Aning Wida Yanti, I. Ketut Budayasa, Raden Sulaiman, Agus Prasetyo Kurniawan, Septiana Maulidinah
The concept of shadow is a description of students' understanding of a mathematical concept. Concept shadows are cognitive structures that are composed of mental images, traits, and processes associated with a mathematical concept. Concept images affect problem-solving done by students. The concept of each student's image is certainly different. These differences are influenced by learning styles. This study aims to describe in detail the shadow profiles of students' visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles in solving mathematical problems. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The subjects in this study amounted to six people taken from students of the 7th grade at the junior high school in the odd semester of 2019/2020 consisting of two students learning visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles. Data collection makes use of written assignments and task-based interviews. Written assignment and interview data analyzed based on the concept of shadow indicators in solving problems. The results of this study indicate that the shadow of the concept of students with visual and auditory learning styles can reveal all aspects of the concept of mental images, processes, and properties. Whereas students with kinesthetic learning styles simply cannot disclose aspects of the process at the re-checking stage. © 2021 Author(s).
Mathematics Educations Study Program, UIN Sunan Ampel, Surabaya, Indonesia; Mathematics Educations Universitas Negeri, Surabaya, Indonesia
