Abstract:
Students are expected to have higher order
thinking skills, yet they were rarely given problems to practice
those skills during the primary, junior high and senior high
schools. In regard to solve the problems, everyone has different
characteristics in compiling and processing information as well as
experiences that they are owned, this is known as cognitive style.
The purpose of this study was to determine students’
mathematical thinking ability and the influence of cognitive style
on mathematical thinking ability to solve geometry problems.
This study employed descriptive method by involving 29 students
who took geometry courses as the subjects. Mean score and
linear regression analysis were used to analyze the research data.
The results showed that students’ mathematical thinking ability
in solving geometry problems were in the qualification grade
C+and there was a significant influence of cognitive style on
students’ mathematical thinking ability
