<p><span lang="EN-US">Online teaching has been pushed further as the best solution that addresses the challenges of colleges and universities closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study intended to disclose students’ perceptions of the online teaching. A quantitative survey approach was employed to collect data from a total of 175 students which were conveniently established from amongst students enrolled in academic year 2020/2021 at the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department of Musamus University, Indonesia. Applying the SPSS software version 16 as the tool, obtained data were quantitatively analyzed using descriptive analysis of frequencies and percentages. The results showed the majority of respondent were disagreeing with the facts that they have an access to personal devices and that they can easily access to both internet and online classes. The majority of respondent were agreeing with the facts that teaching materials were well-planned and that various learning strategies were used to help students understand. The majority of respondent were agreeing with the facts that students were given opportunity to raise and answer the questions and that feedback given on students’ work are very helpful. Lecturers need to reach out and check students’ conditions before starting online teaching.</span></p>
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan pemahaman konsep siswa dalam menyelesaikan soal cerita. Subjek penelitian ialah 28 siswa kelas VII SMP Negeri 8 Merauke. Teknik pengumpulan data yang dilakukan berupa tes kemampuan siswa dalam memahami konsep dan wawancara yang tidak terstruktur. Tes yang digunakan untuk mengukur kemampuan pemahaman konsep berupa soal uraian sebanyak 4 soal dengan materi operasi bilangan bulat pada soal cerita. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah hasil tes dan hasil wawancara. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman konsep matematis siswa dengan kategori tingi sebanyak 17%, kategori sedang sebanyak 10%, dan kategori rendah sebanyak 73%. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa kinerja siswa dari masing-masing kategori adalah sebagai berikut: (a) siswa pada kategori tinggi dapat mengerjakan 4 butir soal atau menguasai 6 indikator kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis; (b) siswa pada kategori sedang dapat mengerjakan 4 butir soal atau menguasai 6 indikator kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis; dan (c) siswa pada kategori rendah dapat mengerjakan 4 butir soal atau menguasai 4 indikator kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis. Melalui pemahaman konsep yang baik siswa dapat membantu siswa untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pemecahan masalah khususnya pada pelajaran matematika.
This study aims to describe the ability of students to understand concepts in solving story problems. The research subjects were 28 grade VII students of SMP Negeri 8 Merauke. Data collection techniques were carried out in tests of students' abilities in understanding concepts and unstructured interviews. The test used to measure the concepts is in the form of description questions and 4 questions with integer operation material on the story problem. From the data analysis, it was concluded that the students' ability at high ability could master the 6 indicators of concept understanding, students in the moderate category mastered 5 indicators of concept understanding, students in the low category mastered 4 indicators of conceptual understanding. It can be concluded that the students' concept understanding ability is in the medium category.
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