Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Siswa dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Himpunan Berorientasi HOTS ditinjau dari Kecerdasan Emosional

Understanding problem solving was an important ability and have to be possessed by students, because this ability was needed in developing ideas for building new knowledge in mathematics. The importance of problem solving skills was not in line with the quality of real problem solving. In fact, students had low problem solving abilities. One of the ways to develop problem solving skills was through HOTS-oriented questions on topic set. This study aims to analyze problem solving skills in solving HOTS-oriented questions on set material viewed from students' emotional intelligence. This descriptive qualitative research was conducted on students of one of the State Junior High Schools in Nganjuk, East Java. The subjects in this study were 6 students of 7th grade who had high, medium, and low emotional intelligence who were taken using the random sampling technique. Methods of data collection using questionnaires, tests and interviews. The questionnaire method was used to obtain data on students' emotional intelligence. Triangulation is done by comparing test and interview methods to check the validity of the data. Data analysis techniques are carried out by reducing data, presenting data, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study concluded that the problem solving abilities of students who have high emotional intelligence are able to meet all indicators of problem solving abilities, namely understanding problems, planning problem solving, implementing problem solving plans, and re-examining answers. Students with moderate and low emotional intelligence have been able to fulfill the first three indicators but have not re-examined their answers.