Schools In Surakarta Research Articles

The Development of ARCS-Based Economic E-Book Media for Senior High School

This study aimed to determine the appropriateness of ARCS-based economic e-books on international trade material in the class XI IPS of Senior High School in terms of experts' assessments and students' responses to e-book products developed. This study used the Borg & Gall development model which was modified into 10 stages, namely: 1) research and information gathering; 2) planning; 3) early e-book product development; 4) initial trials; 5) revision I; 6) main trials; 7) revision II; 8) operational trials; 9) revision III; 10) dissemination. The research was conducted in class XI of Senior High School in Surakarta. Data collection methods in this study used validation sheets and questionnaire sheets which were analyzed descriptively. The results showed the feasibility of an economic e-book based on ARCS qualified "very feasible" for the media aspect with a percentage of 93,75% and the material aspect with a percentage of 88,09% according to experts, and linguist with a percentage of 100% and received a positive response from students with a percentage of 76,11%.

Relationship between Prososial Behavior and Intensity of Class Teachers Social Interactions to Special Needs in Inclusive Schools

This study aims to find out the relationship of prosocial behavior with the intensity of teacher social interaction towards children with special needs in inclusion schools in Surakarta. The method used in this research is quantitative correlational method. The sampling method is to use purposive sampling method, with a research subject of 30 teachers of inclusion school class in Surakarta. Data collection techniques in this study used questionnaires with the scale of prosocial behavior and social interaction. The result of data analysis using Pearson Correlation Product Moment technique with the help of SPSS 23.0 program obtained correlation of r= 0.919, (p>0.05), thus means Ha rejected and Ho accepted, so it can be concluded that; 1) There is no significant link between prosocial behaviour and the intensity of teacher social interaction towards children with special needs in inclusion schools, 2) The embodiment of prosocial behavior also does not have to give rise to interactions between teachers and students with special needs but a teacher tends to give indirect assistance to students, and 3) The development of increasingly sophisticated technology makes a person, especially children with special needs less social and reduce their social attitudes. So it tends to do things based on its own interests.

Teacher’s Questioning in Classroom Interaction towards Students’ Learning Process in an EFL Classroom

In the classroom, teacher‟s questions contribute an essential role in the students‟ learning process. In this study, the researcher aimed to investigate the types of teacher‟s questions conducted by the English teacher in the teaching and learning process and their roles towards students‟ learning process. This research is a qualitative study. The data of this research were collected through classroom observations, interviews, and audio-visual material. The participant of this research were grade X students of three classes at one of Senior High School in Surakarta. The research findings showed that: firstly, there were three types of teacher‟s questions conducted by the English teacher in the classroom. The questions were procedural, convergent, and divergent questions. Secondly, every question has each role in students‟ learning process. Procedural questions were essential to stimulate and maintain students‟ interest and motivation, check students‟ preparation, task, seatwork arrangement, and check students‟ understanding. The convergent question, on the other hand, were beneficial to encourage students‟ participation in a lesson, encourage students to think and focus on the content of the lesson and help the students to review and summarize the previous lesson. Lastly, divergent questions have a role in developing students‟ participation in a lesson.

Teachers' Efforts to Improve Pedagogic Competency in Learning Children with Special Needs in Inclusion Basic Schools in Surakarta

The purpose of this study was to determine the efforts of teachers to improve teacher pedagogical competence in the learning of children with special needs in the inclusive city of Surakarta. The subjects of this study were a class teacher and a subject teacher in ten inclusive schools in the city of Surakarta. This study uses a qualitative case study method, with data collection using interview techniques from aspects of pedadogic competencies and documents of children with special needs as individual teaching programs then technical data analysis using descriptive analysis. The results of this study that based on teaching experience and educational background, teachers still need to increase efforts to improve pedagogical competence in the learning of children with special needs in inclusive schools.

Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Trough Contextual Teaching and Learning Science Module

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the science module based on the contextual learning approach (CTL) in improving the critical thinking skills of junior high school students. The research method used was a quasi-experimental study involving 30 students in the experimental class and 30 students in the control class from a junior high school in Surakarta. The data collection technique was done by measuring students' critical thinking skills before (pretest) and after learning using the Science module (posttest). The instrument used was a critical thinking skill test based on Facione's critical thinking skills indicator. The improvement of students 'critical thinking skills was analyzed using a pretest-posttest gain score and followed by an independent sample t-test to determine the significance of the difference in the average increase in students' critical thinking skills. The results showed that the use of a science module based on a contextual learning approach could improve students' critical thinking skills, with a score of 0.46, or in the category of moderate improvement compared to control class students, with a score of 0.29, or in the low improvement category. Meanwhile, based on the results of the t-test the average gain score of the two classes shows a significant difference in the improvement of critical thinking skills between students who are taught using the Science module and students who are taught using conventional modules.

Analysis items of the four-tier immune system multiple choice test instrument using rasch model

The purpose of this study was to analyze the feasibility of the items of the four-tier multiple-choice test immune system instrument that had been developed. The development of the instrument using the Treagust (1988) model, namely defining content, collecting student misconceptions information, and developing a diagnostic test. A total of 25 items have been developed. The results of the instrument development were tested on 142 students of grade XI from several high schools in Surakarta who were selected by simple random sampling. The data analysis technique was performed using Rasch analysis in the Winstep application. The results of the construct validity test showed items number 5, 7, and 9 did not fit the validity standards. The reliability test shows that the value of Cronbach Alpha reliability is bad (n = 0.51), the value of the reliability item is special (no = 0.97), the value of person reliability is sufficient (n = 0.68), the value of person separation is weak (n = 1.44), and the item separation value is special (n = 5.38). The person discrimination test showed student 056P31 has the highest ability and student 098P51 has the lowest ability. The item discrimination test shows item number 1 is the best item and the bad item is number 14. The item difficulty analysis showed less proportionality because there were too many items in the easy and difficult categories. An expansion of the sample is needed to see a more comprehensive and diverse range of responses to instruments.

The Implementation of Civic Education as a Means of Internalizing Nationalism to Primary School Students

Globalization not only affects positively the technology development, but also can affect negatively the character of young generation. It is here that civic education is very desirable as a measure of internalizing nationalism values, so that although young generations have global competencies, they remain to maintain nationalistic values. This research aims to describe the role of teachers as the instructor of civic education in internalizing nationalism values to primary school students. This was a descriptive qualitative research with 25 5th (fifth) graders in public primary schools in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia being the sample. Techniques of collecting data used were observation, questionnaire, and interview. Source and technique triangulations were used to validate the data. The result of research showed that teachers’ intervention is very vital to students’ nationalistic values. The data shows that 72% of students have high enthusiasm with discussion, 82% are very tolerant to diversity, and 80% love Indonesian original products. It indicates that teachers’ intervention also contributes to reducing the negative effect of globalization, directly determining the students’ nationalistic attitude.

Interlingual Subtitles to Increase High School Students’ Ability in Understanding Explanation Texts

<p>This paper explores the use of interlingual subtitle as a media in teaching reading skill in one of private high schools in Surakarta. This research was initially conducted as the teachers found problems in teaching genres of texts, especially explanation text. Interlingual subtitle which is placed in videos is offered by the researchers as a solution and expected to help students in understanding the content of explanation text. This research uses classroom action research method with two cycles. The objectives of this research are to find out: 1) the implementation of interlingual subtitle in teaching explanation text, and 2) the impacts of interlingual subtitle on students’s achivements. The subjects of this research are 33 students of social science class and 33 students of natural science class. It is found out that interlingual subtitle can be used as a supplementary material in teaching explanation text. Interlingual subtitle has also contributed positively to the increasing scores of the students during the pre-test to the post-test.</p><p> </p>

The Effectiveness of the Career Guidance Module to Improve Career Maturity for Children with Special Needs in Inclusive Vocational High Schools

This research is conducted based on children with special needs in Vocational High Schools, which has no good career maturity. Moreover, there are no basic career materials for children with special needs in the Vocational High Schools in Surakarta. Therefore, this research aims to develop the teaching materials in the form of a career guidance module to improve career maturity for children with special needs in the Inclusive Vocational High Schools in Surakarta. The method used in this research is Research and Development (RnD) research. The data analysis technique used in this research is the categorization formula. The research finding showed that the developed module had been appropriately stated to be used according to the test result by both experts and practitioners' validators. Meanwhile, the effectiveness test result showed a score improvement of children with special needs compared to the previous pre-tests and post-tests.

Application of The PjBL-STEM Model to Natural Science Learning Devices to Increase The Creativity of Junior High School Students in Environmental Pollution Material

The study aims to determinate the project based learning (PjBL) model with the STEM approach in increasing the creativity of junior high school students. The research method used is a quasi-experimental. The design in this study is a one group pretest-posttest design. The population of this research is class VII in a state junior high school in Surakarta. The sample of this study was 44 students consisting of two classes, namely class VII G as the experimental class (22 students) and class VII H as the control class (22 students). The instrument used was a creativity test instrument consisting of 6 questions on the is the N-gain test. Based on the result of data analysis, it was obtained that the experimental class N-gain average was 0.59 with the medium category and 0.36 for the control class with the low category. The result of the t-test show that there is a difference in creativity between the experimental class using the PjBL model of science learning tools with the STEM approach and the class without using the device.

Students' Roles in Learning English through Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL): A Teachers' Beliefs View

This study aims to explore teacher’s beliefs about students’ roles in learning English through MALL and the factors contributing to their beliefs. MALL which stands for Mobile Assisted Language Learning were the main instructional media where there was no such direct physical meeting in school. This media became popular nowadays, despite its emergence in the early 2000s, especially during Covid-19 pandemic which prevents both students and teachers to have direct physical meeting in the classroom. It was important to understand what role should be played by the students which in this research was viewed from teachers’ beliefs perspective. Therefore, the research questions formulated by the researcher were; (1) What are teacher’s beliefs regarding students’ roles in learning English through MALL? (2) What are the factors shaping their beliefs? In terms of methodology employed by the researcher, this research was qualitative with descriptive case study design. The subjects of this research were two teachers of Senior High School in Surakarta, Indonesia who were teaching English through MALL since 2017. The subjects were a Javanese male and Bataknese female who were 37 years old. Both of teachers had master degree from English Education Department. The instrument employed to acquire the data was interviews. The data then were categorized into the students’ roles based on the theories. The result indicated that four students’ roles became something that the teacher held as the truth. Those roles were participant, initiator, performer, and passive receptor. Meanwhile, the factors determining teacher’s beliefs were discovered five factors.

Optimalisasi Palang Merah Remaja dalam Pencegahan Penyakit Tidak Menular di Era COVID-19

Penyakit Tidak Menular (PTM) merupakan penyebab kematian terbesar di dunia yang memberikan beban sosial ekonomi yang berat. PTM merupakan penyakit yang dapat dicegah dengan mengendalikan faktor risiko sejak dini. Generasi muda dapat berkontribusi dalam pencegahan PTM dengan cara membagikan pesan-pesan bermanfaat tersebut ke lingkungan keluarga, sekolah, maupun masyarakat. Kegiatan ini merupakan kegiatan persembahan alumni untuk memberikan pelatihan pencegahan PTM yang dilakukan secara daring. Kegiatan ini diikuti oleh anggota PMR SMA Negeri 1 Surakarta. Organisasi ini merupakan organisasi yang cukup aktif, tetapi selama ini belum pernah mengangkat tema PTM dalam kegiatannya. Pengetahuan anggotanya tentang PTM masih kurang. SMA Negeri 1 Surakarta merupakan salah satu sekolah favorit di Surakarta dan menjadi percontohan dan tolak ukur prestasi bagi sekolah lainnya. Kegiatan ini dibagi 2 sesi yaitu pencegahan dan penatalaksanaan awal PTM dan adaptasi kebiasaan baru pada era tatanan baru. Pelatihan ini diikuti oleh 34 orang anggota PMR SMA Negeri 1 Surakarta. Didapatkan kenaikan signifikan rerata nilai postest (nilai rerata 10) dibandingkan pretest (nilai rerata 6,24 + 2,26; (p<0,001). 68% peserta sangat setuju pelatihan ini menarik, 56% peserta sangat setuju bahwa materi pelatihan ini mudah dipahami, dan 84% peserta sangat setuju materi pelatihan ini relevan dengan kondisi saat ini. Pelatihan ini menambah pengetahuan tentang pencegahan PTM pada anggota PMR. Adanya pandemi COVID-19 menyebabkan adanya kebiasaan baru. Apabila tidak dikelola dengan baik, kondisi ini dapat menyebabkan timbulnya faktor risiko PTM atau memperburuk faktor risiko yang ada. Kami menyarankan dilakukannya skrinin g dini faktor risiko PTM pada semua siswa.

Needs Analysis: Social Skills-Based Learning Model For Children With Learning Disabilities at an Inclusive School

This study aims to explore the needs of social skills-based learning models for inclusive schools for children with learning disabilities. The research method used was a quantitative descriptive approach. The research subjects were teachers who teach children with learning disabilities in eight inclusive elementary schools in Surakarta. The technique to get the data collection used was a structured questionnaire with Likert scale. Then, it was analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis techniques by categorizing i.e. The analysis results showed that the level of needs of a social skills-based learning model for children with learning disabilities was very high with final percentage of 83%. Therefore, it was necessary to develop a skill-based learning model for children with learning disabilities in an inclusive school to assist teachers in developing social skills for children with learning disabilities.

The Content of Tolerance Education in Short Story Learning in High Schools

Short stories have the advantage of teaching materials. Because of its short form, it is flexible to be used as teaching materials that do not take long to read. This study aims to describe the teachers’ perception of the urgency of integrating tolerance education in the short story appreciation, the content of tolerance values in the short story appreciation learning instruments in high school, and the content of tolerance values in the short story appreciation teaching materials in textbooks. In order to achieve that, a descriptive qualitative method was employed in this study. The results are as follows. (1) All Indonesian teachers in senior high schools in Surakarta have the perception that the value of tolerance education is important to be integrated into learning, including in the short story appreciation learning. (2) The character of tolerance is always listed in the Syllabus document and the Core Competency component of the lesson plan. Apart from that component, the character of tolerance is implicitly included in the character of "caring" and "open to others' opinions" in 86% of the syllabus and lesson plans. (3) There are 9% of short story appreciation teaching materials that have tolerance education content. The potential for this tolerance content is found in a lot of teaching material topics in the form of learning activities and short stories.
 
 Keywords: Character Education, Short story appreciation, Teaching material, Textbooks

Performance asessment to measure students’ explanations in chemistry learning

One of the components of critical thinking is an explanation. This study aims to identify critical thinking skills in aspects of explanation using a performance assessment rubric. To measure students’ scientific explanations in chemistry learning, a performance assessment rubric is needed. The arrangement of rubrics based on indicators of students’ scientific explanations on chemical equilibrium material. This research uses the RASCH analysis model, the instrument was in good category. The number of samples is 122 students from one senior high school in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. The results showed students still had difficulty explaining ideas, students had difficulty explaining phenomena and connecting with relevant information.

Students’ Creative Thinking Skills of Learning Cell Metabolism Using Stim-Hots Model

Creative thinking skills are high-level thinking skills that have a large impact on the progress of students in particular. The importance of creative thinking skills is a major concern for training it to students. This study aims to train students’ creative thinking skills on the material in cell metabolism by using modules based on stimulating higher order thinking skills (Stim-HOTs). This research uses quantitative descriptive methods. The instrument used was a creative thinking test instrument on cell metabolic material that had been integrated with aspects of creative thinking. The research subjects were 64 students of 12th grade high school in Surakarta including 32 control class students and 32 module class students. The results showed that the creative thinking skills of students who were trained using modules based on stimulating higher order thinking skills on metabolic material had increased. It showed in the eksperimen class, namely in the aspects of fluency 70,31, originality 71,48, and flexibility 62,5 are at the high category level.

Evaluation of environmental based geography instructional model in high school

The environment has a role in human life. Learning in schools should introduce students to environmental awareness. The goal is for students to keep the environment sustainable. In research on the geography instructional model has the purpose of conducting a test of product one to one evaluation, small group evaluation, and field triall evaluation. The evaluation product model was conducted in high school in Surakarta. The result of a product test is that the environment-based geography instructional model is effective for creating a fun learning. During the test the product can be concluded that students are highly motivated when invited to study geography by discussing environmental issues.

Mathematical Literacy Skills Students of the Junior High School in Solving PISA-Like Mathematical Problems

This study aims to describe students of the junior high school mathematical literacy skills in solving PISA-like problems on number content. PISA-like items are problems created using dimensions in PISA. The method used in this study was descriptive qualitative. The research subject were students of the ninth-grade students in one of the integrated Islamic junior high school in Surakarta, which consisted of six students. The instruments used were tests, interviews and researchers. The results showed that the students’ mathematical literacy skills were classified as good for level 1 to 3 and low for level 4 and 5, and very low for level 6. This categorization was based on the number of students who answered the questions correctly at each level. Students in levels 1 to 3 were able to formulate mathematical situations and translate real-world problems into mathematical representations and then are able to choose the right solution strategy. However, when students faced level 4, 5, and 6 level questions, with a higher level of reasoning and complex problem situations, many students still faced difficulties. It has an impact on the students’ ability to determine strategies, make many mistakes, and not be able to answer the questions correctly.

DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN TEYL: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF A PRE-SERVICE TEACHER

Digital storytelling is a relatively fast-growing currency in many classrooms, particularly in the context of TEYL. In the past decade, numerous studies have captured this trend as listed in the major research databases. Regardless of the rich documentation, it is rare to find an investigation on the area from the perspective of narrative inquiry. This study attempts to fill the methodological gap and seeks to answer two research questions: (1) How does the implementation of digital storytelling in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL)? (2) How do the students respond to the use of digital storytelling? Conducted in an elementary school in Surakarta, this study depicts the story of a pre-service teacher when he used digital storytelling to teach English to fifth graders of an elementary school in Surakarta, Indonesia. The data of this study were obtained through video recording, field notes, and students’ reflection. The study reveals that digital storytelling can be delivered through various models and is open to combinations of technology. One model applied in this study has the following general steps: an opening, focusing on the story, further exercises, and closing. Activity which including the interaction between the teacher and students such as QnA observably preferred by the students.

Development of Mentoring Supervision of Bible Based-Integration Curriculum at the Kalam Kudus Primary Christian School in Surakarta

This study aims to produce a product in the form of a guidebook for school principal to surpervise the
 implementation of Bible-based Integration curriculum in the Kalam Kudus Christian Primary School in Surakarta.
 This research approach only uses 7 of the 10 steps of the Borg and Gall R & D approach developed by Sugiyono,
 namely potential and problems, data collection, product design, design validation, design revision, product testing
 and product revision. Data collection from school’s principal and teache rs related with BBI curriculum
 implementation through observation, interviews, documentation study and FGD. Data analysis was performed
 with qualitative analysis. Triangulation is done by triangulation of techniques and sources. The results of the study
 were in the form of a guidebook for supervision with mentoring techniques as a development based on the context
 at the research site. Based on the development of the supervision model with mentoring techniques, the resulting 
 guidebook products are: (1) The supervision guidelines that can be applied by the school principal to teachers in
 implementing BBI in the Kalam Kudus Christian Primary School in Surakarta; (2) Describing the application of the 
 model instructionally so that it can become a reference in conducting academic supervision of BBI implementation.