STUDI KASUS KESULITAN BELAJAR MATEMATIKA PADA REMAJA
Abstract: Mathematical ability
is crucial for students since it contributes to their cognitive development and
also their graduation. Student with low math ability is likely to be a school
dropout. However, the math ability is influenced by two factors, internal and
external factors. The internal factorsare numerous such as math anxiety,
negative perception toward math, unpleasant experience about math, and low
selfefficacy on math. The external factors are also numerous i.e. negative
perceptions among math teachers on student's ability, unprofessional teacher,
uncreative teacher, and punitive teacher. Two subjects participated in this
preliminary research. One subject has positive perception toward math, whilst
the rest has negative perception. This research intends to understand the
factors contributing to the low score on math. This study revealed that student
with positive perception is more likely to enjoy math learning process and able
to cope with boredom. Student with negative perception, on the other hand, has
difficulties in learning process and tend to boredom. Several limitations of
this preliminary research are discussed.
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