Analisis Kesulitan Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita Matematika tentang Statistika pada Siswa Kelas IV SD Negeri Munggangsari Tahun Ajaran 2020/2021
Authors: Hidayati Hesti , Susiani Tri Saptuti , Wahyudi Wahyudi 
Published: January 2022

<p><span class="s14"><span class="s10">The study aimed to describe the difficulties in solving math word problems a</span><a name="_GoBack"></a><span class="s10">bout statistics encountered by fourth grade students of SD Negeri Munggangsari in academic year of 2020/2021. It was qualitative research with descriptive method. The results indicated that most of the students had difficulties in solving statistics word problems. The difficulties were (a) reading errors, (b) comprehension error, (c) transformation errors, (d) process skill errors, and (e) encoding errors. The internal factors were (a) the students could not find the information in word problems, (b) the students could not read long sentences, (c) the students found difficulty how to convert data, (d) the students found difficulty to understand the problems, (f) the students did not apply steps to solve word problems, and (f) the students were inaccurate in doing word problems. The external factors were (a) the teacher had limited word problem practices, (b) the teacher had limited learning strategy, (c) the teacher had limited learning models, and (d) the teacher had limited interaction to the students.</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s10">It concludes that most of the students have difficulties in solving statistics word problems, there are internal and external factors affected the students. The next step is performing solutions that steps applied by the teachers and the students to decline the factors causing difficulties in solving story problems about statistics.</span></span></p><p><span class="s14">Penelitian</span><span class="s14"> ini bertujuan untuk mendespkripsikan kesulitan menyelesaikan soal cerita matematika tentang statistika yang dialami oleh siswa kelas IV SD Negeri Munggangsari tahun ajaran 2020/2021. Penelitian ini menggunakan </span><span class="s14">penelitian kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar siswa mengalami kesulitan menyelesaikan soal cerita statistika </span><span class="s14">yakni</span><span class="s14">:</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s14">(a) </span><span class="s14">kesalahan membaca soal, </span><span class="s14">(b) </span><span class="s14">kesalahan memahami apa yang ditanyakan dalam soal,</span><span class="s14"> (c) </span><span class="s14">kesalahan transformasi,</span><span class="s14"> (d) </span><span class="s14">kesalahan dalam proses, dan </span><span class="s14">(e) </span><span class="s14">kesalahan dalam menuliskan kesimpulan.</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s14">T</span><span class="s14">erdapat faktor </span><span class="s14">internal</span><span class="s14">, yakni: (a) siswa tidak mampu mencari informasi yang ada pada soal, (b) siswa belum mampu membaca kalimat panjang, (c) siswa belum mampu mengubah penyajian data, (d) siswa tidak paham dengan apa yang ditanyakan dalam soal, (e) siswa tidak menerapkan langkah-langkah menyelesaikan soal cerita dengan benar dan (f) siswa kurang teliti saat mengerjakan soal, </span><span class="s14">sedangkan</span><span class="s14"> faktor </span><span class="s14">eksternal</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s14">yaitu: (a) guru kurang bervariasi dalam memberikan latihan soal cerita, (b) guru kurang kreatif dalam menggunakan strategi pembelajaran, (c) guru kurang inovatif dalam menggunakan model pembelajaran, dan (d) interaksi yang kurang baik antar siswa</span><span class="s14">.</span><span class="s14"> D</span><span class="s14">ari analisis yang dilakukan peneliti, disimpulkan bahwa</span><span class="s14"> sebagian besar</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s14">siswa kelas IV SD Negeri Munggangsari mengalami kesulitan menyelesaikan soal cerita statistika, terdapat faktor internal dan eksternal yang mempengaruhi siswa. Langkah selanjutnya </span><span class="s14">yakni memberikan alternatif solusi berupa langkah-langkah yang dapat dilakukan guru maupun siswa untuk mengurangi kesulitan siswa kelas IV SD dalam mengerjakan soal cerita statistika.</span></p>