Ethnomathematics and Outdoor Learning to Improve Problem Solving Ability

Students often have difficulty doing mathematical problems. The outdoor learning with ethnomathematics approach is one solution. The purpose of this study was to determine the increase of the problem solving ability of senior high school students through the application of outdoor learning model based on Bengkulu ethnomathematics. This study was a pre-experimental. It was uses the pretest-posttest group design. The sample is 40 students that selected of whole student at the senior high school Bengkulu. The research instrument used was the test of mathematical problem solving. Data were analyzed by using statistical analysis. The results showed that mathematical problem solving abilities of students after being given ethnomathematics with outdoor learning models were higher than before being given the learning models. Keywords—mathematics problem solving; ethnomathematics;