Improving Students’ Mathematical Thinking And Disposition Through Probing And Pushing Questions
Abstract: Teaching and
learning math is not just an activity to develop thinking skills of students as
mathematical understanding, mathematical reasoning, problem solving, and
mathematical communication. Moreover, teaching learning math should provide
enough space for students to appreciate the usefulness of mathematics in life,
showed by curiosity, concern and interest in learning mathematics, and
perseverance and confidence in problem solving. Questioning is a method that is
always used by almost all mathematics teachers. What kinds of questions do our
students ask? How can we make our classrooms as a place where questioning is
central to learning? Let consider research related to teaching and learning
mathematics with a particular focus on questions designed to provoke student
thinking. The emphasis will be on how to design and use questions and
questioning techniques that push students to the make connections and come to
understand mathematics in a deeper way or that probe their thinking to better
understand how they perceive the mathematics. Probing and pushing questions can
be used as an alternative for the development of students’ mathematical
thinking skills as well as students' mathematical dispositions/character
building in mathematics.
Keywords: mathematical
thinking, mathematical disposition, probing and pushing questions, funneling and
focusing
Penulis: Titin Suryati
Sukmadewi
Kode Jurnal: jpmatematikadd141251
