B.P. Prawoto, S. Hartono, D.K. Fardah
This study aims to explore students' difficulty in constructing a method used to solve non-homogeneous problems in 2 nd order ordinary differential equations. The research method used is descriptive-explorative research. The data collected were in the form of responses of 46 prospective teachers of the class of ordinary differential equations semester 6 studying at Universitas Negeri Surabaya in Indonesia. Data obtained using a student work sheet in which consist of several steps in order to construct a method can be used to find the solution of non-homogeneous in 2 nd order ordinary differential equations. The results show that prospective teachers have some difficulties in making relations between two or more equations they had found. We found that 69.5% of students had most difficulty in emerging an equation consists of u 1 ′(t) and u 2 ′(t) so that they didn't really understand the concept of solutions of equations. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Mathematics, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
