Research Article
Pseudo Thinking of the Social Arithmetic: A Case Study
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.19-12-2020.2309146, author={Lathifah Rahmi and Sufyani Prabawanto}, title={Pseudo Thinking of the Social Arithmetic: A Case Study }, proceedings={Proceedings of The 6th Asia-Pacific Education And Science Conference, AECon 2020, 19-20 December 2020, Purwokerto, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={AECON}, year={2021}, month={8}, keywords={pseudo thinking social arithmetic}, doi={10.4108/eai.19-12-2020.2309146} }- Lathifah Rahmi
Sufyani Prabawanto
Year: 2021
Pseudo Thinking of the Social Arithmetic: A Case Study
AECON
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.19-12-2020.2309146
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to describe the student's error of pseudo thinking of social arithmetic. The subjects were five students of 8th-9th grade. This research is a case study. Data was collected through student worksheets and interviews. The study was conducted were 40 minutes each for five meetings. Students' understanding was evaluated for the first twenty minutes using the social arithmetic problem, and then we carried on the interview for the next twenty minutes. As a result of this study, subjects still experience error thinking based on pseudo thinking theory. The subjects' type of error thinking is including conceptual pseudo thinking and true pseudo thinking on the material of social arithmetic pseudo. The causal factors include that the subjects do not really understand the interpretation of the question, and they do not understand the interpretation of the formula used.