Implementation Andevaluation Research Articles

TRAINING ON DURIAN CULTIVATION AND MAINTENANCETHROUGH HYDROCULTURE TECHNIQUES INWARUNGPRING VILLAGE, PEMALANG

Empowering village communities is a strategic effort to increase the capacity ofindividuals or groups so they can be independent and develop local potential.Warungpring Village, which has great potential in durian cultivation, faces challengesin utilizing this potential due to limited community knowledge and skills regardingappropriate cultivation techniques. This research aims to increase the capacity of theWarungpring Village community in cultivating durian through hydroculationtechniques and good maintenance of durian plants. This empowerment program isexpected to help the community utilize durian's potential optimally and increase theirincome. Community service activities were carried out by UIN KKN student K.HAbdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan in Warungpring Village on August 15 2024. Themethod used included training with three stages: planning, implementation andevaluation. Participants are given knowledge about shoot grafting, grafting andhydroculation techniques, as well as practicing durian planting. The evaluation showsthat the availability of supporting technology such as a simple and affordablehydroculation system makes it easier for farmers to apply this technique. The prospectof higher profits from hydroculated durian cultivation attracts farmers' interest intaking part in the outreach. The availability of quality durian seeds that are suitablefor the hydroculation system facilitates the socialization process, but faces challengesin the form of low participation from residents who live far from the activity location.The community empowerment program through training in hydroculating duriancultivation and durian plant maintenance can increase the knowledge and skills of theWarungpring Village community.

Implementation of Learning Methods Based on Natural Materials and Science for Group B Kindergarten

The purpose of this research is to determine the application of the learning modelof natural materials and science centers for group B students in LestariKindergartens and to find out the supporting and inhibiting factors in theapplication of the learning model of natural materials and science centers inLestari Kindergartens. This research uses a qualitative approach that aims todescribe the processes that occur in the field. Data collection techniques arecarried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. The resulting datais then analyzed, through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions usingqualitative descriptive analysis. The research results show: (1) The application ofnatural materials and science center learning includes: planning, implementationand evaluation. The implementation of central learning uses four steps startingfrom the playing environment, the steps before playing, the steps during play, andthe steps after playing. Evaluation of learning centers is carried out by observationand then assessed using checklists and anecdotes, as well as documentation in theform of work results. (2) Supporting factors in the application of natural materialsand science centers to science abilities, namely, the teacher's ability to masteradequate learning materials and learning media, while inhibiting factors in theapplication of natural materials and science centers to students' science abilities,namely: changing the K13 curriculum to a curriculum freedom to learn, facilitiesand infrastructure and children's activeness in participating in learning activities.Keywords: Learning Center Model, Natural Materials and Science Center, Child.

Implementation of a Business-to-Government (B2G) Sales Analytics Tool - Hermix

The public sector sales market, i.e. Business-to-Government (B2G) market is large and relevant. It is similar, yet differs in several key aspects from other markets such as retail, consumer (B2C), or Businessto-Business (B2B). B2G is huge, at 2 trillion Euro per year in Europe, but insufficiently researched and it lacks proper tools and methods. Public contracts are difficult to access and require specialized expertise and a significant initial investment. This paper explores the implementation and evaluation of an IT platform that supports and automates public sector sales, Hermix, in a large company. This study had a qualitative longitudinal approach. It consisted of 7 workshops and 2 interviews with 8 case study participants, performed over the duration of a year. It highlights the implementation steps and results. Hermix automated a set of public sector sales processes for the host company, including: tender monitoring with email notifications, opportunity qualification, and market research, i.e. the analysis of the tactical and strategic context: buyers (public authorities), budgets, competition, partnership affinities, groups of interest, trends. It uses advanced data analytics, big-data and machine learning to provide market intelligence such as governmentgraphics, firmographics, geographics and monetary segmentation. Implementing public sector sales automation tools provides direct benefits to companies, related to: cost and time efficiency, improved proposal success rates, and strategic planning optimization. Indirect benefits for companies refer to delivery quality. Data analytics tools also support overall public procurement transparency, public spending efficiency and better public governance.

PELATIHAN AKUPRESURE UNTUK KESEHATAN IBU DAN ANAK SEBAGAI UPAYA PENCEGAHAN STUNTING DI DESA KREMBUNG KECAMATAN KREMBUNG

Growth is a quantitative change, namely by increasing the number, size, dimensions ofcells, organs and individuals. Currently, Indonesia still has nutritional problems, one ofwhich is stunting or short stature. Conditions in Indonesia based on data from the Studyon the Nutritional Status of Toddlers in Indonesia (SSGBI) 2019 are still relatively high,where the prevalence of stunting is 27.67%. In June 2022, a survey and data collection ofchildren under five in Krembung Village, Krembung District, Sidoarjo Regency wasconducted to obtain data on 20 toddlers experiencing stunting. This Community Serviceaims to improve the knowledge and skills of posyandu mothers in Krembung Village,Krembung District, Sidoarjo Regency regarding Optimizing Toddlers with Baby Massage.Initial Community Service activities carried out field surveys, licensing, implementationand evaluation. One form of community service is the efforts of the midwifery studyprogram, architecture, science and health, by carrying out activities in the communitythat are beneficial, one of which is massage as a form of community service. Activitiesare carried out once a week. presenting baby massage treatment is the best and cheapest form of alternative treatment in an effort to increase baby's weight optimally.So it is necessary to use the utilization carried out by the baby's mother.

PENGEMBANGAN MODEL LATIHAN RENANG GAYA BEBAS PADA ATLET PEMULA UMUR 6-12 TAHUN DI HBSC DHARMASRAYA BERBASIS MEDIA

The research problem is that there are several groups for beginners who have a lot ofdeficiencies when doing freestyle swimming, and swimmers also easily feel fatigue when doing startsand turning while swimming. So in this study a freestyle swimming training model was developed.The purpose of this research is to develop a freestyle swimming training model, so it is hoped thatthe training model developed by the researchers can help swimmers not get bored doing freestyleexercises. This type of research is Research and Development (R & D). Model development uses theADDIE model which consists of 5 stages, namely analysis, design, development, implementation andevaluation stages. The results of the research on developing freestyle swimming training models forbeginners in the validity test obtained percentage data with an average of 85.13% categorized asvery valid, practicality tests by swimming coaches with a percentage of 93.33% and beginnerathletes with a percentage of 83.71% categorized very practical, while the effectiveness test with apercentage of 86% is categorized as very effective. Based on the results that have been obtained, thefreestyle swimming training model development model for beginners is categorized as valid,practical and effective.

Argumentation real-world inquiry to improve students' argumentation skill

Student teachers’ poor argumentation skill is one of the problems that should be solved. This research aims to develop an Argumentation Real-World Inquiry learning model that incorporates argumentation session on environmental, socio-scientific issues at each stage. The research subjects were the biology student teachers taking the Environmental Knowledge course. The research method used was Research and Development (R&D) which comprised 3 stages: Phase 1 (Development), Phase II (Pre-Experiment), and Phase III (Implementation and Evaluation). The data on argumentation skill were obtained from an essay that addressed the environmental, sociocultural issue about environmental pollution. The pre-experiment phase was conducted using weak experiment method and one group pretest-posttest design, while in the implementation phase, quasi experiment method and pretest-posttest control group design were used. The results of the pre-experiment stage showed that the learning model was able to increase the student teachers' argumentation skill, indicated by an increase in level 3 argumentation from 16% (pretest) to 68% (posttest) and a decrease in level 2 argumentation from 74% (pretest) to 21 % (posttest). The results of the implementation phase showed that the student teachers' argumentation skill improved, with N-Gain score of 0.307 (medium category). The results of this research indicate that the Argumentation Real-World Inquiry learning model is able to train student teachers to develop their argumentation skill on environmental, socio-scientific issues.

Rancang Bangun Daily Pre-Trip Inspection (Rampcheck) Berbasis Web (Studi Kasus SBU Pemeliharaan Perum PPD)

Daily Pre-Trip Inspection is an activity of checking vehicle (rampcheck) conducted before the vehicleoperate in highway. Perum PPD is one of the Public Company in the field of transport Jabodetabekarea. Many communities who are passionate about public transport, making the government increasesthe operational bus to Perum PPD 400 units in the year 2015. With the number of vehicles inoperation, also needed an efficient time on checking system. With the Daily Pre-Trip Inspection-basedwebsite as a new innovation in the checking system is expected to help the system of data collectionand storage of secure data quickly and accurately.In the process of the website using the R & D(Research and Development), which includes the analysis, design, development, implementation andevaluation using a MySQL database and PHP programming. The functionality of this website for theimportation, storage and report generation data checks the vehicle with 4 menu main menu; datainput, print the data, setting data and user profile settings.With a system of checks Daily Pre-TripInspection web-based, can facilitate the distribution of data and improve the effectiveness of time.

Formulación, implementación y evaluación de políticas públicas desde los enfoques, fines y funciones del Estado

Formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies from the approaches,purposes and functions of the StateThe article raises the roadmap as for formulation, implementation andevaluation of public policies. The ends and the functions of the State, theyrepresent the sources and orientations respectively, on that the public policiesmust be based. One resorts to the methods descriptively and exploratoryto realize of the systematic perspective of the public policies, in turn,that the methodological review will depart from the approaches of plans,economic politics, programs and / or projects and sequentially to establishthe degree of naturalization of the same ones. The first product to developing,is directed to expose the elements that need the public policies tomaterialize; as I come second, the guides who must have the public policiesfor the interaction between the systems of classification, and finally,the review on the approaches of the public policies, opposite to the endsand functions of the State.Keywords: Approaches of rights, public policy, evaluation, limits and restrictions,types of policy.

Parallel-tracking bottom-up approaches within chronic disease prevention programmes

IntroductionThe purpose of this commentary is to discuss how toaccommodate top-down and bottom-up approaches at eachphase of chronic disease prevention programmes. Thecommentary uses a theoretical example of targeting a highrisk group in New Zealand.Chronic disease prevention programmes are typicallydesigned to address changes in lifestyle and behaviourcentred on, for example, diabetes prevention. There isevidence to suggest that lifestyle and behaviour pro-grammes that include multi-risk factor interventions suchas increasing physical activity, dietary modifications andweight loss can significantly reduce the incidence of dia-betes in persons at high risk (Knowler et al. 2002;Tuomilehto et al. 2001). In practice, chronic disease pre-vention programmes are most commonly implemented asactivities set within the context of a programme. Profes-sionally led, it is the practitioner or their agency thatchooses the design, the means of implementation andevaluation of the programme. This includes the selection of‘targeted groups’ and the methods to be used to reach them.The issues to be addressed are traditionally based on epi-demiological evidence, rather than on the concerns of theindividuals and communities to whom it should concern.This style of programming is called ‘top-down’. Bottom-upprogrammes are fewer in design and address the concernsof the beneficiaries based on discussions with them prior toimplementation. The concerns are prioritised and thendeveloped into a form that makes sense to all the pro-gramme stakeholders (Laverack and Labonte 2000).It is important to remember that the terms ‘top-down’and ‘bottom-up’ are ideal types of practice. ‘Top-down’describes programmes where problem identification comesfrom those in top structures ‘down’ to the community.‘Bottom-up’ is the reverse, where the community identifiesits own problems and communicates these to those whohave the decision making authority. The practitioner willtry to use their influence to ‘push-down’ a predefinedagenda onto the community through top-down program-ming. The community attempts to ‘push-up’ an agendabased on their immediate concerns that are often not thesame as those identified by the practitioner. The failure oftop-down programming to accommodate bottom-up con-cerns may have a detrimental effect on outcomes. Forexample, the modest success of top-down programminghas only been with higher socio-economic groups: between1998 and 2004 there was a 9% decrease in smoking in thelowest quintile in Australia compared to a 35% decrease inthe highest quintile (Baum 2007). This is because top-downprogramming uses strategies that are effective at reachingthe educated and self-motivated sectors of society and arenot specifically tailored for low socio-economic or mar-ginalised groups.The challenge is how to accommodate bottom-upapproaches within the dominant top-down styles of pro-gramming. This requires a fundamental change in the waywe think about chronic disease prevention programmes.Rather than viewing the issue as a bottom-up versus top-down tension, accommodating both can be better viewed asa ‘parallel track’. The tensions between the two then occurat each stage of the programme cycle making their reso-lution much easier to achieve (Laverack 2004). The mainpurpose of the programme remains unchanged with a focuson the more conventional top-down issues and so fitswithin the expectations of, and is therefore acceptable to,

Assessment by portfolio: an encounter with contradictory discourses

In the light of many changes taking place in higher education, it is often problematic to align the theoretical pronouncements with their application on the ground. This article is based on a study that tracked steps taken by educators to introduce portfolio assessment in an institution of higher learning. A phenomenographic research method was used to capture data from the documents the educators had produced over a two-year period. The focus of the research was on the manner in which three factors revealed the experiences of the research participants, namely the past of the participants and the institutional culture, the educational beliefs of the participants, and their educational understanding of portfolio assessment. Analysis of documents on programme design, implementation and evaluation revealed how the participants struggled to implement the use of a portfolio for assessment. After persistence and reflection, they improved on their practical interpretation of the theory. 'Portfolios are messy to construct, cumbersome to store, difficult to score, and vulnerable to misrepresentation. However, in ways no other assessment can, portfolios prove a connection to the contexts and personal histories that characterize real teaching and make it possible to document the unfolding of both teaching and learning over time' (Shulman in Wellman 1999, 3).

Action research as a means of course development in higher education: a case study

Action Research has been used in many fields of endeavour as a useful means of improving practice. This article describes how this methodology was used to develop a programme of language learning at the University of the Free State. The researcher was tasked with the development and implementation of an English language access programme for students who do not comply with the traditional entrance requirements. This article briefly outlines the development, implementation and evaluation of an English literacy course for low-proficiency learners using Action Research as methodology. The methodology is explained as well as the reasons for selecting Action Research for this project. The researcher designed a model for the research process that is presented and described in the article. The article includes a brief description of the findings documented after each cycle of the research.

Inducing the Health Promotion Model for Nursing Practice: Qualitative Study

Objective: To generate a model that conceptualizes the phenomenon of health promotion and its related factors.Methodology: A grounded theory methodology is used as qualitative method to explore the health promotion asphenomenon of interest and its other related factors from the perspectives of specialists in this field. The study iscarried out from January 2002 through September 2004. A sample of (20) specialists in health sciences areselected and interviewed as experts in the area of health promotion. The investigators conducted intensive andstructured interviews with the specialists to collect the data. These interviews were transcribed verbatim,analyzed and interpreted.Results: Findings of the study indicated that health promotion is affected by multiple factors including humanones (i.e., health balance, attitudes, health potentials, environmental or ecological factors, social and culturalfactors). From the model, numerous nursing interventions can be drawn for assessment, implementation andevaluation that may assist to maintain and improve health, as well as achieve optimum level of health.Recommendations: The study recommends that further research can be conducted to examine this model for itscompatibility and applicability for nursing practice in the area of health promotion.

Mentoring for population health in general practice divisions

This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a three-way model of service development mentoring. This population health mentoring program was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to enable staff from eight Divisions of General Practice in South Australia to gain a sound understanding of population health concepts relevant to their workplace. The distinguishing features of service development mentoring were that the learning was grounded within an individual's work setting and experience; there was an identified population health problem or issue confronting the Division of General Practice; and there was an expectation of enhanced organisational performance. A formal evaluation found a consensus among all learners that mentoring was a positive and worthwhile experience, where they had achieved what they had set out to do. Mentors found the model of learning agreeable and effective. Division executive officers recognised enhanced skills among their "learner" colleagues, and commented positively on the benefits to their organisations through the development of well researched and relevant projects, with the potential to improve the efficiency of their population health activities.

Development, Implementation andOutcomes of a Training Program for Responders to Acts of Terrorism

Introduction. Responding to acts of terrorism requires the effective use of public-safety andmedical-response resources. The knowledge, skills andattitudes necessary to respond to future threats is unfamiliar to most emergency responders. Objectives. The purpose of this report to describe the development, implementation andevaluation of a multidisciplinary, interactive andsimulation-enhanced course to prepare responders to acts of terrorism. Methods. We used a 5-step systematic process to develop a blended-learning, simulation-enhanced training program. Learners completed a self-confidence questionnaire andwritten examination prior to the course anda self-confidence questionnaire, written examination andcourse evaluation when they finished the course. Results. From July 7, 2003 to March 8, 2005, 497 consenting learners completed the course. After course completion, learners demonstrated significant increases in their knowledge of terrorism response (t = −64.3, df = 496, p < 0.05) andtheir confidence in responding to terrorist events (t = −45.5, df = 496, p < 0.05). Learner feedback about the course was highly positive. Conclusions. We successfully implemented a two-day course for professionals likely to respond to terrorist acts that included scenario-based performance training andassessment. Course participants increased their knowledge andwere more confident in their ability to respond to acts of terrorism after participating in this course.

Case management at Warringal Private Hospital: challenges of development, implementation and evaluation.

Case management has the potential to improve the quality of care for patients, streamline efficiencies within organisations, and ultimately lower health care expenditure. This article explores why Warringal Private Hospital embraced the concept and how the chosen model of case management was developed. It describes the implementation and evaluation of the model and how it was received, accepted, and applied by the various stakeholders. The cardiac and orthopaedic units will be cited as case studies in order to emphasise some of the challenges encountered in this process as well as the successful outcomes. It should be noted, however, that each unit within the hospital is unique and, although the principles of case management have been applied throughout the hospital, the development, implementation and evaluation has been specific to each unit.

Testing the Principle of Orthogonality in Language Design (Abstract Only)

Formulating precise descriptions of human-computer interactions is a prerequisite for the principled design, implementation and evaluation of interactive systems. This paper reports an exercise in interaction specification using Foley and Van Dam's (1982) multilayered method of documenting the design of a user-computer interface. The specification was used to communicate the intended behaviour of a Forms Helper system from a design team to an implementation team. The ease with which the interaction could be represented at each of Foley and Van Dam's four levels of abstraction is discussed, and recommendations are made for improving the method in places where its guidance was unclear or inadequate. The value of the method is examined prior to a discussion of the potential role of such specifications in the design and development cycle .

Performance Indicators within an English Polytechnic

Early stages of research concerning the implementation and evaluation of performance indicators within academic quality‐control procedures of an English polytechnic are described. The related perceptions of one distinctive group participating in validation/review processes – the course “Rapporteurs” – are considered before possible further developments of this qualitative illuminative enquiry are outlined.