EFFORTS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHOLE NUMBER OPERATIONS THROUGH APPLICATION OF CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) TO CLASS III STUDENTS OF MIN DARUN NAJAH SUNGAI PANDAN

Abstract

The problem that is often experienced by elementary school students is the difficulty in performing whole number operations. The use of textbooks from the government and LKS only contains routine questions that only develop students' knowledge and speed in arithmetic but have not developed their critical and creative thinking skills. The impact of the use of these teaching materials is that students have difficulty understanding the whole number material. The purpose of this study is to improve mathematics learning outcomes in counting operations for class 3 students at MINU Darun Najah, to find out how the CTL (contextual teaching and learning) approach can improve mathematics learning on whole number operations. This classroom action research uses the subject and research setting for class 3 odd semesters for the 2022/2023 academic year MINU Darun Najah Sungai Pandan Alabio. Based on the analysis of the results of observations of actions and discussions, it can be concluded that by using the CTL approach (Contextual Teaching and learning) the results of learning mathematics in whole number operations material have increased in quality, this learning technique is in accordance with the way of learning desired by students, this learning model is in accordance with the atmosphere Independent learning stimulates the creativity and activeness of students because it can connect learning with the natural surroundings.