Gemi Susanti, Mega Teguh Budiarto, Siti Khabibah, Hodiyanto, Muhammad Nurtanzis Sutoyo, Kholifuddin Roma
Reasoning is part of many intelligences that are so useful and important that it must be owned and mastered by students, especially when studying mathematics. One type of reasoning that is considered important for human mental life is relational reasoning because it describes the basic human ability to think and learn. Many things affect a person's way of thinking and reasoning, one of which is personality type. Each student with a different personality type has a different way of reasoning. This study investigates differences in relational reasoning between extrovert and introvert personality types. This study was designed with a systematic and structured methodology to understand the influence of personality type on relational reasoning outcomes. A comparative quantitative approach was used to determine the significant difference in relational reasoning ability of extrovert and introvert personality type students and analyze the quantitative difference in relational reasoning scores between the two personality groups. The research subjects were class VIII Watubangga 1 Junior High School students, as many as 11. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaire was used to analyze the subject's personality type. Based on the questionnaire, 50 students had extroverted personality types, and 61 had introverted personalities. Furthermore, data related to relational reasoning was taken using a test instrument. The test consisted of 10 mathematical problems in the form of essays. Based on the Independent Samples Test results, the value of 'Equal variances assumed' is 0.97. This value is more significant than 0.05. The significance value (sig. 2-tailed) obtained is 0.426, greater than 0.05. The researcher assumes that this happens because students with extroverted and introverted personality types in solving the problems given can answer the questions correctly even though they have different ways of working. Students with extroverted and introverted personality types fulfill the indicators of relational reasoning, namely constructing relationships between elements of known information, relationships between elements of known information and prior knowledge, building relationships based on mathematical symbols and properties/structures, and building relationships between real situations and formal mathematical situations. © 2025 Author(s).
Mathematics Education Study Program, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia; Information System Study Program, Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka, Kolaka, Indonesia; Mathematics Education Study Program, Universitas PGRI Pontianak, Pontianak, Indonesia; Islamic Banking Study Program, IAIN Pontianak, Pontianak, Indonesia
