The relation between learning mathematics and students’ competencies in undesrtanding texts

Mathematics Students’ Ability in Understanding Text

“…A person can have the skills of organizing problems and solving them through mathematical structures. The importance of the position of mathematics in helping to train humans to be able to think in stages and good systematics is one of the main bases, why humans must study mathematics (Hapipi et al, 2017).…”

“…According to Hapipi et al (2017), the ability of mathematics students in the three components as described above was better than students from non-mathematics majors. This is also in line with research by Ramelan (2008) that the ability to understand texts is correlated with a person's deductive thinking ability, where the ability to think deductively is an ability needed in mathematics.…”

“…Therefore, it can be said that a person's ability to understand texts is determined by the ability to reason, think logically, and systematically, all of which are closely related to mathematical abilities. Hapipi et al (2017) also found that there is a relationship between people who study mathematics and their ability to understand texts. These findings are based on a study of the comparison of the ability of mathematics students with non-mathematics students in understanding texts.…”

“…Language and mathematics are two related entities. Language is a verbal expression of mathematics; and mathematics is a symbolic expression of language (Hapipi, Azmi, Sripatmi, & Amrullah, 2017). Greabell (in Fite, 2002) states that reading and mathematics are similar in that both are abstract, involve symbols, require cognitive processes, and both require knowledge of the interaction of various discrete skills.…”