An investigation of students’ mathematical concept understanding and motivation through the implementation of aptitude treatment interaction learning model

Abstract

This paper presents a result of investigation of elementary school 5th grade students' mathematical concepts understanding and learning motivation by implementing Aptitude Treatment Interaction (ATI) learning model. Therefore, the researchers selected quasi experiment with two group randomized subject post-test only design, involving 60 students as samples using random sampling technique. Data were taken using test of mathematical concept understanding and questionnaire of motivation and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical through t-test and manova to measure the influence of ATI learning model on students' mathematical concept understanding and motivations simultaneously. Descriptively, the average score of mathematical concepts understanding in ATI learning model is 81.90 with excellent category while the average score of mathematical concepts understanding in direct instruction model is 75.23 with good category. The average score of learning motivation with the ATI learning model is 130.03 with an excellent category while the direct instruction model is 109.93 with a good category. The result of the independent sample t-test and manova test shows that the implementation of ATI learning model meaningfully influenced students' mathematical concept understanding and motivation in learning mathematics.

The advantages of the aptitude treatment interaction learning model in learning mathematics

“…Students find it easier to comprehend the material when they use the aptitude treatment interaction model in learning because they can learn with otherstudents at their level of ability. so every understudy won't feel the rise of rivalry in dominating the material(Syamsuddin et al, 2022). The results of the study of class VI students at SDN 01 Cibalung; revealed that the use of the aptitude treatment interaction model can improve students' mathematical communication skills, it is also stated that the aptitude treatment interaction model is very effectively applied to students according to differences in student abilities(Lusi Rahmawati, 2021).2) An investigation into the application of the aptitude treatment interaction model to thestudy of mathematics instruction in junior high schools Research into the application of the aptitude treatment interaction model to the learning of mathematics at the junior high school level was conducted in 4 articles for class VII, 4 articles for class VIII and 1 research article for class IX students.…”