KEMAMPUAN MAHASISWA PGSD DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SQAL-SOAL MATEMATlKA SD

Abstract

This article is based on a research conducted to find out (1)
D-II PGSD students' level
ofability in solving elementary school
mathematical problems (D-II PGSD is a course program train­
ing elementary school teachers
of mathematics), (2) the func­
tional correlation between their motivation for achievement as
well as their experience (which covers former high school, length
of time in teaching at elementary school, and frequency in at­
tending upgrading sessions) and their level
ofability in solving
elementary school mathematical problems, and (3) the contribu­
tion
given bytheir motivation for achievement together with their
experience to their level
ofability in solving elementary school
mathematical problems.
From the total population
of 135 students ofD-II PGSD in
the academic year of2000/200
1, a sample consisting ofsixty-six
students was taken by means
ofsimple random sampling. A ques­
tionnaire and a test were administered to obtain the data, on which
zero order correlation, partial correlation, and multiple regres­
.sion analyses were conducted It was found that they w(lre able to solve 73.4% of all the
elementary school
matheplatical problems presented, an achieve­
ment categorized poor because they were formally considered
elementary schooI teacher candidates. The percentage found for
their motivation for achievement was 70.5%, which was catego­
rized good. They were categorized low in experience in the aca­
demic year
of2000/200I and the average percentage oftheir ex­
perience was 59.06%. The results
of the zero order and partial
correlation analyses showed that there was a positive and sig­
nificant correlation between their motivation for achievement as
well as their experience and their level
of ability in solving
elementary school mathematical problems
(r"" = 0.6415, r",l.x2 =
0.5047, ryx2 =0.7356, and r
yx2
=0.6472). The multiple regres­
sion analysis showed that there was a positive and significant
.
X1
correlation between their motivation for achievement and their
.. experience simultaneously and their level of ability in solving
elementary school mathematical problems
c:r = 3.0345 + 0.182
X1+ 0.35 X2). The two independent variables could explain
65.80%
of the variance of their level of ability in solving
elementary school mathematical problems and the effective
contributions were respectively 22.23% and
43.56:Yo