Mathematics Learning Problems

If you trace the history, mathematics has been born since 3000 BC when the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians began using arithmetic, algebra and geometry for the purposes of astronomy, building and construction, taxation and other financial matters. Systematization of mathematics being a science, has occurred in the days of ancient Greece between 600 and 300 BC. Since then mathematics began to grow wider, the interaction of mathematics with other fields such as science and technology are now evident. Now, math has become an essential tool in many ways. Almost every field of science and technology using mathematics. In such a reality, the mastery of mathematics to be a necessary condition in order to maintain existence in the era of the development of science and technology today.

           Learning mathematics formally generally begins in school. Meanwhile, mathematics in schools remains a daunting lesson for the students. Among the various factors that lead to this is the lack of a learning process fun and exciting. Models of learning that are often encountered in mathematics learning is the learning process patterned "teacher centered", ie teacher-centered learning. So the teacher becomes the main character and his presence becomes crucial. Learning to not be done without the presence of teachers. Students tend to be passive and did not play during the learning process. So the process that arises is "give and take". In stringing learning, teachers are generally familiar with the standard model, the learning starts from the formula, memorize it, and then applied to the sample questions.

          Such learning model does not provide space for students to make observations (observed), exploration (dig), inquiry (investigating), and other activities that enable them to engage and understand the real problem. Models such as this that lead to a collection of mathematical formulas like a scary, difficult to learn, and seem abstract.

Mathematics learning problems inexhaustible the talk among educators. Own mathematics learning problems can appear anywhere and by anyone.

This is caused by the mathematics itself is a pattern of human behavior as it is organized into a capital principles into math learning application.

So how to solve the problems we encountered when learning mathematics?

The principle of this study should be chosen so suited to the study of mathematics. Mathematics pertaining to abstract ideas given symbol-symbol is composed hierarchically and deductive reasoning, it is clear that learning mathematics is a high mental activity.

If we used to learn mathematics, our brain will learn to think in a coherent, structured and systematic. It is a mathematical certainty. Learning math early on, and enjoy the learning process, then we will be successful solve problems in mathematics learning.

Therefore an appropriate learning principles will need more or less solve the problems that arise when we learn mathematics.