Developing Metacognitive and Discursive Activities in The Indonesian Mathematics Education

• Main Authors: Christa Kaune, Elmar Cohors Fresenborg, Edyta Nowinska, Yansen Marpaung, Novi Handayani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sriwijaya University 2012-01-01
• Series: Journal on Mathematics Education
• Online Access: http://ejournal.unsri.ac.id/index.php/jme/article/view/619

<p>This article reports on the findings of a German-Indonesian feasibility study, which has been conducted to examine whether a more extensive pilot study could be successful. The objective of the pilot study is to enhance the mathematical skills of Indonesian students in  the 7th class <br />by increasing the number of students who can really understand the mathematical concepts and methods introduced in class. In order to achieve this, a learning environment for the introduction of integers was designed and  implemented in class. During its implementation a teaching style has been practised which encourages metacognitive and discursive activities in the students. In this paper the theoretical background for the construction of a comparing test is set out, several exercises are presented as examples and on the basis of student solutions, taken from the test, the effects of the innovative teaching is demonstrated.  <br /> <br />Keywords: Metacognition, Microworlds, Mental models, Metaphors, Integers</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOI</strong>: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.3.1.619.1-16">http://dx.doi.org/10.22342/jme.3.1.619.1-16</a></p>