PERSOALAN PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA DI SEKOLAH

By : Dr. Marsigit, M.A.

Reviewed by : Kholida Agustin

From the research that have been done, it shows that much of the teacher still use traditional method to teach mathematics. They just use the explanation method and finally they command the student to do their task clasically. Actually this methods have weakness such as the teacher have diffiiculties to improve the student’s ability and to increase the desire to study math cooperatively, etc.

The development of mathematics teaching method have result that teach math should have been done with some kind of teaching methods such as ekspository, discussion, discovery, problem solving and using teaching aid.

The research of action (penelitian tindakan) that have been done got the positive effect.

·         To improve the ability of lower student, the teacher can use the student worksheet and discussion method in the class. It can make the student more independent, cooperative and do their discovery by theirself.

·         Using of model tool. It can give new variation of teaching method, so the student won’t get boring during the class. Using of model tool also give the clear comprehension in the student’s mind.

But, there are still obstacles such as the social culture that said “quite is gold” and “empty barrel has loud sound”. It makes the student reluctant to share their own opinion, they affraid if they have a mistakes when explained their opinion, they will be marked as a dumb. The other obstacle is the student not usually do this method, and the biggest one there are no much time and costs to do this new methods

So, there are some recommendation for the teacher, the headmaster, the government and for LPTK (Lembaga Perguruan Tinggi Kependidikan), “plan, manage and evaluate”. Plan to teach math more fun, more meaningfull. Manage how to create the condusive condition, how to develop the contribution of each aspect and always evaluate what have been done to get better result.