Nurfaida Tasni, Toto Nusantara, Erry Hidayanto, Sisworo
This case study investigates how students do strategy transformation in connective thinking through a process of reflection. This paper aims to anticipate students’ failures in connective thinking when solving mathematical problems. Strategy transformation has a positive effect on student success in solving problems, especially mathematical problems. The results of the study show 5 transformation strategies that must be done by students in anticipating failure in productive connective thinking, namely 1) students must be able to develop their ideas to develop more mature planning in order to find several resolution strategies. 2) Students must identify errors made in the calculation process through the data verification process. 3) Students must have a good understanding of the basic concepts in constructing problem solutions. 4) students must carry out a systematic and comprehensive verification of the problem solving process. 5) students must have positive motivation and confidence in themselves to develop connection ideas based on their reflection and experience in solving problems. Therefore, the findings in this study can be used as the basis for each student to anticipate failure in solving mathematical problems that ultimately make students able to achieve success in the learning process. © 2019 IJSTR.
Malang State University, Institution from STKIP YPUP, Makassar, Indonesia; Malang State University, Indonesia
