摘要:This study aims to examine the improvement of students' understanding of mathematical concepts using teaching materials in differential equations course with the Guided Discovery method aided by Mathematica software. This research is a quasi-experimental study with pretest posttest Control Group Design. The subjects of the study were the sixth semester students of Mathematics Education Study Program, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang with a sample of two classes selected based on simple random sampling technique. The experimental class used teaching material in differential equations course with Guided Discovery method assisted by Mathematica software while the control class used ordinary teaching materials. The results showed that the increase in the ability to understand mathematical concepts of students in the experimental class was higher than the ability to understand mathematical concepts of control class students. The average normalized gain of experimental class students is in the medium and high categories. While the normalized gain of control class students is in the low and medium categories.
其他摘要:This study aims to examine the increase in student’s mathematical conceptual understanding ability using differential equation teaching materials using Guided Discovery assisted by Mathematica software. This study is a quasi-experimental with pretest posttest Control Group Design. The research subjects were the sixth semester students of Mathematics Education Study Program, Muhammadiyah University of Tangerang, with a sample of as many as two classes selected by simple random sampling technique. The experimental class uses differential equation teaching materials with the Guided Discovery method assisted by Mathematica software and the control class using ordinary teaching materials. The results of the study showed that an increase in mathematical conceptual understanding ability of the experimental class was higher than the control class. The average normalized gain of students in the experimental class is in the high and medium categories. While the control class is in the medium and low category. The normalized gain difference in the experimental class is better than the control class.
关键词:bahan ajar; persamaan diferensial; guided discovery; software mathematica; pemahaman konsep