AKTIVITAS METAKOGNISI DALAM PEMECAHAN MASALAH MATEMATIKA DITINJAU DARI GENDER SISWA KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 1 NANGGULAN KABUPATEN KULON PROGO

This research aimed to describe: (1) the metacognition activity of the male students on 7th grade SMP Negeri 1 Nanggulan Kulon Progo Regency in mathematical problem solving, (2) the metacognition activity of the female students on 7th grade SMP Negeri 1 Nanggulan Kulon Progo Regency in mathematical problem solving. This research was a qualitative research with case study method that learning the depth of metacognition activities in mathematical problem solving. Purposive sampling technique was used to take sample. The subjects of this research are 4 males and 4 females. The instrument of this study is the researcher themselves that assisted by problem solving test. The think aloud method was used to collected data in this research where student was asked to express their ideas and questions loudly in mathematical problem solving processes. The data validity in this research used triangulation of time. The data analysis technique in this research using Miles and Huberman model include data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of this research showed: 1) the metacognition activity of the male students are : a) understanding the problems phase : (1) students understand the problem by reading aloud and followed by skimming, (2) students do elaboration is memorizing related materials activities by looking the problem and mention the material then choose the main idea by mention of things that are known and problem-solving goals; b) devising a plan phase : students use procedural knowledge by revealing the plan steps of work by looking at the problem, and pointing to the parts of the problem; c) carrying out the plan phase : (1) students do organizational is organizing the main idea of the problem by write the calculation in the worksheet, (2) students use procedural knowledge by writing problem solving steps in the worksheet while revealing; d) looking back phase : 1) students do cognitive control and monitor by checking the calculations performed with looking in the worksheet and examine the part one by one and 2) students expressed awareness of the presence or absence of difficulties while looking at the results of the calculation in the worksheet. 2) the metacognition activity of the female students are: a) understanding the problems phase : (1) students understand the problem with skimming are visible from eye movements and speech were not heard by the ear, (2) students do elaboration is memorizing related by looking the problem and mention the material then choose the main idea by mention of things that are known and problem-solving goals, (3) student do cognitive monitoring by questioning herself and then answer it while looking the problem, (4) students expressed confidence of understanding the problem by a short answer while looking at the given problem; b) devising a plan phase : students use procedural knowledge by revealing the plan steps work by looking at the given problem; c) carrying out the plan phase : (1) student do organizational is organizes the main idea of the problem by write the calculation in a worksheet; (2) students using procedural knowledge by writing the problem solving steps in the worksheet while revealing; d) looking back phase : (1) students perform cognitive control and monitor activities by checking the calculations while looking the worksheet and examine the part one by one, (2) students do cognitive monitoring activities by questioning herself and then answer it while looking at worksheet, (3) student expressed confidence of working ability by answer questions briefly and looked at researchers after doing examination, (4) students expressed awareness of the presence or absence of difficulties by answering questions while looking the worksheet then seeing the researcher. Keywords: metacognition, mathematics problem solving, gender