Analysis of Students Mathematics Reflective Thinking Skills and Habits of Mind
I D Martyaningrum (a*), S Prabawanto (a)
a) Departemen Pendidikan Matematika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr.Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
*) ikadeavy[at]upi.edu
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to describe students- mathematics reflective thinking skill and habits of mind. The method in this study was qualitative-descriptive. The data was collected by using mathematics reflective thinking written test, habits of mind scale, and interviews. The subjects were two students of grade-ten of senior high school in Kebumen, Central Java. The result show that the first student can solve all of aspects of mathematics reflective thinking skill, namely reacting, elaborating, and contemplating. The other student can solve only two aspects of mathematics reflective thinking skill, namely reacting and elaborating. Moreover, the first student is better than the second student in three habits of mind indicators, namely can survive, intuitive, and using a senses to collect and process the data.
Keywords: Mathematics Reflective Thinking Skills, Habits of mind
Topic: Mathematics Education