Semester Course Research Articles

Identification of Student Difficulties in The Implementation of Basic Physics Lecture

The objective of this research is to find out the causes of low student learning outcomes in the Basic Physics course in the physics Education Dept. University of Mataram in 2021. This type of research is a qualitative descriptive that examines the main problems related to the difficulties of the study of physics. The research population was all students in the Physics Education Dept, University of Mataram who took the Basic Physics course. The research sample was students who took the short semester course in the Basic Physics course using the purposive sample technique. While the research instrument used is in the form of a questionnaire whose answers have been provided, so that respondents just choose the options that have been provided. The results of the analysis show that learning difficulties in studying mechanics lie in the basic mathematical abilities, namely differential and integral. Thus, teachers need to develop learning strategies so that students' thinking skills in solving problems are increasing.

Analysis Multi Representation Ability and Learning Outcomes of Optical Materials

The purpose of this study was to describe students' ability of multi-representation in solving physics problems on optical material and students' learning outcomes in Physics Department, Universitas Negeri Surabaya. This study is quantitative descriptive research. The sample of this research is one class of students in the physics education study program and one class of students in the physics study program who took program courses in the odd semester of 2021/2022. The research data are multi-representation abilities and learning outcomes of optical materials. The test instrument used is based on multi-representation, which has been validated theoretically and is declared valid. The results of the analysis show that students' multi-representation abilities that are quite good are verbal and visual representation abilities, each with a percentage, while the ability to very good representation is a mathematical representation and symbolic. There is no very significant difference between the multi-representation abilities of students in physics education study programs and students of physics study programs. It is hoped that in the future, the results of the study can become information and references for teachers and lecturers in carrying out physics learning on optical material.

Online Case-Based Course in Veterinary Radiographic Interpretation Generates Better Short- and Long-Term Learning Outcomes than a Virtual Lecture-Based Course.

Accurate interpretation of radiographs is necessary for the correct diagnosis and treatment of patients. Research has shown that active learning methods, including case-based learning, are superior to passive learning methods, such as lectures.1,2 Short-term learning outcomes were compared between two groups by enrolling 80 fourth-semester veterinary students in either an online case-based radiology course (n = 40) or a virtual lecture-based course (n = 40). Long-term learning outcomes were compared among three groups: one group completed case-based instruction in the fourth semester, followed by lecture-based instruction in the fourth semester (n = 19); the second group completed only lecture-based instruction in the fourth semester (n = 22), and the third group completed lecture-based instruction in the fourth semester, followed by case-based instruction in the fifth semester (n = 9). Learning was assessed using a multiple-choice examination and two independently written small animal radiograph reports. In the fourth semester, students completing the case-based course had higher examination scores and radiograph report scores than students who took the lecture-based course. Students completing the lecture-based course in the fourth semester and the case-based course in the fifth semester wrote better radiograph reports than students who completed both courses in the fourth semester; both groups wrote better reports than students who did not take the case-based course. A case-based diagnostic imaging course may be better than a lecture-based course for both short- and long-term retention of knowledge; however, there is a significant loss of knowledge following an instructional gap, and spaced refreshers may boost retention.

Online Flipped Classroom: Developing Postgraduate Science Education Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

During the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning should be carried out through innovative methods. This study aims to determine whether implementing an online flipped classroom, with converting all face-to-face sessions into virtual face-to-face sessions, can facilitate the development of critical thinking skills of postgraduate science education students in the School Physics course. This quantitative study used one group pretest-postest research design. The subjects were postgraduate science education students who took School Physics courses in the first semester at one of the public universities in Indonesia. Online Flipped classroom was supported by Google Classroom Learning Management System (LMS). Critical thinking skills data in School Physics were obtained through tests. Data were analyzed using a description of normalized changes (c) and nonparametric-inferential analysis with the Related-Samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The results showed that the online flipped classroom could facilitate the development of the students’ critical thinking skills with an average normalized change of .71 in a high category. Even though the students felt the benefits of an online flipped classroom, they still wanted a face-to-face learning mode to be carried out soon.

Integrating Short Stories into English Language Teaching: What English Teacher Educators Say about It?

Although prior studies have shown the pedagogical potential of short stories in language learning, only a few studies have investigated English teacher educators' perceptions and experiences with short stories in initial language teacher education courses. This narrative study aims to investigate how short stories are integrated into English language teaching in a teaching education institution. Empirical data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with three English teacher educators. This study used member-checking to ensure the validity of the data. Four steps were used to analyze the data in this study: 1) compiling, 2) disassembling, 3) reassembling, and 4) interpreting. Findings showed that the integration of short stories was carried out in two ways. First, short stories were used as teaching materials in extensive reading courses in the second semester. Second, short stories were used as the basis for creating learning activities. Eight classroom activities were identified from English teacher educators’ stories. Three challenges were encountered by English teacher educators in integrating short stories into English language learning, such as finding the “right” short stories, students' low interest in reading the short stories, and limited facilities and time to execute the planned activity. Generally, the findings imply that the selection of short stories appears to be an essential element, and if English teacher educators can successfully overcome the challenges they encounter, the integration process can be smoothly conducted. Hopefully, future studies will provide ways for teachers to select the right stories and develop learning activities based on the stories chosen.

Last Word

WHERE DO WE STAND WITH THE “AFRICANISATION” OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES?As academics and lecturers we are well aware of the demands of transformation. Manyof us have been and are going through the demanding, time-consuming and bureaucraticexercises of SAQAtising our syllabi. In the process, meaningless and unimaginativetemplates tend to dictate the academic activity, leaving little to the creative intellectualmind. We have been and are going through the processes of adapting our syllabi tooutcome-based education and teaching, now to be turned into problem-solving educationand teaching; of turning year courses into semester courses, and probably now convertingthem back to year courses; and of merging institutions and, in so doing, trying to marrydifferent educational philosophies, practices, attitudes and organisational cultures.At Unisa, the above have been and are taxing experiences. Distance education demandsthat every word you utter has to go through a rigorous process of educational planningand design, writing, evaluation by critical readers, re-writting, re-evaluation, andproofreading over and again, before it goes through the processes of production anddespatch. Now, a new phase of transformation has entered: the Africanisation of ourcourses. But what is Africanisation?The purpose of what follows is not to problematise and intellectualise the concept. Thatis done, more than often, in a stream of academic articles and in discussions amongacademics. The discussions usually begin with: “What the hell is Africanisation?” Neitheris the purpose to deconstruct related concepts such as “conceptual engineering”,“cultural revolution”, “power”, “ideology”, “hegemony” and so on. Somewhere in thedebate, they all feature.In the following paragraphs I prefer to quote verbatim, and in a paraphrased way, fromtwo presentations given by two Unisa scholars at a seminar held on 3 March 2005 at Unisaon the topic of Africanisation. They are Prof. T.S. Maluleke, the Deputy Executive Deanof Unisa’s College of Human Sciences, and Prof. A.M.B. Mangu of Unisa’s Department ofConstitutional, International and Indigenous Law. The purpose is not to comment on theirpresentations, but rather to uphold them as possible yardsticks against which to measurethe resistance to, and/or progress or lack of progress in, the Africanisation of SouthAfrican communication studies.

Influence of institutional factors on the civil engineering student performance in Brazil

ABSTRACT The reasons why Brazilian civil engineering education has not achieved competitive performance worldwide remain unclear. Thus, this study aims to identify what factors influence student performance in civil engineering undergraduate programs in public institutions in Brazil. Multiple linear regression methods were used to analyse the interactions between the student performance (dependent variable) and the professors’ and universities’ attributes (predictors). The analysis shows that the professor’s qualification and didactics are significant attributes, as are the time of the program’s existence, the academic organisation (if it is annual or semester courses), and the institutions’ administrative jurisdiction. The discussion presented possible explanations for each attribute’s contribution. The study adds to the theory of predicting student performance in a developing country scenario, in this case, Latin America, where engineering education has less investments in academic infrastructure and human capital.

문제중심학습(Problem-based learning)의 적용과 효과성

Objectives The purpose of this study is to apply Problem-based learning (PBL) to a school social welfare class and explore its effectiveness and experience of learners’ participation. Methods To do this, PBL method was applied to 14 students who were enrolled in the school social welfare course in the second semester for about 8 weeks from October to December in 2019. The pre-post test was conducted on problem-solving ability, communication ability, and self-directed learning ability for 11 students who agreed to participated in the study and Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyse the data. In addition, a group interview was conducted at one time on seven of the 11 students who agreed to participate in a group interview and the analysis was conducted using topic analysis method. Results As a result of pre-post test, PBL improved learners' problem-solving ability. As a result of the thematic of group interviews, four key themes were found: “thinking about problem solving without answers,” “being a self-directed learner,” “working together to find a solution,” and “getting to understand the role of professors in promoting the learning process. Conclusions Based on these results, implications for effective PBL in social welfare classes were suggested.

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Comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of various forms of distance learning - an experimental study

The aim of this paper is to compare various forms of distance learning in terms of the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching and their subjective evaluation by students. Three forms of remote teaching were analysed for the elective general university course in the winter semester of the 2020/2021 academic year: G1 – with all materials embedded on an e-learning platform for fully asynchronous learning – and with no live meetings, but specially prepared video tutorials replacing them, G2 – with materials embedded on an e-learning platform and lectures conducted synchronously through videoconferences (without video recordings), G3 – with materials embedded on an e-learning platform, synchronous lectures via video conferences and their recordings available afterwards. Final grades, a record of activity at the e-learning platform and the results of questionnaires collected from all participants of the course were taken into account when carrying out the statistical analysis. The analysis proved that the most effective form of learning (the lowest number of hours devoted to learning in order to pass the subject, as well as the percentage of students who completed the course) was the one applied in group G1. According to the opinions of the students, the highest level of satisfaction from the classes was recorded for group G2. The research brings various implications for practice or policy: for teachers interested in improving the effectiveness of their online teaching; for teachers preparing an intervention with the aim of improving students’ remote learning engagement and its quality; supporting teachers’ research engagement in the improvement of educational standards and systems; and learning planners can use these insights helpful in planning online learning projects.

EFL University Students’ Difficulties in the Essay Writing Process

<div class="WordSection1"><p>Research on foreign language writing has shown that most EFL students faced some difficulties to produce a good composition in English. However, attention has mainly been directed to explore errors found on students’ written work. Little is known about what difficulties students have in the writing process. The present study investigates difficulties students faced in the six steps of writing process, namely choosing a topic, gathering ideas, outlining or organizing ideas, writing the first draft, reviewing the content and structure, as well as revising and making final correction. This study applied a qualitative method by using questionnaire and interview to collect the data. The subjects were English Language Education students who were taking an Essay Writing course in the third semester. The findings indicate that students face difficulties in all steps of essay writing process. Among those six steps, outlining and gathering ideas are claimed as the most effortful steps students have to pass. Writing the first draft and revising are the next two steps considered as challenging. Lastly, choosing a topic and reviewing content and structure are also demanding for small part of students. The difficulties students have and suggestions they propose are presented in this study. Those could be a basis for doing some improvements at institutional as well as individual level.</p></div>

The English Course Materials Needs for Sendratasik Study Program

<div class="WordSection1"><p>The present study aims to conduct an analysis of English course materials that is needed by students of Sendaratasik Study Program at Universitas Jambi. The participants of this study were seventy students of Sendratasik Study program who have taken the English course in the second semester. To collect the data, the researcher used questionnaires and interviews as the instruments. The results of the need analysis show that the English learning goals for the students of Sendratasik is to communicate using English actively. Most of them are interested in learning English because they want to improve their speaking skill in order to prepare themselves to fulfill their professional demand. Besides, there are also some of the students consider that the theoretical material such as grammar is also important to learn but the portion must be reduced. Learning grammar such as tenses, and so forth should be thought in the first two meetings only and then continued with practical activities such as writing, reading, listening, and speaking practice.</p></div>

The Effectiveness of Using Chard Media and Peer Tutors Through Direct Teaching Hydrobiology Online Lectures

This study aims to obtain empirical information about the effectiveness of using media charts and peer tutors in hydrobiology on-line lectures. The study used an experimental method with a randomized control-group pretest-posttest design. The students participating in the Hydrobiology course in the odd semester 2020/2021, with a total of 58 people, were divided into two classes, namely, class A and class B. Before the experiment, a pretest was conducted with the basic concepts of Hydrobiology to be taught. The results of the pretest scores were analyzed and the differences were interpreted using t-test statistics, and the results showed that there was no significant difference in the pretest scores between class A and B (significance value 0.359 = 0.05). The results showed that the use of chard media and peer tutoring through direct on-line lecture teaching (treatment group), was effectively used to improve learning achievement (N-gain) compared to classes that used group discussions (control group), with indicators: N The total gain in the treatment class was higher than the N-gain in the control group. The learning management is also explained

Covid- 19 Pandemi Sürecinde Online Din Eğitimi Faaliyetlerinde Oyunlaştırma: Kahoot! Uygulaması Örneği

Araştırmanın amacı, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi öğrencilerinin 2019-2020 eğitim-öğretim yılında online olarak yapılan öğretim teknolojileri ve materyal tasarım dersinde deneyimledikleri bir oyunlaştırma aracı olan Kahoot! uygulaması hakkında ortaya koydukları görüşlerini tespit etmektir. Araştırmaya dahil edilen 110 öğrenciden 83`ü ankete katılarak sorulara cevap vermiştir. Araştırmada karma araştırma yöntemlerinden “iç içe karma desen” kullanılmıştır. Araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan 4 soruluk memnuniyet anketi ile katılımcıların deneyimlerini serbestçe ortaya koymalarına fırsat vermek amacıyla tek soruluk standartlaştırılmış açık uçlu görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Kahoot! uygulaması öğrencilerin büyük bir kısmı tarafından eğlenceli, öğretici, güzel, faydalı, kullanımı kolay, kavram öğ-retiminde etkili bir uygulama olarak tarif edilmiş, bazılarına göre ise uygulaması zor, karmaşık ve zaman alıcı bir uygulama olarak betimlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak ister online ister yüz yüze eğitim açısından Kahoot! uygulamasının özellikle pekiştirme, tekrar veya değerlendirme aşamalarında kullanılmasının oldukça faydalı olduğu söylenebilir.

The difficulties of field training from the point of view of students at Al-Balqa Applied University under the Corona pandemic

This study aimed to uncover the difficulties that special education students face in field training at Al-Balqa Applied University during the Corona pandemic. The study investigated whether these difficulties were affected by gender (males-females). To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher designed survey consisting of (36) items. The sample of the study consisted of (30) male and female students enrolled in the field training course in the first semester of the academic year 2020/22021. The results showed that field training difficulties associated with the sucscale of the students and supervisiors were high. However, the difficulties related to the training center were medium. The study also showed no statistically significant differences in the difficulties between students due to the gender variable.

The difficulties of field training from the point of view of students at Al-Balqa Applied University under the Corona pandemic

This study aimed to uncover the difficulties that special education students face in field training at Al-Balqa Applied University during the Corona pandemic. The study investigated whether these difficulties were affected by gender (males-females). To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher designed survey consisting of (36) items. The sample of the study consisted of (30) male and female students enrolled in the field training course in the first semester of the academic year 2020/22021. The results showed that field training difficulties associated with the sucscale of the students and supervisiors were high. However, the difficulties related to the training center were medium. The study also showed no statistically significant differences in the difficulties between students due to the gender variable.

Mathematics Teacher Noticing: A Case of Students' Cognition of a Course Content

It is essential for Course Lecturers and Course Tutors to be aware of their students' cognition. It is noteworthy in the context of teaching and learning. Teacher recognition is critical to improving classroom teaching and learning and has been the core mandate of every educational institution worldwide. And it has become critical that various approaches and shifts be learned and incorporated into the educational system. This study used a purely qualitative approach and a Single Case Design. It also determined the cognition level of topics facilitated by a Course Lecturer or Course Tutor and topics learned in groups by students. It was carried out to ascertain the cognition of some university students enrolled in a semester course. The Teacher Noticing framework was used for this. A diagnostic test was used in the study to assess the cognitive level of the topics covered in the fifteen (15) undergraduate participants' courses. The "ACS Model" conceptual framework was contextualized or framed to notice students' understanding and cognition in three levels: "A" for accuracy, "C" for creativity, and "S" for stumbling. Within the time frame, eight related topics were covered. About 85% of the topics were taught with the help of the lecturer, and 15% were taught by the students in groups. The course lecturer also reiterated the few topics covered in groups. The findings indicated that university students (N=8) performed better than non-university students (N=8), with a percentage increase of 75.54% for topics covered by the course lecturer compared to 24.46% for topics covered by group projects. When comparing the topics covered with the instructor acting as the facilitator, topics 2 and 4 have higher means and lower standard deviations (mean = 2.8000, SD =.56061, and mean = 2.0667, SD =.88372, respectively). It is advised that the course lecturer and mathematics instructors use diagnostic tests and quizzes to monitor students' understanding of the subjects covered. In order to support teacher professional development and student assessment, it is advised that Teacher Noticing be incorporated into classroom discussions.

블렌디드 협동학습에서 교직이수 대학생들의 교직선택동기수준과 수업만족도 간 교수실재감과 사회적 실재감의 매개효과

Objectives The purpose of this study is to suggest a more effective online course design direction by analyzing whether a sense of teaching presence and social presence have a mediating effect in the relationship between teaching job selection motivation and course satisfaction in online small group cooperative learning environment. Methods The subjects were 51 students in the teaching profession course in Semester 21-2. To analyze the mediating effect, a multiple regression analysis was performed. Results First, According to the level of altruistic motivation, significant differences were found in teaching presence, social presence, and course satisfaction. According to the level of intrinsic motivation, there was a significant difference in social presence and course satisfaction, and extrinsic motivation showed significant differences in teaching presence and social presence. Second, The significant influence of the teaching presence and social presence on the class satisfaction was confirmed. Third, Intrinsic and altruistic motivation have a significant effect on teaching presence and social presence, and extrinsic motivation has a significant effect on social presence. Fourth, Teaching presence showed a partial mediating effect on intrinsic motivation and a fully mediating effect on altruistic motivation. Fifth, The social presence showed a fully mediating effect on intrinsic and altruistic motives. Conclusions In the online class environment, learners' motivation and sense of presence are very important factors for course satisfaction. In particular, in the case of learners with intrinsic and altruistic motives for choosing a teaching profession, class satisfaction can be increased when the level of presence is increased. Therefore, it is necessary to design an online class that considers the learner's motivational type and level of presence.

Developing Global Competency Virtually: Student Experiences in a Global Program That Transitioned Online due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

This paper discusses a global program for first-year engineering students that typically combines a spring semester course with an international module in the summer. This year, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the course component of the program was redesigned for the post-COVID environment. The purpose of this paper is to present the decisions made during this process and explore their outcomes through analysis of students’ feedback and global competence survey results. Four major decisions shaped the program redesign by balancing the desire for students to develop global competence with the acknowledgement that student motivation and energy would be impacted by the lack of travel and COVID-19. Data from students’ responses on assignments, survey administration and teaching evaluations were analyzed to understand student experiences after the program redesign. Results from our analysis show students were able to develop global competence without international travel. Implications from the results and next steps are discussed in this paper.

SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS IN BASIC ELECTRONICS PRACTICE

This research is a quantitative descriptive study that aims to analyze students' science process skills in introductory electronics practicum. This research was conducted in the basic electronics laboratory, Physics Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training at UIN Alauddin Makassar. The research subjects are physics education students batch 2020 who program Basic Electronics courses in the third semester, the 2021/2022 academic year. The research subjects were 60 students spread evenly in 3 classes: Physics A, Physics B and C. The instrument used was an observation sheet. The results of this study indicate that students of the Physics Education study program class of 2020, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, UIN Alauddin Makassar, who programmed the Basic Electronics course in the odd semester of the 2021/2022 academic year, have good science process skills in introductory electronics practicum.