Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2019)

The Generalization Process of Secondary School Students on the Concept of Volume and Surface Area of Prism

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Baiduri
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Baiduri
Available Online October 2019.
DOI
10.2991/iccd-19.2019.29How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Volume concept, surface area, prism, generalization
Abstract

One of the basic concepts of geometry and measurement, which is learned from elementary to higher education, is area and volume. This study aims to describe and explore the process of the students in generalizing the concept of volume and surface area of a rectangular prism. The teaching experiment method was carried out to nineteen secondary school students as the subject of the study. The data was collected through observation, class discussion, and semi-structured interviews, which were then analyzed using interactive models: data reduction, data presentation and verification, and conclusions. The results of the analysis showed that the process of generalizing among students to the concept of volume and surface area was through constructing and determining the obtained dimensions of geometry, specialization, and symbolic use.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-803-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccd-19.2019.29How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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