Improvement of College Students Mathematical Concept Understanding through DNR-based Instruction Models

Marwia Tamrin Bakar, Darhim, Didi Suryadi

2018

Abstract

Mathematical concept understanding is the basic ability that students must possess in learning mathematics. Mathematics that is abstract, having symbols which can be only understood in its field, makes mathematics complicated as felt by some students. The DNR-Based Instruction model with the principles of duality, necessity and repeated reasoning can improve students' ability to understand mathematical concepts. Therefore this study aims to determine the improvement in students' mathematical concept understanding through the DNR-Based Instruction model. Descriptive and n-gain analysis was used to analyze the results of students' work at pretest and posttest and then to discover the amount and qualification of the improvement in 54 students at a state university in North Maluku Indonesia. The results showed that there was an increase in students' mathematical concept understanding of 0.66 with moderate qualifications. The implication of this research is that learning mathematics by emphasizing on concept understanding is a way in which mathematics should be taught.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bakar M., Suryadi D. and Darhim. (2018). Improvement of College Students Mathematical Concept Understanding through DNR-based Instruction Models.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Teaching and Learning - Volume 1: ICTL, ISBN 978-989-758-439-8, pages 190-193. DOI: 10.5220/0008899101900193

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ictl18,
author={Marwia Tamrin Bakar and Didi Suryadi and Darhim},
title={Improvement of College Students Mathematical Concept Understanding through DNR-based Instruction Models},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Teaching and Learning - Volume 1: ICTL,},
year={2018},
pages={190-193},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008899101900193},
isbn={978-989-758-439-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Teaching and Learning - Volume 1: ICTL,
TI - Improvement of College Students Mathematical Concept Understanding through DNR-based Instruction Models
SN - 978-989-758-439-8
AU - Bakar M.
AU - Suryadi D.
AU - Darhim.
PY - 2018
SP - 190
EP - 193
DO - 10.5220/0008899101900193