THE ERROR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN SOLVING MATHEMATICS LITERACY PROBLEMS

This study aims to describe errors in solving the problem of Mathematical Literacy using the Newman procedure. The subjects of this study were 12 students of Primary School Teacher Education of Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha. The instruments to collect data were tests and interview guidelines. The results of this study were: (1) the highest misunderstanding occurred in level 3 question problems with geometry content, algebra & functions, while the lowest understanding errors occurred in level 1 questions with geometry, probability & statistics content, and on level 2 questions with probability & statistics, and algebra & functions content; (2) the highest errors occurred on type 3, type 4, type 5 errors consistently on level 3 and level 4 questions on probability & statistics and algebra & functions content. Meanwhile, the lowest errors of type 3, type 4, and type 5 occured in level 2 questions on probability & statistics content; (3) men have lower type 2 and type 3 errors than women in level 3 questions with numbers content, and level 1 questions with geometry content; (4) men have higher than women errors in process skills and encoding in all content and competency levels.