Track: Global Business Management Education

Abstract

The research aims to describe the mathematical representation abilities of students in their learning habits during the Covid-19 pandemic at SMAN 1 Buay Madang. The type of this research is qualitative descriptive. Data collection was carried out by giving the tests and interviewed to repondents. The test was given in the form of description questions in linear programming material for XI grade, then indicators of mathematical representation abilities such as verbal, symbolic and visual. The interview were conducted to obtain the accuracy of students’ answers related to mathematical representation abilities and students’ learning ahbits during the Covid-19 pandemic. The subjects were taken as many as to 3 students by appliying purposive sampling technique. The results students’ answer showed that that students’ mathematical representation ability is still low. In addition, visual representation ability is used to solve the pattern of problem into diagrams and tables in linear programming problems. Symbolic representation is to make problems into a mathematical model using the example of mathematical symbols. Then, the ability of visual representation is to provide an explanation of the stageswhich  they are working on and conclusions in the from the final results. Moreover, the results of the interview regarding to students’ habits showed that students have irregular learning habits during study at home. The students’ learning habits did not have good result especially in the application of mathematical representations was not optimal to solve students’ the problems.