ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT BASED ON LEARNING STYLES

This descriptive and comparative study aims to see the students learning styles and mathematics achievements. The respondent are fifty junior high school students in Lembang, West Bandung, Indonesia. The research instruments are Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ) and mathemat...

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Main Author: Louise M Saija
Format: Article
Language:Indonesian
Published: Pattimura University 2021-11-01
Series:Jurnal Magister Pendidikan Matematika
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Online Access:https://ojs3.unpatti.ac.id/index.php/jumadika/article/view/4279
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Summary:This descriptive and comparative study aims to see the students learning styles and mathematics achievements. The respondent are fifty junior high school students in Lembang, West Bandung, Indonesia. The research instruments are Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire (PLSPQ) and mathematics problem solving test. The result of this study are: (1) Only twenty percent of the students have exactly  one learning style and most of the students has kinesthetic learning style; (2) Students who have  three or less major learning styles perform good mathematics achievement,  and  students who have minor learning styles only, perform better mathematics achievements averagely, comparing with students who have major learning styles; (3) Students perform better mathematics achievement when they have more than one learning style, (4) There is no significant difference in the students’ mathematics achievement, between students who have three or less major learning styles and students who have more than three major learning styles.
ISSN:2657-1986
2684-8848