IS IT REQUIRED TO REMOVE BORROWING TECHNIQUE IN CLEARLY REDUCED OPERATIONS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Zutri Parwines, Anton Noornia

STATE UNIVERSITY OF JAKARTA

Abstract

Abstract: Operational learning on chunks, especially reduction operations conducted in grade II elementary school, is still an important and interesting issue to discuss, and one of the problems in learning to count the number of counts is the application of borrowing techniques. There are still many teachers who are learning this part unreasonably to the students because it is too abstract and tends to provide a forced way and does not offer a contextual strategy to the students. Operational learning on chunks, especially reduction operations conducted in grade II primary school, is still an important and interesting issue to discuss and discuss, and one of the problems in learning to count the number of counts is the application of borrowing techniques. There are still many teachers who are learning this part unreasonably to the students, because it is too abstract and tends to provide a forced way and does not offer a contextual strategy to the students. The problem mainly arises when the number is reduced in the form of hundreds or thousands that contain the number 0. The reduction algorithm offered by teachers is in fact very difficult to understand by the students. As a result, there are so many mistakes students make on the operation of counting numbers like this. This study aims to provide alternative solutions for teachers in completing the reduction of counting operations, especially on the use of borrowing techniques. This research uses descriptive method where researchers collect data and studies that related to the process of reducing the number of counting done by students. The reduction algorithm offered by teachers is in fact very difficult to understand by students. As a result, many errors are made by students in the operation of counting numbers like this. This study aims to provide alternative solutions for teachers in completing the reduction of counting operations, especially on the use of borrowing techniques. This research uses a descriptive method where researchers collect data and studies that related to the process of reducing the number of counting done by the students.

Keywords: Counting Number, Reduction Operations, Borrowing Techniques

Topic: 1. Mathematics Education