Today science, especially mathematics, is qibla to Western countries (Europe and America). We hardly ever hear of mathematicians who come from Eastern countries (Muslim Arabs, Indians, Chinese). The most popular we hear as Muslim Arab mathematicians who contribute to the development of mathematics are Al-Khawarizmi, known as the father of Algebra, introducing zeros (0), and […]
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Published in UNSRI Journal of Science Research Vol.17, No.2, May 2015 19Reviews , 10Followers UPI’s FPMIPA Department of Mathematical Education dewirachmatin@upi.edu Essence: A new method for reducing high-dimensional space developed from the PCA method Weighted Principal Component Analysis (WPCA) was introduced by J.F. Pinto da Costa, H. Alonso and L. Roque (2011). Therefore in the
By: Asep Sapa’at, S. Pd. Remember the name George Polya, Hungarian mathematician (1887 – 1985), father of “problem solving”? Ph. D. of the University of Budapest, this is phenomenal: writing 250 papers and 3 books, generally about ‘problem solving’. His book “How to Solve It” was a sweet bestseller, dubbed the 15th language. Interestingly here,
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More than a year the world was horrified by the Covid-19 virus and brought many sectors of life to a standstill, one of which was education. Various efforts have been made to immediately end the pandemic period, such as requiring everyone to keep 3M (Wearing masks, Washing Hands, Keeping distance). But in the midst of
Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the education world has been forced to move the teaching and learning process from school to home to break the chain of corona virus spread. To get around the situation, Indonesia implements Learning from Home (BDR) activities. BDR method itself there are two, namely Distance Learning In Network (PJJ Online)
By: Al Jupri Question: How the hell do I modify the math problem? The word “modification” in the English Dictionary means “alteration” or “change”. Usually if we modify “something”, then this action can be interpreted as an activity of converting that “something” into “something else”. ‘”Something else” made changes could be better than the original
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Previous : Part 4 : Accompanying Prospective Teachers The experience of taking a Lesson Study and studying DDR seemed to cure my desire to meet and learn directly from a good math teacher. That experience instills a whole set of criteria that are important to learn. More than that, various aspects of interconnectedness and forming
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One of the causes of enacted curriculum is technological advancement. In the United States (US) it has been felt since the second world war that it lacks people who can handle cutting-edge weapons and war tools such as rockets, radars and others. The launch of the first Sputnik by Russia (a major US competitor) in
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There’s one question that’s been raised since I became a student three decades ago: What does teaching good math look like? There are indeed many people who talk about the various criteria of good math teachers. However, until now no one has ever shown such a teacher figure. How do we understand the conception of
