DESIGN RESEARCH IN PMRI: USING MATH TRADITIONAL DANCE IN LEARNING SYMMETRY FOR GRADE FOUR OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

Abstract

The new innovation of education is an important point of Pendidikan Matematika Realistik Indonesia (PMRI), Indonesian version of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME). Using the theory of R M E we conducted design research with the aims to build upon students' reasoning and reach the mathematical goals of symmetry. This research aims to produce a learning process and to understand the concept of symmetry. Design research was chosen to get the goal of this research. Three steps o f design research were followed namely preliminary design, teaching experiment and retrospective analysis. This research was conducted with 22 students in M I N 2 Palembang. The result of this research is students' understanding of the symmetry concept using math traditional dance.