Enhancing Mathematical Connection Ability of Mathematics Education Student Through Inquiry Based Learning
Aprilia Dwi Handayani (a,b*) Tatang Herman (b) Siti Fatimah (b) Irwan Setyowidodo (a)

a) Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Jl. KH. Ahmad Dahaln no. 76 Kediri, Jatim, Indonesia
*apriliadwi[at]unpkediri.ac.id
b) Mathematics Education Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

Abstract

As a pre service mathematics teacher, the student of mathematics education are required to have high order thinking skills. One part of high order thinking skills is the ability of a mathematical connection. The purpose of this study is to analyze the improvement of students mathematical connection ability as a result of the implementation of inquiry learning. This research is a quasi experimental research involving two classes. The first class as the experimental group which get Inquiry learning and the second group is the control group which get the conventional learning. The sample of this research is students who take the course of Numerical Method. The data have been obtained and then analyzed by using t test. The results of this study indicate that the ability of mathematical connections of students in the class that using inquiry learning is better than the students in the class that using conventional learning

Keywords: Mathematical Connection, Inquiry Based Learning

Topic: Mathematics Education