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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of PBL In Enhancing Speaking Skills In Non-Formal Education
Get PDFThis study examines the impact of Project-Based Learning (PBL) on enhancing speaking skills
among Paket C students at PKBM Husnan Limboto, a non-formal educational institution in Indonesia. Using
the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation), the study developed
and evaluated PBL materials aimed at improving fluency, coherence, and pronunciation. A mixed-methods
approach was employed, combining quantitative assessments with qualitative feedback from students and
teachers. The results showed significant improvements in students' speaking proficiency, with fluency
increasing from a mean score of 3.2 to 4.5 (a 40.6% improvement), coherence rising from 3.0 to 4.3 (43.3%
increase), and pronunciation improving from 2.8 to 4.1 (46.4% increase). Student motivation and
engagement also saw considerable gains, with motivation scores increasing from 3.1 to 4.6 (48.4%) and
engagement from 3.0 to 4.7 (56.7%). These improvements underscore the effectiveness of PBL in fostering
speaking skills in a non-formal education setting. However, the study also highlights challenges such as insufficient technological resources and the need for professional development for teachers to fully implement PBL. Recommendations include addressing infrastructure issues, providing more training for educators, and developing cost-effective PBL models for resource-limited environments. Future research should explore the long-term impact of PBL on students' academic and professional succes
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PBL IN ENHANCING SPEAKING SKILLS IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
No full textThis study examines the impact of Project-Based Learning (PBL) on enhancing speaking skills among Paket C students at Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat (PKBM) Husnan Limboto, a non-formal educational institution in Indonesia. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach, integrating both qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate the effectiveness of Project-Based Learning (PBL) in enhancing speaking skills in non-formal education settings. This approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of the phenomena by combining numerical data with contextual insights, the study developed and evaluated PBL materials aimed at improving fluency, coherence, and pronunciation. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining quantitative assessments with qualitative feedback from students and teachers. The results showed significant improvements in students' speaking proficiency, with fluency increasing from a mean score of 3.2 to 4.5 (a 40.6% improvement), coherence rising from 3.0 to 4.3 (43.3% increase), and pronunciation improving from 2.8 to 4.1 (46.4% increase). Student motivation and engagement also saw considerable gains, with motivation scores increasing from 3.1 to 4.6 (48.4%) and engagement from 3.0 to 4.7 (56.7%). These improvements underscore the effectiveness of PBL in fostering speaking skills in a non-formal education setting. However, the study also highlights challenges such as insufficient technological resources and the need for professional development for teachers to fully implement PBL. Recommendations include addressing infrastructure issues, providing more training for educators, and developing cost-effective PBL models for resource-limited environments. Future research should explore the long-term impact of PBL on students' academic and professional success
Evaluating the MBKM Program: A Thorough Literature Review of Implementation in Academic Settings
Get PDFThe purpose of this literature review is to examine the past and current use of the MBKM Program in academic settings. A literature review of relevant papers, scientific journals, and other publications on the MBKM Program was conducted to learn more about the implementation, challenges, and benefits of the program. Several important conclusions can be drawn from the results of this literature review. First, the MBKM Program has not been fully implemented in higher education, and there are several obstacles that must be overcome. Second, problem solving will be more efficient if all interested parties work together. Evaluating the implementation of the MBKM Program is essential to make it more successful. By conducting a literature review, the university can learn about new problems, develop plans to address those problems, and improve the learning opportunities available to its students. By providing a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced in implementing the MBKM Program in higher education, this literature review helps in improving the implementation of the program, overcoming barriers, and maximizing the benefits received by students
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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