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Teaching Primary School Students through Local Cultural Games for Improving Positive Characters
No full textIndonesia is a rich country. One of its wealth includes local wisdoms, spread out in the region. Traditional games are parts of local wisdoms in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to see the relationship and comparison of responses and students’ characters with the implementation of the traditional game callsed “Congklak” in classroom teaching. The research used the mix-method, which aimed to corelate and compare research variables. This study used a sample of 50 students with the total sampling technique. The data collection instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. Data analysis used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The result of the research is that there is a positive significant correlation between research variables, and there is different students’ responses and students’ characters, with a value of sig <0.05 and in each dominant variable in the good category
Student-Friendly Teaching Approaches
No full textWe are living in times when the role of the teacher turns from the teacher to the learner's guide and the teacher should be a good learner's companion in educational sciences. COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the existing paradigms in education, forcing the scientific knowledge produced to be reconsidered. Day by day, learner features such as resilience, flexibility, self-regulation, self-management, motivational stability beliefs, learning styles, critical thinking, etc. are gaining in importance and being discussed in an increasing amount. From this point of view, we share student-friendly teaching approaches with you in this article. Emmi Pikler Approach cares about the principles of complete freedom of movement, gentle and respectful communication between the baby and the caregiver, the characteristics of the baby's playground. In this approach apply ideas on child development which can be summarized as letting children develop with their own potential and providing care like a mother would do.. Montessori Education predicts that every child has his/her own development, personality and can learn in line with the his/her capacity. Thanks to these opportunities provided to children according to this education system, it reflects an education system in which their choices replace the educator's willingness, and errors can be controlled as a result of their own behavior. Reggio Emilia approach aims to provide opportunities for children to make discoveries through concrete experiences, values their research production and testing their hypotheses, and also highlights their artistic development. To welcome this approach and its components to our classes, starting from pre-school, means opening new worlds to our young learners. Sudbury Valley Schools argue that all people are curious by nature and that effective, permanent and deep-rooted learning is possible if it is initiated by the learner. These schools prioritize the importance of psychological comfort, individual autonomy, and play, and also focus on the function of intrinsic motivation in education rather than external motivation. In terms of learning, student-initiated learning has prioritized in these schools. Sudbury Valley Schools stand out as institutions that placed democracy on the central focus
The Challenges of Remote Area Elementary Schools in Thematic Curriculum Implementation
No full textThe thematic curriculum is defined as a learning method that integrates attitudes, skills, knowledge, learning value, and creative thinking using themes in the learning process. By implementing this curriculum, it is expected that it would bridge the school and daily-life learning experiences. The present study investigated some challenges in thematic curriculum implementation at five elementary schools in a remote area. This qualitative research utilized semistructured interviews and classroom observation involving 20 teachers. A thematic analysis approach was used for this study. The study found that the teachers' lack of understanding of thematic curriculum and the lack of parental involvement are the main challenge of this curriculum implementation. This study suggests that providing teachers' learning environment and creating PTA meetings might maximize the potential of thematic curriculum implementation in elementary schools in remote areas
Impact of Formative Assessment Instructional Approach on Students’ Mathematics Achievement and their Metacognitive Awareness
No full textIn the present study, the impact of formative assessment on secondary school students’ mathematics achievement and their metacognitive awareness was examined. The participants included 164 (84 boys) grade 11 students and four mathematics teachers from four secondary schools in Kenya. A quasiexperimental pretest-posttest non-equivalent group design was used to determine if there was any significant difference in the students' mathematics achievement scores and their metacognitive awareness after a formative assessment intervention. The influence of gender on mathematics achievement and metacognitive awareness was also examined. Formative assessment was conceptualized as an instructional approach consisting of five strategies. After controlling for pretest scores, the results revealed that students who were taught using formative assessment instructional approach outperformed those taught using conventional approach for both mathematics achievement (p = 0.014, η2 = 0.38) and metacognitive awareness (p < 0.001, η2 = 0.47). Analysis based on gender did not reveal any gender influence on students’ mathematics achievement (p = 0.571, η2 = 0.002) and their metacognitive awareness (p = 0.287, η2 = 0.008). The current study adds knowledge to the limited empirical evidence regarding the impact of formative assessment conceptualized as an instructional approach on students’ mathematic’s achievement and their metacognitive awareness
The Effectiveness of Problem-based learning with Local Wisdom oriented to Socio-Scientific Issues
No full textThe research aimed to know the effectiveness of problem-based learning combined with local wisdom in Acehnese called Hukum Adat Laȏt. The local wisdom is oriented to socio-scientific issues to improving conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy. This study adopted a quasi-experimental with pretestposttest control group design. In the experimental class, treatment was given using the problem-based learning model with local wisdom oriented to socio-scientific issues. In contrast, the control class was given by applying traditional learning. The population used in this study were all high school students in Aceh Besar, Indonesia. A cluster sampling technique is applied to obtain 54 students from the 2019/2020 academic year as samples. Data collection uses a test instrument conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy validated based on the Aiken index. Meanwhile, the instrument reliability is determined based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed by using Manova. The results indicate significant differences in the mean scores of the results related to conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy. The conclusion states that applying problem-based learning with local wisdom oriented to socio-scientific issues significantly impacts students’ conceptual knowledge and environmental literacy
Development of Work Engagement Model Based on Organizational Culture Method
No full textThe lecturers are one of key success in the highest education systems processes that are expected can improve the quality of education in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to determine how the effect of Organizational Internal Communication, Organizational Justice, Intrinsic Rewards, and Self-Development on Lecturer’s Work Engagement in terms of organizational culture. The population of this study is the lecturers who have a National Lecturer Registration Number at college of economics in east Jakarta. The population in this study is 377 lecturers and using a proportional random sampling technique, the sample of this study is 200 lecturers. The data analysis method used in this study is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM); for data processing, this study using Partial Least SquareStructural Equation Models (PLS-SEM) software. The results of this study are expected to provide input to the college to improve lecturers' work engagement. Improving lecturer’s work engagement can be done directly through improving organizational internal communication, organizational justice, intrinsic rewards and self-development. While indirectly it can be done through increasing managerial effectiveness, and the work team is an effective mediating variable to increase lecturers' work engagement. While indirectly it can be done through increasing organizational justice. Intrinsic rewards is effective mediating variables to increase lecturers' work engagement
Pedagogia Dictionary: Web Application Development
No full textThis study aimed to develop a web-based Pedagogia Dictionary application, which is a special dictionary in the field of education and learning. This research was conducted using the D & D (Design and Development) approach or development research that produces a product. This study adopted the stages of the Ellis & Levy (2010) development model consisting of: a) identification of the problem; b) explain the purpose; c) design and develop artifacts; d) testing artifacts; e) evaluating test results, f) communicating test results. The information system modeling used a system through diagrams consisting of flowcharts, data flow diagrams, and entity relationship diagrams. In this study, the questionnaire was used to collect data related to the product that had been designed. The web based Pedagogia Dictionary application is expected to improve the quality of learning at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. In further development studies, the Pedagogia Dictionary application can be developed using mobile-based web technology. The findings have implications for the availability of a web-based dictionary as a reference source on the concept content in the fields of education and learning. The development of this application is in accordance with the development of the water fall model system. The usability testing results are a series of product trial results showing that there are several recommendations from respondents. So it can be concluded that the product is good to be an information search system in the form of a pedagogical dictionary dictionary
MURRDERR Strategy: Developing Creative Characters of Elementary School Prospective Teachers
No full textLearning or lecturing, which are an essential part of the education process, are often presented only by cramming the teaching materials' contents to students but defying values. Allowing this to continue to happen will unquestionably lead to the next generation's increasingly tense situation, who are already in a messy condition and may lose their creative character. Along with character education that is always echoed, the presence of the MURRDERR strategy (Metaphor, Understand, Recall, Recognize, Detect, Elaborate, Review, and Respect) in classroom learning is expected to be one of the excellent and attractive choices for instilling lively characters in students. This paper provides a brief overview of the results of five semesters in total, including two semesters of applying the MURRDERR strategy in lectures at the Elementary Teacher Education Program, especially in mathematics lectures. Two research phases: first, didactic design research to produce teaching materials that can optimize the emergence of creative characters and followed by a quasi-experimental method. As a result, (1) the MURRDERR strategy provided a better contribution than conventional (expository/lecturing) learning in developing the creative character of students of the Elementary School Teacher Program, (2) teaching material developed through didactic design research was beneficial in achieving optimal learning outcomes, (3) students of the Elementary School Teacher Program with a background in science education tended to equip and prepare themselves to deal with issues related to creativity
The Impact of Supplemental Word Recognition Strategies on Students with Reading Difficulties
No full textThe purpose of this study was to examine the impact of supplemental word recognition strategies on students receiving intensive (Tier III) remedial reading instruction. Two-hundred and thirteen middle school students with reading difficulties received an intensive reading intervention (i.e., Corrective Reading Decoding strand) delivered by trained school staff (n = 21) at three middle schools. The 213 fifth through eighth grade students (121 males, 92 females) enrolled in three northwestern school districts (two rural and one urban). Of the 213 students, one-hundred and seven also received supplemental word recognition instruction using Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies (REWARDS). Using a pre-post quasi-experimental design, the effects of the Corrective Reading Decoding (CRD) program was compared to CRD combined with the REWARDS program. The REWARDS program produced statistically and educationally significant changes in the basic reading skills of students over and above Corrective Reading Decoding alone. Students in the REWARDS condition demonstrated statistically significant mean changes on the WJ-III Basic Reading Skills cluster and associated subtests and the DIBELS ORF probe compared to those in the comparison condition. Results, implications, and limitations are discussed
Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Case of Learning Chinese as a Third Language
No full textLanguage has always been considered the most effective medium of communication among humans to express their thoughts, opinions, and emotions. As a consequence of globalization, a lot of people end up living, studying, working, and travelling in countries where both their first and the second languages may not be used. This situation creates a need for learning a third language (L3) considering proficiency in first (native) and second (presumably English) languages. Numerous studies have been conducted on L2 and a lot in the field of L3. However, this study found a scope to research specifically on the language (L3) learning intention in terms of its usefulness for international students who are in a country where their native language and the L2 are not in use. More than 161 international students studying under the Chinese Language Learning program as well as students studying in graduate and undergraduate levels at public universities in Yunnan, Beijing, Jiangsu, and Hunan in China participated in this study. By extending the theory of planned behavior with the Self Determination Theory (SDT), along with the influence of the L2, a survey questionnaire was prepared and data was collected from these participants. Later, the data was analyzed by common method variance and path model estimation of Partial Least Square (PLS) algorithm to generate and evaluate predictions for intentions of learning Chinese as the L3 considering the perceived usefulness of the language which eventually validates the mentioned theories