Proceedings of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang's 1st International Conference of Mathematics Education (INCOMED 2017)

Differences of Problem Solving Skill of The Fifth Grade Primary School Student: A Gender Analysis

Authors
Algiyan Eko Prasetya, Mr. Slamet, Budi Usodo
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Algiyan Eko Prasetya
Available Online January 2018.
DOI
10.2991/incomed-17.2018.24How to use a DOI?
Keywords
solving a math problem, gender, elementary school
Abstract

Ability to solve problem is very beneficial for people in their life. Each student can solve a problem that encountered in its own way, is one of the goals of mathematics teaching in primary schools. This study aimed to describe the difference between the mathematical problem solving ability of students male and female. The study was conducted in five classes at six elementary schools in Kebumen. The method in this research is done by giving the instrument a matter of solving the three boys and three girls aged 11-12 years. Drafting instruments based problem solving ability Polya theory. Instruments interviews were also given to the participants to determine the ways of solving the problems of each. Menunnjukkan research findings that there are differences in the stage of planning, the stage of implementing the plan and the stage looked back boys and girls. While there is no segnifikan differences between boys and girls at the stage of understanding the problem.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang's 1st International Conference of Mathematics Education (INCOMED 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
January 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-494-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/incomed-17.2018.24How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, 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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