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.