The Didactical Design of Properties of Triangles based
on Pecle Traditional Games in Primary School
Epon Nur‘aeni
1
, Fitri Rohmayati
2
, Muhammad Rijal Wahid Muharram
3
, Oyon Haki
Pranata
4
, Hodidjah
5
, Ika Fitri Apriani
6
{nuraeni@upi.edu
1
, fitrirohmayati@gmail.com
2
, rijalmuharram@upi.edu
3
}
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Kampus Tasikmalaya, Jl. Dadaha No. 18 Tasikmalaya City
1,2,3
Abstract. The research is based on the emergence of learning obstacles of students on the
topic of properties of triangles. The didactical design that the researcher designed is one of
the first steps to overcome learning obstacles. The aim of the research was to develop a
didactical design of the properties of triangles based on péclé traditional games for third-
grade students of primary school. The research was conducted in the City of Tasikmalaya,
Indonesia. The study used descriptive qualitative methods. The research instrument is
equipped with teaching materials in the form of Student Activity Sheets (SAS). Data
collection used is interviews, tests, attitude scale questionnaires and documentation. The
results of the study indicate that the design that the researcher can use by teachers and
elementary students to enrich the learning design, and can be developed further to minimize
the obstacle learning of students in mathematics.
Keywords: the properties of triangles, learning obstacles, péclé traditional games
1 Introduction
This research is motivated by the results of a preliminary study of the learning obstacles
faced by students in learning geometry, specifically regarding the material properties of
triangles in grade III elementary school. Learning geometry is important for students to master
in order to foster children's logical thinking skills, fostering children's thought processes and
learning geometry can provide not just one example [1]. Geometry also is one of the mathematic
branches existing from several years old ago [2].
Researchers find learning obstacles faced by students. There are three types of learning
obstacles that appear in preliminary studies, as follows: Figure 1 shows some students
mistakenly distinguished the names of triangles. Students have difficulty differentiating
isosceles triangles and equilateral triangles. In addition, students mistakenly determine the
names of the right triangle and random triangles. Figure 2 shows students do not yet know the
properties of triangles. In addition, students have not been able to describe the types of triangles
precisely.
Figure 3 shows students have not been able to give examples of objects that are shaped in
the shape of triangles in everyday life. Based on the learning obstacles found, the researcher
made a mathematics learning design especially on the properties of triangles based on the Péclé
traditional games. Traditional games will play an important role in learning mathematics [3]. In
addition, traditional games encourage students to be more creative and work together to become
winners [3].
MSCEIS 2019, October 12, Bandung, Indonesia
Copyright © 2020 EAI
DOI 10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296329