Daily Lesson Plans Research Articles

The Use of Integrative Approaches in Lesson Planning in Mathematics

This study determined the integrative approaches used in the Daily Lesson Plans (DLPs) in Mathematics. Specifically, it answered the following sub- problems: 1. What are the integrative approaches used in the Daily Lesson Plans (DLPs) in Mathematics? 2. What is the level of usage of the integrative approaches along: activity, analysis, application, abstraction, and assignment? 3. Is there a significant difference on the level of usage of the integrative approaches between the Junior High School and Senior High School along the different parts of the lesson plan? 4. What are the problems encountered by the teachers on the use of integrative approaches? and 5. What lesson exemplar as model on the use of integrative approaches may be developed? The researcher employed the survey-comparative type of research. The integrative approaches used in the Daily Lesson Plans (DLPs) in Mathematics were identified and the level of usage to the different parts of the lesson. The hypothesis that there is no significant difference on the level of usage of the integrative approaches between the Junior High School and Senior High School along the different parts of the lesson plan were also tested. Likewise, the problems encountered by the teachers on the use of the integrative approaches determined and lesson exemplar was developed as model on the use of integrative approaches. The study has a total of 126 respondents but only 118 responses were retrieved or 94 percent retrieval rate. The data on the integrative approaches used in the Daily Lesson Plans (DLPs) in Mathematics was treated using frequency count and percentage. However, on the level of usage of the approaches in the lesson, frequency count and weighted mean were used. Frequency count and ranking were utilized to identify the problems encountered by the teachers.

The Influence of Parental Migration on Left-behind Children’s Development in China

Both the number of migrant workers and the number of kids being left behind have substantially increased since the programme was opened up. This study attempts to show how parental migration affects children who are left behind and explore the causes of such negative effects. It turns out that when parents move away, it has a variety of repercussions on the children who are left behind, including their emotional health, academic performance, level of cooperation, and cognitive development. Governments must play a crucial role towards enhancing the living conditions for children who have been left behind in rural areas. This includes providing more opportunities for migrant workers to reunite with their families, providing greater opportunities and time for parents to watch their children, and emphasising relative caring policies in teachers' daily lesson plans. Rural families also have to change their mindset for degrees, and giving more expectations of their children’s learning.

Effectiveness of Computer-Aided Instruction on Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Life Science

The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of computer-aided instruction (CAI) on students’ conceptual understanding in Life Science. The objectives of the study is to develop lesson plans with computer-aided instruction packages; assess the developed lesson plans in terms of congruency of objectives, learning experiences, assessment of learning outcomes, features of computer-aided instruction packages, and to determine the effect of CAI on students’ conceptual understanding. The study utilized the pre-experimental method. The study involved 27 students who took a Bioenergetics Achievement Test (B.A.T) before and after CAI. It was found out that developed daily lesson plans are excellent; congruency of lesson objectives (WM = 4.80), learning experiences (WM =4.76), assessment of learning outcomes (WM =4.79), and features of computer-aided instruction (WM =4.39). The test of the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores showed a significant result (t26=-14.30, p<0.01), and it was supported with the positive increase on the Learning Gain Score (LGS=3.18) which showed an increase in conceptual understanding and mastery in the learning competencies. Hence, there is sufficient evidence to show that the students’ scores improved significantly after being taught in computer-aided instruction. Therefore, the developed lesson plans with the integration of computer-aided instruction are excellently and effectively improved the students' conceptual understanding and mastery of the learning competencies.

Effect of Analogy Based Teaching on Students ‘Chemistry Learning at Secondary School Level

Main objective of the study was to investigate the effect of analogy-based teaching on students ‘chemistry learning at secondary school level. 21st century education ranks students’ skills for higher order thinking and flexible reasoning over memorization of disciplinary fact in science subjects. To create interest and constructive environment, effective and student-centered teaching methodologies support the better learning abilities of students. The study was conducted through true experimental pretest posttest control group design. Two equal science groups from a public school having 40 participants in each were selected through random sampling. Intervention was comprised of analogy-based teaching of selected content of chemistry book of grade 9th published by Punjab Curriculum and Text Book Board, Lahore. During 12week period of intervention, each group was received an equal amount of teaching. CG was taught through conventional teaching method and EG through analogy-based teaching. Pretest posttest were administered for data collection. Chemistry Learning Achievement Test (CLAT) was developed by the researcher to find the difference of learning between control group and experimental group. Data was analyzed through SPSS. The difference of scores of pretests and posttest was apparent from the results of ANCOVA. There was no significant difference between both groups in pretest scores. While the post-test result as significant between two groups showed the positive effect of intervention on experimental group. Important findings of the study proved that teaching with analogies supported the improvement of student’s analyzing, applying, synthesizing and evaluating skills by developing understanding of abstract concepts of chemistry. The results revealed the effectiveness of analogy - based teaching so it was suggested to science teachers to include analogies in their daily lesson plans to make teaching learning process effective, constructive and meaningful.

Exploring EFL Students’ Experience in Developing Daily Lesson Plan for Teaching English for Toddler

Planning English for Toddler lesson is a sophisticated process faced by English as Foreign Language (EFL) students. The lesson plan should be available before implementation to increase the effective teaching process. By having a different lesson plan template to a regular lesson plan, this study explores EFL student experience in developing daily lesson plans for teaching English to toddlers. A narrative approach was employed in this study. The subjects of this study were 6th semester EFL students who took English for Toddler course. Drawing on semi-structured interview data, we found that students face several challenges in developing daily lesson plans for teaching English to toddlers. Participants experienced challenges in preparing content in a lesson plan, learning media, model, teaching method, and assessment. This study emphasizes the importance of training of developing a lesson plan for teaching English for toddler. Further studies will facilitate EFL students' skills to develop a lesson plan for teaching English for Toddler.

Evaluation of Daily Lesson Planning Competency of Physical Education and Sports Teachers

This research aims to evaluate the daily lesson planning competency of physical education and sports teachers. A qualitative research method, phenomenology pattern, was used in the study. Maximum variation and convenience sampling, among the purposive sampling methods, were used to determine the participants during the study. Data of the study were obtained by examining the original daily plans of 23 volunteer physical education and sports teachers working in Istanbul, Sakarya, Duzce, and Kastamonu. Two faculty members obtained daily plans through document analysis with deductive approach using “Daily Lesson Plan Evaluation Form- Physical Education and Sports” developed by the researchers. The results have shown that teachers do not care about curriculum and achievements, focus mainly on the activities, and use various methods to practice activities. Still, they do not include sufficient detail in their plans for the context of methods while planning. Besides, it may be stated that they do not pay much attention to the assessment part and reflection. In conclusion, measures should be taken to improve the planning skill, which is thought to have an important contribution to the quality of the course.

The Implementation of English Teaching Learning Process For Young Learnes In TK Harapan, Semampir Distric, Surabaya, Academic Year 2021/2022

The aim of this study was to describe the implementation of English learning in TK Harapan. This study applied the qualitative approach in form of a descriptive research. The data source was teacher, documents (weekly plan program, daily lesson plan, instruments for assessment, the students’ works, photos and videos. The data collection was conducted by interview, documentation, and observation. The data validity was conducted by applying the source and technique triangulations. The technique of data analysis was conducted by data reduction, data display, and verification. The result showed media used was flashcard, LCD, projector, and English textbook for Kindergarten.The methods of English teaching learning process applied were TPR (Total Physical Response), song, and game. The learning implementation was applied through composing the daily lesson plan which including five procedures namely before coming into class, opening activity, apperception activity, opening activity, main activity, and closing activity. The assessment was conducted by observation, check-list, and portfolio. The English learning for young learners was focussed on listening and speaking skills. Based on the data in this study, it could be assumed that the English teaching learning process in TK Harapan had worked well and it was able to develop the English ability of young learners.

Implementation of Early Childhood Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Kindergarten Children Mamba'ul Bajubang, Bajubang District

The condition of the corona virus outbreak makes children less than optimal in gaining knowledge, because learning that is usually done at school must be done online. The purpose of this study is to find out how the obstacles are and how to overcome obstacles in the implementation of early children’s learning during the covid 19 pandemic at Mamba'ul Ulum Kindergarten Bajubang. This research uses qualitative method, with data collection techniques, observation, interviews and documentation. The respondents in this study are principals, teachers and parents of students. The result of this study is that the implementation of early children’s learning during the COVID-19 pandemic at Mamba'ul Ulum Kindergarten Bajubang is carried out in accordance with the RPPH (Daily Lesson Plan) which is made simpler containing identities, including: theme, sub-theme, day, date and activities to be carried out. Then in the implementation of learning all teachers take turns every day making learning videos that are in accordance with the RPPH (Daily Lesson Plan). The video is a guide for parents at home. Obstacles faced by parents who do not have android mobile phones, lack of parental understanding of early children’s learning, learning outcomes are less than optimal because teachers cannot see directly the process of activities carried out by children. Efforts to overcome problems in early children’s learning during the COVID-19 pandemic at Mamba'ul Ulum Kindergarten Bajubang are by providing additional explanations for learning activities by giving understanding continuously and providing reinforcement to parents.

PENERAPAN METODE BERNYANYI DALAMMENUMBUHKANKEPERCAYAAN DIRI ANAK USIA DINI

AbstractThis study aims to describe the application of the singing method in growing children's confidence in TK LKIA 2 Pontianak. The research method used is a descriptive method with a qualitative research form. The subjects in this study were class B teachers and class B children at TK LKIA 2 Pontianak. Data collection techniques used are observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that: 1. Teachers at TK LKIA 2 Pontianak had prepared a daily lesson plan (RPPH) every day before learning began, the songs prepared by the teacher were in accordance with the learning theme, the selection of songs that were familiar/familiar to the world of children and easy to sing by children. such as the form of a song that is simple and not too long so that the lyrics are easily memorized by children, 2. The implementation of learning has been carried out quite well in accordance with the RPPH, in carrying out singing activities it is done by teaching techniques repeatedly, singing activities gradually and in groups, the existence of trust and closeness between teachers and children, and giving rewards to children, 3. Evaluation is carried out using a daily assessment instrument sheet in the form of a checklist. Thus, the application of the singing method in developing children's self-confidence in the Kindergarten of the Mother and Child Welfare Institution 2 Pontianak has been carried out quite well.Keywords: Confindence and Singing Method

Exploring the Attitude and Preferences of Students Regarding Using Digital Technologies at the University Level

The current study aimed to explore either teachers are using technology or traditional means for teaching in their classrooms at the university level. Moreover, how many students are owning personal technological devices (Smartphones/Laptops). Which digital technologies do students prefer to use at the university level and for what purposes do students use these digital technologies in their daily life and within classrooms. In addition to this, students’ attitude towards learning through digital technologies was also explored. A mixed-method approach was used and first-semester students of the Social Sciences department were conveniently selected as a sample of the study n=547. The results of the study indicated that most of the teachers were using traditional tools for teaching purposes. Moreover, 95% of students were owning personal laptops and 96% of students were having smartphones but still, most of the students (78%) were learning by using traditional tools. In addition to this, (76.2%) of students indicated that they will like to learn by using smartphones as compared to laptops. Whereas, (67.6%) students indicated that they will prefer to learn with technological tools (Smartphones and Laptops) instead of traditional tools (Book/Paper/Pen). Furthermore, most of the students (58%) often use digital technologies like laptops or smartphones within the class but very few use them for study purposes. They mostly use smartphones within the class when they felt bored, for time-pass and chatting with their friends during lectures. Furthermore, in daily life, students mostly use digital technologies for entertainment and other purposes but rarely for study purposes. It is recommended that teachers might integrate technological tools in their daily lesson plans for improving the teaching and learning process at the university level.

FAKTOR PENYUMBANG MASALAH PENGAJARAN DAN PEMUDAHCARAAN BAHASA TAMIL DAN CARA PENYELESAIANNYA DI SEBUAH SEKOLAH RENDAH ANTARABANGSA

Tamil language is one of the subjects offered by government schools as well as international schools in Malaysia. This study was conducted to examine the problems faced by students and teachers in learning and facilitation Tamil language in an international school. There are two objectives of the study in this study which is to examine the problems faced by students in an international primary school in learning and facilitation Tamil language and to identify the problems faced by teachers in an international primary school in learning and facilitation Tamil language. This study was conducted in an international primary school in Klang, Selangor. This study was conducted with the qualitative use of hermeneutic methods. Document analysis was used as a research instrument to collect and analyse data using daily lesson plans (RPH). The results of this study indicate that unplanned daily lesson plans, unclear content and inappropriate learning objectives were obtained from document analysis. This study can identify the problems faced by students and teachers should be curbed in an effective way. The problems studied in this study can help identify the solution to conduct effective Tamil language learning and facilitation in international primary schools.

DEVELOPMENT OF FLOOD DISASTER MITIGATION LEARNING MODEL IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

This study aims to develop a learning model for flood disaster mitigation in Early Childhood. The research method used is the Research and Development (R&D) method. The research was carried out in several stages. The first stage, conducting a preliminary study and needs analysis (early data collection); the second stage, planning; The third stage, the development of the draft product in this case the Daily Lesson Plan development flood disaster mitigation, the fourth stage is the validation and trial stage. Based on research results, it was found that the development of the flood disaster mitigation learning model met the valid criteria of 3.50, 98% effective and practical test of 3.9 in learning flood disaster mitigation in early childhood. Thus, it can be concluded that the flood disaster mitigation model can be used for learning activities to introduce the concept of science and the concept of environmental care in Early Childhood, especially for children aged 4-6 years. The finding or novelty element in this study is the design of the flood disaster mitigation learning model is easier for children to understand, because the implementation of the model has been adapted to the characteristics and uses learning methods and approaches that are appropriate to the stages of development based on age levels.

The Relationship between Iraqi EFL Preparatory School Teacher` Teaching Anxiety and the Mastery of Daily Lesson Plan

Good teaching is the most basic important thing has teachers try to do in their classes and it is also in it the most frequently used language skills in communication activities. It plays an important role in the language learning process and facilitates the use of language skills. In this study the researchers tackled teaching anxiety that refers to the psychological response of a person to teaching task, which is determined by effect of feelings, believes and behaviors. And the relationship between teaching anxiety and the mastery of the daily lesson plan, which teaching means a system that enables a teacher to express himself/herself effectively with his/her interlocutors of a target language. The study questions are: Do Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers have teaching anxiety? Do Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers have mastery daily lesson plan? And is there any relationship between teaching anxiety and mastery daily lesson plan? Accordingly, the current study aims at finding out: Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers’ teaching Anxiety level, Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers’ mastery daily lesson plan level, and the relationship between Iraqi EFL preparatory School teachers` teaching anxiety and the mastery of the daily lesson plan. The sample of the present study consists of (30) male and female teachers from Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers chosen randomly from Baghdad city.To achieve the aims of the present study, two instruments have been applied by the researchers, English Foreign language teaching anxiety scale and a English Foreign language lesson plan scale is constructed by the researchers themselves. After ensuring the validity and reliability of the instruments, the instruments have been applied and the data have been collected. Then a number of statistical tools have been used to analyze the obtained data.

Investigating the Relationship between Teachers’ Teaching Skills and Academic Achievement of Parwan University Faculty of Education Students

This study was conducted in order to “investigate the relationship between teaching skills of teachers and academic achievement of students of the Faculty of Education of Parwan University.” Quantitative research method of correlation type is the statistical population of all students who are engaged in education in the faculty mentioned in the academic year 1399, whose number is 855 people. The statistical sample was selected based on the famous Cochran’s formula with a level of 5% error, the number of (272) students in a simple stratified form was selected as the sample. The tool of this research is a researcher-made questionnaire of the answer package and based on the Likert design, their validity was confirmed by competent people in this field and their reliability was analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha test and SPSS software. The validity coefficient of the teachers’ teaching skills questionnaire (α = 0.92) and academic achievement questionnaire (α = 0.90) was obtained. In data analysis in descriptive statistics section, the characteristics of number and percentage table were used, and in inferential statistics section, Pearson correlation coefficient test was used. The results showed that the design and implementation of daily lesson plans, the use of active teaching methods, the use of visual and auditory tools and equipment (educational technology) and the implementation of descriptive evaluation in the teaching-learning process has an average effect on students’ academic achievement. The amount of these factors affects the academic achievement of students and there is a significant positive relationship between them.

360-DEGREE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO INNOVATION: PRESERVICE MALAY LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ ACCEPTANCE OF THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY AND THINGLINK APPLICATION

To capture students’ interest during Malay Language learning and facilitation (PdPc), educators can consider the use of Virtual Reality technology (Virtual Reality) and the ThingLink application. The ThingLink application can be integrated with a VR device to bring a new experience to Malay Language educators as an initial step to create a virtual environment in the classroom. The 360-degree instructional video is an innovation that is developed and catered to the needs of eight themes covered in the Malay Language textbook. In fact, the educational video content has also been researched according to the Teacher's Daily Lesson Plan for use in the classroom. This study reviewed the acceptance level of 40 preservice teachers undertaking Bachelor of Education (Malay Language Education) at the Faculty of Education on the use of Virtual Reality and ThingLink application in the process of producing teaching innovation materials. The research instrument constructed is based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Overall, the findings of the study show that the use of Virtual Reality Technology and ThingLink application can facilitate future educators in the effective production of 360-degree instructional videos, and their ability to attract and retain the attention of students in the classroom.

The Perception of Preparatory Schools Teachers for the Daily Lesson Plan

Daily lesson plan is one of the most important thing that every teacher should consider in teaching process. It leads to a clarity of vision for the educational teacher, as this contributes to defining the students’ previous experiences in an accurate way, and the objectives of the current educational process, after which he is able to develop and prepare the best appropriate procedures for implementing and evaluating the teaching process. The current paper tries to find out the understanding of teachers to the daily lesson plan by give the questionnaire of twenty items.

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Strategies in Daily Lesson Plans of Oral Communication Teachers and their Alignment to Standards in Curriculum Guide

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach that has been the subject of many practitioners and researchers in the field of language teaching and applied linguistics in many countries like the Philippines because of the recent changes and educational reforms, including lessons and curriculum innovations. Anchored to the CLT theory, this study used quantitative-qualitative content analysis of the daily lesson plans of the 7 purposively sampled Senior High School (SHS) language teachers teaching Oral Communication in Context (OCC). This aimed to identify the activities by cluster, assess which activities are CLT strategies, and determine their alignment to standards in the curriculum guide. Results revealed that the strategies used as classified through content analysis, and according to type and frequency included task-completion activity, opinion-sharing activity, mechanical practice activity, information-transfer activity, reasoning-gap activity, information-gap activity, communicative activity, information-gathering activity, fluency activity, accuracy activity, meaningful practice activity, and others. A number of strategies matched the CLT principles and features but vary on their respective percentages in each of the four phases, i.e., Activity-Analysis-Abstraction-Application (4As) of the lesson. These CLT strategies were found to be aligned to the Department of Education’s curriculum guide in terms of content standards, performance standards and assessment types. Implications of the findings to language teaching in the Philippines were drawn.

Amalan Induksi Set dalam Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Guru Prasekolah bagi disiplin Ilmu Pendidikan Islam (Teaching and Learning Preparation Practice among Islamic Education Preschool Teachers)

This study was conducted with the aim to explore the teaching and learning practice among preschool Islamic Education teachers. Eight participants from four public and four private preschools participated along the research process including interview, observation and document analysis throughout a number of teaching and learning sessions. This qualitative research had been done in the area of Johor Baharu district. Data were analysed using NVivo software version 12. The validity of the data was obtained through triangulation of different sources of data, long duration of data collection which was six months and validated by the participants of the research. Meanwhile, the reliability of the data was obtained through trail audit and experts validation based on Cohen Kappa correlation validation. From the finding, eight elements of teachers’ preparation before the teaching and learning sessions were found, and they are; preparing the Annual Lesson Plan, timetable, Daily Lesson Plan, referring to module, teacher and students’ classroom preparation, preparing activity, teaching aids and teachers’ personality. It is a hope that this Teaching and Learning Preparation Model will be a guide for teachers and lecturers in Malaysia.

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION OF LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE USING 7ES INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of 7Es Instructional Model in the achievement of students in Environmental Science. It is anchored in the belief that between the two, the Traditional Approach and the use of 7Es Instructional Model in teaching Environmental Science, the latter leads to a positive effect on science achievement and retention of previously gained concepts in the Environmental Science Strand in K to 12 Science Curriculum. This study used the Quasi-Experimental Design, particularly Two – Factor Mixed Design. The experimental group was subjected to the use of 7Es Learning Model for teaching environmental science while the control group was taught with the Traditional Approach.The participants of the study were 38, 7th graders from each group. The experimental and the control groups of participants were given pre-test, underwent different treatments and were given the post-test. Three weeks, later the same post – test was re-administered to assess the retention level of the participants. The instrument used in the study were the Lesson plan, and Teacher-made Achievement Test. The instruments were validated by the pool of experts and were rated very good.Resultsshows that there is no significant difference between the posttest scores of the experimental and control groups. It also revealed that there is a significant difference between the posttest and pretest mean scores of the experimental and control groups while retention of previously gained concept in science was significant in the lag test scores of the experimental group. Analysis of Test Items and Lesson plans (7Es Instructional Model) shows that the category Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Extends promote high scores in the Science Achievement Test. Thus, teachers may use the 7Es instructional Model in making Daily Lesson Plan in teaching science subjects to improve the achievement and enhance retention of previously gained concepts of students.

The efficacy of Instagram on biology undergraduate students in University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Instagram is one of social media commonly used and has influential power among people for sharing ideas, instructional media, and social interaction. This study aimed at examining the efficacy of Instagram on Biology students in University of Ilorin. This quasi experimental study included 75 undergraduate students of University of Ilorin, Nigeria majoring in Biology and Biology Education. Instagram Learning Content Course ware, Instagram Biology Test, Instagram Biology Marking Guide, and Daily Lesson Plan were the instruments used in data collection process. Furthermore, the data gained were analyzed using t-test and ANCOVA. The results revealed that there was significant difference existed between biology Major and Biology Education students in their learning achievement [t(74) = 17.852, p<.05]. In contrast, there was no significant difference between male and female students in learning as they utilized Instagram in learning process [F(10,25) = 2.129, p>.05]. In conclusion, the more attention is crucial to be pain for students in their learning process, particularly in the media used.