KESULITAN SISWA MENYELESAIAKAN SOAL CERITA PADA MATERI PERSEGI DAN PERSEGI PANJANG DI KELAS VII

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Abstract

Learning difficulty is a condition where students cannot learn properly due to certain obstacles or disturbances in the learning process so that students cannot achieve expected learning outcomes, and students' difficulties in solving story problems in this study are conditions that indicate there are irregularities committed by students in solving story problems around the square and rectangle. The difficulty of students in this study is related to difficulties in using concepts and principles. This study aims to describe students' difficulties in solving story problems in square and rectangular material. The method used in this study is descriptive method with the form of case study research. The research subjects consisted of 20 students of class VII MTs Sirajul Ulum Pontianak. The research data shows that there are still many students who experience difficulties in concepts and principles on square and rectangle so that many students experience difficulties and confusion on how to solve story problems around the rectangle and there are still many students who misread the circumference formula on the rectangle should be 2 ( p + l) not 2 (p + L) or 2 (px L)Keyword: Difficulties in Concepts and Principles in Problem Story