Overcoming Student Difficulties in Completing
Analytical Geometry Problems in Linear Equation
Using Goegebra Scripting
Asep Ikin Sugandi
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, Martin Bernard
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, Masta Hutajulu
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, Siti Chotimah
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IKIP Siliwangi, Bandung Indonesia
Abstract. The aims of this study are examine and identify the difficulties experienced by
students in solving field analytic geometry problems on linear equation before and after
using Geogebra Scripting. The subject of this study was the second-semester mathematics
education student of IKIP Siliwangi. The method in this study was using descriptive with
a qualitative approach. The instrument of research was a set of test about linear equation.
The results of this study Concluded that students using Geogebra Scripting can reduce
students' difficulties in solving analytic geometry problems in linear equation.
Keywords: Analytical Geometry, Geogebra Scripting
1 Introduction
Mathematics is an important science to be mastered and studied by each because
mathematics is a science that has characteristics as a science that has an abstract nature, has a
pattern in thought, is axiomatic, deductive and also based on truth. With these characteristics,
mathematics is useful in developing hard and soft skills (the ability and shape of students'
personal). Mathematics as a basic science as well as a servant of knowledge is needed to achieve
high-quality success in other sciences. Therefore mathematics is taught at all levels of school,
from elementary to tertiary level. Besides that mathematics is also a science that can be applied
to solving problems in everyday life. One branch of mathematics is geometry. James [1] says
that geometry is the science that deals with the shape and size of objects. Whereas according to
[1] geometry is an axiomatic system and a collection of generalizations, models, and evidence
about the forms of plane objects and space.
Analytical Geometry is a part of mathematics which is a combination of algebra and
geometry. By making correspondence between mathematical equations algebraically and
geometrically the point of position is obtained a more clear and firm geometry problem-solving
method. Geometry problems will be solved analytically (solved algebraically). Instead, the use
of images often provides a clearer understanding of the meaning of algebraic results. In this
case, also allows students to solve algebraic problems in geometry, but the model of geometry
is far more important than just a solution, especially if numbers are associated with the main
concepts of geomatics. Geometry is a subject that must be taken by the Mathematics Education
Study Program students of IKIP Siliwangi. In the curriculum structure of the IKIP Siliwangi
ICSTI 2018, October 19-20, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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DOI 10.4108/eai.19-10-2018.2281360