Friends or Foe? Secondary Students’ Perceptions of Mathematics in Acehnese Cultural Contexts
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https://doi.org/10.31980/plusminus.v5i2.2904Keywords:
ethnomathematics, mathematics, friends vs enemy, mathematical ideas, cultural artefacts, Etnomatematika, Matematika, Teman atau Musuh, Ide-ide Matematis, Artefak Budaya, friend or foe, Mathematical Ideas, Cultural artefactsAbstract
Studi ini mengekplorasi bagaimana siswa sekolah menengah dengan persepsi positive maupun negatif terlibat atau menyatu dengan konsep etnomatematis melalui artefak budaya Aceh. Data pada penelitian diperoleh dari kertas jawaban siswa yang kemudian dideskripsikan secara kualitatif. Triangulasi sumber dijadikan sebagai metode untuk mengecek kredibilitas data atau informasi yang diperoleh dalam penelitian. Empat siswa dipilih dengan komposisi dua orang meenganggap matematika sebagai temannya dan dua yang lainnya menganggap matematika sebagai musuhnya. Mereka dipilih karena mampu menuliskan informasi yang lebih. Dari penelitian ini didapatkan hasil bahwa baik siswa yang membenci matematika maupun yang menyukai matematika Ketika budaya menjadi konteks di dalam masalah matematis, mereka mampu untuk menunjukkan ide-ide matematis dalam merespon soal atau pertanyaan yang diberikan, khususunya pada geometri datar seperti segitiga, persegi Panjang dan lain-lain. Namun, tidak ada dari mereka yang menyebutkan tentang koneksi matematika dan artifak budaya dengan geometri bidang ruang seperti balok, prisma maupun kubus. Dari penelitian ini juga menguatkan siswa yang membenci matematika anda menyukainya, keduanya memiliki ide-ide sama yang dipikirkan tentang matematika Bersama dengan budaya, tetapi mereka tidak menyadarinya.
This study explores how secondary students with positive/negative perceptions of mathematics engage with ethnomathematical concepts in Acehnese cultural artefacts. In this research the data from students’ answer sheet that was described qualitatively, and the source triangulations method leads to clarification on how valid and credible the data or information delivered in the result. Four students were selected with the composition two students consider mathematics as their friends and the others two consider mathematics as their enemies. Those four students were selected on purpose with enormous information within their answer sheet. students who love mathematics consider mathematics as their friends and mathematics is the enemies for those who hate mathematics. However, when both students who hate mathematics and love it provide cultures as a context for mathematics ideas, they can perform some idea about geometry as especially flat plane such triangles, rectangles etc. none of them mention about the connection mathematics and culture artifacts with three-dimensional plane such as blocks, prims or cubes. it also strengthens the finding that students who hate mathematics and love it, both have some ideas to think about mathematics within the cultures, but they don’t realise that.
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