Informatics Engineering Students Research Articles

Genre-Based Approach: Can It Improve the Informatics Engineering Students’ Writing Skill?

Because instructional process in English for Specific Purpose (ESP) context is oriented to students’ academic and professional settings within discourse community, challenges appear. Learning language and learning language are directed to improving students’ language skills to survive the 21st century. On the other hand, score-documentations proved that the students performed low skills; especially writing skill. This study aimed at improving the students’ skill in writing explanation text by using Genre-Based Approach (GBA) to Informatics Engineering students of a private university in South, Indonesia. Classroom Action Research (CAR) was conducted to the third semester students of the university within two cycles. To validate the findings, writing test, observation and questionnaire were employed. The test result proved implementing GBA improved the classroom’s average score from 54 to 59.95 in cycle 1. This improvement was supported by the students’ engagement and enthusiasm to the instructional process as suggested by questionnaire and observation respectively. Further, the implementation of cycle 2 revealed the average score improved from 59.5 to 70.5. This score improvement is followed by the students’ agility and cooperativeness during the instructional process. This concludes that implementing GBA can improve the students’ skill in writing explanation text. This finding is expected to give insight for teachers to undoubtedly using GBA in English for specific purposes context.
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 The instructional practice of teaching English for informatics engineering students in the private university still focuses on form-based mastery.
 The informatics engineering students are eager and high-determinate to learn language skills especially writing in collaborative framework.
 

Logistic Model Tree and Decision Tree J48 Algorithms for Predicting the Length of Study Period

One point to be assessed in the accreditation process in an institution is the length of the student's study period. The Informatics department in XYZ college has been accredited by the national accreditation bureau for higher education (BAN-PT), but the accreditation has the potential to be improved. One thing that affects the accreditation value is many students did not graduate on time. Therefore, the current study used available student data, both academic and non-academic, using data mining. Two model classifications were used, i.e. Logistic Model Tree (LMT) and Decision Tree J48. The study was aimed to compare LMT and Decision Tree J48 algorithm in predicting the length of student’s study and to find out the influence factors. The data were Informatics Engineering students who have graduated in February 2018 to February 2019 (135 records). Results showed that the LMT algorithm produced an accuracy rate of 71% better than Decision Tree J48 (62.8% accuracy) in predicting the length of the student’s study. The factors influencing the length of study of students are temporary grade point average (GPA) of the first semester, temporary GPA of the second semester, organizational status, and employment status.

Recommendation System of Information Technology Jobs using Collaborative Filtering Method Based on LinkedIn Skills Endorsement

Students who are graduated from Informatics Engineering have wide employment opportunities in the information technology work field, such as database administrator, data scientist, UI designer, IT project manager, network engineer, system analyst, software engineer and UX designer. Each job in Information Technology field has different skill requirement for the interest of work field. Therefore, IT skill classification is needed to find out the suitable career recommendation for Informatics Engineering students. Data from IT professionals which are obtained from LinkedIn account of IT professionals will be processed as reference for students. Data are processed using K-Means Clustering algorithm to find out how is feasible IT professionals data are used as a reference. Then, Collaborative Filtering method by the K-NN algorithm is used to determine classification based on the proximity between student skills and information technology job field. The output is recommendation of information technology job field which are generated from calculate of IT student skills. Result has been tested by testing one of user that has been labeled software engineer produce a recommendation output as a software engineer.

E-Learning Application as a Islamic Mentoring on Learning System of Informatics Engineering Students

Information technology is developing very fast and is increasingly strengthened by the existence of the internet that has spread throughout the world. With the internet, the flow of information is increasingly spinning to the public and information technology applications have begun to emerge. These applications make it easy for people who use them, including e-mail, video conferences, mailing lists, chat, e-learning, and others. This paper implements an e-learning system as an Islamic mentoring in the Department of Information Engineering. The e-learning system has the potential to make the mentoring process more effective, because the interaction are wider open. Mentees can communicate with their mentors anytime via the internet. Through e-learning, mentees can continue learning even if they are not physically present at weekly mentoring meetings. Mentoring activities become very flexible because it can be adjusted to the availability of mentee time. Learning activities occur through mentee interaction with learning resources available in e-learning applications and can be accessed from the internet. This e-learning application can be used as a supporting facility of Islamic religious mentoring using conventional methods where mentoring participants meet weekly with their respective mentors. With e-learning applications on Islamic mentoring, mentees can interact with their mentors wherever and whenever they are. With the prerequisites, they are connected to the internet.

SISTEM PENUNJANG KEPUTUSAN PEMILIHAN PENGURUS INTI DAN ANGGOTA BARU MENGGUNAKAN METODE SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING (SAW) BERBASIS WEBSITE (STUDI KASUS: HIMPUNAN MAHASISWA TEKNIK INFORMATIKA UNIVERSITAS PALANGKA RAYA)

Informatics Engineering of Palangka Raya University have an organization that called Himpunan Mahasiswa Teknik Informatika (HMTI). Problems that are often encountered in a set one of them is in taking the best choice for candidates for core management and membership in each new management period. Another obstacle faced is in making decisions not using methods that can handle these problems with many criteria. The number of considerations certainly has the hope of obtaining good human resources for the set, it's just that sometimes it becomes a difficulty for the old management to take the best choice for the right successor candidate and in accordance with the position and division in the set so that a container is needed to bridge these activities so that they can run well and effectively. 
 The methodology used in the development is by simple additive weighting method and Waterfall According to Sommerville. simple additive weighting method has 4 steps that is determine the criteria, determine the suitability assessment, make a decision matrix based on criteria (Ci) then normalize the matrix, then summarize the multiplication of the R atomized matrix with the increase vector, get the large value chosen as the best (Ai) as a solution.From the test results it can be concluded that the decision support system website for the selection of core managers and new members using the simple additive weighting method at the Collection Informatics Engineering Students of Palangka Raya University is going well

Designing English For Specific Purpose Materials: A Preliminary Product for Informatics Engineering Context

English for Informatics Engineering (EIE, hereafter) is significantly requisite for tertiary students. Since EIE is one of English for Specific Purposes (ESP, hereafter) branches, it has particular inescapable characteristics. Teaching materials for EIE should be composed and delivered based on those attributes. Although the materials can be adapted from various resources, developing materials for EIE should definitely follow pedagogical standardized procedures. This article aims to present how material development for EIE is designed based on need analysis results described in a previous research (Nimasari, 2018) and developed according to a specific ESP teaching approach. This current study is a further examination of need analysis results implemented in a coursebook for Informatics Engineering students in a private university in Indonesia. As a part of research and development project research, this study focuses on developing preliminary form of product that includes a prototype of EIE coursebook development. A text-based instruction is utilized as a basis approach to design the EIE material. The results of this preliminary product are four lessons of EIE materials. While one lesson will be presented thoroughly in the discussion, the other three lessons will be attached in the appendix.

Efektivitas Penggunaan Modul Berbasis Differentiated Instruction untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pemahaman Konsep Matematika Mahasiswa

Teaching material is an essential component of learning. Teaching materials for Calculus courses, especially for the Department of Informatics, remains limited and orients towards a collection of materials and questions that cannot overcome the differences in student characteristics. Therefore, in the form of learning modules that can accommodate variations in student characteristics is a crucial need in teaching material. In this study, the learning module based differentiated instruction was compiled by taking into account the different characteristics of student ability levels. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Calculus learning by using learning modules based on differentiated instruction to students' conceptual understanding of the material of qualities and inequalities of absolute value. This research was experimental research and the subjects were the Informatics Engineering students of the University of Darussalam Gontor, enrolled in the first semester in the academic year 2018-2019. The research instrument was tests of conceptual understanding consisting of short-answer problems given at the beginning and the end of learning. The design of this study used One-Group Pretest-Postest Design and data analysis involved a Wilcoxon test due to the small number of subjects (25 people). The results of the analysis showed that the use of the learning modules based on differentiated instruction effectively enhanced the mathematical conceptual understanding of students.

PEMANFAATAN ALGORITMA FUZZY NAIVE BAYES DALAM PEMILIHAN BIDANG KEAHLIAN MAHASISWA TEKNIK INFORMATIKA UNIVERSITAS ISLAM LAMONGAN

One of the factors that can determine the smoothness of students in taking lectures well is the selection of areas of interest in accordance with the abilities of students, meaning that if students determine the choice of majors in accordance with their field of expertise then certainly there will be no difficulty to develop themselves in the lecture process.this study by utilizing two algorithms, namely Fuzzy and Naive Bayes to determine the areas of expertise of students. Informatics Engineering students have the opportunity to choose a field of expertise, namely: the field of network expertise, programming, and design. Not all students will master the area of expertise, so they must choose to accord to their skills, hobbies and favorite subjects, and grades. This research will create a system for classifying the expertise of UNISLA informatics engineering students. The algorithm is implemented, namely Fuzzy to categorize the values or input numbers, while Naïv e Bayes is used for classification

Pengembangan Rumah Software Sebagai Upaya Melatih Jiwa Kewirausahaan Mahasiswa Teknik Informatika

Students are one of the agents of change. The development of a region will depend on the younger generation activities. Therefore, the young generation development needs to be considered. Today the information technology is developing very rapidly, but the momentum cannot be utilized by Informatics Engineering students. Even though they can be connected and collaborate with each other, it is possible to come up with new products that can help the development of Indonesia, especially in the field of Information Technology. The majority of them do not know how to start doing business in the Information Technology field. In this community service program, the proponent proposes an idea to solve the problem by developing a student software home website to display products that have been created and are ready for sale. This website is used as a promotional media which able to introduce and promote products produced by Informatics Engineering students. The existence of this home software website will not only bring benefits to students but also can bring benefits to the community in general. Citizens who want to find out about the desired software creation services do not need to feel difficult again for looking information because all information related to the desired software products is provided on this website. This home software website creation program is carried out in 5 stages: preparation, requirements analysis, website creation, implementation, and report generation. Now the student software home website become an information media that can provide information related to service products provided by Informatics Engineering students.

How Online Learning Evaluation (Kahoot) Affecting Students’ Achievement and Motivation (Case Study on it Students)

It is undeniable that the development of technology in the present impacts on various aspects, especially in the field of learning technology. In learning, lecturers are required to implement innovations in the field of technology. One of the implementations of education technology is the implementation of evaluation by using Kahoot. Kahoot is a game-based learning platform. By implementing this learning evaluation, we expect students' achievement and motivation in learning to improve. The research method of this research is simple qualitative descriptive using a questionnaire that were distributed to the first semester Informatics Engineering students as the object of this research. From the questionnaire the results showed that 82.2% of students stated that Kahoot was able to increase their learning motivation. Other results is the increasing of students’ scores in this evaluations and the obstacle found in implementing this evaluation is the umstable connections or internet networks.

Mathematical thinking ability of informatics students based on gender in calculus course

<p class="ABS-C">This study aimed to analyse the difference in the mathematical thinking abilities of Informatics Engineering students based on gender in Calculus problem-solving. Mathematical thinking ability was measured based on four indicators of the mathematical thinking process, namely specialisation, generalising, conjecturing, and convincing. The instruments in this study were mathematical thinking tests and observation sheets. The test used in this study was composed of four questions by indicators of the mathematical thinking process. The technique of data collection was the test, observation, and interview. Subjects of this study consisted of 35 male students and 22 female students. Data were analysed using the t-test. The results of the analysis showed that there is a significant difference in the mathematical thinking ability of male and female students. Mathematical thinking abilities of female students reached indicators of specialisation, generalising, and conjecturing. On the other hand, mathematical thinking abilities of male students passed the elements of speciality and generalising.</p>

Needs Analysis for Informatics Engineering Students as a Basis to Develop Teaching Materials on English for Specific Purposes

This research aims is to find and describe students' needs for ESP and find out students' perceptions of ESP teaching that has been running. This research is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The subject of this research was the first semester students of Informatics Engineering of STMIK STIKOM Indonesia. The data collection was done using online questionnaire on google form application. The data obtained were then classified so that the needs of Informatics Engineering students on English learning can be identified and then be described. The results of this research can be used as a reference for subsequent research, namely syllabus planning and the development of teaching materials of ESP. Referring to students awareness of the importance of speaking skill and the also the need of having grammar lessons as basis for their practical competence, it is a task for ESP lecturer to apply teaching strategies which are interesting, motivating and engaging to cover both areas in equal portion.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Peminatan Program Studi Teknik Informatika Menggunakan Metode SAW

Berdasarkan kurikulum program studi Teknik Informatika, dapat diketahui bahwa disemester 5 mahasiswa program studi teknik informatika STMIK XYZ diwajibkan untuk mengambil mata kuliah pilihan berdasarkan peminatan yang telah disediakan. Tujuan dari peminatan adalah agar mahasiswa lulusan Program Studi Teknik Informatika STMIK XYZ memiliki kompetensi yang mendukung mereka untuk melanjutkan kuliah ke tingkat yang lebih tinggi (S2 atau S3) serta memiliki kompetensi kerja yang mendukung mereka ketika mereka lulus kuliah. Permasalahan yang sering terjadi adalah para mahasiswa sulit menentukan peminatan yang akan diambil. Oleh sebab itu, dibutuhkan suatu sistem pendukung keputusan yang dapat membantu para mahasiswa program studi Teknik Informatika STMIK XYZ mengambil keputusan peminatan apa yang akan mereka pilih. Sistem pendukung keputusan ini menerapkan metode Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decission Making (FMADM) dan metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW). Pembuatan sistem pendukung keputusan ini menggunakan aplikasi Netbeans IDE 8.2 dan MySQL sebagai databasenya.

The Development of Learning Tools Using Software in Informatics Engineering Department

Software learning tools orient students to think critically about learning actively. The success of the application of this software learning tools for Algorithm and Programming materials depends on the role of lecturers, readiness, strategy, techniques and learning methods used as a medium of learning addressed to STMIK Informatics Engineering students in Makassar. Factors that support the implementation of learning in the classroom are planning of applying learning tools that are used, namely learning tools software. It includes semester implementation plan, lecturing unit, teaching materials, and student activity sheet. Therefore, the formulation of the problem in this study is how is the level of validity of learning tools software developed by the Department of Informatics Engineering?. The purpose of this study is to describe the level of validity of the developed learning tools software in the Department of Informatics Engineering. The validity was obtained based on the assessment of the media expert's validator and the material expert on instructional tools made by the researcher including learning device software, teaching materials, semester implementation plan, lecturing unit, the student activity sheet and learning outcome test.

THE EFFECT OF LEXICAL INFERENCING STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of lexical inferencing strategies on students’ reading comprehension. This study was aimed was to find out whether the use of lexical inferencing strategies had effect on students’ reading comprehension. The population of this study was 90 Informatics Engineering students of Potensi Utama University in the fifth semester of 2014-2015 academic year. A placement test was given to 90 students to select 60 similar English proficiency level students. The instruments used for collecting data were written test and spoken test. These tests were conducted to identify students’ reading comprehension performance toward lexical inferencing strategies. These data were analysed by applying an experimental research design involving pre-test and post-test which were administered for control and experimental groups. The control group was taught by using conventional method, while the experimental group was treated by using lexical inferencing strategies. The results of the test showed that the use of the lexical inferencing strategies had significantly affected to students’ reading comprehension performance. Hence, it was concluded that lexical inferencing strategies was recommended to improve the students’ reading comprehension performance.

ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE PROCEDURE TEXTS AT THE INFORMATICS ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF STATE POLYTECHNIC OF CILACAP

Abstract: Mastering writing skill is a better way to communicate. While in practice, some English teachers/lecturers frequently found out that their students’ writings were not well-written due to the students’ lack of writing ability. There are many text genres learnt by the students. One of them is procedure text. The students’ ability to write procedure text is not only measured by their mastery of grammar, but also from its structures and the language features. The data were 23 procedure texts written by the first semester students of Informatics Engineering department at State Polytechnic of Cilacap. This study is acase study in nature by using combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches in analysis. The analysis was done according to communicative purpose, generic structure, and linguistic features of a procedure text. The result of the study showed that all Informatics Engineering students (100%) have achieved the communicative purpose of procedure text, almost all students (97.10%) could implement the generic structures of procedure text in their writings, and some of the students (60.87%) could characterize their procedure texts by using the linguistic features of procedure text.

Teaching Production Planning and Control to Informatics Engineering Students

A course on Production Planning and Control for Informatics Engineering students is presented and discussed. It is an elective course in a two years MsC degree. Its syllabus covers the main subjects for production management and control (forecasting, problem solving, aggregate planning, inventory control, master plan, MRP, push and pull systems, ERP/CRM) and it is the single course in the domain in the MsC degree. It follows an active learning approach to stimulate the student's involvement.