) refleksi tindakan
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