Analisis Representasi Matematis Siswa Dalam Memecahkan Masalah Bentuk Aljabar Siswa Kelas VII Ditinjau Jenis Kelamin

This study aims to analyze students' mathematical representations in solving algebraic expression problems in terms of gender. The approach used in this study is descriptive qualitative research, with two seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 9 Palu as the subjects, consisting of one male student and one female student who have high mathematical ability. The results show that, at the stage of understanding the problem, both subjects used verbal representation to identify the information presented in the problem. At the stage of planning the solution, both subjects used verbal and symbolic representations to model the problem into algebraic form. At the stage of carrying out the plan, the male student demonstrated a more complete use of representations, namely verbal, symbolic, and visual representations, whereas the female student used verbal and symbolic representations. At the stage of looking back, both subjects again used verbal and symbolic representations to evaluate the results of the solution through explanation and substitution of values.