Student’s Mathematical Literacy: A Study from The Perspective of Ethnomathematics Context in North Sulawesi Indonesia

Abstract

Mathematical literacy skills are essential for students. This study analyzed students’ mathematical literacy skills in solving mathematical literacy problems using an ethnomathematics context. The research subjects were students of class VIII SMP Negeri 2 Tondano, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi Province. This research uses the descriptive analysis method. The data was obtained through a test of mathematical literacy questions with an ethnomathematical context. The instruments used consisted of tests and interviews. The results showed that 87.5% of high-grade students could solve problems in formulating competence, while for middle-grade students, 67.6% of students and 31% of low-grade students. For employ competence, there are 71.5% high-grade students, 47.5% middle-grade students, and 3.3% lowgrade students. Meanwhile, for interpreting competence, there are 55% of high-grade students, 13.3% of middle-grade students, and 1.3% of low-grade students. These results indicate that the mathematical literacy ability of students in answering mathematical literacy problem in an ethnomathematics context are relatively low.