Characteristic Profile of Analytical Thinking on Solving Mathematical Problems
Ahmad Qolfathiriyus (a*), Imam Sujadi (a), Diari Indriati (a)

a) Departement of Mathematics Education, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
*aanahmad8888[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Analytical thinking is a thinking ability to help individuals in solving problems of mathematics. It is important for understanding the parts of situation, the ability to scrutinize and breakdown facts. However, there is a differentiation or variation in the way to solve these problems. The differentiation or variation is described as the characteristics of analytical thinking. The characteristics consisted of pre-analytical, partial-analytical, semi-analytical, and analytical. This study aims at describing an analytical thinking characteristic profile of high school students in problem solving using two dimension materials. This is a qualitative study. The participants of this study are the high ability students at eleventh grade of Public Senior High School 1 Kedungwaru Tulungagung. Think Aloud Method is applied to collect the data. The findings showed that the high-ability students have pre-analytical thinking characteristics when they are planning, then they have semi-analytical and pre-analytical thinking characteristics when they are implementing the plan. Thus, it can be concluded that high ability students have two of four analytical thinking characteristics, that are pre-analytical thinking and semi-analytical thinking.

Keywords: Analytical thinking; Think aloud method; Problem solving

Topic: 1. Mathematics Education