T MTK 1302628 Abstract

Penerapan Metode Guided-Discovery untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan
Representasi Matematis dan Self-Esteem Siswa SMP
Khaerunnisa (1302628)
ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menelaah peningkatan kemampuan
representasi dan self-esteem matematis antara siswa yang belajar dengan menggunakan
metode guided discovery dengan siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran biasa. Jenis
penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuasi eksperimen dengan desain penelitian
nonequivalent control group design. Populasi dalam penelitian adalah siswa kelas VIII
SMP di Kabupaten Bulukumba Tahun Pelajaran 2014/2015, sedangkan sampel
penelitiannya adalah siswa kelas VIII di satu SMP Kabupaten Bulukumba. Instrumen
yang digunakan adalah tes kemampuan representasi matematis, dan angket self-esteem.
Analisis kuantitatif dilakukan dengan menggunakan uji perbedaan rataan. Hasil penelitian
menunjukkan bahwa, (1) kemampuan representasi matematika siswa yang dengan
menggunakan metode guided discovery lebih baik daripada siswa yang memperoleh
pembelajaran biasa; (2) peningkatan representasi matematis siswa yang belajar dengan
metode guided discovery lebih baik daripada siswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran
biasa; (3) kemampuan self-esteem siswa yang belajar dengan metode guided discovery
lebih baik daripada siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran biasa; (4) peningkatan selfesteem siswa yang belajar dengan menggunakan metode guided discovery lebih baik
daripada siswa yang belajar dengan pembelajaran biasa.

Kata Kunci: Guided discovery, kemampuan representasi matematis, dan self-esteem
matematis

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MATEMATIS DAN SELF-ESTEEM SISWA SMP
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APPLICATION OF GUIDED-DISCOVERY METHOD TO ENHANCE
MATHEMATICS REPRESENTATION AND SELF-ESTEEM OF JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL
Khaerunnisa (1302628)
ABSTRACT

This research reviewed the improvement of mathematical representation and self-esteem
problem between students who learnt through guided discovery learning and students
who received conventional learning that has been evaluated for all type of students
ability. This research is a quasi experimental with nonequivalent control group design.
Population of this reseacrh was students of 8 th grader junior high school in Bulukumba

Regency in 2015. Sample of this research consisted of students of 8 th grader from one
junior high school in Bulukumba Regency. Instruments that have been conducted in this
research are mathematics representation ability test and self-esteem questionnaire.
Quantitative analysis was conducted by using mean average difference test. The result
showed that, (1) mathematical representation ability of students who learnt through
guided discovery learning was better than students who received conventional learning;
(2) the increase of mathematical representation ability of students who learnt thr ough
guided discovery learning was better than students who received conventional learning
activity. (3) mathematical self-esteem of students who learnt through guided discovery
learning is better than students who received conventional learning; (4) the increase of
mathematical self-esteem of students who learnt through guided discovery learning was
better than students who received conventional learning.

Keyword: Guided discovery, mathematics representation ability, and mathematics selfesteem.

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MATEMATIS DAN SELF-ESTEEM SISWA SMP
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