Usman Mulbar, Ahmad Zaki
This study focuses on developing learning design based on realistic mathematics education. The learning design developed related to the real life of students, so students are expected to enjoy and tend to like mathematics. The results showed that the realistic mathematics education design consisting of a lesson plan, a teachers guide, a student book, a student worksheet, and mathematics achievement test are in good quality, which meet the criteria of validity, practicality, and effectiveness. Mathematics achievement test as a research instrument meets the criteria of validity, sensitivity, and reliability. In learning process by using realistic mathematics education, the students are more active, have an energy and motivation to learn, so there is a good impact on the improvement of students learning achievement. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Mathematics, State University of Makassar, 90222, Indonesia
