Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area

Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area

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<p>Many researchers found that students have difficulties in understandingarea measurement. Students mostly focus on applying formula to find the area of certain shapes without knowing what the area is and why theformula works. It is important for the students to know what attribute being meas...

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Main Authors: Kurnia Rahmi Yuberta, Zulkardi Zulkardi, Yusuf Hartono, Frans van Galen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sriwijaya University 2011-07-01
Series:Journal on Mathematics Education
Online Access:http://ejournal.unsri.ac.id/index.php/jme/article/view/775
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spelling doaj-19843ab03e2c4675a95cf77bf4ddf3262020-11-24T23:29:17ZengSriwijaya UniversityJournal on Mathematics Education2087-88852407-06102011-07-012217318410.22342/jme.2.2.775.173 - 184254Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For AreaKurnia Rahmi YubertaZulkardi ZulkardiYusuf HartonoFrans van Galen<p>Many researchers found that students have difficulties in understandingarea measurement. Students mostly focus on applying formula to find the area of certain shapes without knowing what the area is and why theformula works. It is important for the students to know what attribute being measured and to construct the unit for area measurement. Therefore, the aim of this research is to develop activities that support students to know the attribute of area and  the notion of measurementunit in learning area measurement. For this purpose, design research is chosen for achieving the research goal. Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) underlies the design of context and activities. A teacher and students in grade 3 in elementary school (SDN 21) in Palembang Indonesia will be involved in this research.</p><p>Keywords: Area measurement, unit, design research, RME</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOI</strong>: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.2.2.775.173-184" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.2.2.775.173-184</a></p>http://ejournal.unsri.ac.id/index.php/jme/article/view/775
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author Kurnia Rahmi Yuberta
Zulkardi Zulkardi
Yusuf Hartono
Frans van Galen
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Zulkardi Zulkardi
Yusuf Hartono
Frans van Galen
Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area
Journal on Mathematics Education
author_facet Kurnia Rahmi Yuberta
Zulkardi Zulkardi
Yusuf Hartono
Frans van Galen
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title Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area
title_short Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area
title_full Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area
title_fullStr Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area
title_full_unstemmed Developing Student’s Notion of Measurement Unit For Area
title_sort developing student’s notion of measurement unit for area
publisher Sriwijaya University
series Journal on Mathematics Education
issn 2087-8885
2407-0610
publishDate 2011-07-01
description <p>Many researchers found that students have difficulties in understandingarea measurement. Students mostly focus on applying formula to find the area of certain shapes without knowing what the area is and why theformula works. It is important for the students to know what attribute being measured and to construct the unit for area measurement. Therefore, the aim of this research is to develop activities that support students to know the attribute of area and  the notion of measurementunit in learning area measurement. For this purpose, design research is chosen for achieving the research goal. Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) underlies the design of context and activities. A teacher and students in grade 3 in elementary school (SDN 21) in Palembang Indonesia will be involved in this research.</p><p>Keywords: Area measurement, unit, design research, RME</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOI</strong>: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.2.2.775.173-184" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.2.2.775.173-184</a></p>
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