This study aims to analyze students' cognitive processes through minimum competency
assessment questions. This study uses a qualitative research approach with a descriptive method
to describe the mental process of students using minimum competency assessment questions
that are carried out at the beginning of learning. The results showed that 13 out of 22 students could
use previous knowledge and explain how they used it to understand the text, 21 could identify
important and relevant ideas, and as many as 9 students were able to make realistic inferences and
cite supporting evidence. Most students cannot yet think mathematically and can solve the given
problems. This study also found that as many as 19 students were able to define all vocabulary and
be able to explain it. Eighteen participants could not understand the multimodal text, and showed that
11 students were quite able to show how to understand the text even though it was incomplete.
Teachers can use this data for initial data as a reference for implementing learning strategies for
future teaching.
Keywords: Cognitive Process, Numeracy Literacy, Mathematics Learning