Causes Of Students Research Articles

USE OF MICROSOFT TEAMS IN MATHEMATICS LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The world is currently faced with a covid-19 pandemic that forces people to move at home, including the world of education that carries out teaching and learning activities from home using online learning. This research aims to find out the causes and ways to overcome the learning difficulties of students of class X MIPA 4 Public High School 1 Kota Sorong on math learning using microsoft teams during the covid-19 pandemic. This type of research is quantitative descriptive combined with qualitative approaches. The subjects of this study were students of class X MIPA 4 Public High School 1 Kota Sorong school year 2020/2021 which amounted to 26 students and 1 math teacher. The object in this study is the cause of students' learning difficulties using microsoft teams on math learning provided by teachers. Data collection techniques are observation, questionnaire, interview and documentation. The data analysis techniques in this study are qualitative and quantitative. The results showed that students experienced several causes of learning difficulties that were divided into 4 (four) indicators, students' inability to learn online, interaction in the learning process, assignments and teaching materials and technical constraints on online learning using microsoft teams

Exploring the Effect of Virtual Education on Student Pharmacists' Confidence toward APPE Readiness.

A drop in confidence in Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) readiness was observed in students in the Class of 2022 prior to starting APPEs. We aim to investigate potential causes of students’ low confidence in APPE preparedness to provide solutions and to prevent this outcome with future students. We evaluated students’ perceived confidence to start APPEs and compared this to curricular changes, employment obligations, and the impact of COVID-19 on delivery of the pre-APPE and APPE curriculum. Students’ low confidence with APPE readiness was not indicative of the following factors: (1) delivery of the didactic curriculum, (2) students’ performance in the didactic curriculum, or (3) number of summative assessments in key didactic courses. Rather, the low confidence perception may have been due to differences such as a fully remote didactic experience in the P3 year, more virtual Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs), a reduced course load in the P3 spring semester, and changes to a pre-APPE preparatory course compared to other class years. The students’ self-reported midpoint scores during their first APPE block and preceptor’s evaluations on their performance contrasted their pre-APPE perceptions. Frequent in-person and on-site skills assessments throughout the didactic curriculum seem to reinforce confidence before APPEs.

Penyebab Peserta Didik Tidak Berpartisipasi Aktif dalam Pembelajaran Sosiologi di Kelas XI IPS 1 SMAN 4 Merangin Jambi

This research was motivated by the low level of participatory students in learning sociology in class XI social studies 1, SMA N 4 Merangin Jambi. This is evidenced by only 27.30% of students who play an active role in learning. From the percentage of active students, it shows that the level of student participation in learning is still low. The theory put forward in this study is the behavioristic theory according to skinner which focuses on the creation of behavioral patterns that can be seen from learning outcomes. The purpose of this study analyle out the causes of students not participatory in learning. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study type of research. Informant selection technique using purposive sampling technique with the number of informants as many as 13 people. Data collection techniques are observation techniques, in-depth interviews and documentation studies. Data analysis uses Miles and Huberman's interactive analysis model which consists of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study show that there are several things that cause students not to participate in learning. The causes of class XI social studies students of SMAN 4 Merangin not actively participating: 1) fear or shame of being laughed at by friends. 2) don't understand metering. 3) the student's health condition 4) the curator's concentration is studying 5) the curator is self-preparation.

Effect of Inquiry-based Teaching Approach on Students Achievement in Circle Theorems

This study investigated the effect of inquiry-based teaching approach on students’ achievement in Circle theorems in Senior High Schools. The study used sequential exploratory mixed method research design to collect quantitative and qualitative data to answer the various research questions. A sample of 105 students and 6 mathematics teachers from the two schools were randomly and conveniently selected respectively for the study. Circle Theorems Achievement Tests (CTAT) was administered to both intact classes (control and experimental) as pre-test and after the intervention a similar CTAT was administered as post-test. During treatment, the experimental group were taken through inquiry- based teaching approach instruction while the traditional instruction was applied to the control group. Results from paired sample t-test showed that participants in the experimental group had increment in their post-test as compared to the pre-test. However, independent samples t-test results revealed that students in the experimental group achieved better in the post-test as compared to those in the control group. Interview data showed students negative attitudes and teachers’ teaching methods (use of traditional teaching method) were the main cause of students’ poor performance in circle theorems. The observation data also revealed that time factor was challenging since inquiry class activities needed more time to complete and also forming the small groups was a challenge in the class due to large class size and classroom not spacious. In conclusion, inquiry-based teaching approach was found to increased students’ achievement in circle theorem than the traditional instruction and hence recommended for teachers to implement it in their teaching.

Students' Anxiety in Learning English as a Foreign Language. A Case from Indonesia

Although the study of students’ anxiety in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Indonesia has been conducted before, little attention is paid to whether gender or English level contributes more to the anxiety in learning. EFL students, particularly in Indonesia, find difficulty in learning the language because it has different rules from their own language. There is no such thing as gender-based personal pronouns or tenses in their verbs. It doesn’t have the plural form which is equivalent to adding “s” in English. In Bahasa Indonesia, how you spell it is how you pronounce it. While the spelling in English does not correspond with its pronunciation. 242 Grade 10 students, male and female in three different English levels (Levels 1,2, and 3) were included in the study. This study aims at researching the students’ anxiety level in terms of communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation, and test-taking. Fear of negative evaluation shows the highest cause of students’ anxiety followed by test-taking and communication apprehension. Students in English Level 1 and 2 show a significant relationship to the level of anxiety, while students in Level 3 have no relationship between anxiety and that level. Gender has shown some significance but it is very weak. Between gender and English level, it shows that gender, though has weaker significance, contributes more to the anxiety compared to the English level. Further explication of each issue is discussed.

KECEMASAN MAHASISWA DALAM PRAKTIK PUBLIC SPEAKING (STUDI KASUS MAHASISWA MANAJEMEN PEMASARAN INDUSTRI ELEKTRONIKA ANGKATAN 2021)

This study aims to find out the description of student anxiety in public speaking practice, the causes of students experiencing anxiety, and how to overcome anxiety in public speaking practice in the Electronics Industry Marketing Management Study Program, especially students in class of 2021. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. This qualitative research uses the case study method. Data was collected through observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques were carried out through three stages, namely, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The validity test used in this study uses trustworthiness, namely testing the truth and honesty of the subject in uncovering the reality according to what is experienced, felt or imagined. This study shows that the anxiety symptoms of 2021 MPIE Study Program students include physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. The causes of students experiencing anxiety in public speaking practice include lack of confidence, lack of preparation and practice, lack of experience, audience rejection, and unpleasant experiences in the past. The ways to overcome students' anxiety in public speaking practice can be done through self-adjustment, breathing exercises, changing body language, warming up, and anchoring.

Improving students’ performance examinations on the keyboard through selected pedagogical approaches: a study of the department of music, Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu

The teaching and learning of keyboard pieces involves complex processes and multiple factors. This is to say that performing keyboard pieces especially during the individual performance examinations is the most difficult aspect of music examination that upset the students of music in a great way. Therefore, this study attempts to identify the causes of students’ challenges and difficulties in their keyboard learning. Through the adoption of some effective pedagogical approaches, the researcher hopes to minimize their challenges and maximize their individual performance examinations on the keyboard. The Department of Music, Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu was a reference point. The researcher adopted a survey research design. The population for the study comprised thirty (30) students selected through simple random sampling. Data were gathered through the use of questionnaire which was designed to find the causes of students’ difficulties in keyboard learning. The results show that the students of the above named institutions have three kinds of problems as regards keyboard learning such as practicing without setting up a goal, practicing without engaging in chordal analysis, and practicing only when they have spare time. These are unhealthy attitudes in keyboard learning. Different pedagogical approaches were proposed by the researcher to address the challenges such as engaging in goal setting, engaging in chordal analysis and constant practice. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that keyboard instructors should emphasize the importance of goal setting, chordal analysis and frequent practice to their students.

중학생이 인식한 수업 및 평가의 실제와 학습자 특성이 수학교과흥미 및 수학성취도에 미치는 영향

Objectives The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of teacher's teaching and assessment practices, students' self-esteem, and academic efficacy on subject interest and academic achievement in order to explore the causes of students' affective and cognitive achievement. Methods Using data from the 3rd year of the Daegu Education Panel Study (2019), Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to examine the correlation degree of each variable, and multiple regression analysis was conducted to explore the differential influence of teachers on cognitive and affective achievement of middle school students. Results First, it was found that the form of teaching and assessment recognized by middle school students had a significant effect on mathematics and interest except for the entire feedback experience. However, it was found that individual feedback experiences had a significant negative effect. Second, it was found that only the total feedback experience, individual feedback experience, and task feedback had a significant effect on mathematical achievement in the form of instructional and evaluation practice recognized by middle school students. Like the mathematics and interest regression model, individual feedback experiences were found to have a significant negative effect. In the case of the effect of learner characteristics on mathematical achievement, only academic efficacy was found to have a significant positive effect, and when comparing the size of the standardization coefficient, it was found that academic efficacy, which is the learner characteristic, had the greatest effect Conclusions The actuality of classes and evaluations perceived by middle school students and the differential effect of learner characteristics on students' math interest, and mathematical achievement were confirmed, and implications for teaching methods that can be used in teachers' classes were proposed.

Situational Problems as a Major Factor of Inadequacy of Speaking Competency in Sri Lankan Adult ESL Learners

The main objective of the current study was to explore the impact of situational problems i.e. poor input, low topical knowledge, lack of time for practice, lack of opportunities to practice, the inability to make constructions, and low feedback on adult English as a second language (ESL) learners in learning speaking skills at a government monitored institute of higher education. The current research was prompted by a major research done previously in the same local context on problems faced by ESL learners in learning speaking skills which revealed that cognitive and psychological problems are made worse by situational problems. This qualitative exploratory study was done with 50 adult ESL learners following the higher national diploma in English HNDE at this institute. Open questionnaires and interviews were used as the data gathering instrument of the study that followed the grounded theory. A triangulation of questionnaire data and transcripts of interview data were analyzed through thematic analysis. The findings confirm the existence of situational problems in the particular context and disclose the lack of time and space given to the subject speaking skills in the curriculum following unwise revisions brought to it. The main cause of students’ low speaking competence is sadly bad teaching.

An Error Analysis on The Use of Gerunds in Writing Descrip-tive Paragraph

Analyzing students' writing specifically the components of it is crucial issue to assess how well students develop their ideas. Grammar, one of the writing components, consists of many aspects. One of the grammar aspects is gerunds. Thus, the use of gerunds in writing is unavoidable. The purposes of this research were to find out and identify the kinds and causes of students’ errors in the use of gerunds in their writing. This research used a case study design of qualitative research by employing thirty students of a private vocational school in Jember. The instruments of this research were writing assignments and interviews. The writer gave thirty students writing assignments and were analyzed to find out their errors that fall into four categories, i.e., omission, addition, miss-formation, and miss-ordering. The findings revealed there were 47 errors (44.34%) omission. 11 errors (10.38%) addition, 44 errors (41.51%) miss-formation, and 4 errors (3.77%) miss-ordering. Hopefully, the findings will contribute to help teachers in designing the writing activities in the classroom and the kind of assessment or feedback they use to help their students to have good writing ability

Interpreting Error in The Use of Simple Present Tense in EFL Students’ Writing

This study suggests two research questions. First, what types of simple present tense errors made by students in their writing text? Second, what are the errors' causes? This study aimed to describe types of errors and examine the causes of errors in the use of simple present tense in writing text made by eleventh grade students of SMK PGRI 5 Jember. Descriptive qualitative research was used in this study because the data in this study were presented in the form of words rather than numbers, were obtained in a natural context, and were discussed descriptively. The data was compiled using information provided by English teachers and students. This information was gathered from students’ writing worksheet, student questionnaires response and the answer of students’ interview. Thus, error analysis is performed based on surface strategy taxonomy there are; omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. This study focus on research errors caused by intralingual transfer. The participants of the study were 37 eleventh grade students of OTKP 3 in SMK PGRI 5 Jember. The results showed that there are the most frequent error that were committed by students is omission error, and the causes of students in making error in the use of simple present tense are overgeneralization, ignorance of the rules’ restrictions, and false concept hypothesized. It is expected that analyzing students' errors in using simple present tense in writing descriptive text will improve the teacher's teaching strategy and help students overcome their errors, particularly in writing.

Students’ Classroom Use of Information and Communication Technologies: Implication on their Digital Literacy Skills in Tanzanian Universities

The current literature does not adequately account for the best ICT use practices and graduates’ digital literacy skills the Tanzania’s school system embrace. This paper provides some evidence about the academic use of ICT for learning and its implication on the level of digital literacy skills among students at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. The paper is a product of a typical qualitative study carried out to assess University’s ICT environment for students’ learning. The study used a multistage sampling approach to select a total of 654 students from undergraduate programmes in the selected Universities. Data was collected by using Questionnaires, Documentary review and Focus Group Discussions and analysed by using descriptive, thematic and contents analyses. The findings indicated that, students struggle to use ICTs for learning and their work outputs manifest some weaknesses which suggest a low level of digital literacy skills for learning. The highlights that, unless universities amplify their support for digital literacy skills among students and instructors, the use of ICTs for learning will be a cause of students’ disengagement in learning.

Analisis Pemahaman Konsep Siswa pada Operasi Hitung Pembagian dan Perkalian pada Bilangan Bulat

The study aims to identify understanding concepts in students in understanding the division and multiplication of operations calculate integer Numbers and identify the difficulties students experience in completing integer operations on the division and multiplication and factors influencing the difficulties to occur. The study was conducted by taking a few samples of the elementary school student of the vi class and interviewing one of the vi grade elementary school teachers.the instruments in the study are tests and interviews with studies that indicate that students got misconception on the story of the division and multiplication story and were less understanding how the system of division of the lower Numbers was operating. The cause of students' lack of understanding in understanding the story and the concept of the division of Numbers is that students have difficulty understanding the concept of division, difficulty in understanding the concept of partition, difficulty in understanding the basic fact of division. As for the factors that affected the difficulty of learning the division between them; Cognitive factors, interest factors, study time attention and parent factor and teacher factor.

Analisis Kesalahan dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita berdasarkan Prosedur Newman

This study aims to determine (1) the type of error and (2) the factors causing the error. This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Tarub in the 2020/2021 Academic Year. With qualitative descriptive research methods. Data were collected using tests and interviews. The resource persons for this research were class VIIA students, totaling 32 students. Interviews were taken using a purposive sample of 6 of 32 students in class VIIA. The data analysis used includes data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The data and information in this study are presented in the form of text that is presented descriptively. The results of the research as a whole, the percentage of errors experienced by students is a reading error of 16.66% error, 40% error in understanding the problem, 40% error in transformation error, 73.33% error in process skills, 80% error in writing the final answer. From the analysis of student errors, the causes of students' errors in solving story problems were obtained, because they did not master the material and were less thorough in working on the questions.

AN ANALYSIS ON THE CAUSE OF STUDENTS' SPEAKING ANXIETY IN EFL CLASSROOM

Speaking is one of four skills that are deemed to be important. In EFL Classroom, the students often suffer from English speaking anxiety. The purpose of this research was to discover the level of students’ speaking anxiety and the causes behind it. Descriptive qualitative was used to investigate this research. This research was conducted on the twelfth-grade students of XII-IIS 2 of MAS Ushuluddin Singkawang. To obtain the data, observation and two questionnaires were applied. The questionnaires being used were Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and the Factors Causing Students’ Speaking Anxiety Questionnaire. To analyze the obtained data, data condensation, data display, and drawing conclusions were applied. The result revealed that 97% of the students experienced high to moderate levels of speaking anxiety. The causes of students’ speaking anxiety were mainly the psychological factors such as; afraid of being laughed at; afraid of not having enough time to prepare; feeling inferior; nervous or shy; anxious when performing alone; afraid of the speaking test; terrified that other students will not understand; afraid of making mistakes; afraid of teacher’s immediate correction; students’ beliefs about speaking English; frightened of teacher’s and peer’s evaluation, and formal class situation. In conclusion, more than two-thirds of the students experienced high to moderate levels of speaking anxiety and 12 factors were found to be the causes behind the speaking anxiety in EFL classrooms.

Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety: A Study of English Language Learning

Speaking is the act of conveying information or expressing ideas and feelings in spoken English. Anxiety becomes a barrier to language mastery. This study analyse students' speaking anxiety in English. This research used quantitative research methods. Researchers selected class B of third semester consisting of 40 English Language Education students taken with purpossive sampling. Research instrument are used to obtain data from questionnaire. Meanwhile, the data collected by using Google Form. The total number of questions consists of 18 statements using the Likert Scale. According to the results of the questionnaire, the students have anxiety about speaking English, as evidenced by the percentage of responses in the question, which indicated that students had anxiety about speaking English at the time of wanting to speak while the teaching and learning process was in progress. Researchers discovered numerous findings from the anxiety of speaking English after analyzing the data. First, researchers discovered that the following cause contribute to anxiety in English-speaking students: fear self-prediction, irrational faith, sensitivity to dangers, sensitivity to anxiety, attribution of incorrect body signals, and inadequate self-efficacy. Second, the causes of students' speech anxiety are that students are not confident to speaking English, are afraid to make mistakes when speaking, anxious when teachers are asked to speaking, and embarrassed to perform in front of the class.

Group Counseling Cognitive Restructuring Techniques To Reduce Student Smoking Behavior

The phenomenon of smoking in Indonesia is very concerning because it has penetrate to school children. Often found in a number of places such as stalls, terminals, or other hangout places, a group of junior high and high school students joking around while competing to smoke cigarettes. Some of the causes of students doing these acts are because they are following their friends, just trying, and to relieve stress, there are even students who have become active smokers. The aim of the researcher is to determine the effectiveness of group counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques in reducing students' smoking behavior. The type of research used is a quantitative pre-experimental design using a one group pretest-posttest design. The population in this study were 68 male students with a sample of 7 students of class XIII. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, documentation, and observation. The results of data analysis showed that the average pre-test result was 64.85 and the post-test average was 44.8. Obtained Zcount = -2,371 with a value of Ztable = 1,645. The results obtained showed a decrease in the average value after the post-test. Based on this, it can be concluded that group counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques is effective or significant in reducing students' smoking behavior.

ANALYSIS OF ERROR SOLUTION OF MATHEMATICS STORIES BASED ON WATSON CRITERIA

This research is motivated by the number of errors made by students in solving math problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the types of errors made by students in working on math problems based on Watson's criteria in class IX.8 and to determine the factors that caused students to make mistakes in doing math problems based on Watson's criteria in class IX.8. The research method used is descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling technique. The sample in this study consisted of 32 students, for further research from the existing sample, namely 5 students according to the level of academic ability and certain considerations. The results of this study indicate that the types of errors made by students with high academic abilities are incorrect procedures and missing conclusions. The types of errors of moderate ability students are missing data, wrong procedures and missing conclusions. The types of errors made by students with low academic ability are inaccurate data, wrong procedures, missing data and missing conclusions. The cause of students making mistakes is that students do not understand the questions, students are confused in answering questions and forget to use the correct formula. So it can be said that the error in reading mathematical stories is in accordance with Watson's Criteria.

Kesulitan Membaca Siswa (Studi Kasus di Sekolah Dasar)

Reading difficulty is basically a symptom appearing in various types of behavioral manifestations, either directly or indirectly, the most basic of all learning difficulties in reading difficulty. This research used a qualitative approach and the type of this research was a case study. The data collection techniques were observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique was the interactive model of quantitative data analysis (Miles and Huberman) that was data reduction, data display, and taking conclusion. The result of this research presented that the cause of students experiencing the reading difficulty was because internal and external factors. The internal factors involved intelligence level, the lack of motivation, and the lack of interest to read. The external factors that caused students experiencing reading difficulty were family conditions and parents' economic situation. The strategy used by teacher to help students undergoing reading difficulty was cooperation with parents, giving learning guidance and always giving motivation. The teacher obstacle factors to help students experience reading difficulty was social environment factors, environment factor in school and the lack of the student awareness experiencing reading difficulty. The supporting teacher factors to help students undergoing reading difficulty were using learning media, family factors, and student interest of reading.

ANALISIS PENYEBAB KESULITAN BELAJAR KANJI MAHASISWA PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA JEPANG UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG

“Analysis of the causes of difficulty in learning kanji for students of Japanese language education study program”. Thesis. Japanese Language Education Study Program, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Arts, Padang State University. This study aims to find out what are the causes of students' difficulties in learning kanji in the Japanese Language Education Study Program, Padang State University. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The population in this study amounted to 60 students. The sample in this study was the entire population using total sampling technique. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire with a Likert scale. The data analysis technique used is descriptive with percentages. The results of this study are the average of the questionnaires causing difficulty in learning kanji Japanese Language Education Study Program, Padang State University, which obtained results of 70.65% based on the category classified as "High". Which has a low impact meaning on causing kanji learning difficulties. Both in terms of external and internal.