SIKAP SISWA WANITA TERHADAP MATEMATIKA (KASUS PADA SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH UMUM)

Abstract

This research aim to know the attitude of high school women student in mathematics, to identify the factory that influence the attitude of high school women student in mathematics’, and to know the influence of the attitude of high school women student in mathematics to their choices of life Based on the research aim above, this research use the qualitative research descriptive method. In this research we want to find accurate information about attitude of high school women student in mathematics and to know how the attitude of high school women student in mathematics influence their choices of life so we use descriptive explorative method. The result of this research are the confidence high school women student in mathematics is in medium categories, the useful of mathematics according to high school women student is in high categories, the point of view about mathematics is male domains according to high school women student is in high categories (4) The perception about mathematics teachers according to high school women student is in high categories, (5) the factors that influence the attitude of high school women student in mathematics is : (i) Self confidence of high school women student (ii) Their ability in mathematics (iii) Knowing useful of mathematics in their life (iv) The character of high school women student (v) Mathematic teachers, and the attitude of high school women student in mathematics influence their choices of life. Women student that have positive attitude in mathematics select university majors or career that involve mathematics, but women student that have negative attitude in mathematics select university majors or career that not involve mathematics.