Fourth Semester Research Articles

An Analysis Of Students’ Problem-Solving Skills Based On Mathematic Disposition During The Covid-19 Pandemic

One of the psychological factors that affect problem solving ability is mathematical disposition. Students need a positive mathematical disposition that will make them persistent in facing problems and developing good habits in learning mathematics. The condition of Covid-19 outbreak emphasizes the importance of positive mathematical disposition and good problem solving skills. This study aims at describing students' mathematical problem-solving skills based on mathematical dispositions during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This research belongs to a qualitative descriptive study that involved 27 students in the fourth semester as the research subject. The research data were collected from questionnaires, test descriptions, and interviews. The questionnaire results were used to categorize students' mathematical dispositions. It was followed by an interview with two students selected from each group of mathematical disposition categories. The results of tests and interviews were analyzed based on the category of students' mathematical dispositions. The results of this study showed the three categories of students' mathematical dispositions i.e high, moderate, and low. The students with high mathematical dispositions show good mathematical problem-solving skills because they can perform all indicators of mathematical problem-solving abilities. The students of moderate mathematical disposition were only able to perform the 2-3 indicators. The students of the low mathematical disposition category only fulfilled the 1-2 indicators.

Enhancing Listening Skills of EFL Indonesian Learners through Busuu Application

Students identify what they hear and know while actively participating in the listening process, utilizing linguistic expertise to understand the information The goal of this study was to improve second-year students' listening skills and understand how they use Busuu to learn English. This study included 25 students in fourth semester at one of the universities in Indonesia. Purposive sampling was used to select the sample, which included students at fourth semester of Department of English Language Education as well as students who had passed the Literal Listening, Interpretive Listening, and Critical Listening subjects. The findings reveal that in normality test the significance value of pretest and posttest was better than 0.05 (0.56 > 0.05, 0.86 > 0.05), it implies that the data on listening learning outcomes is normally distributed. The paired sample t-test results showed that sig value was 0.001. This result showed that the students’ performance improved in pretest and posttest from the treatment in the classroom. They were excited and experienced fun in the classroom especially using Busuu application. The study recommends to use Busuu to improve students' listening skills.

Life skills and teaching skills: a correlational study of prospective teacher

Prospective teachers of 21st century need to prepare themselves in carrying out their profession as professional teacher candidates, namely by having good teaching skills. In addition, skills that support teaching skills also need to be possessed by prospective teacher students, such as life skills. The purpose of this research was to explain the relationship of life skills and teaching skills of prospective teacher students. The subjects in this study were fourth semester students of Biology Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Universitas Islam Madura. This research was a quantitative study using a correlational research design to explain the relationship between predictors (life skills) and criteria (teaching skills). Life skills data were obtained from life skills assessment sheet score. Life skills assessment sheet consist of four skills, namely: interpersonal skill, shared goal setting and accomplishment, responsibility, and managing. The four skills have their indicators and score levels. Teaching skills data were obtained from teaching skills assessment sheet score which had four aspect of assessment, namely: opening learning, main activities, closing learning, and supporting factors. The result showed statistically significant correlation between life skills and teaching skills of prospective teachers.

Effectiveness of PBL in delivering image processing method to undergraduate radiography students in Puducherry, India

: Problem Based Learning is an approach to learning and instruction in which students tackle problems in small groups under the supervision of a tutor. This method is very useful in imparting medical education. In this study I am going to apply PBL in the teaching of undergraduate radiography students and study the effectiveness of PBL, particularly in teaching image processing methods in radiography.: A randomized controlled design was used for the study to test the addition of Problem Based Learning (PBL) to theory lectures and clinical experience versus theory and clinical experience alone on student’s knowledge in performing Image processing in radiography. The students were randomly selected and then randomly distributed either to experimental or control group. The knowledge is accessed by valid questionnaire through the pretest and post test for both the experimental and control group. The data are then analyzed by excel work sheet to get the result.: Sixty radiography students from fourth semester were randomly assigned either to the experimental or control group, so that there were 30 students in each. The mean score for the pretest and posttest score are at 21.67 and 34.04 for experimental group with a standard deviation 4.44 and 3.44 respectively while it was 21.80 and 29.07 for the control group with a standard deviation of 3.88 and 3.85 respectively. This study shows that students' knowledge in performing image processing in radiography significantly enhanced after the application the PBL module.

Translation Procedures of Economic Article from English into Indonesian

This research aims to analyze the translation procedures of economic articles from English into Indonesian by the fourth semester students 2020/2021 in STBA JIA. The data will be analyzed by the theory of Vinay and Darbelnet about translation procedures. This research is qualitative research with descriptive analysis, which gives more attention on how deep the translation’s knowledge towards the concept which was being learned and how the theory is used to translate the article. The data of the research is the final test of translation class which economic articles become the data source that are translated by the student. The result of the analysis shows that some procedures are used by students to get the acceptable meaning in Indonesian language. From the analysis, it is found that basically all the students gradually can translate well after having many translation practices.

The Students’ Difficulties in Essay Writing during Pandemic Covid- 19 in English Language Education of Universitas Islam Riau

Online learning during the Covid-19 era requires educators to be creative in compiling interesting learning materials so that students can study the material well and not get bored while learning. But in reality, some of the problems faced by some students, especially those in semester 4th of the English department at the Universitas Islam Riau Riau who have been online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, have difficulty when they are writing an essay. The sample of this research is the English Language Education student in Universitas Islam Riau, which consist of 34 fourth semester students. This was investigation design which mainly analyzes quantitative data via a distributed web-based questionnaire provided as numerical data on graphics and charts. This questionnaire was based on Ceylan's (2019) questionnaire which focus on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The majority of online learning aspects are connected to distance and time flexibility, student and instructor interaction, and many aspects that online learning shares with distant education. As a result, online learning may not even be ready to serve all disciplines in the same way, and that not all online learning platforms are the same. The student lacked the opportunity to practice academic writing skills and produce a solid essay product. As a result, students must practice writing as often as possible in order to produce a well-written essay. Cognitive difficulties are now defined as difficulties in the categories of writing perspective, transferring language, and writing process.

An Excursion as a Great Medium of Writing Process to Teach Writing

Generally, most English language learners believed that writing is the most difficult language skill to perform. In addition, some English teachers/lecturers experience difficulties to encourage and motivate their students to write. There are a number of reasons why sometimes many language learners find it difficult to perform writing skills. One of the reasons is that they are sometimes asked to write about the topics they have little knowledge of. Another reason is if they are not interested in the topics they are asked to write about. This paper aims at describing one way in which English teachers can help their students get as much out of activity as possible despite their writing experiences, that is through an excursion. An excursion is a great way of encouraging and motivating the students to practice their writing skills. Data were obtained through observation of the field trip and written tasks performed by 32 of the fourth semester students of English Education Study Program, in academic year 2016/2017 at Cokroaminoto University, Palopo. Data obtained were analyzed qualitatively. The result of the research reveals that an excursion is an appropriate way for tackling the written tasks which are sometimes daunting for English language learners to perform. Such activity facilitates the students to write enthusiastically since the students know the subject matter they are writing about. In addition, through several activities in an excursion, the students can improve their vocabulary command, increase their grammatical knowledge, develop their English language skills in general and build up their self-confidence, particularly in performing writing tasks.

Implementasi Pembelajaran Eksploratif tentang Konsep dan Proses Fisika pada Dinamika Fenomena Alam Danau Tondano

The dynamics of the natural phenomenon of Lake Tondano become a source of student learning in understanding physical concepts packaged in innovative learning as an activity by applying the latest learning elements in the 21st century. The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of exploratory learning about the concepts and processes of physics in the dynamics of the natural phenomenon of Lake Tondano. The method used in this study is a pre-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The research stage begins with giving a pretest to measure the students' initial abilities, then takes action (treatment) through exploratory learning and the next activity ends by giving a post-test. The research subjects are fourth semester students of the Manado State University Physics Education Study Program for the 2021/2022 academic year who are contracted for the Environmental Physics course. The evaluation results provide information that the average pre-test is 42.95 and the post-test results are 85.42. The average results of the assessment of science process skills are in good criteria (66%-79%). and very good criteria (80%-100%) affective assessment is in very good criteria (80%-100%). Obtaining N-gain scores from each student, there were as many as 10 students in the high N-Gain category with a percentage of 62.6% and as many as 6 students in the medium N-Gain category with a percentage of 36.8%. The result of the average N-Gain percentage of 16 students is 74.9%. The results of the study explain that students' understanding of physics concepts and science skills can be improved through exploratory learning on the natural dynamics phenomenon of Lake Tondano.

Interaksi Demokratis Dalam Pembelajaran Eksploratif Fenomena Perubahan Suhu Udara dan Suhu Tanah

The purpose of this study is to explore the concept and scientific process of the phenomenon of changes in air temperature and soil temperature in vegetation land, open land, and asphalt roads. This study uses a qualitative and quantitative approach. The exploratory research used by the research team is themodel Higher Orther Thinking Learning in Democratic Interactionwhich (HOTL-DI) Type A emphasizes interactive components, individualistic high-level learning processes and democratic interactions as a process of sharing and cooperation between individuals in groups. The first stage of object exploration (changes in air temperature and soil temperature in vegetation land, open land, and asphalt roads), concepts and scientific processes is carried out by the research team under the guidance of the thesis supervisor. The second stage is exploratory research on fourth semester students majoring in physics education for the 2021 academic year. The stage of exploring physics objects, concepts and processes in groups as democratic interactions. Democratic indicators, formulated by researchers based on the condition of group interaction when exploring objects and discussing in group report preparation. Students experience difficulties at the beginning of exploration activities because they lack experience in exploring physical concepts and processes about natural phenomena. Democratic behavior and exploration activities seem to be getting better over time, so this learning can realize learning activities to explore objects, concepts and science processes in democratic interaction learning well.

Taksonomi Linguistik, Analisis Kesalahan Bahasa dalam Pembelajaran Insya

Mastering Arabic for other speakers is not easy. Because it will be faced with several abilities that make him to be able to master the language. taught and learned by other speakers is not easy. Students may have difficulty learning as their second language. And some of them have errors during the application of this language, and these mistakes both in writing and in speech. This research is related to the analysis of linguistic errors in the construction of fourth semester students of the Tarbiyah Faculty of Arabic Language Education study program at the Nurul Iman Parung Islamic College of Bogor. The method used in this research is quantitative methods in the form of data collection using tests. Then group errors and interpret Corder's opinions. Based on the test results, it was found that the general error in the third semester student construction tasks of the Tarbiyah Faculty of Arabic Language Education study program at the Nurul Iman Parung Islamic High School Bogor was 29 mistakes. Then classify it based on linguistics into four parts: Phonological errors (11 errors), Morphological errors (7 errors), syntax errors (6 errors), Semantic errors and word 5 errors.
 

THE STUDENTS’ NEWS WRITING DIFFICULTIES BASED ON COGNITIVE PROCESS

What are the students' news writing challenges in the fourth semester of Grade E, according to this study's major issue? And what are the cognitive process-based characteristics that affect the students' difficulty with news writing in the fourth semester of grade E? The goal was to determine the students' news writing challenges in the fourth semester of Grade E and the factors affecting those challenges based on the students' cognitive processes at that time. The focus of the study was the fourth semester's twenty-two student population. The Qualitative Research Method was employed in this study. The information was acquired through observation, document (news articles written by students), and interview. The results demonstrated that there are two categories of students who have trouble pre-writing and pre-drafting a news article. The outcome showed there are nine students.

SELF-EFFICACY OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF UKI TORAJA IN

The objective of this research is to find out the level of self-efficacy in speaking by the fourth semester students of the English Department at UKI Toraja. This research applied quantitative and qualitative methods. The subjects of this research were the students of the English Department of UKI Toraja. The data was collected by applying distribution questionnaires and voice recording. The obtained data qualitative data was analyzed in four major phases; data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion. The result of the research showed that the fourth semester students of the English Department have high and moderate self-Efficacy. Based on the data From the questionnaire students have high self-efficacy and the data from the interview students have high and moderate self-efficacy.

THE ANALYSIS OF SIGN POSTS WORDS AND PHRASES ERROR IN STUDENTS’ WRITING ESSAY

This study was conducted to investigate and find out the student errors in using signposts in writing essays. Therefore, this study focused on finding the level of students’ ability in using signposts and the types of students’ errors in using signposts. 9 students of the fourth semester of English Education Program STKIP Dompu are taken as samples of the study. To obtain the data needed in this research the researcher tries to investigate the object by applying the descriptive quantitative method. The result of the test shows: (1) the mean score of the students in using signposts in writing paragraphs was 11, 22. It means that the students of English Education Program STKIP Dompu in applying signposts in essay writing were “very poor level”. (2) The types of students’ errors in using signposts in writing paragraphs are classified into four types: omissions errors, additions errors, misformations errors, and misordering errors.

Students’ Perception toward the Use of Tiktok Videos for Learning English

: Currently learning English is starting to be applied with various methods. Learning follows the times. As it is now done using various media, one of which is TikTok videos. The existence of learning English using Tiktok videos makes various student perceptions appear. This study aims to understand students' perceptions and the challenges students face in using TikTok videos for learning English. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this study were three fourth semester students of the Ahmad Dahlan University English Education Department. The researcher tried to interview the three participants who were considered appropriate because the researcher found several fourth semester students who used tiktok videos to learn English. The result of this study is that there are various positive and negative perceptions among students about the use of TikTok videos for learning English. Apart from that, there are also various challenges when students use TikTok videos to learn English.

The Students’ Perception of Teaching English Paragraph Writing Based on Problem-Based Learning Method

This research is to find out the students’ perceptions of teaching English paragraph writing based on Problem-based learning method. The researcher applied descriptive qualitative research. This research was conducted in English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. The subject of the research were fourth semester students in academic year of 2018/2019. The instruments of this research were a questionnaire to find out the student’s perception. The result of this research found that the students’ perception of English Paragraph Writing materials based on Problem-based Learning was positive.

Analysis of Student Understanding about Teacher Competency (Personal Competence)

This study aims to determine the extent of student understanding of the personality and social competence of teachers. Personality competence is part of teacher competence that must be known by prospective teacher students. This study uses quantitative research methods with a sample of 173 PGSD students in the fourth semester. Based on the results of the study, it was found that 20% of the students did not understand the competence of teachers, especially the personality competencies that prospective teachers must possess to become teachers in the future. Personal competence is a competency that must be possessed by every teacher. Personality competencies do not just appear, but must be instilled since the teacher is still a teacher candidate at a teacher training college.

Fourth Semester Students’ Perspective of Classroom and Distance Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic in Learning Second Language Acquisition

This research aimed to evaluate the fourth semester students’ perspective of Distance Learning (DL) compared to Classroom Learning (CL) in learning Second Language Acquisition (SLA) in English Department Program of Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika in academic year 2022/2023. This research was a qualitative research. The subjects of this research were fourth semester students that consisted 67 students who were learnt SLA through DL and CL. An online questionnaire was sent to all of the subjects. After the data have been collected, the researchers then analyzed the data by theory of Huberman (1994), the Qualitative Data Analysis was done with three steps; Data reduction, Data Display and Conclusion. Based on the analysis data, it was found that the DL students experienced some problems during learning the theory of SLA, the result of questionnaire showed that SLA learning process through DL was not run efficiently than CL. Moreover, the result of questionnaire of CL students showed that CL process gave motivation for self-directed learning and communication with lecturers and their fellow students was easier with CL.

Conceptual knowledge and argumentation skills of biology students in animal physiology courses

Argumentation facilitates students’ cognitive activities as they construct scientific knowledge. Studies related to the relationship between conceptual knowledge and argumentation skills in biology learning, especially in animal physiology courses, are still rarely carried out. The primary aim of this study was to determine the correlation between students’ mastery of biology concepts and argumentation skills. A correlational research design was employed. The research sample consisted of 106 fourth semester Biology Education students. The students’ mastery of biology concepts and argumentation skills were evaluated using valid and reliable instruments. Conceptual knowledge measured in this study refers to students’ ability to explain their responses to essay tests on cognitive concepts. Besides, this study also assessed students’ ability to participate in scientific debates and compose written arguments based on the Toulmin's Argumentation Pattern (TAP) framework. This study indicates an association between students’ grasp of biology concepts and their argumentation skills in the ADI class. The regression equation derived from the data analysis is y = 0.608x + 39.05 with a reliability value of 0.179. Meanwhile, there is no strong correlation between conceptual knowledge and argumentation skills in RQA, ADI-Integrated RQA, or traditional classes. This can be influenced by a variety of factors, including students’ inability to adapt and adjust rapidly to the steps introduced into the learning models. Improving argumentation quality can be accomplished through the use of active and innovative learning models or strategies.

亚院二年级学生使用方位词“里”与“中”的偏误分析 KESALAHAN PENGGUNAAN KATA BENDA PENUNJUK ARAH “LI” DAN “ZHONG” PADA MAHASISWA STBA-PIA SEMESTER IV T.A. 2018/2019

This study aims to describe the types of errors and the factors that cause errors in the use of directional nouns “li” and “zhong” made by STBA-PIA students in the fourth semester of academic year 2018/2019. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, namely to describe the types of errors and the factors of errors. The instruments used in this research are elicitation techniques and interview techniques. The research subject was taken using snowball sampling techniques, which was as many as 25 subjects. The results of the research conducted by research on STBA-PIA students in fourth semester of academic year 2018/2019 are 10 omission errors, 6 addition errors, 14 misformations and 3 misordering. Meanwhile, the factors that cause errors are namely interlingual errors, which are 7 respondents and intralingual errors, which are 15 respondents. Keywords: Language Errors, Directional Nouns, “li”, and “zhong”

亚院二年级学生使用方位词“里”与“中”的偏误分析 KESALAHAN PENGGUNAAN KATA BENDA PENUNJUK ARAH “LI” DAN “ZHONG” PADA MAHASISWA STBA-PIA SEMESTER IV T.A. 2018/2019

This study aims to describe the types of errors and the factors that cause errors in the use of directional nouns “li” and “zhong” made by STBA-PIA students in the fourth semester of academic year 2018/2019. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, namely to describe the types of errors and the factors of errors. The instruments used in this research are elicitation techniques and interview techniques. The research subject was taken using snowball sampling techniques, which was as many as 25 subjects. The results of the research conducted by research on STBA-PIA students in fourth semester of academic year 2018/2019 are 10 omission errors, 6 addition errors, 14 misformations and 3 misordering. Meanwhile, the factors that cause errors are namely interlingual errors, which are 7 respondents and intralingual errors, which are 15 respondents. Keywords: Language Errors, Directional Nouns, “li”, and “zhong