The Implementation of Supportive Classroom Environment in VII-Grade Mathematics Learning

Abstract

Mathematics is seen by some students as a subject which is not easy to learn. Thus, they need someone who can make mathematics easy, in this point, a teacher. Teachers as instructor are needed to be more innovative in developing instruction that can encourage students to get an ideal learning experience. Not just regarding approaches, teaching materials, and strategies, yet additionally needs to focus on the learning environment which promotes the learning process. One of the framework that offers learning which takes into a supportive learning environment is the Productive Pedagogies Framework. The purpose of this study is to look at the implementation of learning that utilized the Supportive Classroom Environment dimension of the Productive Pedagogies Framework. This study used qualitative method. There were 33 grade VII students (boys and girls) on average age of 13 years old from one of the Junior High Schools in Bandung participated in this study. The research findings revealed that (1) implementing Supportive Classroom Environment can further encourage students in upper group to achieve more optimal learning outcomes; (2) This learning can be said to encourage middle group students to get optimal learning outcomes; (3) This learning has not been able to encourage students in lower group. We concluded that implementing Supportive Classroom Environment can further encourage students in upper and middle groups.

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