Design of mathematics worksheets uses rme approach to improve communication capabilities

Mathematics is a compulsory subject that is taught both to students of basic education, secondary education and even college education. Communication skills are one of the abilities needed in learning the 2013 curriculum. Mathematics is also one of the lessons for developing communication skills. Communication skills are important and must be mastered by students. This study aims to design learning media needs in the form of Student Worksheets using the Realistic Mathematics Education approach to improve communication skills. The research model uses the ADDIE model. This research was developed based on comments and suggestions from the validator. The instruments used were media validation sheets and material validations. The results showed that the design of Student Worksheets with the RME approach could improve students' communication skills. The components of the Student Worksheet include the cover, preface, table of contents, instructions for using the Student Worksheet, basic competency or indicators of achievement of competencies and student activity sheets. Design with social arithmetic material deserves to be a learning medium. Therefore, the need for the development of instructional media in the form of Student Worksheets on social arithmetic materials with the Mathematics Education Realistic approach to improving communication skills.