The Influence of the Realistic Mathematics Education Approach and Early Mathematical Ability to Mathematical Literacy
Pages : 798-801, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14741/ijmcr/v.6.4.18Download PDF
This research is based on the low level of Indonesian students mathematical literacy test released by PISA in 2015. The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of Realistic Mathematics Education Approach and the early mathematical ability to mathematical literacy in statistical materials. Statistics or data are 33% of topics that are tested in mathematical literacy. This research uses group design by level 2 x 2 with posstest only experiment and control group design. This study was conducted in superior students of class VIII which is studying statistical materials. The result of this research shows that there is influence of Realistic Mathematics Education Approach and early mathematical ability to mathematical literacy on statistical matter. Beside that, the Realistic Mathematics Education Approach not only increases mathematical literacy in students with high early mathematical skills, but also in students with low early mathematical abilities.
Keywords: Early mathematical abilities, Mathematical Literacy, Realistic Mathematics Education, Statistics