Arjudin, Cholis Sa’dijah, Sutarto, Intan Dwi Hastuti
This study aims to describe the characteristics of mathematical connections when undergraduate students are understanding the algebraic problem. The research question is "What characteristics of mathematical connections when undergraduate students understanding algebraic problems?". This research is a qualitative research with explorative descriptive method. In the selection of subject, this study involved 20 first-degree students of mathematics education courses. To describe the characteristics of the incomplete mathematical connections, it is enough to analyze data for 4 subjects. The main instrument of the research is the researcher himself, while the supporting instrument is a problem solving task sheet and interview protocol. The result of research showed that incomplete connections appeared in undergraduate students when understanding algebraic problems. It can be concluded that the characteristics of students' incomplete connections when understanding the algebraic problem can be distinguished become two types i.e. the simple incomplete connections and the complex incomplete connections. The simple incomplete connection occurs when incompletness of connection only appears on a connection block and does not continue on the next block of connection. While the complex incomplete connections occurs when incompleteness of connection appears on some blocks of connections. © IJSTR 2020.
University of Mataram, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia; IKIP, Mataram, Indonesia; Universitas Muhammadyah Mataram, Indonesia
