THE DIFFICULTIES TEACHING MATHEMATICS MATERIAL ACCORDING TO STUDENTS PERCEPTION

Abstract

Based on preliminary study of one elementary high school teacher education program (PGSD) one of the high private college in West Java and the result of literature review showed that elementary school teacher (PGSD) students still find difficulties in math course in elementary school, because mathematics is material which requires a level of understanding and teaching experience. Then this research to find out what factors are causing students difficulties in basic mathematics, difficult math materials, what students do to overcome difficulties to understand mathematical topics and demonstrate it, and alternatively overcome these difficulties. The method used is descriptive analysis, that is analyzing the data and information in the can. Participants in this study are students of Primary School Teacher Education (PGSD) semester V one in private universities in West Java. The results showed that the factors that caused the students difficulties in basic mathematics were attitude factor, motivation, variation of teaching, media usage, infrastructure, and environment. Then the elementary school mathematics material which according to difficulty is the factor, multiples, angles, flat waking area, integer, fractional, volume, flat build properties and round count operation, the effort made by students to overcome the difficulty of understanding mathematical material and demonstrate it is looking ask questions of friends and lecturers, and the alternative to overcome these difficulties is to do lesson study.