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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.

The Psychological Factors in Learning Speaking

Speaking skill is one of the essential skills in learning English. Effective communication is one of the criteria for measuring speaking success. It is important to speak fluently both inside and outside the classroom. Various factors influence the success of the practice of speaking English. One of them is psychological factors. Psychological factors are those factors that often interfere with emotional and physical health, relationships, work productivity, or life adjustment. Psychological factors as the leading root cause of students’ antipathy to speaking. Students' speaking abilities are influenced by a variety of psychological factors, including anxiety, shyness, lack of self-confidence, and lack of motivation. So students in learning need to understand their psychological conditions to control them. Additionally, in teaching, teachers must consider the condition of students by looking at their psychological factors. It means that the success of students in speaking English needs to pay attention to psychological factors.

Analysis of Student Difficulties in Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic Class VIII MTsS Khudrinnur In Toari District

Learning in schools before the pandemic was carried out directly in schools, but because of the pandemic, it required teachers and students to carry out the online learning process. Teachers and students experience many obstacles in the online learning process, especially for students new to online learning. This study aims to describe students' difficulties in online learning during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and to find out the causes of students' problems in online learning during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic class VIII Madrasah Tsanawiyah Khudrinnur. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The samples in this study were students and teachers of class VIII MTsS Khudrinnur. The research instrument is a questionnaire or questionnaire, interviews, and documentation. From the results of the study, it is known that the factors that affect the difficulties in online learning of students are network difficulties of 69.09% of the total number of students. So it can be concluded that the factors that influence students' difficulties in online learning are network difficulties, about 69.09% of the total number of students. Factors do not have a quota of about 68.75 % of the total number of students. The factor of not having a cellphone (HP) is about 66.40% of the total number of students. The aspect of not understanding the material is about 58.85% of the students who do not understand the learning material will ask the teacher when they do not understand. The cool factor for playing games is around 71.35% of students prefer to play games compared to participating in online learning. Keywords : Difficulty, Online (Online), MTSS Khudrinnur

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT TENTH GRADE OF SMA SWASTA NURUL IMAN TANJUNG MORAWA

This research is aimed to find out students’ difficulties in speaking English at tenth grade of SMA Swasta Nurul Iman Tanjung Morawa. This research is tried to find the students’ difficulties in speaking English, the cause of students’ difficulties in speaking English, and the solution of students’ difficulties in speaking English. This research was used qualitative method. The respondent of this research is the students class X-IIS 3 that consist 10 students. The respondent was chose by used purposive sampling technique. The data collected from the observation, interview, and questionnaire. The questionnaire used Linkert Scale that consists of 15 questions. The result of this research showed that the most from respondent have difficulties in speaking English. The students have difficulties in pronunciation, lack of grammar, difficult to memorize vocabulary, afraid to speak, shy to speak in front of the class, not confidence, and have no motivation in learning speaking English. Furthermore, the cause of students’ difficulties of the research that happened are the lack of grammar, lack of motivation, shyness, anxiety, and afraid making mistakes. The researcher also found the solution of students’ difficulties in speaking English, namely the students needed to condusive class, the new strategies from the teachen when teaching speaking English, and also the teacher must give more knowledge for the students.

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT'S ANXIETY OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING IN HIGH EDUCATION

The ability to speak is a very important aspect, especially in oral presentations in the learning process. Previously, there was a lot of research evidence showing that many students had a fear of public speaking. For this reason, researchers conducted research using qualitative research methods to find out what problems caused students to experience fear or anxiety in speaking English and also aim to find out what and how the strategies used by students in reducing anxiety when speaking in public. This research was conducted at one of the universities in Medan, by using 6 students of English education as samples taken randomly. This research was conducted by answering questions from the google form that has been provided, so that the samples could describe their answers about common problems faced when speaking in public. The results of this survey identify the causes of students' fear of public speaking and to identify how they can minimize their fear of public speaking.

Development of Google Form-Based Five-Tier E-Diagnostic Test to Identify Conception Levels and Track Students' Misconceptions on Thermodynamics Materials

The learning process can not be separated from the assessment activities. Google form is one of the assessment applications used during Covid-19 pandemic. In learning physics, students often have difficulty understanding concepts, leading to misconceptions. Student interview results showed that thermodynamics is a complex material. This research aims to develop a five-tier diagnostic test based on google form to identify the conception levels and track misconceptions in thermodynamic material. Research & Development method with eight stages, namely potential and problems, information gathering, instrument design, design validation, design revision, trial, instrument revision, and research test, was applied to obtain the instrument. The feasibility of the test was met by the results of validity and reliability tests. A total of 12 questions were successfully developed and declared valid and reliable at the value of 0.601. The research sample consisted of 47 students of 11th Grade of MAN 1 Bojonegoro. The results showed that the google form-based five-tier e-diagnostic test developed was able to identify conception levels and track students' misconceptions on thermodynamic material. The highest conception levels were dominated by Lack of Knowledge and the presence of misconceptions reached 28.33% in low category. Students' misconceptions are caused by wrong reasoning, intuition, humanistic thinking, preconceptions, and associative thinking. This five-tier diagnostic instrument can be used by physics teachers as an assessment instrument in physics learning. In addition, to fulfilling the evaluation and assessment objectives achievement, this instrument provides convenience in implementation, documentation, and track the causes of students' difficulties in understanding thermodynamic concepts.

Students' Speaking Anxiety during Online Learning: Causal Factors and Strategies to Overcome Them (A Narrative Inquiry Study at Islamic Senior Secondary School (MAN) Insan Cendekia Gowa)

Anxiety has been considered as one of the obstacles in learning English and a common issue in the EFL teaching and learning. In speaking, it also debilitates the opportunity of English Foreign Language (EFL) students to speak English. Several studies have been conducted to discover the causes and straegies to overcome them in traditional classroom. To date, not many studies have focused on students’ anxiety in online learning. Therefore, this study was designed to reveal the causal factors of the students’ speaking anxiety and strategies to overcome them during online learning at Islamic senior secondary school setting. The study employed narrative inquiry approach and used interview as the main instrument of data collection. Four students of Islamic Senior Secondary School (MAN) Insan Cendekia Gowa whom selected to be the participants of the study using purposive sampling technique. The result of this study establishes two main findings. Firstly, the causal factors of students' speaking anxiety during online learning were divided into internal and external factors. The internal factors consisted of lack of confidence, shyness, fear of making mistake, and feeling insecure. The external factors consisted of lack of preparation, limited vocabulary, friends or classmates, embarrassment, teachers’ teaching style. The study found that the external factors are indicated as the most dominant causes of students' speaking anxiety. Furthermore, the study highlights several strategies used by the students to overcome their speaking anxiety, namely: good preparation (lecture note), peer seeking, keeping silent or calm, practice speaking at home, turning the camera off, using ‘google translator’, and limiting speaking duration.

Innovative trends in political science education: Implications for teaching government in senior secondary schools in Nigeria

The teaching of government in Nigeria’s secondary school system has been frosted with challenges resulting in poor performance of students in external exterminations, and failure on their parts to imbibe the culture of social and political assets for national development. These challenges are traceable to poor motivation and a lack of innovative strategies. This paper presented analytical research on related innovative trends in the field of political science education and their implications for teaching government subjects in senior secondary schools in Nigeria. The study adopted the qualitative research method by reviewing documents in the web of science database. It was observed that the traditional method of teaching government teachers usually adopt has been identified as one of the causes of students’ poor performance in government subjects. Conversely, the adoption of innovative strategies has been applauded as one of the ways of enhancing learners’ performance in the teaching and learning experience in various subjects in developed countries. The study sought to answer the question: how could these innovative techniques be effectively implemented in government instructional delivery to enhance students’ performance in senior secondary schools in Nigeria? Based on the finding that due to the differences in the ways teachers deliver their lessons in the classroom and the varying in its findings the study recommends that teachers, instructors, and intending government teachers should endeavour to incorporate the trending innovative techniques in their instructional delivery in order to boost students’ performance in government subject and also consolidate their comprehension and knowledge retention in government.

The Saturation of Learning Online during a Pandemic

This research was motivated by many students who experienced boredom during online learning that occurred in Indonesia, including at SMP Negeri 39 Semarang. The purpose of this study was to determine the learning process during the pandemic, the obstacles and causes of students experiencing boredom in online learning in class VIII A and VIII I of SMP Negeri 39 Semarang. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological research approach. Sources of data in this study are interviews, observation and documentation. The informants in this study were 4 students as primary and 2 teachers as objects. The data analysis technique uses an interactive analysis model. The results of this study indicate that class VIII A and VIII I SMP Negeri 39 Semarang experience online learning boredom during the pandemic due to various causal factors shown by students, one of which is the learning method that does not vary, learning is monotonous and many school assignments. Based on this, it can be suggested that the implementation of the online learning process should use varied learning methods so that students do not feel bored while studying and can arouse students' enthusiasm in participating in online learning.

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ANXIETY IN NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS ILHAM PALEMBANG

Speaking is the action of convey information or expressing the idea and feelings in spoken English. This research explained about analysis the students’ speaking anxiety in ninth grade students of MTs Ilham Palembang. This research used qualitative research method, The researcher chose the ninth grade class which consists 68 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation, interview and questionnaire. The researcher used three major phases of the data analysis, they were: data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing verification. From the data analysis, the researcher found some conclusion of students’ speaking anxiety at the ninth grade as follows: first, researcher found that students’ speaking anxiety factor were: felt self-prediction toward fear, irrational faith, over sensitivity toward threat, the sensitivity of anxiety, wrong attribution body signal, low self-efficacy. Second, the causes of students’ speaking anxiety that student’ were unconfident to speak English, fear to make mistakes when speaking, anxiety when teacher asked to speak up, and shy to perform in front of class.

Analysis of Difficulties in Logical Thinking Ability in Learning Natural Science Faced by Students of Elementary Education

Logical thinking is analyzing a situation and coming up with a reasonable solution. It is crucial because it can help a person reason through crucial decisions, solve problems, generate creative ideas, and set goals to be achieved, all of which are needed to develop self-competence. This study aims to explain students' difficulties in logical thinking ability in elementary education on a natural science course. This study is qualitative using the literature review technique about students' difficulties in logical thinking. The results of the analysis have shown that the difficulties faced by students in developing logical thinking ability are in determining alternatives for the problems given; choosing and solving problems in natural science given by lecturers, and in students to understand. The causes of students having difficulties in developing logical thinking are not used to solving problems in natural science that need logical thinking. In addition, students are less creative in choosing or looking for the right strategy for the problems given. Finally, students are less thorough in solving problems in natural science

MENGGALI MISKONSEPSI TENTANG CAHAYA MENGGUNAKAN BAHASA IBU DENGAN TEKNIK THE INTERVIEW ABOUT INSTANCES

AbstractThis research was aimed at describing the forms and causes of misconceptions that found inSD Negeri 2 Nanga Silat. The method in this study used the interview technique, which 9students of class V elementary school were selected as samples by purposive sampling.Technique of Interview About Instances (IAI) was used to explore the concepts of light,especially to found out the forms and causes of students' misconceptions who used theKapuas Hulu Malay language. The results show misunderstandings occurred in all conceptsof light, such as connection of light with the sense of sight and the reflection of light (9misconceptions from 9 students), in the concept of light travels straight line (3misconceptions from 4 students), in the concept of light encounter transparent materials (3misconceptions from 3 students), misconceptions about refraction of light (6 misconceptionsfrom 9 students), and misconceptions about light (13 misconceptions from 9 students). Thecauses of misconceptions which dominated by students such as preconception, associativethinking, humanistic thinking, interest in learning, wrong intuition, incomplete/wrongreasoning, and textbooks.Keywords : Describe, Misconceptions, Causes, Light.

SISTEM KLASIFIKASI KELULUSAN MAHASISWA DENGAN ALGORITMA RANDOM FOREST

Some of the causes of students not graduating on time are the Cumulative GPA, which is below standard, the contracted courses do not pass, and the Number of leave taken. If left unchecked, this student's graduation time affects the accreditation value of the study program. For that, we need an application that can classify students who do not graduate on time from an early age so that supervisors and teaching lecturers can pay special attention to extra lessons, provide motivation, and can provide encouragement for students who are classified as not graduating on time so that the student can graduate on time. In this study, a student graduation classification application was made using the Random Forest algorithm. The attributes used to classify student graduation are Grade Point Average, Grade Point Average 1 to 4, Number of courses not passed, age, and gender, with 2 class outputs classified as punctual and late. This application development uses Waterfall and Unified Modeling Language (UML) as modeling tools. Testing of student graduation classification applications using the Random Forest algorithm, which is carried out using 60% training data and 40% test data. The test was performed five times, and the highest accuracy obtained was 90.00% using 50 trees.

Early Childhood between a Rock and a Hard Place: Early Childhood Education and Students' Disruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.

Looking through the lens of ecological system theory, this paper used a mixed-method approach, based on 20 interviews and 208 Early Childhood Education (ECE) teacher questionnaires, to elaborate the position of ECE in Pakistan. The study indicates that ECE is between a rock and a hard place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The findings further show that ECE is provided by less qualified and inexperienced teachers, who give less attention to the physical and psychological needs of the students. The classrooms are overcrowded and lack relevant teaching–learning materials. Moreover, the single-teacher policy and overcrowded classrooms hinder students’ motivation, the delivery of quality education and the development of good behaviors. These challenges are also the main causes of students’ dropouts. This paper increases people’s understanding of ECE and its challenges in Pakistan. For ECE development, the paper recommends separating ECE from primary schools and giving it a budget to purchase adequate and relevant resources.

Sleep, Stress Management, and Internet use among Nursing Students in Saudi Arabia

Background: Good sleep quality and quantity are crucial for ensuring a successful academic life for university students. Stress is a part of university students’ academic life. Internet addiction is particularly a problem among young adults and undergraduate students.
 Method: The study explored sleep patterns, stress management, and Internet use in 114 nursing students from a nursing college in Saudi Arabia. A self-administered questionnaire collected data on sociodemographic characteristics, sleep patterns, stress management, and Internet use. Data were collected over two weeks at the beginning of the spring semester in 2018.
 Results: Results showed that only 16.3% of the students slept for ≥8 hours daily. The main cause of students’ stress was exams (89.4%), and 38.5% used the Internet for >6 hours daily.
 Conclusions: Further studies are recommended to assess the correlation of university students’ sleep patterns with academic performance, effects of different coping strategies to alleviate stress, and Internet addiction.

ANALISIS KESALAHAN SISWA DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SOAL PERSAMAAN GARIS LURUS BERDASARKAN TAHAPAN NEWMAN

The purpose of this research was to determine the types of errors and the causes of students in solving math story problems with straight-line equations based on Newman's analysis. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The students who were the subjects of the research were three students of class VIII-B of SMP Negeri 1 Atap Obor which were taken from a total of 19 students. The instrument used was a written test question with a total of five description questions while the interview technique was carried out with selected students to ascertain the types of errors made in solving story questions. Data analysis includes data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results showed that three subjects were randomly selected based on the type of error Newman's analysis as follows: the first subject (S1) represented students in making mistakes in four stages, including the reading stage (T1), the problem understanding stage (T2), process skills (T4), and the final answer writing stage (T5). The mistakes made by the second subject (S2) who represent students in making mistakes in three stages, including the stage of understanding the problem (T2), the stage of process skills (T4), and the stage of writing the final answer (T5). The mistakes made by the third subject (S3) who represent students in making mistakes in the three stages, including the reading problem stage (T1), the process skills stage (T4), & the final answer writing stage (T5).

Developing E-Modul Based Mobile Learning as an Interactive Media

English is still a frightening spectrum for most students in Indonesia. English learning with conventional methods is one of the causes of students' lack of motivation in learning English which has an impact on their low English language skills. One way that can be done to resolve this problem through E-Module as an interactive media. The aim of this case study was to examine the improvement of students’ motivation and English ability by using E-Module based on mobile learning as an interactive media on teaching English. The students’ motivation and ability were still fair. Based on the researcher’s observation in classroom, most of students are not eager in studying English; they had difficulty in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The research was done in two cycles. The data of this research were analyzed by using two techniques. The quantitative data was analyzed by using the mean score to see the average score gained by the students in individual E-Module based on mobile learning as an interactive media test on four skills. The qualitative data was analyzed through data conducted from observation, field notes and interview. The finding showed that the students’ motivation and English ability for the Senior High School Student through E-Module based on mobile learning as an interactive media improved. The results of this research are expected to become recommendations for teachers to enhance the effectiveness of the learning English at schoo

ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN KOMUNIKASI MATEMATIS SISWA DALAM MENYELESAIKAN MATERI BANGUN RUANG

Mathematical communication skills that need to be developed through learning so that students are able to communicate ideas, thoughts, or opinions in learning mathematics. considering the importance of mathematical communication skills, a teacher should be able to build students' mathematical communication skills. Through mathematical communication students can express their understanding both orally and in writing, while students who have low learning abilities will find it difficult to achieve good learning outcomes. This study aims to: (1) determine the percentage of students' abilities in solving geometrical problems, (2) find out the causes of students' difficulties in solving geometrical problems, (3) find out how to overcome students' difficulties in solving spatial problems. . In this research, the method used is descriptive qualitative method. The population in this study were students of class VIII SMP Negeri 5 Bandar Lampung with a total of 187 students and took 30 students as research samples. Based on the results of the study, it can be obtained: (1) students who are able to solve geometrical problems are 62.99% and those who have difficulty are 37.01%, (2) the causes of students experiencing difficulties in solving spatial problems are: students do not understand the concept of space in applying to a question, students are not careful in working on every question that exists, (3) how to overcome student difficulties, namely: increasing students' ability to understand the concept of building space by giving emphasis when delivering material, doing more in the form of evaluation exercises. exercises at the end of each learning activity, and giving homework to finalize the material that has been delivered and shows that the indicators of mathematical communication are writing (writing), drawing (drawing), mathematical expressions (expression mathematic). The indicator with the highest percentage is writing (writing) and the indicator with the lowest percentage is mathematical expression (mathematical expression) this is because students have difficulty expressing mathematics in the form of symbols.

ANALYSIS OF MATHEMATICS LEARNING OUTCOMES BASED ON LOCAL CULTURE ACCORDING TO POLYA THEORY

This research aims to obtain information on how much students make mistakes according to Polya's theory and to find out the causes of students making these mistakes. This type of research is qualitative research that is analyzed using a descriptive approach in problem research. The subjects of this research were class VIIIB SMPN 2 Sintang with 37 people, and the data analysis used descriptive qualitative. The results obtained are 89.3% of students' errors in understanding the problem, 41.5% of students' misconceptions in formulating problems, 32.2% of students making mistakes in carrying out plans and errors when checking back answered 36.4% of students. Factors causing these errors: (1) students are less interested in learning mathematics, (2) lack of talent in mathematics, (3) difficulty working on problems and (4) teachers' teaching methods are less varied in providing explanations about mathematics lessons, mainly based on local culture

IDENTIFYING THE MAIN FACTOR OF STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN LIMITED FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING ENGLISH SPEAKING DURING COVID-19

One of the obstacles, particularly speaking anxiety, has a significant impact on someone's ability to speak a foreign language. In fact, because to the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers discovered that students were anxious of speaking English in class in limited face-to-face learning. In light of this context, the purpose of this study was to look at the primary causes and sources of students' anxiety when learning to speak English in limited face-to-face learning due to pandemic Covid-19. A qualitative methodology and descriptive method were used to conduct the research. Six eighth-grade students from a public junior high school in Karawang took part in the study. Two low-level students, two middle-level students, and two high-level students were separated into three groups. Researchers used observation, interview, and documentation to gather data. The result showed that the primary causes of students' concern in learning English speaking, according to this research, were poor pronunciation and a lack of vocabulary. Meanwhile, students' anxiety in learning English speaking came from lack of confidence and nervousness. It implies that it is essential for teachers to be able to fulfill their roles as facilitators in order to minimize students' speaking anxiety in a foreign language classroom.