This research aim was to describe the location and the type of learning difficulties of the subject of Linear Program undergone by mathematics education student of the Catholic University of Widya Mandala Madiun.This study used a qualitative approach; the research subjects were students of mathematics education at the Catholic University of Widya Mandala Madiun taking Linear Program and had learning difficulties. The instruments used were diagnostic tests; students who obtained scores under 66 (minimum completeness) were categorized as students who were experiencing learning difficulties. The location of mathematics learning difficulties could be viewed based on the students’ mistakes in completing the diagnostic tests and confirmed through interviews.

The research found that the location of mathematics learning difficulties undergone by the subjects were  factual knowledge of 11,85%,  conceptual knowledge of 14,81%, procedural knowledge of 37,04%, and metacognitive knowledge 36,30%. The types of mathematics learning difficulties experienced by subjects were 2,96% facts remembering difficulty, 8,15% facts understanding difficulty, 0,74% facts researching difficulty, 8,89% concepts remembering difficulty, 4,44% concept understanding difficulty, 1,48% concept applying difficulty, 3,7% procedure applying difficulty, 12,59% procedure analyzing difficulty, 11,11% procedure evaluating difficulty, 9,63% procedure researching difficulty, and 36,3% metacognitive communicating difficulty.

analysis on mathematics learning difficulties;Linear Program