By : Fauzani Agitya Cahyantoro
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A. Introduction
There are many factors that affect (influence) in teaching learning of Mathematics. Such as educational facilities, teaching media, teaching aids, teaching methods, psycological aspects, etc. In my opinion, psycological aspects give more aspect in teaching learning of Mathematics. Its like a human who have physical and spiritual. In Mathematics, psycological aspect is like spiritual. There many aspect we can learn in psycological aspect, such as the concepts of mathematics, the types of intelligence, the types of imagery, the teorem of mathematics learning, symbol of mathematics, diagnosing learning mathematics difficulties, etc. We will interested if we hear the word ‘Symbol‘. What is yhe meaning of symbol? What is the essence of symbol in mathematics learning? Let us learn about it.
B. Symbol In Teaching Learning of Mathematics
In every teaching learning process of mathematics, we will meet the symbol, we will meet the notations. Symbol in psycological learning mathematics has some function. (Richard R. Skemp)
1. Comunication
People mind can not to be read directly. So, we need a tool or the way to knowing it, like something we can be seen or hear, a words, a sign or a sound. Symbol is something we can see, that have a relation with an idea to be mean.
2. Recording knowledge
The ideas cann’t be seen and hear, so the ideas cann’t be disappear, oleh karena itu we need to record it to a paper or a book.
3. The formation of the new concepts
A new concepts with a higher level than the students understand only can be communicate to the student with classified to the right examples
4. Making multiple classifications straight forward.
If we can make some classification exactly, then we have been knowing, understanding what we classified about. Many symbol we have been learn, many problem that we can solve.
5. Explanation
Explanation is a communication that make people understand something before
6. Making possible reflective activity
We can learn about how every symbol is conneted one to the other
7. Helping to show the structure
Choosing the right symbol can be help to understand the concepts
8. Making routine manipulations automatic
If we understand the mathematics process, we get the advantages because we not need to repeated every conceptual steps again
9. Recovering information and understanding
Every symbol can make ourself memorized that simply
10. Creative mental activity
We will find the creative in symbol of mathematics, because Mathematics is funny.
C. Conclusion
After we learn about the symbol of Mathematics, we have conclusion that psychological aspects of learning mathematics have much affect to the teaching learning process of Mathematics. In this case, the mathematics symbol is that we concern about. There are many knowledge have to learn by us who will be a teacher, especially about psychological aspects in teaching learning of mathematics.
