Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL 2019)

The Effect of Realistic Mathematics Approach and Self-Efficacy on Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Ability in Fifth Grade Student of Gracia Sustain Private Elementary School Medan

Authors
Anita Rebekawati, Waminton Rajagukguk, Zulkifli Matondang
Corresponding Author
Anita Rebekawati
Available Online December 2019.
Keywords
Realistic mathematics approach, conventional approach, mathematics problem-solving ability, and self-efficacy.
Abstract

This study aims to determine: (1) the effect of realistic mathematics approach on student mathematics problem-solving ability; (2) the effect of self-efficacy on student mathematics problem-solving ability; (3) the interaction between realistic mathematics approach and self-efficacy on student mathematics problem-solving ability. This research is a quasi-experimental research. The population research is students of class V-A, V-B, and V-C Gracia Sustain Private Elementary School. The sample in this research is class V-A as the control class that consists of 30 students which were taught using the conventional approach and for class V-B for the experimental class which was taught using realistic mathematics approach. The instruments used were: (1) mathematics problem-solving test, that was essay test; (2) self-efficacy questionnaire sheet. These instruments had fulfilled the terms of validity and reliability coefficient. The findings of the research showed that: (1) there are effects of realistic mathematics approach towards student mathematics problem-solving ability. It is shown by the mathematics problem-solving outcomes of students who received the realistic mathematics approach got mean score as 78,37 while the mathematics problem-solving outcomes of student who received the conventional approach got mean score as 67,70; (2) based on the results of data calculations can be seen that the mathematics problem-solving ability on students who have high self-efficacy got mean score as 79,38 while the mathematics problem-solving ability on students who have low self-efficacy got the mean score as 64,18; and (3) the hypothesis result testing showed that there is no interaction between the use of realistic mathematics approach and self-efficacy towards students mathematics problem-solving ability.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
December 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-872-7
ISSN
2352-5398
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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