Analysis of Mathematical Resilience on Numeracy Literacy of Junior High School Students

Abstract

Each student has different characteristics in dealing with difficulties in the process of learning mathematics called mathematical resilience. The purpose of this study was to analyze students mathematical resilience on numeracy literacy questions of junior high school students, this research design used descriptive qualitative research with the research subjects used were grade VIII junior high school students in the city of Cirebon. The instruments used are numeracy literacy test questions and interviews using resilience indicators, namely (1) Emotional Regional, which shows good emotional control in solving a problem, (2) Optimist, which shows a confident attitude with his abilities in solving math problems, (3) Relation, which creates good relationships with the surrounding environment, (4) Analyze, which identifies a mathematical problem and explores the problem to find a solution, and (5) Reaching Out, which is finding solutions to mathematical problems with his creativity. Data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results showed that: 1) students with high resilience can answer numeracy literacy test questions well, can analyze information in the table, and achieve systematic steps in solving problems. 2) students with medium resilience can use a variety of numbers and symbols quite well, less specific in answering the mathematical resilience ability test. 3) students with low resilience are less able to solve problems well, students are still not precise in making plans, where students do not write the formula to be used, the solutions obtained are not leading to the right solution and students are less able to express the plans they make.

Keywords: Analysis, Mathematical Resilience, Numeracy Literacy

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/15-7-03

Publication date: June 30th 2024