This study develops learning materials based on Freudenthal’s theory and RME for 8th grade mathematics in the field of functions. The learning materials are expected to enhance the ability of students in explaining and organizing real world changes ...
This study develops learning materials based on Freudenthal’s theory and RME for 8th grade mathematics in the field of functions. The learning materials are expected to enhance the ability of students in explaining and organizing real world changes by provoking their learning motivation and developing their functional eyes, attitude, and thinking through the inducement of their interest and the provision of reality-based problems that clearly illustrate the need and utility of mathematical function principles in their daily lives.
The learning materials had been amended and complemented through an analysis of teachers' responses. This study revises and improves residual problems so that teachers would have a more effective teaching method at their disposal.