Learning Obstacles of Grade VIII Junior High School Students on Number Pattern Material
Aqidatul Izzah (a*), Didi Suryadi (a), Tatang Herman (a)

a) Departement of Mathematics Education, Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia
*aqidatulizzah[at]upi.edu

Abstract

This research focuses on studying learning obstacles, especially epistemological obstacles, which aims to analyze the learning obstacles experienced by class VIII SMP students in number pattern material, analyze students^ difficulties in solving the test questions given, and teachers^ efforts to overcome obstacles or difficulties. students and what characteristics of learning design can minimize the occurrence of learning obstacles. Using qualitative research methods to understand the learning obstacles experienced by students in number pattern material. The subjects in this research were class VIII students at one of the junior high schools in Bandung City, West Java Province. Research data was collected using the learning obstacle test technique which consisted of three questions about number patterns and interviews with mathematics teachers and several students. The steps for data analysis in this research are 1) Analyzing the material that will be the topic of the instrument in the form of learning obstacle test questions- 2) Develop instruments in the form of learning obstacle test questions- 3) Testing the instrument on students- 4) Analyze the instrument test results that have been obtained- 5) Determine the student^s difficulty category- 6) Interpret in narrative form- 7) Present in the form of tables, pictures, etc.- 8) Draw conclusions. Then the main conclusion obtained is that there are 4 types of learning obstacles experienced by students including difficulties in conceptualizing the problem material, difficulties in determining pattern formulations, difficulties in using pattern formulations, and difficulties in calculations.

Keywords: Learning obstacles- Mathematics- Number pattern

Topic: Mathematics and Mathematics Education