APPLICATION OF THE LEARNING CYCLE 7E LEARNING MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' MATHEMATICAL REASONING ABILITIES

Abstract

Mathematical reasoning skills are very important in the learning process, so that improving students' mathematical reasoning skills a learning model is needed that can train students' reasoning skills. This study aims to; 1) to find out whether the improvement of mathematical reasoning skills of students who obtain Learning Cycle 7E learning is better than students who obtain conventional learning; 2) to find out how students' learning motivation towards learning mathematics with the Learning Cycle 7E learning model. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental method (Quasi Experimental) with a nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The population in this study is all class VII of SMPN 1 Subang while the sample in this study is class VII B as an experimental class and class VII C as a control class. The material provided was about Data and Diagram (Using Data). Based on research results, the improvement of mathematical reasoning ability of students who obtained the Learning Cycle 7E learning model was better than that of students who obtained conventional learning, the output results of the t independent samples test were obtained that the value of sig. (2-tailed) of 0.015 which means it is smaller than 0.05 so that H₀ = is rejected and H₁ = is accepted. Then in mathematics teaching using the Learning Cycle 7E model, students have positive learning motivation.