ANALISIS KESALAHAN SISWA SMP DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SOAL SPLDV

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Many students who make error in solving math problems especially on SPLDV material to bring researchers to do further analysis. The purpose of this paper is to describe the errors of students in solving the problem SPLDV. This study is a descriptive research with qualitative approach. Subjects in this study were students of class VIII SMP Negeri 1 Salam, Magelang District, with 32 students. data collection was performed by using test and non test instruments. The results of this study show that most students still make error in solving the SPLDV problem. The analysis by using the Newman stages. From the results of the study found that at the stage of reading students experience errors in reading commands written in the matter. In the comprehension stage students can make the equations by using the variables, but they do not explain the purpose of the variables used but the students also misinterpret the intent of the given problem. At the stage of transformation students difficulty in changing the contextual problem into the mathematical sentence. At the stage of process skill students make error in algebra operations that result in miscalculation so that student answers are wrong. At the encoding stage  the student has an error in converting the result into a constextual sentence or making a conclusion.