This research aimed to describe the students analogy reasoning skill on the
eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Gumelar viewed from gender. The method of this
research was descriptive qualitative. The subjects involved 28 eighth graders
consisting of 15 male students and 13 female students. The samples were taken
using purposive sampling technique. The students were categorized into two
categories based on gender which were male and female. Three students were
chosen from each category as the samples of the research. The data were collected
using test, interview, and documentation then analysed using data reduction, data
display, and conclusion. The validation test was triangulation technique. The
results showed that male students had mastered analogy reasoning well, while
female students still had poor skill to conclude from problems into codes or
mathematical symbols (encoding) and to implement mathematical concept into
target (applying).