Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economic and Social Science, ICON-ESS, 17–18 October 2018, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Research Article

Learning Fraction With The Help Of Fractions Board Using Pmri Approach

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.17-10-2018.2294216,
        author={Muhamad  Saleh and Muhammad  Isa and Murni  Murni},
        title={Learning Fraction With The Help Of Fractions Board Using Pmri Approach},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economic and Social Science, ICON-ESS, 17--18 October 2018, Banda Aceh, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICON-ESS},
        year={2020},
        month={4},
        keywords={simple fractions elementary school fractions board},
        doi={10.4108/eai.17-10-2018.2294216}
    }
    
  • Muhamad Saleh
    Muhammad Isa
    Murni Murni
    Year: 2020
    Learning Fraction With The Help Of Fractions Board Using Pmri Approach
    ICON-ESS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.17-10-2018.2294216
Muhamad Saleh1,*, Muhammad Isa1, Murni Murni2
  • 1: Serambi Mekkah University
  • 2: Abulyatama University
*Contact email: msalehginting@gmail.com

Abstract

Fractions are a part of mathematics that is provided to students in grade 4 (of elementary school) who are aged 9-11 years old on average and still engaged to concrete thinking. On contrary, mathematics is dominated by abstract material. It is necessary to create ways to represent fractions in concrete form. The purpose of this study was to find out the thinking flow of 4th grade students to understand the concept of fractions using a fractions board. Subjects of the study were 33 students. The result shows that students have been able to make simple discoveries about equivalent fractions and to sum two unlike simple fractions using "fractions board" without finding common denominators on prior.