Research Article
Analysis of Participants' Errors in Solving Mathematics Olympiad Problems
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-12-2023.2345638, author={Alberta Parinters Makur and Apolonia Henrice Ramda}, title={Analysis of Participants' Errors in Solving Mathematics Olympiad Problems}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Education, Humanities, Health and Agriculture, ICEHHA 2023, 15-16 December 2023, Ruteng, Flores, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICEHHA}, year={2024}, month={5}, keywords={newman error analysis; hots; mathematics olympiad;}, doi={10.4108/eai.15-12-2023.2345638} }- Alberta Parinters Makur
Apolonia Henrice Ramda
Year: 2024
Analysis of Participants' Errors in Solving Mathematics Olympiad Problems
ICEHHA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-12-2023.2345638
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide support improving the HOTS of junior high school mathematics olympiad participants and analyze the errors made by participants in solving Mathematics Olympiad questions. The descriptive qualitative research approach explained the process of implementing the activities and students' answers to the Olympiad questions given. The obstacles faced by students during the preparation process such as: lack of time in completing practice questions, not reading the questions carefully, not being creative in answering questions, not being persistent in finding alternative solutions to problems, and unpolished analytical skills caused many students' answers to be found incorrect. The data collected were the participants' written answers.The data were analyzed descriptively through the following stages: 1) reading and reviewing the written answer data one by one to determine the errors experienced by students (reading), 2) making a brief description of the errors made by students (describing), and 3) grouping the errors made by students based on Newman Error Analysis reading, comprehension, transformation, process skills and encoding.