Incorporating a Metacognitive Learning Model to Improve Geometric Thinking in High-School Students

Thinking development processes among high-school students is an important and significant issue that has been widely investigated (Leviathan, 2012; Ball, 1996; De Risi, 2015). A few studies discuss the development of mathematical thinking as this field contains additional difficulties to the traditional factors, teachers, students, and parents, and is one of the most important areas taught in school, according to De Risi (2015). Due to the importance of this subject, the challenge facing researchers, mathematicians, and educators is how to improve students’ abilities and achievements in mathematics. In recent years, researchers have found that in order to improve students’ achievements and abilities in mathematics, one can use self-direction. Self-direction is a strategy by which the learner acquires the ability to cope with learning from several aspects and contributes to inking development. In this study, we showed that self-directed learning with an emphasis on metacognition would improve students’ understanding of the subject in question. Using the metacognitive guidance model, the students acquire and develop learning skills that contribute to developing their geometric thinking. In this study, there is the added value of using a learning model based on metacognitive guidance and its significant contribution to combining multiple subjects into one problem.

Drinking-Related Metacognitive Guidance Contributes to Students’ Expression of Healthy Drinking Principles as Part of Biology Teaching

Biology education has adopted the goal of educating future generations about sustainable, healthy habits. The current paper focuses on drinking-related nutritional literacy—the characteristic of health education that refers to aspects of healthy drinking: drinking enough water and fewer sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). The study aims to foster school students’ critical thinking about the quality and the quantity of what they drink in everyday life. Facilitating students’ metacognitive awareness was achieved, as they were engaged in a biology learning activity centered on the importance of healthy drinking in everyday life. The study focused on two research questions: 1. What is the contribution of drinking-related metacognitive guidance to the development of metacognitive awareness concerning healthy drinking among students? 2. What is the contribution of drinking-related metacognitive guidance to the way students express the principles and importance of healthy drinking as part of their metacognitive awareness thinking process? The findings indicate a quantitative and qualitative improvement in drinking-related metacognitive awareness among those students who received metacognitive guidance as part of biology teaching. This paper suggests that metacognitive guidance has a significant pedagogical potential to improve sustainable healthy habits among children.

How Is Your Connection?

Traditional course design assumes a synchronous, in-person learning environment and relies on a skilled instructor to observe nonverbal communication and guide interactions between learners. However, the nature of online learning has changed instructor-student connections so that providing real-time, guided interactions and feedback are not always practical. The loss of these interactions has particularly affected social and emotional learning (SEL), or how people recognize and manage emotions, empathize with, and relate to others, and make responsible decisions. SEL—popularly known as emotional intelligence, EI, or EQ—has gained recognition as the foundation of vital “soft skills” that contribute to improved job satisfaction, performance, and productivity. When institutions simply convert in-person curricula to digital, the resulting online courses often do not account for the loss of real-time SEL and metacognitive guidance from an instructor. This chapter provides guidance on how to integrate SEL into the design of online courses.

Persepsi Penggunaan Bahan Ajar Matematika Berpendekatan Metacognitive Guidance Pada Siswa Kelas VIII SMP Negeri 12 Kendari

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi penggunaan bahan ajar matematika berpendekatan metacognitive guidance pada siswa kelas VIII7 SMP Negeri 12 Kendari. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif yang mempersentasekan data hasil penelitian dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 25 orang siswa kelas VIII7 SMP Negeri 12 Kendari. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada semester genap tahun pelajaran 2017/2018. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa persepsi penggunaan bahan ajar matematika berpendekatan metacognitive guidance pada siswa kelas VIII7 SMP Negeri 12 secara keseluruhan menunjukkan bahwa siswa memiliki respon sangat baik jika menggunakan bahan ajar matematika berpendekatan metacognitive guidance. Hal ini ditunjukkan dengan rata-rata pesentase yang dicapai siswa secara keseluruhan sebesar 80,61%.

MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN LITERASI MATEMATIS DENGAN PENDEKATAN METACOGNITIVE GUIDANCE BERBANTUAN GEOGEBRA

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh hasil studi pendahuluan mengenai kemampuan literasi matematis di salah satu SMP Negeri Kota Serang. Tujuan utama penelitian ini untuk menyelidiki peningkatan kemampuan literasi matematis siswa, sebagai akibat dari pembelajaran dengan pendekatan Metacognitive Guidance berbantuan GeoGebra (MG+GeoGebra) dan pembelajaran biasa (PB) yang ditinjau dari kategori PAM (tinggi, sedang, dan rendah). Penelitian ini termasuk ke dalam non equivalent pretest – postest - control group design. Hasil analisis data menyimpulkan bahwa: 1.a) ditinjau secara keseluruhan, peningkatan kemampuan literasi matematis siswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran MG+GeoGebra lebih baik daripada siswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran PB; 1.b) peningkatan kemampuan literasi matematis siswa kategori PAM tinggi dan sedang pada kelompok eksperimen lebih baik dibandingkan dengan siswa kategori PAM tinggi dan sedang pada kelompok kontrol; 2) tidak terdapat interaksi antara faktor pembelajaran yang diberikan dan kategori PAM (tinggi, sedang, dan rendah) terhadap kemampuan literasi matematis. (Artikel sudah terbit di Jurnal Gauss; Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika, Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, Universitas Serang Raya, Vol. 01, No. 01 Mei 2018, hal. 53-65)

Meningkatkan Kemampuan Literasi Matematis dengan Pendekatan Metacognitive Guidance Berbantuan GEOGEBRA

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of Metacognitive Guidance Approach assisted by GeoGebra on mathematical literacy. In particular, the study compares two learning environment: a) conventional learning, and b) metacognitive guidance learning using GeoGebra. This study was carried out on student‟s ability level (low, medium and high ability group), and their competence on mathematical literacy. This research was non equivalent pretest – postest - control group design. The results of data analysis showed that: 1.a) the students who were exposed to MG+GeoGebra outperform students that were not exposed to MG+GeoGebra on mathematical literacy; 1.b) the students in high and medium ability group who were exposed to MG+GeoGebra outperform students that were not exposed to MG+GeoGebra on mathematical literacy; 2) there was no interaction between learning method and student‟s ability level on mathematical literacy.

PEMBELAJARAN DENGAN PENDEKATAN METACOGNITIVE GUIDANCE (MG) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN LITERASI MATEMATIS SISWA SMP

To the effect this research is subject to see the improvement of students' mathematical literacy by using the Metacognitive Guidance (MG) approach, especially the mathematical literacy ability of level 3 and level 4 students. The design of this research is non-equivalent control group design. The experimental class is given by using the Metacognitive Guidance (MG) approach and the control class given the learning with the conventional approach. The population in this study is all students of class VII of one of the Junior High School in Cianjur. The samples were chosen as many as 2 classes from eight existing classes with purposive sampling technique. To obtain the result of research data using instrument in the form of mathematical literacy level 3 and level 4, and student questionnaire. Data processing increased the ability of mathematical literacy using mann-witney test. Based analisi data, �the results showed that the improvement of students 'mathematical literacy skills using the Metacognitive Guidance (MG) approach was better than the improvement of students' mathematical literacy skills using conventional approach, the improvement was in the medium category. The questionnaire results show that students' attitude toward mathematics learning using Metacognitive Guidance (MG) approach is positive.Keywords: Metacognitive Guidance Approach, Mathematical Literacy