THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT’S ABILITY OF MATHEMATICAL COMPREHENDING BASED ON GENDER IN RECTANGULAR MATERIAL IN SMP NEGERI 1 BANDAR SEI KIJANG CLASS VII1

This study aims to determine students 'mathematical understanding and the ability to see the difference between students' mathematical understanding the ability of male and female on the material rectangular. This study is a descriptive analysis research. The study was conducted in the academic year 2013/2014 in SMP Negeri 1 Bandar Sei Kijang. Subjects in this study were students VII1 which consisted of 12 male students and 12 female students with academic skills that same level of ability. In order to determine the level of mathematical understanding in students' abilities, then they are given a mathematical comprehension tests. The results showed that the ability of mathematical understanding of male students is higher than the ability of mathematical understanding of female students it can be seen from the mean or average value obtained from the SPSS. The average value of male students is 72.2217 and the average value of female students is 69, 7925. But the data did not show any significant differences in the ability of mathematical understanding between male students and female students.