Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Research Articles

THE EFFECT OF APPLYING DEMONSTRATION METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING SKILL AT THE THIRD GRADE OF SMK PAB 3 MEDAN ESTATE

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of applying Demonstration Method on students’ achievement in speaking skill. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of Grade XII, Vocational High School (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan: SMK), which consisted of 79 students. The research was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The instrument used to collect the data was speaking test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the writer applied Kuder Richardson 21 formula. The result of the reliability was 0.7, and it was found that the test was reliable. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant m = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 77, t-observed value 8.9 > t-table value 1.99. The findings indicate that using Demonstration Method significantly affected the students’ achievement in speaking skill. So, English teachers are suggested to use Demonstration Method in order to improve students’ achievement in speaking skill.

THE APPLICATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN IMPROVING THE STUDENTS OF TWELFTH GRADERS ACHIEVEMENT ON SPEAKING AND WRITING SKILLS OF PUBLIC VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 3 KAYUAGUNG

ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the effects of application of Project-based learning (PBL) on writing and speaking skills or oral presentation to the twelve graders of Public Vocational High School (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Negeri or SMKN) 3 Kayuagung and also to know about the students’ perception on the application of PBL. This study involved 60 students as the sample (PBL group 30 students and Non-PBL group 30 students). The sample students were given pre and post test. The data were obtained by average scores of test and questionnaires as the instruments and achieve documents. The scoring were done by two raters. The topic which choose was ‘manual book”, with the final products were a procedure text and oral presentation of the topic was choose. The result shows that there was a slight improvement in the average score between the pre and post-test of writing product and oral presentation between Non-PBL and PBL group. In post-test writing product of Non-PBL group the average score was 13.07 or 65.35% students were in mastery level, while in PBL group was 14.82 or 74.10% students were in mastery level. And for oral presentation in Non-PBL group was 12.77 or 63.85% students were in mastery level, while in PBL group was 14.05 or 70.25% students were in mastery level. The finding in the questionnaire shows that the twelve graders perception on the use of project-based learning shown that 28 of 30 responders or 93.88% students were interested and full of fun with the PBL in class, 20 responders or 66.66% students choose that the most interesting activity in PBL was using information technology, and 21 responders or 71.00% students choose that the most uninteresting and dislike activity in PBL was assessing way. Keywords : project-based learning, achievement, writing and speaking skills.

Konsep dan Implementasi Pendidikan Karakter di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Berbasis Pondok Pesantren

<p>Vocational School (SMK; Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan) is an educational unit that aims to generate graduates all set to the workforce. Thus, the success of learning process in the School will affect the success in the future workforce. One of the problems facing on education field is the poor quality of the student's character, since the character education is a major task on education at the same time is the mandate of the National Education System. SMK Plus Bina Teknologi Ibadurrahman YLPI Sukabumi (Engineering Vocational School Ibadurrahman YLPI Plus Sukabumi) is one of many schools that cares about the character education boarding-school-based. This study aims to determine the goals, curriculum, programs, methods and evaluation tools on character education and its implications for the students of Engineering Vocational School Ibadurrahman YLPI Plus Sukabumi. The study also aims to formulate the concept of character education boarding-school-based which can be implemented in the other Vocational School. The approach used is qualitative by using the students of Engineering Vocational School Ibadurrahman YLPI Plus Sukabumi as respondents. The main data collection techniques are questionnaires to students and observation and in-depth interviews with school administrators. The analysis technique is qualitative analysis which is the sensitivity of researcher becomes the most dominant element. The results of study in the field showed that the goal of character education in Engineering Vocational School Ibadurrahman YLPI Plus Sukabumi is to foster students to be virtuous human (<em>Muttaqien</em>) intelligent, noble and have the skills and interests for the benefit of mankind, by having ten characters. In addition, they are also required to achieve a goal that is both social and spiritual. The curriculum that is used, not only containing of the field of exacts, social, personality, and religion, but also integrated with the curriculum of boarding school. So that the program which organized by boarding school activities can be adjusted in line with the main goals of Vocational School system in general. The method used consists of a variety of methods with emphasis on methods of habituation. The evaluation tools used are in writing and not writing. At the side of the implications of the character education boarding-school-based is still weak, this shows by the evident from the number of students who have not yet established character which means they are lacking consistency. Based on these findings, the managers of the institutions should be aware of the decline in the character of their student. Therefore, it is recommended to organize a design of planning for character education in the future, since the vocational students will be in going to the workforce. On the other hand, the concept of character education should be emphasized to honesty, trust, self-awareness, love, affection, courteous, polite, patient, disciplined, independent, humble, and hard working.</p>

PENGEMBANGAN KURIKULUM BAGI SISWA BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI SMK NEGERI 4 PADANG DALAM SETTING PENDIDIKAN INKLUSIF

The research is motivated by problems that arise in Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negeri 4, that the development of a curriculum do not accommodate all students, especially students with special needs in accordance with the procedure or provision contained in filosopi inclusive education. This research aims to describe the development of school curricula do inclusive education in SMK Negeri 4 Padang. To achieve the research objectives, we used a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive method. While the data collection techniques and tools, namely interviews using an interview guide and observation techniques using observation and study engineering documentation. Subjects consisted of teachers who teach subjects in the classroom of students with special needs, inclusive education managers, and students with special needs themselves. These results explained that the development of curriculum that the teachers do not differ with the previous curriculum development, standard analytical procedures and basic competencies, mapping of materials, methods, media and evaluation of learning outcomes.

PENGEMBANGAN KURIKULUM BAGI SISWA BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI SMK NEGERI 4 PADANG DALAM SETTING PENDIDIKAN INKLUSIF

The research is motivated by problems that arise in Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Negeri 4, that the development of a curriculum do not accommodate all students, especially students with special needs in accordance with the procedure or provision contained in filosopi inclusive education. This research aims to describe the development of school curricula do inclusive education in SMK Negeri 4 Padang. To achieve the research objectives, we used a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive method. While the data collection techniques and tools, namely interviews using an interview guide and observation techniques using observation and study engineering documentation. Subjects consisted of teachers who teach subjects in the classroom of students with special needs, inclusive education managers, and students with special needs themselves. These results explained that the development of curriculum that the teachers do not differ with the previous curriculum development, standard analytical procedures and basic competencies, mapping of materials, methods, media and evaluation of learning outcomes.

Komunikasi ibu dan anak dengan depresi pada remaja

This study aims to determine the relationship between mother and child communication with depression in adolescents. Samples of this study were students of ‘Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Negeri 02’ Depok (Sleman), Yogyakarta, 17-18 years old and living with parents. The numbers of samples in this study were 90 people. Quantitative analysis was carried out using quantitative method; data was retrieved using a scale of depression in adolescent and maternal and child communication scale. Data analysis techniques used was the Pearson correlation. The analysis indicated a highly significant negative relationship between maternal communication and children with depression in adolescents, with a correlation coefficient (r) = -0.325 with (p) = 0.002 (p <0.01). Maternal communication and children contributed in influencing depression in adolescents was 10.5%. Based on research that has been done, the researcher concluded that there was a highly significant negative relationship between maternal communication and children with depression in adolescents. The better communication is done on the child’s mother, the smaller the occurrence of depression in adolescents, whereas the lack of communication on the child’s mothers, the greater occurrence of depression in adolescents.