The Effectiveness of the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) Approach Assisted by Monopoly Games in Terms of Students'Mathematical Literacy and Mathematical Resilience

Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) is a mathematics learning approach that relates mathematical concepts to real-life situations or students' daily experiences. Mathematical literacy is the ability of students to formulate, apply, and interpret mathematics in various contexts of life that enable them to play an effective role in society. Mathematical resilience is the ability of students to persevere, remain motivated, and be persistent in facing challenges or difficulties that arise during the mathematics learning process. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the Monopoly game-based Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach on students' mathematical literacy skills. The method used was a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The research sample consisted of 30 students from a particular class selected at random. Before the treatment, students were given a pretest to measure their mathematical literacy skills. Students were taught using the Monopoly gamebased RME approach during four meetings. After the intervention, students were given a final test to evaluate the improvement in their mathematical literacy skills. The results of the study concluded that the Monopoly-based Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) approach was effective in terms of mathematical literacy skills, as seen from the N-gain score of 58.93% in the moderate category.