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  • This research is a descriptive research that aims to describe the construction of student’s proof on exponent material. Proof construction on exponent material is compiling proof with definitions and rules of exponents. The subject of research were students of class X MIA 5 from SMAN 10 Palembang which consisted of 38 students. The learning process takes place according to the steps of direct learning. The technique of collecting data that used on this research was written test consisting of three problem descriptions. The collected data were analyzed by evaluating the proof of the student work consisting of three assessment categories as follows: General arguments are valid and are proof (K1), general arguments are valid but not proof (K2) and cannot strive to be a valid general argument that is an invalid or incomplete (K3). The research result shows that the construction of student’s proof on exponent material was still in the K3 categories, with details as follows: Students categorized K1 (general arguments are valid and are proof) are 38.6%, students categorized K2 (general arguments are valid but not proof) are 17.5% and students categorized K3 (cannot strive to be a valid general argument that is an invalid or incomplete) are 43.9%.