Kemampuan Koneksi Matematika Siswa Kelas VIII dalam Menyelesaikan Masalah Kontekstual Materi Geometri Ditinjau dari Kemampuan Matematika

The Mathematics Ability of VIII Grade Students to Connect Mathematics in Solving Contextual Problems of Geometry Subject Could be Seen in Term of Their  Mathematical Abilities

The basic formation of mathematics connection was the relevance of mathematics with real world and discipline knowledge. Solving contextual problems is one way to train mathematics connection ability. The purpose of this study was to describe of student’s mathematics connection ability in contextual problem solving geometry material considered by mathematics ability. This study was qualitative research that held on 7th grade of SMP Negeri 1 Babat, Lamongan academic year 2018/2019. The subject of this study consiste of three students were one student with high ability, one student with medium ability and one student with low ability. The instrument of this study were contextual problem solving test and guided interview. The result of the study showed that student with high mathematical ability have very good connections with four indicators of mathematical connection, student with medium mathematical ability have a good connection with three indicators of mathematical connection and student with low mathematical ability have a good connection with two indicators of mathematical connection.