Ethnomathematics Journal
Vol 4, No 2 (2023): September

ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS’ NUMERACY SKILLS IN SOLVING PROPORTION PROBLEMS IN THE CONTEXTS OF CANDI UMBUL TRADITIONAL MARKET

Fitria Sulistyowati (Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa)
Irmawati Irmawati (Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa)
Noka Setya Maharani (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)
Muhammad Irfan (Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Sep 2023

Abstract

The weaknesses in students' abilities in applying mathematical concepts and rules to non-routine problems caused them difficulties in solving them. This study was aimed at analyzing students' numeracy skills in solving proportion problems with the contexts of Candi Umbul Traditional Market. The study was qualitative descriptive research involving two seventh-grade students in Indonesia as research subjects. The two student subjects were selected from 10 students who completed the numeracy task, one with the most correct answer and one with the most incorrect answer. The ten students who completed the numeracy task were the ones with the highest test scores among 32 students in the topics of proportion and social arithmetics. The research instruments used in the study were students' work sheets (in the form of essay tests) and interviews. The data analysis technique used was descriptive analysis. Findings show that not every student with high math scores had high numeracy skills. This is evident from the fact that students faced problems when completing proportion items in the context of Candi Umbul Traditional Market; they encountered difficulties in solving the problems. The results of this study are expected to serve as a reference for further research on students' numeracy skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ethnomath

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Subject

Arts Education Mathematics Social Sciences Other

Description

Ethnomathematics Journal is an open access - international journal that provides a forum for publishing research reports, theoretical review, ideas, or innovation of mathematics education including ethnomathematics referring to the works of DAmbroisio and the colleagues. This journal is designed and ...