Analisis Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Matematis Siswa SMP Pada Materi Persamaan Garis Lurus

Abstract

This research was carried out with the aim of describing the ability of eighth grade junior high school students in solving mathematical problems on the material of straight line equations. The research subjects were five students of class VIII SMP at one of the schools in Karawang who had studied straight line equations. To describe students' problem-solving abilities, the researchers used descriptive methods and qualitative approaches with the main instrument in this study, namely the researchers themselves and supported by two-point test instruments, descriptions and interviews. The description questions will measure students' mathematical problem solving abilities based on Polya's problem solving indicators and are supported by the conclusions of the interviews. Data collection techniques used in the form of tests and interviews with research subjects. The results of the research from the five subjects showed that the mathematical problem solving ability of junior high school students was still low. Of the five people, only two were able to solve the problem according to the indicators even though the results were still not quite right. These results are also reinforced by the conclusion of interviews with the five subjects who said they did not understand the problem because they had never gotten a straight line equation question in the form of non-routine or closely related to daily life or the surrounding environment and were accustomed to being given questions and working on them according to the teacher's example.