Analysis of Mathematical Concept Understanding Ability of Grade IV Elementary School Students

Abstract

The background of this research is because the mathematical concept understanding ability of elementary school students is low. So, the purpose of the research is to analyze and describe the mathematical concept understanding ability of students on the topic of square and rectangle area. In addition, the factors causing the low mathematical concept understanding ability will be collected. This type of research is descriptive research conducted in one of the public elementary schools in Tanjungsiang District, Subang Regency in the 2024/2025 academic year. The research subjects used were 20 fourth grade elementary school students. The results showed that students' mathematical concept understanding ability on the concept of square and rectangle area was in the low category in 3 indicators, namely 35% of students who were able to restate concepts that had been learned, 26% of students were able to apply concepts algorithmically, and only 25% of students were able to apply concepts to problem solving. Meanwhile, 60% of students have been able to classify objects based on whether or not the prerequisites to form the concept are met. In addition, researchers found four factors that cause low mathematical concept understanding ability.