THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MATHEMATICS EDUCATION INNOVATION

SEAMEO REGIONAL CENTRE FOR QITEP IN MATHEMATICS

MCREST as An Alternative Learning Strategy for Students in

Learning Algebra

Nurfadilah Siregar
Students of Mathematics Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
nfsiregar@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper described how secondary school students in Cimahi learned about algebra by using
MCREST. MCREST stand for Meaningful, Confidence, Relevance, Enjoyment, Social
Relationship, and Targets. It’s one of the learning strategies driven by affective aspects motif. This
paper wants to describes how this strategy implemanted in classroms. A topics of algebra was
choosen as the mathematics strands. In this study there were two mathematics classrooms of
secondary school in Cimahi were choosen to used this strategy. This study was held for two
months from Agustus until September in 2016. The data of this study were learning artefacts.
Using this strategy, students will have experience to study algebra in different way, not only rote
learning or memorize like mathematics school but also doing mathematics by their hands. This
way will lead the students to rich representasion and meaningful learning. Finding of this study
may provide others teachers who are interested in various learning to use this strategy to develop
motivation and creative thinking.

Keywords: MCREST Strategy, Motivation, and Creative Thinking.

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