Penerapan Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) pada Materi Sistem Persamaan Linear Dua Variabel (SPLDV)

Abstract

Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) is an approach designed to help students improve their creative and higher order thinking skills. The RME approach has the following characteristics: (1) providing contextual problems, (2) providing opportunities to solve problems independently, (3) displaying interactions (opinion), (4) discussing answers, and (5) concluding the results of the discussion. The low learning outcomes of students are a problem in this study because learning is centered on educators, so students are not given the opportunity and are passive. This research examined the mastery of students' learning through RME on Linear Equation with Two Variables in Year 8. The method used is a pre-experimental, one-shot case study with a quantitative approach. The sample was selected using purposive sampling in one class in one of the junior high schools in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Data were collected through a test administered after learning with RME. The data were then analyzed by t-test. The results indicate that students' learning outcomes achieve the minimum criteria of mastery learning.