AN ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STKIP BINA BANGSA GETSEMPENA BANDA ACEH
Abstract
Students as prospective teachers are required to have technological content knowledge because the current learning process will become meaningful if combined with technology. This study aims to determine the technological content knowledge of students of Mathematics Education Studies Program STKIP Bina Bangsa Getsempena Banda Aceh. The approach in this research uses qualitative approach and descriptive research type. Subjects in this study are students of Mathematics Education Studies Program STKIP Bina Bangsa Getsempena Banda Aceh force 2015 who are taking media and mathematics learning technology courses as many as five students. The research instrument used is questionnaire and interview guide. Based on the results of research can be concluded that 1) Research subjects can describe the use of technology in learning mathematics. They describes examples of the use of technology in mathematics for example the use of Matlab and Just Basic software for linear equations and matrix materials. 2) The use of learning technology is very helpful for the subject of research in understanding mathematics material even though they have difficulty in making mathematical formula into software program 3) Technological learning in college is very helpful for research subjects to gain knowledge about the use of learning technology and hopes that the lectures will get better for the coming year.
Keywords
Technological content knowledge