How To Uncover Pedagogic Psychological Phenomena of Mathematics Education by Applying Quantitative Method.

Mathematics is not only about estimating, counting, number and formula, but also about the logical thinking and creativity to solve the problems in mathematics it self. Maybe, it must be emphasized for the teachers when they are teaching mathematics in class. They must understand that logical thinking and creativity are part of psychological phenomena in mathematics education because it can influence whether the student active or not. When the students have high logical thinking, their creativity can be increased and it can make them to be confident to solve the problem or even go to in front of class to presents their solution about the problem. Actually the process from appearing their logical thinking until they solve the problem or go to in front of class to present the solution is not easy as you flip your hand. It needs big braveness for them to make sure them selves that they can solve the problem or maybe go to front to present the solution. The teachers have an obligation to recognize and to understand this aspect, and also they suppose to give an appreciation for every progression of the students that have an achievement in class and exactly not only beautiful smile, commendation and applause, but also in form of score. So it can be a motivation for the student to get more achievement in their study of mathematics.
The way to estimate the progression of student with consider about cognitive, affective and psychomotoric aspect is by applying Quantitative Method in learning process. Quantitative Method is research technique that is used to gather quantitative data and information dealing with numbers and anything that is measurable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_methods). It is mean that we can measure the competence level of student by using data as media for the teacher to recognize the progress of the student during the learning process. The data in here can be in form of table of data, graph and statistic. Exactly trough this way, the precession of estimating the student’s competence level is accountable. So, there is no mistake when the teacher giving evaluation or estimation for the students during the learning process still goes on. And ultimately, trough Quantitative Method, we can uncover pedagogic psychological phenomena of mathematics education.




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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_methods