Nuriana Rachmani Dewi, FMIPA Pendidikan Matematika and Amidi, - and Yaya Sukjaya Kusumah, - (2020) Implementation of Web-Assisted Brain-Based Learning to Enhance Students High-Level Mathematical Thinking Skills. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29 (10). pp. 1205-1214. ISSN 2005-4238

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Abstract

High-level mathematical thinking skills are important for the development of student knowledge. However, students' abilities in this matter are still very weak, so they need to be developed. Web-assisted brain-based learning is alternative learning that is expected to enhancing students' high-level mathematical thinking skills. The main objective of this study is to analyze the achievement and enhancement of students' high-level mathematical thinking skills comprehensively as a result of the implementation of web-assisted brain-based learning and conventional learning. This study used a quantitative method with a pretest-posttest control group design. The study population included all students in the mathematics department from one of the universities in Central Java. The sample was a group of students who take Integral Calculus subjects and they were students of Mathematics study programs and Mathematics Education study programs. For each study program, the sample choosed two classes randomly, the experimental class was taught by using web-assisted brain-based learning, while the other class was taught by using conventional learning as a control class. This research used various instruments. They were Mathematical Prior Knowledge Test, High-Level Mathematical Thinking Skills Test, and Observation sheet. Data were analyzed using t-test, t’-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and two ways ANOVA. This study concluded that: (1) the achievement and enhancement of high�level mathematical thinking skills of students taught by using web-based brain-based learning is better than the achievement and enhancement of those taught by using conventional learning; (2) there is no interaction between learning (web-assisted brain-based learning and conventional learning) and mathematical prior knowledge (high, medium, low) on the achievement and enhancement of students' high-level mathematical thinking skills; (3) there is an interaction between learning (web-assisted brain-based learning and conventional learning) and the type of study program (mathematics and mathematics education) towards the achievement and enhancement of students' high-level mathematical thinking skills.

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