TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing creative reasoning through mathematical task
T2 - The quest for an ideal design
AU - Kusaeri, Kusaeri
AU - Lailiyah, Siti
AU - Arrifadah, Yuni
AU - Asmiyah, Siti
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is part of a research funded by UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya through the Chancellor's Decree Number 307 of 2021.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - This study aimed to: i) identify the types of completion and ways of completing mathematical tasks carried out by students based on the type of their educational institution (junior high school/SMP and junior Islamic high school/MTs); and ii) explore the tendency of the type of reasoning students use in completing the tasks. This study involved 93 students at grade 8 of prominent SMP and MTs in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Variety of ways and solutions to mathematical tasks and the tendency to type students' reasoning were explored through creative reasoning tests. Interview techniques by telephone were implemented to further explore the types of student reasoning: local creative reasoning (LCR) or global creative reasoning (GCR). The results showed that in comparison to MTs students, SMP students have more varied answers and ways to solve mathematical tasks. However, in certain cases MTs students show some unique answers. The type of creative reasoning that students tend to use is of the LCR. These findings indicate the importance for mathematics teachers to design mathematics tasks that develop GCR-type creative reasoning. Examples and exercises in mathematics textbooks should also be directed at developing this type of creative reasoning.
AB - This study aimed to: i) identify the types of completion and ways of completing mathematical tasks carried out by students based on the type of their educational institution (junior high school/SMP and junior Islamic high school/MTs); and ii) explore the tendency of the type of reasoning students use in completing the tasks. This study involved 93 students at grade 8 of prominent SMP and MTs in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Variety of ways and solutions to mathematical tasks and the tendency to type students' reasoning were explored through creative reasoning tests. Interview techniques by telephone were implemented to further explore the types of student reasoning: local creative reasoning (LCR) or global creative reasoning (GCR). The results showed that in comparison to MTs students, SMP students have more varied answers and ways to solve mathematical tasks. However, in certain cases MTs students show some unique answers. The type of creative reasoning that students tend to use is of the LCR. These findings indicate the importance for mathematics teachers to design mathematics tasks that develop GCR-type creative reasoning. Examples and exercises in mathematics textbooks should also be directed at developing this type of creative reasoning.
KW - Creative reasoning
KW - Global creative reasoning
KW - Local creative reasoning
KW - Mathematical task
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U2 - 10.11591/ijere.v11i2.22125
DO - 10.11591/ijere.v11i2.22125
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129667748
SN - 2252-8822
VL - 11
SP - 482
EP - 490
JO - International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education
JF - International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education
IS - 2
ER -