International Journal on Emerging Mathematics Education
IJEME, Vol. 2 No. 2, September 2018

How Students Solves PISA Tasks: An Overview of Students’ Mathematical Literacy

Hendroanto, Aan ( Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Istiandaru, Afit ( (SCOPUS ID: 57200659808), Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Syakrina, Nisa ( SMP N 3 Mrebet, Purbalingga, Indonesia)
Setyawan, Fariz ( Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Prahmana, Rully Charitas Indra ( Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Hidayat, Agus Sofian Eka ( Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Aug 2018

Abstract

This article aims to investigate how mathematics education students in Universitas Ahmad Dahlan solve PISA mathematics problems. This research used the descriptive method with the qualitative approach and supported with quantitative data. Research subjects were 20 new students of mathematics education at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan in the 2016/2017 academic year. We translated the 2012 PISA instrument and used it to collect data on students’ mathematical literacy skills and to identify their difficulties. All the data were analyzed based on PISA’s framework. The result shows that, in general, 65.7% of students were able to understand the problems and plan their strategies to solve them. Meanwhile, only 46.9% among them could answer correctly. In addition, only 36.8% of the students were able to understand the level 6 problems while only 23.7% among them answered correctly. The students performed well in the interpretation process towards the problems with individual and social contexts. However, they found difficulties in the formulation and employment process of the problems, especially in the work and scientific context.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJEME

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Subject

Education

Description

International Journal on Emerging Mathematics Education (IJEME) is a peer-reviewed open access journal published twice in a year (March and September). The IJEME aims to provide an international forum for researchers and professionals to share their ideas on all topics related to mathematics ...