Improvement of Mathematic Connection and Communication Ability at Danau Paris State 1 High School Through Contextual Learning

This study aims to: 1) To find out whether the increase in mathematical connection abilities of students who get contextual learning is higher than students who get ordinary learning. 2) To find out whether the increase in mathematical communication skills of students who get contextual learning is higher than students who get ordinary learning. 3) To see whether there is an interaction between the learning approach used with the students 'initial abilities to the students' mathematical connection abilities. 4) To see whether there is an interaction between the learning approach used with students 'initial abilities to students' mathematical communication skills. The subjects in this study were students of class XII IPA-1 as an experimental class and students of class XII IPA-2 as a control class at SMA Negeri 1 Danau Paris. The results showed that: 1) Increased mathematical connection ability of students who received contextual learning was higher than students who obtained ordinary learning. 2) Improvement of mathematical communication skills of students who get contextual learning is higher than students who get ordinary learning. 3) There is no interaction between the learning approach and initial mathematical ability to improve students' mathematical connection abilities. 4) There is no interaction between learning approach and initial mathematical ability to improve students' mathematical communication skills. Keywords : mathematical connection skills, mathematical communication skills, contextual learning DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-21-05 Publication date:July 31st 202