Profile of The Ability of Elementary School Teachers in Compiling Mathematical Word Problems and Solving The Problems With A Problem Posing Approach on Fractional Materials and Whole Numbers

This study aims to determine the ability level of elementary school teachers in making and solving math word problems using the problem posing on fractions and count numbers at SD Alkhairaat Pusat Palu. This research was conducted at SD AlkhairaatPusatPalu in the odd semester of 2018/2019 using a qualitative descriptive research method, the subjects in this study were all high-class teachers. Descriptive analysis was conducted to obtain an overview of the teacher's ability in making and solving math word problems using problem posing on fractions and whole numbers in elementary school. The research data was obtained through the results of the preparation and completion of the Mathematical Word Problems by the teacher and the giving of interviews conducted by researchers to the subjects. The results of this study are: 1) The teacher's ability is still low in solving the problems by guiding students making questions that are used to explore the information needed to answer the problems given; 2) all subjects can arrange questions from a specified statement but only limited to 1 and 2 questions that should be infinitely many questions that can be made from one statement; and 3) all subjects been able to make a word problem involving 2 basic counting operations and 3 basic counting operations on count numbers but are still less in making a word problem by involving 4 operations on fraction and whole numbers