Application of the AIR learning model using song media to improve students’ mathematical representational ability

Abstract

One of the overarching goals of teaching mathematics is the capacity for mathematical representation. Someone must be able to communicate through visuals, graphics, diagrams, or other types of representation. The learning model must enable students to play an active role in class, learn more through experiments, ask questions, and receive answers to their questions. This study aimed to determine the increase in students' mathematical representation abilities after following the Auditory intellectual repetition (AIR) learning model assisted by song media. This research method is a quantitative method with the One Group Pretest-Posttest design. The research was conducted at Ma'arif 5 Metro Middle School in the even semester of the 2022/2023 school year. The sample for this research was class VII students, totaling 23 students. The test instrument is used for data collection. The data analysis technique uses a paired sample t-test. The conclusion of this study states that the Auditory intellectual repetition (AIR) learning model using song media can improve students' mathematical representation skills.