Form Of Essay Research Articles

Empowering scientific literacy skills through an integrated SSCS learning model with RQA strategies

Understanding science is needed in the context of scientific literacy. Scientific literacy cannot be separated from the role of reading literacy. Literacy is a prerequisite component so that students can have four life competencies namely Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Communication (4C). This research is quasi-experimental research with a pretest and post-test non-equivalent control group design. The population is students from SMP Negeri 9 and 17 with a class VIII sample of 105 students. The instrument for assessing students' scientific literacy skills is in the form of multiple-choice tests and essays prepared to represent indicators of scientific literacy, namely: 1) identifying scientific problems/phenomena, 2) interpreting data and drawing conclusions, 3) understanding science concepts, and 4) applying science concepts to life. Data on students' scientific literacy abilities analyzed using the t-test. using the SPSS ver. 20. The research results obtained show that there is a difference in scientific literacy between the SSCS model treatment group integrated with RQA learning strategies and the conventional model. The SSCS+RQA class experienced an increase of 52.48%. The significant increase changed the scientific literacy category from low to very high. Meanwhile, the RQA control class experienced an increase of 33.89%. This increase was also able to change the scientific literacy category from low to high.

Kemampuan Literasi Matematis Ditinjau dari Motivasi Belajar pada Siswa Kelas XI SMA Negeri 2 Padang Panjang

This research is motivated by the fact that the number of students who have low mathematical literacy skills is caused by various factors. One of the factors that affects mathematical literacy ability is learning motivation. This study aims to determine the ability of mathematical literacy when viewed from the learning motivation of students. This type of research is quantitative descriptive. The sample in this study is grade XI students of SMA Negeri 2 Padang Panjang. The sample selection technique in this study uses the Stratified random sampling technique where the sample is selected based on strata. The instrument used in this study is test questions in the form of essays to see students' mathematical literacy skills. Data analysis was carried out descriptively on all research data. The results showed that the average mathematical literacy ability was 50 which was classified as low. If viewed from high learning motivation is classified as medium with an average score of 69, when viewed from medium learning motivation has low mathematical literacy skills with an average score of 56 and mathematical literacy ability reviewed from low learning motivation is classified as low in the low category with an average score of 25

The Effect of Google-Mediated Collaborative Writing on English as a Second Language Students’ Global and Local Writing Features

In recent decades, web-based collaborative writing has become popular as a technical technique for improving collaboration. The study explored the effect of Google-mediated collaborative writing (henceforth GMCW) and face-to-face collaborative writing (henceforth FTFCW) on developing English as a Second Language (henceforth ESL) students’ global and local writing features (organization, development, cohesion, structure, vocabulary, and mechanics). Despite the emphasis English language instructors in Saudi universities place on writing skills, students still face challenges in achieving proficiency in writing. The study included 46 male students at level 3 from the Qassim University English Language Department. An experimental study was used, along with a post-questionnaire, as additional material to collect students’ perceptions. In addition to using the independent t-test to compare the mean in the post-test of the two groups, a paired t-test was used to compare the mean in the pre-test and post-test of the same group. The researcher used a two-by-two mixed ANOVA to examine how students’ global and local writing features (such as organization, development, and cohesion) changed when they collaborated face-to-face or via Google Docs. The results showed that the Google-mediated collaborative writing post-test mean was greater than face-to-face collaborative writing in all writing features, and the difference was statistically significant. The questionnaire revealed that Google-mediated collaborative writing raised confidence, encouraged teamwork, instructed students on how to engage in peer feedback, and increased their willingness to use Google Docs for further assignments. Google-mediated collaborative writing benefited students more in terms of their writing quality (organization, development, and cohesion) than their writing accuracy (mechanics and structure). Google-mediated collaborative writing did not pay attention to form (spelling, punctuation, or structure). In contrast, students’ perceptions of the global and local writing aspects of face-to-face collaborative writing negatively impacted organization, development, and cohesion. The face-to-face collaborative writing students focused more on the essay form (mechanics and structure) than on the content (organization, development, and cohesion).

Development of Data-Driven Educational Decision Implementation Guidelines Assisted by Formative Tests in Science Learning

Data-Based Educational Decisions (DDED) is an important part of the learning process where DDED is used to improve the quality of learning. This research purpose to develop Data Driven Educational Decision Implementation Guidelines (DDED) supporting formative tests in IPA learning. DDED is an adaptation of Data Drive Decision Making (DDDM) in learning. DDED is based on Data Drive Decision Making (DDDM), which is a decision-making process that has been widely applied in the world of management. The DDED directs teachers to be adaptive and flexible in implementing various methods, models, teaching materials and learning media based on student access. The development design used is 4D which consists of defining, designing, developing and deploying. The content of the guidelines has been agreed through expert consensus through the fuzzy delphi technique. Fuzzy Delphi Method to create a broad and detailed understanding, especially in education. The consensus indicated that formative tests should include relevant questions and quizzes, comprising both multiple-choice and essay formats, aligning with the principles of DDED. The resulting guideline tests the level of validity and user response. Users respond well to the guidelines developed.

Digital Discourse on the ChatGPT Controversy: Reflections on the Controversial Use of Artificial Intelligence Among Indonesian Youth

At the end of 2022, a nonprofit technology research institution funded by Altman and Musk released an AI-based chatbot, ChatGPT, which within just three months has shown utility across various industries, particularly in jobs like copywriting, news report writing, customer service, and legal document creation. Its ability to provide coherent and insightful answers, as well as serve as a brainstorming partner, has some college professors concerned that this machine may replace various human jobs (Stokel-Walker, 2022). One likely negative impact is students using this AI-based writing tool to complete academic assignments in the form of essays (Hutson, 2022). Another implication is that researchers (both students and lecturers) may be able to compose scientific texts, partially if not wholly, and escape the radar of AI-written text detection tools (Kim, 2022), as well as peer reviewers (Else, 2023). The methodology used is digital discourse, aiming to reveal how youth discourse influences the presence of the ChatGPT application and how the consumption practice of the application impacts their creativity and critical thinking skills. The findings of this study are expected to contribute to understanding the impact of AI-based chatbots on critical thinking abilities among young people as a basis for development strategies to enhance critical and creative thinking skills in the era of Artificial Intelligence.

Peningkatan kemampuan komunikasi matematis dengan menggunakan pembelajaran berbasis masalah pada siswa sekolah menengah pertama

This research examines the influence and improvement of students' mathematical communication skills using problem-based learning. The research design used a quasi-experimental quasi-experimental nonequivalent control-group design, a sample of 45 students. The instruments used are test questions in the form of essays. Data was obtained based on written test results, namely pretest and posttest data. The analysis uses parametric t-test statistics. The results show that problem-based learning can influence mathematical communication skills in the low category. The effect of problem-based learning is minimal. Problem-based learning can improve students' mathematical communication skills in the low category.

The Politics of the Excluded: The Political Thought of Wong Chin Foo

This article examines the concepts of citizenship and exclusion in the writings of the nineteenth-century Chinese American figure Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898) and situates his works within the context of Chinese Exclusion in the United States. Against a backdrop of intensifying racial violence and legal and social exclusion, Wong repudiated racial stereotypes that were used to justify Chinese exclusion. He argued that the Chinese were culturally and morally distinctive but assimilable to American society. Central to his argumentative strategy was his critical reappropriation of the idea of the Chinese as unassimilable “heathens.” However, his conception of citizenship as conditional on “character and fitness” exposed the exclusionary nature of American citizenship and reinscribed its boundaries along racial and class lines. In treating Wong as a political thinker in his own right, this essay makes three contributions. First, it offers a historical elucidation of what Gordon Chang has called “the politics of the excluded.” Wong’s works show how central categories of politics and political thinking—like citizenship—are reconfigured by the very people those categories were designed to exclude. Second, this essay offers an alternative interpretive framework for reading texts within Asian American political thought and intellectual history. Finally, this essay forms a theoretical intervention by showing how Wong discloses the peculiarities of Asian American positionality in debates about racial citizenship in America.

DIFFERENCES IN FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT RESULTS OF BASIC PHYSICS 2 STUDENTS IN OFFLINE AND ONLINE LECTURES ON SPECIAL RELATIVITY THEORY MATERIAL

The research was motivated by the Galodo disaster that occurred in Tanah Datar district. This disaster has an impact on the implementation of basic physics 2 lectures at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar which must be carried out online using the Zoom application. The research was conducted on two different campuses, namely 2nd semester students at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar and UIN Imam Bonjol Padang. This study aims to determine whether there are differences in the results of formative assessments of students who conduct online and offline lectures by chatting with lecturers, teaching methods, and teaching media. This research was analyzed using a quantitative approach with a control group posttest only design. The instrument used is a formative question on special relativity material in essay form. The results of the study were analyzed using an independent sample t test which resulted in a 2 tailed sig value (0.269) > 0.05 which indicates that there is no difference in the results of students' basic physics formative assessment between students who conduct online and offline lectures on special relativity theory material. The average formative score of students is also not much different in both samples. The use of appropriate lecture methods, strategies, and media needs to be improved in basic physics 2 lectures.

Meningkatkan Softskill Siswa Melalui Model Pembelajaran Project Based Learning dalam Pembelajaran Tematik di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah

The students’ low levels of creativity and critical thinking skills are significant issues that need to be addressed in the face of the rapidly developing modern era. Therefore, an appropriate learning model is required to enhance students’ creativity and critical thinking skills over time. This study focuses on the problem related to the Project-Based Learning model and students’ soft skills. The study aims to determine how the Project-Based Learning model is applied in thematic learning and its effect on the soft skills of fifth-grade students at MI Manbaul Huda. This study employs a pre-experimental research design, specifically the pretest-posttest one-group design, with a population of 27 fifth-grade students. The sample used was saturated, and it included all 27 students. To assess the students’ creativity and critical thinking skills, the research involved administering a test in the form of essays consisting of 10 questions that had been tested for validity and reliability. Hypothesis testing in this study was conducted using a t-test. The results of the hypothesis testing indicated a significance value of 0.000. Since the significance value is less than 0.05, it can be concluded that "there is a significant influence of the application of the Project-Based Learning model in thematic learning on the soft skills of fifth-grade students at MI Manbaul Huda."

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Indeks Card Match (ICM) Terhadap Hasil Belajar pada Mata Pelajaran Pendidikan Pancasila Siswa Kelas IV di UPT SPF SD Inpres Karuwisi 1

This research aims to determine the effect of using the Card Match Index model in learning Pancasila Education on the topic of mutual cooperation for Grade IV Students at UPT SPF SD Inpres Karuwisi 1. This type of research is an experimental research in the form of One Group Pretest-Posttest Design, which is an experiment that in its implementation only involves one class as an experimental class without a control class. The sample studied was 18 students of grade IVA UPT SPF SD Inpres Karuwisi 1 Makassar City. The data collection instruments used in this study were written tests in the form of essays, initial tests (pretests) and final tests (posttests) to measure student learning outcomes before and after the application of the card match index model. The data analysis technique used was a descriptive and inferential analysis test. The results of the descriptive statistical analysis of the effect of the positive card match index model, understanding of the material and concepts of Pancasila Education with this card match index model showed better learning outcomes than before the card match index model was applied. The results of the inferential statistical analysis using the t-test formula, it is known that the value obtained is that t count> t table, namely 8.89> 1.73 with the results of the hypothesis H1 accepted. This proves that the use of the card match index model in Pancasila Education learning has an influence on student learning outcomes. The results of the inferential statistical analysis using the t-test formula, it is known that the value obtained is that t count> t table, namely 8.89> 1.73 with the results of the hypothesis H1 accepted. This proves that the use of the card match index model in Pancasila Education learning has an influence on student learning outcomes.

Analysis of Errors in Writing Capital Letters in Description Essays in Semester II Students of the Sports and Health Education Study Program

This research aims to find out errors in writing capital letters in writing Indonesian language papers, as well as to find out the factors that cause errors in writing capital letters in writing papers among second semester students of the Sports and Health Education Study Program, so that these errors can be reduced and corrected. The approach used in this research is a qualitative approach with descriptive research type. The research subjects consisted of 35 second semester students of the Sports and Health Education Study Program. The instruments used were interviews and documentation in the form of students' descriptive essays. The data analysis used in this research uses the Miles and Huberman model analysis, where in analyzing the data there are four activities, namely: data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results of this research found errors in writing capital letters in descriptive essays in second semester students of the Sports and Health Education Study Program, including 465 errors in the high error category with a percentage of 70.77%. Meanwhile, writing errors in punctuation marks in descriptive essays for students in the second semester of the Sports and Health Education Study Program were in the low error category with 192 errors with a percentage of 29.22%. Factors that cause errors in writing capital letters in descriptive essays for students in the second semester of the Sports and Health Education Study Program, namely: Lack of student interest in essay writing activities, low student interest in reading, students' attitudes that are less concerned about writing capital letters, lack of student understanding of the rules. writing capital letters, less varied learning methods, less interesting learning media and current technological developments.

Project Based Learning (PjBL) Oriented Textbook to Increase Student Creativity

The learning process that takes place so far has yet to maximize and encourage students' thinking skills and learning creativity. This can be seen from the learning process of social studies education courses, which tends to use approaches that do not maximize the development of student creativity. This study aims to create teaching materials in the form of teaching books for social studies education courses oriented to project-based learning and see the potential effect on student creativity. The subjects in this study amounted to 45 students and involved three types of experts: material experts, design experts and linguists. This type of research is development research, with the development model used as the ASSURE model modified with formative evaluation from Tessmer. The data collection methods used in this research are tests, questionnaires, observation techniques, and interviews using instruments in the form of questionnaire sheets and tests with essay forms. After collecting the data, they were analyzed using descriptive qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods like n-gain. The main results of this study indicate that the project-based Learning-oriented textbook products developed meet the criteria of validity, practicality, and effectiveness. So, the product of the Project-based learning-oriented Social Studies Education course textbook developed is valid, practical, and effective in increasing student creativity. This research makes a meaningful contribution to the field of education, especially in developing project-oriented teaching materials.

A roundtable discussion on the politics of EURO 2024: a collective commentary

ABSTRACT Every European Football Championship raises a host of important political questions. Euro 2024 in Germany was no exception in this regard, as this commentary demonstrates. This roundtable discussion – in form of mini essays – reconsiders this politicized event. Indeed, this collectively written commentary involves short, but sharp insights from five scholars aiming to provide a responsive account of politically significant moments or trends at before, during and in the immediate aftermath of Euro 2024. By exploring important questions relating to, inter alia, nationalism, security and safety, sustainability, and children’s rights – in Euro 2024’s context – it is hoped that this commentary paper will offer something to future discussions concerning Euro 2024, European football and sport mega-events more widely, and, finally, socio-political processes in contemporary Europe.

Expansion painting: a visual essay

ABSTRACT ‘Expansion Painting: A Visual Essay’ attempts another way of thinking about and through my practice of expansion painting through the form of a visual essay. In Asian art, images and words often come together as one. As can be seen in Chinese ink painting, images and words appear on the same visual plane, suggesting we look equally at both, seeing and reading both image and text. I aim to replicate this equal relationship between images and words in this paper as ‘another’ form of expansion painting. The image/text relationship also aims to reflect the viewers’ ambiguous relationship between their bodies and the work in the installations.

Statistical significance, clinical importance and effect sizes: Enhancing understanding of a study's results.

The proper interpretation of a study's results requires both excellent understanding of good methodological practices and deep knowledge of prior results, aided by the availability of effect sizes. This review takes the form of an expository essay exploring the complex and nuanced relationships among statistical significance, clinical importance, and effect sizes. Careful attention to study design and methodology will increase the likelihood of obtaining statistical significance and may enhance the ability of investigators/readers to accurately interpret results. Measures of effect size show how well the variables used in a study account for/explain the variability in the data. Studies reporting strong effects may have greater practical value/utility than studies reporting weak effects. Effect sizes need to be interpreted in context. Verbal summary characterizations of effect sizes (e.g., "weak", "strong") are fundamentally flawed and can lead to inappropriate characterization of results. Common language effect size (CLES) indicators are a relatively new approach to effect sizes that may offer a more accessible interpretation of results that can benefit providers, patients, and the public at large. It is important to convey research findings in ways that are clear to both the research community and to the public. At a minimum, this requires inclusion of standard effect size data in research reports. Proper selection of measures and careful design of studies are foundational to the interpretation of a study's results. The ability to draw useful conclusions from a study is increased when investigators enhance the methodological quality of their work.

The Effect of The ROPES Learning Model with the Assistance of Crocodile Physics on Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Mechanical Waves Material

Based on the results of a preliminary study at SMA Negeri 2 Garut it is known that students' activeness is still lacking and students' critical thinking skills are classified as low. In addition, limited laboratory space makes learning less than optimal because it rarely does practicum. One effort that can be done to overcome this problem is to apply the ROPES learning model. Laboratory space limitations can be overcome by practicing crocodile physics. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the ROPES learning model assisted by crocodile physics on students' critical thinking skills in mechanical wave material in class XI MIPA SMA Negeri 2 Garut in the 2022/2023 academic year. This study used a quasi-experimental method with a nonequivalent control group research design. Instrument of students' critical thinking skills is carried out by giving tests in the form of essays with each question consisting of one indicator of critical thinking. The results of t-test at the significance level (α=0,05) show that tcountttable which means H0 is rejected, so it can be concluded that the ROPES learning model assisted by crocodile physics has a significant effect on critical thinking skills in mechanical wave material.

A Practice for Surrender

An experiment of conceptual self-surveillance in the form of a video essay, A Practice for Surrender looks at the topic of digital sleep data collection with a conspiratorial gaze. It seems that the once mystical and private refuge of sleep has become compromised by capitalist strategies of "quantific(a)tion". As self-trackers transform to workers in their sleep, the digital subject is redefined by contours of data drawn around a regular absence. While criticising the artificiality of measuring sleep, however, it could be asked in counterpoint: what marks the so-called real world beyond the confines of this stage set?

Use of The Canva Application to Develop LKPD Based on CTL in Geometry in Mathematics Subject

Mathematics is a basic science that has a very important influence on life, because mathematics can prepare and develop students' abilities to think logically, flexibly and precisely to solve problems in their daily lives. This research is research into the development of mathematics worksheet for elementary school students. The aims of this research were to 1) determine the validity of CTL-based LKPD on cube and block materials; 2) find out the practicality of CTL-based LKPD on cube and block materials; and 3) determine the effectiveness of CTL-based LKPD on cube and block materials. This research was conducted at SD Negeri 101964 Jaharun A with research subjects namely 25 class V students. The validators in this research consisted of material experts, media experts and language experts. Teachers and students as product users test the practicality of CTL-based LKPD. This type of research is research and development with the ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). The research instruments used were interviews, validation sheets, teacher and student response questionnaires, as well as test instruments in the form of test essays. The data collection techniques in this research are interviews and tests, with data analysis techniques for testing validity, level of difficulty, distinguishing power, and reliability for test instruments, and n-gain tests. The results of this research show that the CTL-based LKPD is declared feasible because it meets the criteria of being valid, practical and effective for use in teaching mathematics regarding cubes and blocks.

Reflection: Beyond Metaphor: Hunger and the Response-ability of Performance

The essay forms part of the Editorial of the concurrent issues of Performance Research and Global Performance Studies on the theme of Hunger, picking up from the 'Introduction' written by Laurie Beth Clark and Michael Peterson, co-editors of these issues. Styled as a conversation with key contributors to the journal issues, the keynote speakers in the PSi conference, and authors that inspired the initiative on hunger, Jazmin Llana recalls the contexts and prompts of the journal issues and the 2022 conference of Performance Studies international (PSi) from which many of the featured articles began. She identifies the challenges that hunger as a material condition poses to performance and performance studies, tracing key critical threads on the supposed 'unrepresentability' of hunger in performance and the critique of humanitarianism as a framework for hunger relief and world aid, among others. The reflection ends with possible ways forward in responding to hunger.

ОБРАЗ СТРАНЫ В ЯЗЫКОВОМ СОЗНАНИИ КАЗАХСТАНСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ

The article attempts a psycholinguistic and cognitive-discursive assessment of the perception of the image of Kazakhstan by Kazakhstani youth. The relevance of the research is conditioned by the need to study the value orientation of young people, their ability to preserve national-cultural and personal self-identification in the context of expanding globalization and various internal and external processes taking place in the country. The novelty of the research lies in examining the country`s image through the prism of how the word “Kazakhstan” is perceived and through the analysis of essay texts. The results of the conducted research allowed for determining the attitude of Kazakhstani youth (with a focus on university students in this article) towards their country, assessing its significance in their lives, their readiness to associate their future with it, and to shape the trajectory of their personal and professional development. The data of the associative experiment and textual material in the form of student essays on a given topic are used in the work. During the data analysis process, MAXQDA software was used, which is designed for automated data analysis and provides qualitative, quantitative, and combined results of processed information. The research yielded cognitive models that reflect specific perceptions and evaluations of the country