The Effect of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) Approach on Students’ Mathematical Ability: A Meta-analysis Study

Abstract

Numerous research on the application of the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) method on students' mathematical ability have been carried out during the last 10 years. However, the impact of study characteristics on the level of variation among studies has not been fully explained in previous primary studies. The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of RME on Indonesian students' mathematical proficiency. The research method used in this study is meta-analysis. Data collection was done by identifying articles published in national journals and proceedings. 36 articles were examined using the meta-mar website and the random effects model for estimation in accordance with the inclusion criteria. The application of RME has an overall effect size of 0.95 on students' mathematical abilities, which corresponds to into the category of a high effect, according to the random effects model, according to this study.