Cultural preservation efforts can be done through mathematics learning. This article discusses student’s geometric thinking skills based on gender after they take part in geometry transformation learning with the ethnomathematics approach. This study involved 32 grade XI students of MTsN 3 Pariaman. The data about geometric thinking skills were obtained through tests that were designed based on Van Hiele’s stages of geometric thinking (visualization, analysis, informal deduction, and deduction). The results showed that there were differences in geometric thinking skills of female students and male students. The average ranking of female students’ skills is higher than that of male students. Male students have a higher percentage of achieving thinking skills at the visualization level than female students. However, the achievement of female students outperforms male students at the level of analysis and informal deduction. The geometric thinking skill of class IX students reaches the stage of informal deduction. Learning geometry with the ethnomathematics teaching approach can train students’ geometric thinking skills while still paying attention to gender trends in the cultural context involved.
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