Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018)

Analysis of Learning Difficulties and Self-Efficacy of Junior High School Students in Solving of Story-Form Mathematics Problems

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Indah Putri Ratnasari, Sri Hasturi Noer
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Indah Putri Ratnasari
Available Online April 2019.
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10.2991/aes-18.2019.92How to use a DOI?
Keywords
analysis of student difficulties factors; self-efficacy; solving mathematical problems; story problems
Abstract

This study aims to investigate the learning difficulties and students’ self-efficacy of junior high school students in South Lampung Regency in solving essay mathematics problems. This research employed quantitative and qualitative approaches. Data were obtained using descriptive question tests, interviews and self-efficacy scale questionnaires. The sampling technique used purposive sampling technique with 32 students as participants. It was found that students’ difficulties included difficulties in understanding the questions, in working on the questions, inadequate time provided and anxiety experienced by some students when faced mathematics problem in story-form. Self-efficacy of the students was found to be in the high category with an average of 80.47.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-709-6
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/aes-18.2019.92How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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