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Problem-Solving Strategies Used by Eight Grade Students

Ratnasari Ratnasari 1 * , Desyarti Safarini TLS 1 *
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1 Sampoerna University, INDONESIA* Corresponding Author
Contemporary Mathematics and Science Education, 1(2), July 2020, ep20008, https://doi.org/10.30935/conmaths/8497
Submitted: 01 July 2020, Published: 30 August 2020
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This qualitative research aims to describe the common strategies used by 8-th grade students to get a solution for two non-routine problems. The research participants were twenty 8th graders in one of private middle schools in Jakarta. Six participants were selected for interview sesion. The researcher gave a test, which consists of two non-routine problems about algebra and interviews the subjects to gain more information. The result showed that there were three common strategies used by the participants to solve problem 1, which act it out, draw a model, and guess and check. Moreover, it was found that the guess nad check is the only strategy used by the participants to answer problem 2.This qualitative research aims to describe the common strategies used by 8-th grade students to get a solution for two non-routine problems. The research participants were twenty 8th graders in one of private middle schools in Jakarta. Six participants were selected for interview sesion. The researcher gave a test, which consists of two non-routine problems about algebra and interviews the subjects to gain more information. The result showed that there were three common strategies used by the participants to solve problem 1, which act it out, draw a model, and guess and check. Moreover, it was found that the guess nad check is the only strategy used by the participants to answer problem 2.
Keywords: eight grade students, non-routine problems, problem-solving strategies

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Ratnasari, R., & Safarini TLS, D. (2020). Problem-Solving Strategies Used by Eight Grade Students. Contemporary Mathematics and Science Education, 1(2), ep20008. https://doi.org/10.30935/conmaths/8497

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