ANALISIS KESALAHAN KONSEP SISWA DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SOAL ULANGAN MATEMATIKA DENGAN METODE NEWMAN

This research to describe the concept errors in solving mathematical test with the
Newman method in fourth grade. The approach used is a qualitative approach with a qualitative
descriptive method in the form of case studies. The subjects of the study were the fourth grade
students of 29 Sungai Puang Public Elementary School in 2018/2019 Academic Year totaling 14
people. Research instruments in the form of test questions, interview sheets, and documentation.
The research data shows that the concept errors made by students in solving mathematical
repetition problems of compound count operations are: a) Students make mistakes in reading
commands in the questions (Reading); b) Students do not understand the problem (comprehension
error); c) Errors of transformation (transformation) ie students have difficulty in changing
questions into mathematical sentences; d) Errors of process skills (students 'skills) ie students
make mistakes in arithmetic operations that result in calculation errors so that students' answers
are wrong .; e) Errors of encoding (conclusions) ie students experience errors in changing the
final result into contextual mathematical sentences or making conclusions. The most dominant
mistake made by students is the process skill error because the students are less thorough and less
skilled in counting. The role of the teacher in overcoming students' misconceptions namely:
providing various activities in learning mathematics; use learning media, provide training so that
students learn independently, use interesting learning models.
Keyword: Fault, Concepts, Math Test, NEWMAN