International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education (IJCRSEE)

IJCRSEE Editorial Team; Surya  Sari Faradiba; Cholis Sa'dijah; Nengah  Parta; Swasono  Rahardjo

doi:10.5937/IJCRSEE1902053F

Authors

Surya Sari Faradiba Department of mathematics education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science «Universitas Negeri Malang», Malang, Indonesia, Department of mathematics education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education «Universitas Islam Malang», Malang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3055-6240
Cholis Sa'dijah Department of mathematics education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science «Universitas Negeri Malang», Malang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-8578
Nengah Parta Department of mathematics education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science «Universitas Negeri Malang», Malang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-9323
Swasono Rahardjo Department of mathematics education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science «Universitas Negeri Malang», Malang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-3935

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/IJCRSEE1902053F

Keywords:

metacognitive blindness, problem-solving, mathematics anxiety, lack of progress, error detection, anomalous result

Abstract

This study aims to reveal how metacognitive failure occurs during problem-solving experienced by the pre-service teacher with mathematics anxiety. The data collected are in the form of words obtained through interviews, pictures of the results of the subject’s work, and the results of the mathematics anxiety questionnaire as an instrument for selecting subjects. Description of data analysis and interpretation of the meaning of the findings apply text analysis. Analysis is conducted in all phases of problem-solving including the phase of understanding, analyzing, exploring, planning, implementing, and verifying. The presence of metacognitive blindness is identified through red flag, which is a warning sign to stop or retreat to the previous problem-solving phase and immediately take certain actions. Three types of red flag identified in this study include lack of progress (LP), error detection (ED), and anomalous results (AR). The results of the analysis show that students who experience math anxiety can experience metacognitive blindness during the problem-solving process. Red flag, which is dominant in metacognitive blindness, is error detection. This red flag occurs because subjects with mathematics anxiety pay less attention to the details of the problem, so they miss a lot of important information. The subjects see the problem only on the surface, based on the words they read in the problem presented.

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