How Should Elementary School Students Construct their Knowledge in Mathematics based on Bruner Theory?
Eka Zuliana (a*,b), Endah Retnowati (b), Djamilah Bondan Widjajanti (b)

a) Universitas Muria Kudus,
Gondangmanis, Bae, Po.Box 53 Kudus, 59327, Indonesia
*eka.zuliana[at]umk.ac.id
b) Postgraduate Programme Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Jl. Colombo, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia

Abstract

Elementary school teachers should know how their students are trying to construct a very abstract concept of mathematical knowledge for them. Elementary school children are still at the concrete operational stage, while the characteristic of mathematics itself is abstract. This paper describes how Elementary school students should build their mathematical knowledge based on Bruner Theory (enactive, iconic and symbolic stage) and how should the mathematics learning process provided by Elementary school teachers

Keywords: Elementary school students, constructivism, Bruner theory

Topic: Innovations in instructional training and elementary education