Interesting Learning Activities Research Articles

Motivating children to learn the Arabic language through classic Arabic books

This research aims to determine: (1) Al-Qur'an literacy activities (2) Children's motivation to learn Arabic through classic Arabic books and (3) Barriers to Al-Qur'an literacy activities. This research is descriptive in nature with a qualitative approach. The results of the research show that (1) The activities carried out at Madrasah Diniyah Sidomulyo are Al-Qur'an literacy activities which consist of practicing reading the Al-Qur'an, makharijul letters, and recitation knowledge. Meanwhile, for learning Arabic, we use standard classical Islamic boarding school books, including Ta'lim muta'alim, al-jurumiyah, at-Tasrif and aqidatul awwam. (2) The motivation for children to learn Arabic at Madrasah Diniyah Sidomulyo is divided into 2, namely intrinsic motivation which is influenced by the child's drive and need to learn and the desire to successfully master Arabic, because of the hopes and aspirations of becoming an Arabic teacher. And extrinsic motivation is based on interesting learning activities and a conducive learning environment. (3) The implementation of Al-Qur'an literacy activities at Madrasah Diniyyah is hampered due to a lack of teachers, students are not yet accustomed to using classic Islamic boarding school books, resulting in difficulties in learning. Lack of facilities and infrastructure such as management rooms, teaching rooms, administration rooms and libraries.

Analysis of Differences in the Use of Kahoot and Quizizz Applications in Improving Analytical Thinking of Physics Education Students, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

Learning media is one of the important things in determining the results of the learning process. Interesting learning activities by focusing the interaction between lecturers and students will increase motivation in learning. Therefore, it needs to be packaged well, one of which is an interactive quiz after learning. There are several online quizzes that are often used, namely Kahoot and Quiziz, these quizzes provide services for users to create their own quizzes and can share them with others to take quizzes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference in the use of the Kahoot and Quizizz quizzes in improving the analytical thinking of students of Physics Education C UNY 2020 on light interference material. The research method used is an experimental research method in quasi experiment with posttest only design where the research subject will do an analytical ability test given in the form of multiple choice questions given through Kahoot and Quizizz. After that, data analysis will be carried out using a t-test, the results of the analysis show that there are differences in the use of the two quizzes, namely Kahoot and Quizizz with a significance value of 0.642.

Improving Students Speaking Ability with English Song

Language impacts the daily lives of members of any race, creed, and region of the world. Especially in Indonesia, beside Bahasa Indonesia, most the people using English as a part of their education. The use of songs can facilitate the students in more interesting learning activities because learners can get a different learning experience when it can be implemented by teachers effectively. The songs also can analyze the many issues in the lyrics, such as love, hatred, and revenge, and therefore practice speaking by expressing their thoughts and views on the songs' contents. The research carried out is descriptive qualitative, the data in the research collected was information about children's speaking abilities with English songs. Research data was collected from various sources including informants or sources, namely teachers and students. Based on the processed data that the author has described in the discussion; it can be concluded that using songs to improve English language skills is an effective way because songs are easy to find in students' lives. Apart from that, songs are also easy for students to understand and memorize. Using songs can help students develop their listening and pronunciation skills, which can also increase their vocabulary.

Teachers' Role and the Development of Curriculum

This paper explores the key role of teachers in educational curriculum development, especially in the implementation and evaluation of curriculum design. Teachers' skills and knowledge are not only as curriculum implementers, but also as learning architects who influence students' learning experiences. Teachers not only master open material, but also have an important role in planning relevant and interesting learning activities. This paper highlights the important collaboration between teachers and other stakeholders, such as curriculum administrators, parents, and the educational community. This collaboration is the basis for creating a curriculum that is effective, responsive to student needs, and reflects various perspectives. By introducing the role of teachers in curriculum implementation and evaluation, this paper encourages appreciation of their contribution in shaping the direction of education. Effective collaboration and a deep understanding of teacher involvement are expected to increase the holism of curriculum development, create more meaningful learning experiences for students, and improve the overall quality of education..

Implementation Outdoor Learning Activities (OLA) to Develop Early Childhood Language Skills

Aspects of language is one aspect that is owned by early childhood that must be stimulated. At this time, children's language skills have not been optimally stimulated and have not been designed through interesting activities. The aim of this research is to describe the need to implement early childhood language development through Outdoor Learning Activity. This study uses a survey method. The subjects were educators at Early Childhood Education institutions under the auspices of Himpaudi Magelang Regency, the Bustanul Athfal Teachers' Association, the Raudhatul Athfal Teachers' Association totaling 40 educators. The data collection tool used a questionnaire at the FGD event to identify the implementation of OLA in developing early childhood language. The analysis technique uses descriptive analysis, namely describing facts with the right interpretation to recognize phenomena and to describe accurately some of the phenomena, groups or individuals that are happening. The results showed that 27.03% of educators had implemented OLA every day and had not optimally developed children's language skills. Stimulation of children's language is still carried out monotonously in the classroom by using conversation method by 24%, storytelling 22%, and question and answer 11%. So that it has not fulfilled the BAN PAUD and PNF accreditation instruments, namely education units that apply interesting learning activities outdoors to get at least 30 minutes of sunlight every day. This supports the need for OLA learning designs to take advantage of the potential of the child's environment.

Mobile Learning Based Electronic Worksheet to Introduce the Wetland Environment to Early Children

The rapid advancement of science and technology has an impact on human activities, the majority of which are governed by technology-based media. However, traditional learning media continue to dominate learning in early childhood education. This makes learning less interesting and monotonous. As a result, researchers are interested in developing a valid and effective electronic worksheet based on Mobile Learning on Introducing Wetland Environments using the analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation (ADDIE) research and development (R&D) model. Data was gathered using techniques such as interviews, questionnaires, observation, and documentation. This study's data analysis techniques included quantitative and qualitative analysis. Based on the results of the initial product test, mobile learning-based electronic worksheet products were declared valid and effective. This electronic worksheet product can be used by teachers as an Android-based learning media to support interactive and interesting learning activities in early childhood education.

Upaya Meningkatkan Minat Belajar Saat New Normal Di Desa Mekar Tanjung

The Covid-19 (Corona Virus Disease-19) pandemic was first discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan City. All sectors are expected to comply with the protocols that have been set to limit the distance from each other (physical distancing) and avoid restrictions. With all the efforts that have been made by the government community, the spread of Covid-19 after completion until 2021. The government and the term New Normal which includes the living community must adapt to this virus, carry out all activities that are usually carried out by complying with health protocols, such as: using hand sanitizers, wash hands, fulfill capacity in one room, check temperature, and wear masks. In Teluk Dalam District, several schools have conducted interesting learning activities, this could be one of the reasons for the increase in activities outside the home for children. From these problems, the researcher brought a program for the children to continue to be enthusiastic to gain knowledge even though the situation had returned to normal. During the research process, there was an increase in learning and enthusiasm during the guidance process carried out.

Efektivitas Pembelajaran Daring Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika Universitas Negeri Gorontalo

This article discusses the effectiveness of online learning in the mathematics education study program at the State University of Gorontalo. It intends to describe the effectiveness of online learning in the mathematics education study program. This research uses descriptive quantitative research methods and data collection techniques by distributing questionnaires and observations. The results showed that the effectiveness of online learning in the mathematics education study program at the State University of Gorontalo was effective. The effectiveness is indicated by the results of observations that meet the effectiveness criteria. The analysis of the questionnaire obtained based on three aspects is in the fairly good category, namely the learning planning aspect with a percentage of 76.67% classified in the good enough category, and the online learning activity aspect with a percentage of 73.11% is classified in the good enough category, aspects of media and online learning facilities with a percentage of 64.83% classified in the fairly good category. This result means that online learning can be an effective learning alternative if it has a good learning plan, interesting learning activities, as well as supporting and adequate media and facilities.

체육진로 교육자의 ‘경기꿈의대학’ 비대면 수업 운영에 관한 자문화기술지

The purpose of this study is to explore the difficulties and improvement process of teachers who operate non-face-to-face physical education classes at Gyeonggi Dream University. The participant in this study is 'I', the instructor. I used the autoethnography methodology to discover educational meaning in the class.. For the research, self-recovery diary and reflective journal collected. Data analysis were used Spradley(1979)'s area and classification analysis method. As a result of the study, first, students did not turn on the camera during class, showed passive behavior, focused on something else, participated in the class for student record, and were not interested in the class. Second, the class was changed to lead students to participate in the class. It was ducted to select a learning topic by reflecting students' opinions, to communicate freely using text and voice, to present interesting learning activities using the Internet, and to increase students' competence. Third, students opened their closed minds and participated in classes to acquire knowledge of physical education and learn about their careers. Accordingly, the necessity of strengthening the physical career education system and practical ability of Gyeonggi Dream University, enhancing the non-face-to-face education competency of instructors, and research on physical education was proposed.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMATION VIDEOS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH INTEGRATED SKILLS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

As a foreign language, English is very good to be taught from an early age because an early age is a golden age where children can understand learning material faster. However, teaching English to young learners is not easy. They are easily bored, and also easily distracted. Thus, teachers are required to provide fun and interesting learning activities. Therefore, researchers developed media in the form of animation videos to assist teachers in conveying learning to students as well as attracting their attention. This media does not only refer to vocabulary but also listening, reading, speaking, and writing. In this study, researchers used the ADDIE development model (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation). The data in this study were collected by observation, distributing questionnaires, and interview methods. The instruments used in collecting data are questionnaires and tests. After doing research, it is proven that by applying animation video media, the level of student learning is increasing. In conclusion, teachers are advised to apply animation videos in teaching English for young learners so that the teaching and learning process becomes effective and fun.

PENGGUNAAN METODE BELAJAR BERBASIS GAME SEBAGAI UPAYA MEMECAHKAN PROBLEMATIKA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SEJARAH

This study aims to find out about the implemention of game-based learning methods that can be used by history teachers to create better and interesting learning activities, this is because many teachers are less skilled in using learning methods. In fact, if you look closely, there are various kinds of learning methods that can be used to lure students to be more active in creating a pleasant learning atmosphere, especially in history learning, such as the use of game-based learning methods. The method used in this study is a research method with a descriptive qualitative approach. The data sources used in this study are classified into two sources, namely primary data sources and secondary data sources. Primary data sources were obtained through interviews with informants, namely five students who had experience learning game-based history at the X, XI, and XII grades of SMAIT Mentari Ilmu Karawang, SMAI Al-Azhar Summarecon Bekasi, SMAN 13 Tangerang, SMAN 1 Teluk Jambe Timur, and SMAIT Al-Irsyad Karawang. Meanwhile, secondary data sources are obtained through documents in the form of books, scientific journals or studies that are relevant to the research theme. The results of this study indicate that from various schools, teachers in carrying out learning, especially in history subjects, have used game-based learning methods. Game-based learning used by teachers are games such as Kahoot, Quizizz, WorldWall, QuizWhizzer, Educandy and some even play guessing pictures. The game can be used easily without taking a long time. Learning history by using games can make the learning atmosphere more exciting and challenging. So game-based learning can be used by teachers to avoid monotonous and boring activities. With this game-based learning, especially in history lessons, it can change the public's view of the image of history which was previously considered to be of the view that learning history is not too exciting.

Evaluation of Pharmacy Student’s Placements Experience at Community Pharmacy Settings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess opinions of pharmacy students towards community pharmacy placements experience. <strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study of male pharmacy students were conducted at king Saud university college of pharmacy. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaire for the period of June 2020 to July 2020. Deceptive statistics was applied to describe variable study. <strong>Results:</strong> A total of 77 out of 120 pharmacy students were returned the survey. Less half of the students (46.8%) agreed that their pharmacy preceptors organized interesting learning activities (either agreed or strongly agreed). A minority of students agreed that workload allocation in their workplace training was carefully planned. About 60% of students reported that their community pharmacy placements were a waste of time. Additionally, 32.5% of students stated that no one at the community pharmacy placement staff was interested in their problems. Only 37.8 % of the students enjoyed working at their community pharmacy placements, and about 46% of the students stated that they would like to return to their pharmacy placements. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Findings shows that the pharmacy students had relatively low engagement with their pharmacy experiential placements. Pharmacy students had experienced low levels of satisfaction during their community pharmacy experiential placements. <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Key words: </strong>Pharmacy students, Placements, Preceptors, Saudi Arabia, Community pharmacy, Learning, Experience.

Evaluation of Pharmacy Student’s Placements Experience at Community Pharmacy Settings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Objective: To assess opinions of pharmacy students towards community pharmacy placements experience. Methods: A cross-sectional study of male pharmacy students were conducted at king Saud university college of pharmacy. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaire for the period of June 2020 to July 2020. Deceptive statistics was applied to describe variable study. Results: A total of 77 out of 120 pharmacy students were returned the survey. Less half of the students (46.8%) agreed that their pharmacy preceptors organized interesting learning activities (either agreed or strongly agreed). A minority of students agreed that workload allocation in their workplace training was carefully planned. About 60% of students reported that their community pharmacy placements were a waste of time. Additionally, 32.5% of students stated that no one at the community pharmacy placement staff was interested in their problems. Only 37.8 % of the students enjoyed working at their community pharmacy placements, and about 46% of the students stated that they would like to return to their pharmacy placements. Conclusion: Findings shows that the pharmacy students had relatively low engagement with their pharmacy experiential placements. Pharmacy students had experienced low levels of satisfaction during their community pharmacy experiential placements. Key words: Pharmacy students, Placements, Preceptors, Saudi Arabia, Community pharmacy, Learning, Experience.

Analisis Pembelajaran Ips Kelas V Tema 6 Subtema 1 Pembelajaran 1 Dengan Menggunakan Strategi Dua Tinggal Dua Tamu Dan Card Sort

The author analyzes social studies learning using the Two Stay Two Stray strategy and the Card Sort strategy in the Thematic Book of Class V Theme 6 Human and Animal Organs. The underlying foundation is the lack of engagement strategies with a HOTS mindset. Social studies material in collaboration with these 2 learning strategies is oriented to the HOTS mindset. Methodology This research uses qualitative research with an inductive approach. Data was obtained by observation and interviews as well as important notes. The research location is at MIS Al Islamiyah Bangkar, Muara Uya District, Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan Province. The subject in this study was the homeroom teacher of MIS Al Islamiyah Bangkar. The application in learning the two-stay-two-guest strategy is asking to form groups of 4 people. Their task Two people visit another group while the other two stays in the group to entertain other visiting groups. while the card sort strategy uses 2 media, namely cardboard as a sorting medium and a magic bag to shuffle the material when it comes to the fore. The implication is in interesting learning activities and a HOTS-oriented mindset. Strategy Two, there are only two guests and the Card sort strategy has a good correlation with basic competencies and indicators in the thematic book Theme 6 Human and Animal Organs, sub-theme 1 Human Body learning 1. Applying these 2 strategies has advantages in responsibility, cooperation, solving problems, learning motivation, and learning evaluation. These two strategies have the advantage of creating high thinking so that students are active in thinking. Students can develop their abilities or ways of thinking so that they can master higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). Keywords: Social Studies Learning Analysis, Strategy two stay two guests, strategy

Analisis penyebab rendahnya motivasi belajar dalam pembelajaran ips peserta didik kelas V sekolah dasar

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ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS� CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS DURING THE SCHOOL PRACTICE PROGRAM

This research aims to answer two research problems, namely: What are the English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) practice teaching students classroom management problems during the School Practice Program? Second, what are the solutions to the ELESP practice teaching students classroom management problems during the School Practice Program? To answer the research problems above, the researcher used a quantitative method in the form of descriptive research. The instruments were a questionnaire and an interview. Based on the data gathered, most of the practice teaching students gave positive responses on the close-ended statements distributed to the students of the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. From the four classifications of classroom management components, the researcher found that management of discipline was the only classification received negative responses. Besides, the open-ended question generated other problems. As a result, a total of eight problems were found based on the questionnaire analysis and were categorized into teacher factors, student factors, and school factors. Furthermore, the major solutions to the problems were setting rules, designing interesting learning activities, approaching directly, and giving caution and rewards. Finally, the researcher also gave recommendations to ELESP lecturers, future practice teaching students, and future researchers.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FARMER CAPING LEARNING MEDIA ON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCAMES

Abstract Learning material about facts and opinions is still difficult for grade VIII students because there is no media that supports interesting learning activities. For this reason, farmer caping media were chosen in learning facts and opinion sentences for supporting sociological and geographical reasons. said the farmer in this study is the acronym for the sentence game fakTA and opiNI (Farmers). The type of research that will be used in this research is experimental research with the method of developing the RD (2) Design; (3) Develop ; and (4) Disseminate. The sample in this research is 48 student of class VIII SMP Negeri 3 Gondang in Mojokerto-Jawa Timur. The instruments used in this study were student response questionnaire sheets, teacher and student activity observation sheets, and learning outcomes tests. Student learning outcomes in the form of test scores were analyzed with the help of commercial software to determine the effectiveness of the class that applied the learning media used during the teaching and learning process. The results show that the use of learning media in the form of farmer hat is very effective (applied to the experimental class) compared to conventional learning (in the control class). The pre-test and post-test mean scores in the experimental class were 49.17 and 85.83, respectively, while those in the control class were 64.58 and 79.17. The difference between the mean pre-test and post-test scores between the experimental class and the control class was 36.66 and 14.59, respectively. Meanwhile, the significance value of the two classes is 0.000 (sig.2-tailed) less than 0.05

THE ROLE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN INCREASING LEARNING MOTIVATION OF COASTAL CHILDREN

The involvement of citizens in participation as an embodiment of a sense of awareness and the desire to contribute will form an activity that can influence and lead to change. The maritime children's school community is a forum for citizens to participate in an activity in order to increase the motivation to learn coastal children. The purpose of the study was to know the role of civic engagement in increasing the motivation to learn coastal children. This research was conducted at the School of Marine Children located in the village of Tanjung Kait, District Mauk, Tangerang Regency using a qualitative approach. Data collection is how to interview, study documentation, and observation by analyzing data using Miles and Haberrman models. The results of the study state that the role of participant or citizen involvement in the learning process through extrinsic motivation in the form of material and moral rewards. A good and conducive learning environment by providing appropriate facilities and infrastructure, and interesting learning activities by learning while playing to create an innovative learning atmosphere. With this enhancement of children's learning motivation can be done on the involvement of citizens as instructors at the nautical children's school.&#x0D; &#x0D;

漢、韓慣用語之跨文化漢語教學設計及策略

Idioms are a language form with ethnic characteristics. They are filled with cultural characteristics in the vocabulary. Based on the opinions of various scholars, the definition of idioms is two-level semantic, also short-sentence phrases in the spoken language. There are similarities and differences in Chinese and Korean idioms in terms of grammar, semantics and pragmatics. Since idioms are a kind of metaphorical fixed phrases, that is, they have deeper hidden meanings aside from the original literal meaning, it is not only difficult for Korean learners to comprehend Chinese idioms but also may misuse them or during the learning process. This paper uses Korean idioms material 《살아있는 한국어 관용어》(Using Korean idioms) for teaching by example, refer to the《Chinese-Korean double solution commonly used idiom dictionary》、the Korean website “Naver Mandarin Dictionary” and previous studies, trying to conduct comparative research in terms of the grammatical structure, semantic expressions, pragmatic features and vocabulary materials of Chinese and Korean idioms. The paper aims to find out each characteristics, show the similarities and differences between the two cultural backgrounds, living habits and ways of thinking, and further to explore the corresponding relationship between both cultures to make Korean learners deepen the understanding and learning of Chinese idioms. Based study of advanced- level Korean learners are under the advantage of familiarity with Chinese characters and writing, by learners’ studying difficulties and cognitive point of view , the researcher proposes the suggestions and the lesson design interesting learning activities and learning strategies for cross-cultural Chinese teaching that are suitable for Korean learners. It is hoped to help learners correctly use Chinese idioms and improve their understanding of Chinese.

Uncovering Students’ Attitude toward Vlogging Activities in Improving Students’ Speaking Ability

The objective of this study is to uncover the students’ attitude toward vlogging activities in improving students’ speaking ability. Participants of this study are 40 students majoring English Education who enrolled in transactional conversation subject at Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia. Research design used in this study is descriptive qualitative. Data were gained through questionnaire exposing students’ attitude toward the subject and students’ attitude toward using vlog to support learning process. There were 11 indicators with 32 questionnaire items. The results of this study reveal that Vlog helps students to understand the materials, improve students’ learning achievement, motivation, creativity, and engagement, provide interesting learning activities, efficient learning, effective learning, and lead students to be confident, independent and critical.