Pengaruh Metode Tutor Sebaya terhadap Kemampuan Pemahaman Matematis Siswa pada Soal Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS)

Abstract

This research was motivated by the low ability of students' mathematical understanding of Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) questions in class VIII SMP N 4 One Roof Kedungreja Cilacap. The researcher chose to apply the right learning strategy to learning to overcome the low ability to understand mathematics, namely the peer tutoring method. This study aimed to determine the effect of the peer tutoring method on students' mathematical understanding abilities on Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) questions in class VIII SMP N 4 One Roof Kedungreja Cilacap. This research is quasi-experimental research using a quantitative approach. The population and sample of the study are all students of VIII SMP N 4 One Roof Kedungreja Cilacap, namely 27 students VIII A as the experimental class and 27 students VIII B as the control class. Data collection uses test instruments to measure students' mathematical understanding abilities. Taken from the results of the N-Gain test, an average of 0.5867 was obtained in the experimental class in the medium category. In comparison, the average in the control class is 0.2641 in the low sort. With the results of the average N-Gain score in the experimental class being superior to the control class, it can be concluded that the application of the peer tutoring method in learning affects students' mathematical understanding abilities on HOTS questions in class VIII SMP N 4 Satu Atap Kedungreja Cilacap.

Keywords: Peer tutor method, Mathematical Comprehension, HOTS, Mathematics.