Pembudayaan Matematika di Sekolah Untuk Mencapai Keunggulan Bangsa

Oleh Marsigit

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Mathematic can form concrete object materially , picture or cube model , the various number of symbol , square pool , pyramid in Egypt , etc . Mathematic can form pure mathematic formality , axiomatic mathematic , formal mathematic , or mathematic can be defined deductively . Normative, we can not learn mathematic materially and formality but we learn with the value of mathematics . Metaphysically , mathematic appearance many kind of level dimension of meaning can be reach meta –cognitive .
Developed mathematics in school have aspects understanding about the truth of mathematic , the truth of school mathematic , the truth of mathematic education , the truth of mathematic value , the truth of mathematic learning ,the truth of mathematic teaching learning , the truth of school mathematic cultivate, . Commonly , what are talking about , two question are what the object and what the method ? Mathematic , mathematic education , mathematic learning , and so on have the meaning that contain in their object . So every activity always thinking the question about what they think . What they think is called object . The last question is called method .
There are Many Kind of View about Mathematic and How to Learn . Because of the mathematic context and the mathematic method formally , because the truth , make mathematic become abstract , general , objective , rational , and theoretic . That is the truth of science and mathematic .According Shirley (1986) with this approach absolute community build formal mathematic considered neutral and the independent value . Social Constructivism consider that mathematic is human’s work during fixed time . So mathematic is considered as science related with culture and their creator value in their culture’s context .The history of Mathematic is the history of formed , not only connected with expressing the truth , but also the emerge problem , definition , statement , proof , and theory that communicate and re-formulated by an individual or group .
In the effort , student must get or learn mathematic objective knowledge , student need development the procedure for example : follow the step made by the other people , make step informally , determine the first step , use the step that development ,have definition so the people can be emerged , compare the step , and adapted the step . Interaction social between student and teacher can give criticism activity for revised concept , so that student get revised concept so that subjective knowledge of mathematic is equal to objective knowledge .