Nusantara PGRI Kediri Research Articles

The Differential Impact of Specific Metacognitive Strategies on EFL Academic Writing Performance

Metacognitive strategies including planning, monitoring, and evaluation play a pivotal role in enhancing EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners' writing proficiency. This study examines how these strategies uniquely influence critical components of academic writing, including coherence, grammatical accuracy, and clarity. Conducted at Nusantara PGRI Kediri University, a private institution in East Java, Indonesia, the study involved 61 undergraduate English language education students enrolled in an essay writing course during the odd academic semester. A quasi-experimental design divided participants into three groups, each focusing on one strategy—planning, monitoring, or evaluation—over an eight-week intervention. Writing tasks were assessed using a rubric evaluating coherence and organization, accuracy, and clarity. Pre-test and post-test scores were analyzed quantitatively to identify improvements within and across the groups, while correlation analysis examined relationships between strategy use and post-test performance. Results reveal planning enhanced coherence, monitoring improved grammatical accuracy, and evaluation refined clarity. However, improvements in specific dimensions of writing did not always result in proportional overall score gains, emphasizing the need for integrating these strategies holistically. The findings offer practical insights for EFL instructors and highlight directions for future research on metacognitive strategies in writing.

THE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES IN ONLINE CROSS CULTURE UNDERSTANDING CLASS

Online teaching is a way of teaching that integrates some technology to teach long-distance and it is facilitated with application and internet access. This research focuses on the student’s attitudes in online cross-culture understanding classes. There are some procedures the researcher takes to collect the data, such as: preparing the questionnaire for the students to answer. The questionnaire is based on the data needed for describing the students’ attitudes. Then the researcher distributed the questionnaire to each student through the WA group and email. After all the questionnaire is submitted then analyzed. The place for research is in an online cross-culture class at the University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri. This subject is taught in the seventh semester of the academic year 2020-2021.

Pendidikan Politik Bung Karno Untuk Taruna Merah Putih Nganjuk Sebagai Penggerak Pemilih Pemula Dalam Pemilu 2024

Political education really needs to be transmitted to members of youth organizations so that they have good political skills. Bung Karno was a proclaimer, explorer of Pancasila and the first president of Indonesia who had visionary political views. The Community Service Team of the History Education Study Program, Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri would like to provide Bung Karno's Political Education for the Taruna Merah Putih Nganjuk as a Motivator of New Voters in the 2024 General Election. This service aims to: (1) Increase political understanding of the Taruna Merah Putih Nganjuk youth organization, and (2) Increasing insight into Bung Karno's thinking in the Indonesian Centric political movement. The methods used in service activities are lecture and demonstration methods. The lecture method is to convey the principles of Political Education, Bung Karno's thoughts, and current political conditions and ideal politics, while the demonstration method is to provide participants with the opportunity to practice speaking to put into practice the political knowledge that has been gained through discussion and question and answer. Based on the mentoring activities carried out, out of 30 participants, the results were that 27 participants were very satisfied with this activity and were able to complete the task well. The other 3 participants had technical problems. So it can be concluded that this service activity was successful.

Analytical Hierarchy Process as a Priority Strategy for Handling Bad Debts in Cooperatives

The Kediri City Government and the Regional Development Planning Agency are committed to accelerating the economic recovery of the Kediri city community after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, by focusing on MSME capital, the program named Kredit Usaha Melayani Warga or abbreviated as KOPERASI provides very low interest loans of 2% per year for business people in Kediri city. In the utilization of this credit, it turns out that there are still bottlenecks in installments, which if allowed to continue, will have an impact on financial losses and also not achieve the goal of community economic recovery. So that the government needs an in-depth study as a real form of handling bad credit and also the concept of effective and efficient KOPERASI program governance. This research uses a quantitative descriptive approach, by applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Starting from making questionnaires and determining respondents. The respondents selected were 7 experts, namely, officials at the Kediri City Cooperative & UMTK Office, lecturers at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, and MSME beneficiaries of the KOPERASI program. Then the answers are assessed and compared to produce a scale as a determination of the most effective method of overcoming bad credit.

Deteksi Dini Tumbuh Kembang Siswa Paud Laboratorium School Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Child growth and development is a complex process and takes place as long as the child is in the period of growth and development. Every child has a different speed of growth and development depending on genetic and environmental factors. Early detection through DDTK is very necessary to find early children who experience growth and development deviations so that intervention can be carried out as early as possible, so that the growth and development deviations experienced do not become permanent disabilities. DDTK activities are not only carried out on children who are suspected of having problems, but must be carried out routinely on all toddlers and preschool children so that the child's growth and development is optimal. Based on this, DDTK needs to be carried out on preschool students. The results of the DDTK carried out on PAUD Laboratory School students at Nusantara PGRI Kediri University were found to be mostly normal, namely examination of body weight, height and head circumference. Likewise, the development assessment found that the majority of children had development that was appropriate to the child's age or normal. Many factors influence a child's growth and development. Not only genetics inherited from parents, external factors such as nutritional intake also play an equally important role. To obtain optimal growth and development status, it is necessary to pay attention to the factors that influence flowering plants, especially for parents.

Improving Pedagogic Skills and Professional Skills of Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program Students at Nusantara PGRI Kediri University through Project-Based Learning: Interactive Video

In the midst of the growing need for and demand for Elementary school teachers, researchers see that the professional and pedagogical competence of PGSD students at Nusantara PGRI University as prospective Elementary school teachers needs to be improved. This can be seen from the lack of self-confidence of students when practicing teaching, lack of creativity of students in developing learning models and designing audio-visual based teaching materials. In line with these problems, research was carried out with the title Improving Pedagogic Skills and Professional Skills of Students of the Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program, Nusantara University PGRI Kediri through Project-Based Learning: Interactive Video. The aim of this research is that Nusantara University PGRI Kediri can produce Elementary school teacher graduates who have pedagogical and professional competence according to the demands of the times so as to advance Indonesia's human resources. Keywords: Elementary School Teacher Education Department Students, Project Based Learning, Interactive Learning Videos, Pedagogic Competence, Professional Competence

Developing Critical Thinking Achievement in Macroeconomics Course Trough ADI Learning Based

Purpose: Macroeconomics is one of the most difficult subjects in semester 2. For this reason, ADI learning combined with critical thinking skills is required. This research aims to develop ADI learning so that students can study Macroeconomics courses more easily. Method: The research method used is research and development (R&D) which lasts for one year with the research subjects being Masters of Economics Education, University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri. This design was chosen because it aims to produce new products or improve existing products, namely the ADI learning model in Macroeconomics learning. The Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) model can increase students'' mastery of concepts, the Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) learning model is seen as being able to facilitate students to understand macroeconomic concepts well, because learning activities the Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) model emphasizes construction and validation of knowledge through research activities. Results and conclusions: Students experience a different learning experience where they have to reinforce references and be ready to accept input from other students. This study found that students with good critical thinking skills could produce good arguments and play an active role in tentative argument sessions and argumentation sessions. Research implications: Through critical thinking, students are expected to be able to decide which one to use in their argument. Students are instructed to review the available information and then make a list of strengths and weaknesses of each decision. Originality/value: The ADI learning process combined with the use of critical thinking can produce a good teaching and learning process.

Learning Android-Based Multimedia for Contextualized Nonfiction Text Materials: A Needs Analysis

The purpose of this study was to analyze the learning needs of android-based multimedia for contextual non-fiction text material in three elementary school, namely the Laboratory Primary School University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri, Primary School 1 Bendo Tulungagung, and Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Assalafiyah Pule Kediri District Indonesia. Research data were collected through the distribution of questionnaires, interviews and observations. Based on the results of the research that has been done, it can be concluded that 87.2% of students are interested in learning to use applications on smartphones; 61.8% of students agree online learning using applications on smartphones. Judging from the needs analysis and paying attention to learning style tendencies, students who think positively about android-based multimedia are in the range of strongly agree, plus all students already have android devices, even though 20% of them are still joined by their parents.

The Influence of Online-Based Independent Learning Methods and Learning Motivation on Students' Entrepreneurship Skills UNP Kediri

The study examines the effect of online-based independent study methods and learning motivation on students' entrepreneurship skills at the University of Nusantara PGRI (UNP) Kediri. This is important because several undergraduate graduates are suspected of being unemployed due to not having entrepreneurship skills to support their lives. The focus of this research includes 1) whether there is an effect of online-based independent study methods on student entrepreneurship skills, 2) whether there is any influence of learning motivation on student's entrepreneurship skills, and 3) whether there is an effect of online-based independent study methods and learning motivation on student entrepreneurship skills. This research uses descriptive quantitative data analysis using the ANOVA analysis technique. This analysis was used to examine the mean differences between groups. This will facilitate the analysis of several different sample groups with minimal risk of error. The population of this research is the students of the Faculty of Management and Economics, UNP Kediri. The sample consists of two classes in the Department of economics education. The results show 1) there is an influence of online-based independent study methods on students' entrepreneurship skills, 2) there is an influence of learning motivation on students' entrepreneurship skills, and 3) there is a mutual influence of online-based independent learning methods and learning motivation on student entrepreneurship skills.

Modeling the Entrepreneurial Interest of Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Modeling the Entrepreneurial Interest of Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Implementasi Manajemen Proyek Pada Pengembangan Website Pemetaan Biodiversitas Tanaman Obat Di Kabupaten Kediri

The creation of a website for mapping medicinal plants and rare plants in Kediri Regency is a collaborative program between the regional Balitbang and Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri under the auspices of the Matching Fund. In a software development project that is closely related to SDLC (Stem Development Life Cycle) in its application there are several methodologies including the waterfall which is carried out in stages in a systematic and sequential manner, this is a problem for the use of the waterfall method. Over time, a new methodology called Scrum was discovered which is more flexible or adaptive because it is iterative and incremental. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to test how effective the use of the Scrum methodology is in managing website development projects

Effectiveness of Zumba Exercise on Maximum Oxygen Volume, Agility, and Muscle Power in Female Students

The study purpose was to prove the effectiveness of zumba exercise on VO₂max, agility, and muscle power in students at Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
 Materials and methods. This research is a pre-experimental research design with One group Pretest-Posttest Design. A total of 15 female students from the Student Activity Unit aerobic dance exercise at Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, East Java, Indonesia, aged 19–24 years, body mass index (BMI) 19.0–24.0 kg/m², normal blood pressure, resting heart rate normal, normal oxygen saturation (SpO₂), voluntarily participated in the study. Zumba exercise was carried out for 30 minutes/session with an intensity of 80% HRmax with a frequency of 3x/week for 8 weeks. The measurement of maximum oxygen volume (VO₂max) used the Multi-Stage 20-m Shuttle Run Fitness Test. The measurement of leg muscle power used the vertical jump test, while the arm muscle power was evaluated using the medicine ball throw test. Data analysis used Paired Sample t-Test with a significance level of 5%.
 Results. The results obtained: mean VO₂max between pretest vs post-test (26.64±4.25 vs. 30.76±4.20 mL/kg/min; p ≤ 0.001), average agility between pretest and post-test (15.76±1.24 vs. 14.55±1.27 seconds; p ≤ 0.001), average limb muscle power between pretest vs posttest (394.21±66.36 vs. 411.09±67.45 joule; p ≤ 0.001), and the average arm muscle power between pretest vs posttest (123.45±17.12 vs. 138.21±13.92 joule; p ≤ 0.001).
 Conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that Zumba exercise carried out for 30 minutes/training session, with an intensity of 80% HRmax, frequency 3x/week for 8 weeks increased VO₂max, agility, and muscle power in students at Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.

THE USE OF ZOOM APPLICATION TO SUPPORT ONLINE LEARNING DURING PANDEMIC TIME FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI

In learning, an offline system (face-to-face) and an online system can be used to learn in order to process of acquiring knowledge. However, the world is now in total lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 virus, which has forced all activities, including education, to move to an online system. Students at University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri, particularly those in the English department, use a variety of online learning support applications, in order to facilitate online learning. One application that is used for frequent is Zoom Application. The purpose of this study is to find the use of Zoom application to support online learning, and the advantages and disadvantages of Zoom application during the pandemic time for English department students at University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri. This study used qualitative research as its technique. 22 first-graders (second semester) volunteered as subjects for data collection. Interview and questionnaire chosen as its data collecting technique. The findings of the data analysis display that the use of the zoom application can bridges the online learning as well as teacher and student interactions while on the other hand, zoom application has advantages and disadvantages that must be considered.
 

Implementation of Blended Learning in Public Sector Accounting Learning to Improve 21st Century Skills

This research is a classroom action research with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of blended learning in learning Public Sector Accounting to improve 21st century skills which are proxied by critical thinking skills for students. The design of this study used the research model of Suharsimi Arikunto's class action with three cycles. The research subjects were 27 students of the accounting department at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri who were taking the Public Sector Accounting course in the even semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. Research data were collected using instruments in the form of observation sheets and end of semester exam scores. After being given the action, the results show that the implementation of blended learning is effective for increasing critical thinking skills, it can also improve student learning achievement in Public Sector Accounting courses.

Android Media Development Based on Augmented Reality in Photosynthetic Material for PGSD UN PGRI Kediri Students

This study aims to produce educational media based on Augmented Reality (AR) on the photosynthesis material used in PGSD students at Nusantara PGRI Kediri University who are taking the basic concepts of Science (IPA) 2. The type of development research model used in this study is the Borg Gall model and Lee Owen with the stages of research and data collection, planning, product development, design validation, design revision. However this research is only limited to design revision after expert validation, this is due to limited research time. The instrument used in this research activity was a validity questionnaire (media expert, material expert, and linguist). Data analysis used in this research activity is descriptive qualitative data analysis and qualitative descriptive. The results of the research obtained from the media expert validator were 73 or 91%, the score of the results of the validation of the Photosynthesis material expert was 37 or 92%, and the score of the results of the validation of the linguists was 38 or 95%. This means that the development of AR-based educational media on photosynthetic material is valid, so that it can be used for learning media on photosynthetic material

Workshop Penyusunan Perangkat Pembelajaran Berbasis Digital Untuk Pengoptimalan Pembelajaran Online pada Guru SMA Muhammadiyah Kota Kediri

Electronic/digital-based learning tools can be easily obtained by the presence of information technology devices. Through this information technology network, educators can use it in learning. Especially during the current covid-19 pandemic which requires learning to be carried out online (in a network). Teachers/educators need to improve their abilities and skills in making learning tools. The community service team at Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, took the initiative to help teachers at SMA Muhammadiyah Kediri improve their skills through workshops. The workshop can be carried out according to plan and goes well. The mastery of the material and the results of the learning media are in the very good category. Evaluation of digital learning in online learning is more varied. This activity also received a good response, as evidenced by the questionnaire given by the service team, which was included in the very good category.

Comparison of the Effect of High Impact Aerobic Dance Exercise Versus Zumba on Increasing Maximum Oxygen Volume in Adolescent Women

The study purpose was to compare high impact aerobic dance exercise versus Zumba to increase Maximum Oxygen Volume (VO2max) in adolescent women.
 Materials and methods. This research is quasi-experimental with a two-group pretest-posttest design research design. A total of 30 adolescent women from the Student Activity Unit (UKM) aerobic gymnastics at Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, aged 18-24 years, body mass index (BMI) 18.5-24.9 kg/m2, normal blood pressure participated in the study. Respondents were randomly divided into two groups, namely ZADE (n = 15, Zumba aerobic dance exercise) and HADE (n = 15, High impact aerobic dance exercise). HADE and ZADE were conducted for 30 minutes/session, with an intensity of ≥ 85% HRmax, as often as 3 times/week, and both types of training were performed for 8 weeks. Measurements of VO2max, oxygen saturation (SpO2), and heart rate at rest (HRrest) were pre-test and 1×24 hours post-test after 8 weeks of training intervention. Statistical analysis used Paired Sample T-Test with a significance level of 5%.
 Results. Paired Sample T-Test results showed significant differences in average VO2max, SpO2, HRrest between pretest vs. posttest in both groups (p ≤ 0.001).
 Conclusions. Based on the study results, we have concluded that both HADE and ZADE increase VO2max, SpO2, and decrease HRrest. But HADE is more effective in increasing VO2max, SpO2, and lowering HRrest than ZADE in adolescent women.

Evaluasi Kompetensi Lulusan Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Competence evaluation is conducted to see how much ability and expertise possessed by graduates from PG-PAUD UN PGRI Kediri study program in educating young children in accordance with the stage of development optimally. Based on the results of the evaluation can be used as a reference in improving and improving the quality of graduates of PG-PAUD UN PGRI Kediri in order to have high competitiveness in accordance with current technological developments and progress. This research is an evaluation research using consumer oriented evaluation model. The study was conducted in 20 kindergartens and Raudhatul Atfal in Kediri. Research subjects consisted of 20 principals and 40 teachers. Data collection was done by questionnaire method, and interview. The research instrument is validated based on expert judgment and trial. The data of the research were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that (1) the assessment of the four competencies, namely professional, personality, social, and pedagogic which is owned by PG-PAUD graduate of Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri in Kindergarten and Raudhatul Atfal (RA) . However, there is still a need for improvement and improvement on professional and pedagogic competence due to good category grading scores given by graduate users of less than 50%; (2) assessment of user satisfaction of PG-PAUD graduate of Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri is a satisfactory category for professional and social competence. While the category is very satisfying for personal and pedagogic competence.

Analysis of Students' Misconception on General Biology Concepts Using Four-Tier Diagnostic Test (FTDT)

This research aims to determine the percentage of students' misconception on general biology concepts using the Four-Tier Diagnostic Test (FTDT). This research method is descriptive research. The research sample was 100 students from IKIP Budi Utomo, Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, and Universitas PGRI Madiun. The research instrument is the FTDT question. The data collection techniques by distributing FTDT questions via Google Form to students using WhatsApp. The data analysis technique was done by quantitative descriptive. The results showed that 25% of students understood the concept, 39% of students had misconception, 23% of students guessed the answer, and 13% of students lack knowledge. The lowest student misconception on the concept of structure and function at all levels of biological organization is 20% and the highest misconception on the concept of the definition of biology is 65%. While the sequence of the third category of students' highest misconception is 65% misconception, 11% false positive, and 12% false negative. The results of this study are important to provide advice to lecturers when teaching general biology to always provide correct information, valid reading sources, valid learning media, and appropriate learning models so that there are no misconceptions among students.

Survei Perbandingan Kapasitas Daya Tahan Aerobik (Vo2 Max) Pada Pemain Futsal Putra Dan Putri

The purpose of this study was to compare the level of VO2max endurance in indonesian futsal players PGRI Kediri. In this study the approach used is quantitative with research techniques using surveys, while the technique takes the data using measurement tests. The subjects of the study were 12 men's and 12 women's players with a saturated sampling technique, with a total of 24 men's and women's players. This research instrument is using test surveys and measurements of aerobic endurance using beep tests. The results of the multi-stage running test results on universitas nusantara futsal players PGRI Kediri as a whole with VO2max predictions were carried out from as many as 12 male players getting a moderate category with an average result of 47.10 and 12 female players got a good category with an average of 48.53. These results concluded that 24 futsal players of Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri for the men's team got the moderate category and the women got the good category. The results of this test can provide knowledge of how the condition of lung endurance capacity or Vo2max owned by men's and women's futsal players, so that the coaching staff can provide a form of training that suits the condition of the player.