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The profile of procedural and conceptual thinking of average level math teacher’s candidates in working with mathematical problems
tri dayat

Last modified: 2017-07-20

Abstract


Procedural thinking is a mental activity that appears when a person performs various steps or ways of doing or doing something, whereas conceptual thinking is a mental activity that arises when one identifies concepts, and relationships between concepts and expresses their meaning. This study aimed to describe the profile of procedural and conceptual thinking of prospective mathematics teachers in solving mathematical problems with medium math skills. The subject of research was gotten by holding a math ability test from the matter of college admission selection to students of mathematics teacher candidates. Data obtained from the test results of problem-solving tasks and based task interview. The validity of data was taken with time triangulation. The problem solved in the triangulation process was a problem similar to or equivalent to a given problem. Based on Polya's steps, procedural and conceptual thinking profiles reveal subject activity in 4 steps: (1) understanding the problem, (2) planning problem solving, (3) implementing the problem solving plan and (4) re-examining the problem solving. The results showed that procedural thinking in the step of understanding, planning, implementing and re-examining problem solving was strongly supported by the ability of conceptual thinking.

 

Keywords: Procedural Thinking, Conceptual Thinking, Mathematical Problems, Medium Mathematical Ability.

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