Two-stay two-stray model on improving mathematical communication skill of elementary school students

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series 2019-10, Vol.1318 (1), p.12127
• Main Authors: Suwangsih, E, Budiarti, M R, Ruskandi, K, Hendawati, Y, Majid, N W A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Communication; Communication skills; Cooperative learning; Elementary school students; Learning; Mathematical analysis; Physics; Students
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1318/1/012127

The basis of this research is to observe the importance of improving the mathematical communication skill of elementary school students. In this case, this research attempted to discover learning alternative that could improve mathematical communication skill of students by employing Two-Stay Two-Stray (TSTS) cooperative learning model. This research aimed to examine students' mathematical communication skill and mathematics learning improvement by employing TSTS model. The employed method was a quasi-experiment of the non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The participants for this study were the 5th-grade students of one of the public elementary schools in one of the districts in Purwakarta Regency. In this study, 26 students were employed as participants for each experimental and controlled group. This research discovered that: 1) students' mathematical communication skill improvement that was taught using TSTS learning model was higher compared conventional model; 2) TSTS model was found influencing the improvement of students' mathematical communication skill; 3) students' mathematics learning activity and process was more active and improved with TSTS model.