State Primary Schools Research Articles

Teacher Readiness in Implementing Children's Literature to Enhance English Language Learning in Young Learners Classroom

This study employs a qualitative approach as a research design. This qualitative study aims to investigates teacher readiness for incorporating children's literature into English language learning with young learners. The research employs in-depth interviews as the primary data collection method. This study involves two young learner English teacher as the participants who were selected purposively, one from an international kindergarten and one from a state primary school. The findings of this study reveal that teachers are generally aware of the benefits of using children's literature in the classroom and acknowledge the importance of preparation. Teachers emphasize the need to be well-prepared before entering young learners' classrooms, ensuring that everything is ready for effective implementation. They emphasize that children's literature not only benefits young learners but also aids teachers in delivering content more effectively. Teachers report that children's literature creates a fun and active learning environment that fosters enthusiasm among students.

Penerapan guided writing untuk meningkatkan keterampilan menulis deskripsi pada peserta didik kelas II sekolah dasar

<em>This study aims to improve description writing skills by applying guided writing. This study is Classroom Action Research with two cycles. The subjects in this study were the second grade students of state Primary School of Tegalrejo 98 Surakarta in academic year 2019/2020 with 15 students. Data collection techniques in this study in the form of interviews, observations, tests and documentations. Validity test technique in this study are the source and content triangulation technique, as well as the content validity. Data analysis used is interactive analysis and comparative descriptive analysis. The initial condition of descriptive text writing skills of second grade resulted 13,3%. The first cycle resulting in percentage of 46,7% in classical and the second cycle with the percentage of 86,7% in classical terms. The conclusions in this study is guided writing improved descriptive writing skills on second grade students of state Primary School of Tegalrejo 98 Surakarta 2091/2020 academic year.</em>

Penerapan strategi directed listening thinking activity (DLTA) untuk meningkatkan keterampilan menyimak teks deskripsi kelas II sekolah dasar

<em>The purpose of this research are: 1) to improve listening skill through the application of Directed Listening Thinking Activity strategy, and 2) to describe the result of application Directed Listening Thinking Activity strategy. This research is classroom action research with two cycles. The subject of this reseach were student of the 2<sup>nd</sup> student at State Primary School Pajang 2 no. 171 Surakarta in the 2019/2020 academic year, totalling 26 student. The research uses data collect technique in the form of interview, observation, analysis of documentation and test with data analysisof content validity, technical triangulation and source triangulation. The analysis of the data used is describe comparative analysis and the interactive analysis model of Miles-Huberman. The first cycle resulting in a percentage of 53,84% in classical, and the study continued with the second cycle with the percentage of 84,61% in classical terms. The conclude is the ability to solve skill listening on 2<sup>nd</sup> student at Primary School 2 Pajang 2 no. 171 Surakarta in the 2019/2020 academic year can be improved throught the Directed Listening Thinking Activity Strategy.</em>

The impact of STEAM (STEM + arts) activities on learning outcomes in students with specific learning disabilities

AbstractThe aim of this research is to examine the effect of STEAM (STEM + Arts) education, which is an interdisciplinary approach that has been frequently used in developed countries in recent years, on the science course learning outcomes of students with specific learning disabilities. The model of the research was structured as a mixed design and was realized with an explanatory sequential design. In this context, the research took place in two separate interactive stages. In the first stage, a quantitative method was applied. In this section, a one‐group pretest–posttest pre‐experimental model was used. The research was carried out with 4 students who were studying in a state primary school in a province in the Southern Region of Anatolia and who were diagnosed with specific learning disabilities. As data collection tools, an academic achievement test and STEAM process rubric were used. Means and standard deviations were used in the analysis of the data collected from the pretest, posttest, persistence test and rubrics. In the qualitative section of the study, interviews were conducted with the participants in order to evaluate STEAM education in the light of the quantitative stage, and diaries were kept for the participants in the context of a more in‐depth and objective examination of the process. The data collected by qualitative data tools were subjected to content analysis and direct quotations were made from the opinions and diaries of the participants. As a result of the research, it was determined that the quantitative findings overlapped with the qualitative findings. It was observed that the STEAM activities increased the academic success of the participants, that their motivation was high, and that they were curious and eager for the activities. In addition, it was revealed that they made an effort to use the knowledge and experience they had gained from the STEAM activities in other courses.

Primary School Pupils’ Use of Verb Collocations in Science Assessment: Patterns of Linguistic Behaviour by Language Background Factor

This article explores patterns of linguistic behaviour and challenges associated with low(er) linguistic competences in primary school learners in subject-specific areas of the curriculum. The study draws on science test data, specifically on two assessment tasks, collected from 209 primary school students, aged between 9 and 11 years (Key Stages 5 and 6 of the statutory framework for learning in England). The population sample is made up of learners from six state primary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber Region, UK. Some of the learners speak English as their mother tongue while others speak English as their second or third language. Learner test data were analysed in order to answer the following research questions: (1) What verb collocations do learners use when demonstrating their content knowledge on the topic of “separating solids and liquids” in Science? (2) Do English language learners (ELLs) and English native speaking learners (ENSs) use verb collocations differently? If so, what is the nature of these differences? The results revealed differences between linguistic performances in the two groups of learners. ENSs tended to produce natural collocations with motion verbs. ELLSs, however, faced challenges in producing idiomatic language. They also encountered more difficulties than ENSs in understanding assessment tasks’ instructions and/or in reporting subject-specific knowledge in response to the assessment tasks.

The Influence Of Providing Rewards And Reinforcement On Stuedent Learning Outcomes In Class IV Mathematics At State Primary School 106143 Sukamaju School Year 2022/2023


 
 
 
 This study aims to determine the effect of giving rewards and reinforcement on student learning outcomes in mathematics in class IV at SD Negeri 106143 Sukamaju for the 2022/2023 academic year. In this study, researchers used quantitative methods. The population used was all students at SD Negeri 106143 Sukamaju with a sample of 31 students. Sampling using nonprobability sampling. The results of this study indicate that the results obtained from correlation test can be seen in the correlation coefficient of r (count) 0.689 ≥ r (table) 0.355, it can be concluded that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, that is, there is a significant effect between reward and reinforcement on student learning outcomes at SD Negeri 106143 Sukamaju. It can also be seen from the results of the t-test where t (count)> t (table) is t (count) of 5.113 and t (table) of 2.042, then the hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. This shows that there is a significant positive effect between the provision of rewards and reinforcement and mathematics learning outcomes in class IV of SD Negeri 106143 Sukamaju for the 2022/2023 academic year.
 
 
 

The Relationship of the Use of Digital Media and Physical Activity on the Physical Festival of Class IV and V Class Students of Condongcatur State Primary School

Study This aim For know connection use of digital media and activities physical to freshness physical student class IV and V of Condongcatur State Elementary School Depok District, Regency Sleman. Study This is study correlational. Subject study This student class IV and V of Condongcatur State Elementary School Depok District, Regency Sleman , totaling 53 students . Data collection techniques use surveys, with instrument used _ in study This form questionnaire For variable use of digital media as well activity physical , as well TKJI test for variable freshness physical . Data analysis techniques using analysis regression and correlation, through prerequisite tests normality and linearity. Research results obtain that There is significant relationship _ between use of digital media towards freshness physical of 0.461. There is a significant relationship between activity physical to freshness physical of 0.486. By together There is significant relationship _ between use of digital media and activities physical to freshness physical student class IV and V of Condongcatur State Elementary School Depok District, Regency Sleman of 0.632.

Exploring indirect communication strategies in the educational organisation: perspective from Jakarta, Indonesia

This study investigates the use of indirect communication strategies within an educational institution in Jakarta, Indonesia, focusing on discussing their significance in achieving communication objectives within professional contexts. The primary emphasis is on how these indirect communication strategies are applied to cultivate supportive relationships and create a favourable professional environment within educational settings. The following research questions guide the ethnographic study: 1) How are indirect communication strategies employed in educational organisations? and 2) What factors influence the adoption of these communication strategies? This research utilised four data collection methods: participant observation, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis. Participants in this study included school principals, vice-principals, teachers, support staff, students, and parents from a state primary school in Jakarta, Indonesia. The study's findings reveal that indirect communication strategies are predominantly employed to achieve various communication objectives, such as conveying humour, expressing frustration, delivering implied messages, seeking assistance, and expressing uncertainty. These strategies are deeply rooted in the cultural context, particularly influenced by Betawi culture, which strongly emphasises preserving social harmony and promoting respectful interactions. Several influential factors, including shared cultural values, power dynamics, and age, were identified as elements affecting the adoption of these indirect communication strategies.

Class reproduction theorising a head teacher’s auto-ethnography of a Scottish primary school

ABSTRACT This critical auto-ethnography is a case study of schooling practices in a state primary school. It narrates the ethnographer’s research experience in spaces of social class reproduction when he was the school’s head teacher. Lukes’ model of power is incorporated into understanding forms of domination in this setting. Over the two-year period of his professional doctorate, the ethnographer recorded observations of teacher-student interactions in his research diary. The school is situated in an area of structural disadvantage and in class terms its demography is working-class. The study highlights challenges facing a head teacher seeking an enlightened ethos where power is perceived as invested in a unionised primary school workforce and local authority employer. The ‘specific moments’ referred to in the article’s opening extract hint at what Alfred Schutz calls a ‘lifeworld’ which is iterated through the findings reported in this article.

Class Management in the Indonesian Language Learning Process for Class V Students at State Primary School 3 Midang Gunungsari West Lombok

Teachers in their role as class managers in learning activities are required to have the abilities and skills so that the expected goals in managing learning activities can be achieved. This is because classroom management in learning activities is an effort made by teachers to create, maintain and develop learning motivation to achieve predetermined goals. Meanwhile, learning itself is the ability to manage operationally and efficiently components related to learning, to produce added value to these components by applicable norms/standards. Classroom management in the learning process which is emphasized in this study is the Indonesian language learning process in Class V of Midang Gunungsari 3 Elementary School, West Lombok with the Big Column (KB) and Big Circle (LB) student seating formations, as well as the obstacles faced by teachers. The results show that when the Indonesian language teacher implements classroom management in the learning process with students sitting in Large Columns (KB) and Large Circles, student learning outcomes average 7.6 grades higher than the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM) score for Indonesian Language subjects ( 7.5), while the obstacles faced by teachers when implementing classroom management in the learning process by implementing student seating formations, both Large Columns (KB) and Large Circles (LB), originate from teachers and students, who then seek solutions that originate from teachers. Meanwhile, it came from students, 3 students whose learning results were below the KKM score because they did not concentrate when taking part in the lesson and because they often did not go to school, namely through a special approach both when learning took place in the classroom and outside the classroom.

Senior Leadership Team Communication and Educators’ Stress: Implications for Policymakers

The way Senior Leadership Teams (SLTs) communicate with educators comprising teachers and Learning Support Assistants (LSEs) can make a difference on their stress. This paper examines this relationship in depth through the use of quantitative data collected from 296 questionnaire responses submitted by educators, and qualitative data elicited from eight interviewed participants (four SLT members and four educators working in Maltese primary, middle and secondary state schools). The study showed that when SLTs use different means of communication, create opportunities for educators to communicate, and are open to such communication, this reduces negative stress in educators.

MANAJEMEN KELAS DALAM MENINGKATKAN EFEKTIVITAS PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM PADA PESERTA DIDIK SEKOLAH DASAR

This study explores instructional effectiveness of Islamic education in primary education level. This study aims at identifying class management and the effectiveness of Islamic education instructions, and finding out correlation between the class management and its effectiveness of Islamic education learning. The research applies quantitative research method dealing with correlative ex-post facto. 79 samples in State Primary School Number 12 Langkanae, from 99 of the total population were selected for data collection. Data collection stage deployed observation and questionnaires. The data were subsequently analysed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. This study found that there was a significant correlation between class management and Islamic education learning. The result of descriptive statistic analysis revealed that 89,88% (71 students) gave positive responses to the class management and 64,56 (51 students) categorized the Islamic education learning as very good. Furthermore, the analysis of the simple linear correlational test revealed that the class management and the effectiveness of Islamic education learning had a significant correlation, identified from the result of quantification value (0,896) that theoretically indicates that the two variables correlate significantly

Learning communities: schools, parents and challenges for wider community involvement in schools

This presentation will focus, for the most part, on a project of parental involvement in a state primary school located in a predominantly working-class area in a Mediterranean country. It will draw briefly on qualitative empirical work carried out with a colleague (Carmel Borg). The presentation gives an account of the socio-economic context of the school, and foregrounds, through empirical data culled from transcribed semi-structured interviews, the voices of parents, administrators, school-council members and teachers. It will be argued that, if this project is to develop into a genuine exercise in democratic participation, parents must begin to be conceived of not as “adjuncts”, but “subjects”. The parents interviewed in this empirical work see themselves as such, and derive confidence from the fact that, at the time of the interview, their claims and recommendations were translating into concrete developments. The second part of the presentation will discuss the issue of parental involvement in schools within the context of a wider discussion on ‘changing the face of the school’ by helping it develop into a community learning centre. Insights from the work of Paulo Freire and his Education Secretariat, when he served as Education Secretary in the Municipal Government of São Paulo, Brazil, and from SMED in Porto Alegre, Brazil, will be drawn upon.

Jigsaw Type Cooperative Learning Model to Improve Student Learning Outcomes on Various Work Themes in Class IV State Primary School 064986 Medan Amplas

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the Jigsaw cooperative learning model to improve student learning outcomes in thematic learning theme 4 "Various Jobs". This research was conducted in class IV SD Negeri 064986 Medan Sandpaper. This research is class action research (classroom action research). The subjects in this study were 17 grade IV students at SD Negeri 064986 Medan Amplas. Instruments and data collection techniques used in this study are observation and testing. From the observation results, it was found that only 5 students scored above the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM), and 12 students were below the KKM. The percentage of student learning outcomes only reached 29.91%. After taking action in cycle I, there was an increase in student learning outcomes. The percentage of student learning outcomes in the first cycle of the first meeting, namely 41.17%, and the percentage of student learning outcomes in the first cycle of the second meeting, namely 47.05% There was an increase in student learning outcomes by 17.63% in cycle I, from 29.41% at the time of observation to 47.05% at the end of cycle I. The percentage of student learning outcomes in cycle II at the first meeting, namely 64.70%, and the percentage of student learning outcomes in cycle II at the second meeting, namely 82.35%, There was an increase in student learning outcomes of 52.94% in cycle II, from 29.41% at the time of observation to 82.35% at the end of cycle II. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of the Jigsaw cooperative learning model can improve learning outcomes in theme 4, "Various Jobs," for fourth grade students at SD Negeri 064986 Medan Amplas.

Pop Up Book Media to Improve Student Learning Outcomes in Thematic Learning Theme of Objects Around Me in Class III State Primary School 064986 Medan

This research aims to determine the effectiveness of applying pop up book media in improving student learning outcomes in thematic learning with the theme "Objects Around Me" . This research was carried out in class I II of SD Negeri 064986 Medan Amplas. This research is classroom action research . The subjects in this research were 23 students in class I II of SD Negeri 064986 Medan Amplas .The instruments and data collection techniques used in this research were observation and tests. From the results of observations, it is known that only 7 students scored above the Minimum Completeness Criteria (KKM) and 16 students below the KKM. The percentage of student learning outcomes only reached 30.43 %. After taking action in cycle I, there was an increase in student learning outcomes. The percentage of student learning outcomes in cycle I of the first meeting, namely 4 3 , 4 7%, the percentage of student learning outcomes in cycle I of the second meeting, namely 52 , 17 %. There was an increase in student learning outcomes by 21.74 % in cycle I, namely from 30.43 % at the time of observation to 52.17 % at the end of cycle I. The percentage of student learning outcomes in cycle II of the first meeting, namely 73.91 %, percentage student learning outcomes in cycle II of the second meeting, namely 8 6.95 %. There was an increase in student learning outcomes by 5 6.52 % in cycle II, namely from 30.43 % at the time of observation to 8 6.95 % at the end of cycle II. Thus it can be concluded that the use of pop up book media can improve learning outcomes for theme 3 " Objects Around Me " for class I II students at SD Negeri 064986.

Serving their communities? The under-admission of children with disabilities and ‘special educational needs’ to ‘faith’ primary schools in England

ABSTRACT Around 28 per cent of state primary school children attend ‘faith’ establishments in England, the majority in Catholic or Church of England schools. Research suggests ‘faith’ schools tend to educate proportionally fewer children from low-income families (proxied by eligibility for Free School Meals [FSM]). This paper examines whether they also under-admit children ‘disadvantaged’ according to another key dimension: having special educational needs and/or disability (SEND). Descriptive statistics and modelling use the National Pupil Database census and span 2010–2020. Across years, ‘faith’ primary schools are less likely to include children with SEND, and less likely to admit children with SEND to the first (Reception) year. Accounting for area-level factors, indications of under-admission to Catholic schools become more pronounced. Some disproportionality for Church of England schools is explained by confounders – but even after attenuation, they remain less likely to serve children with SEND than non-‘faith’ schools. Together, FSM and SEND predict a substantively meaningful lowered likelihood of children attending ‘faith’ schools, so these schools, at the national level, seem to have become hubs of relative ‘advantage’. Findings therefore demand interrogation of whose interests these institutions serve, and of their part within the current English system.

Media Development PPKn Learning in The Form of an Android-Assisted Digital Pocket in Pancasila Material as Life Values for Students of State Primary School 106866 Cemara Tp.2023/2024.

This research was motivated by the lack of activeness of class IV students in PPKn learning because the learning media used was less interesting, resulting in a lack of active response from class IV students when learning was in progress. The aim of this research is to find out how to develop digital pocket book media in an effort to increase student learning activity and to find out the increase in the practicality of using digital pocket book learning media on the responses of students and teachers after using pocket book learning media for class IV students at SD. Negeri 106866 Cemara. With the development of smartphones, they should be put to good use, especially as learning media, which can improve the quality of education in Indonesia. The results of increasing student learning activity with the development of digital pocket book media have increased. This is known by the students' responses seen after using digital pocket book media compared to before using digital pocket book media. It is said that digital pocket book learning media can increase students' active learning at SD Negeri 106866 Cemara. The results of the practicality of digital pocket book learning media for teacher responses obtained a total score of 46 with a percentage of 83% with very practical criteria. Meanwhile, for student responses, a total score of 332 was obtained with a percentage of 88% with very practical criteria. So from the results of the practicality of the teacher and student responses above, it can be said that the assessment criteria are very practical as a learning medium for digital pocket books in class IV SD. Negeri 106866 Cemara.

Socialization of Toontastic Animation 3D Application in Increasing Interest of Class V Students of State Primary School 040447 Kabanjahe

Training on developing multimedia learning media using the Kinemaster, YouTube and Toontastic programs aims to provide skills in creating multimedia learning media in the form of interesting videos in a relatively easy way. The methods used are the Presentation Method regarding the introduction of software, the Demonstration Method and the Practical Method. The evaluation method is by observing the differences in teacher abilities before and after training. From the results achieved, it can be seen that there has been a significant increase in abilities compared to before training, so it can be concluded that this activity was successful in improving the participants' abilities. At the end of the activity the implementer of the community service program will capture data on the program's meaningfulness to the participants. It is hoped that this training program will continue to be held because it is very beneficial for improving the quality of learning, especially in this era.

Music as a Tool in Learning: Improvements in Basic Competences in Children Studying an Integrated Music Programme

Son Serra (Son Serra State Primary School), in Mallorca, is the first state-run school in the Balearic Islands to offer integrated music and non-integrated pathways to students in the same class. This study aims to compare the results of students from the fourth year of primary education from both pathways in a maths, Spanish, Catalan and English language level tests. Socioeconomic information on the children's families was also gathered. The results showed students from the integrated music group always outperforming their peers from the non-integrated group in the four assessed competences. Having established that the families’ socioeconomic status does not condition these results, the benefits of receiving more music practice were discussed.

Frequency of Staff Development Programs and Teachers’ Job Performance in Kwara State Primary Schools, Nigeria

The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 14,206 public primary school teachers and 1,406 head teachers in the senatorial districts of Kwara State. The sample for the study comprised 440 respondents selected using a multistage sampling procedure. A self-designed, validated research instrument titled “Staff Development and Teachers Job Performance” (SDTJP) was used to collect data for the study. The reliability of the instrument was ensured with a coefficient index of 0.77. The collected data were analyzed using percentage scores and regression analysis. The result shows that the frequency of conducting the program for the Kwara State primary school teachers was once every session for some programs (88.4% and termly for others (68.2%) in Kwara State primary schools. Developmental programs significantly influenced staff job performance in the schools, 58.9% (Adj. R2 =.589). The study concluded that the development programs for teachers in Kwara state primary schools were carried out termly, while some other ones came up once in a session. It was also discovered that developmental programs significantly influenced staff job performance in the state primary schools. It was recommended that the government endeavor to add conferences as part of the professional development programs made available for primary school teachers in Kwara State to enhance their pedagogic skills and competence towards meeting the expectations of the general public.