Student Answers Research Articles

THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS USING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS ENGLISH LEARNING

This paper reviews about The Students’ Perception towards Using Mobile Application for Business English Learning that the writer consider, may contribute to the overall effectiveness of the learning process of Business English Learning. The focus of the study is to know the implementation of Using Mobile Application for Business English Learning. The problem of this research is about “What is student’s perception mobile application for Business English Learning? In line with focus of research is to know student’s perception toward the mobile application for Business English Learning. It is necessary to describe the weaknesses and strengths in Using Mobile Application for Business English Learning into the mobile application: WhatsApp and Google Classroom. In this study, the writer used qualitative method, the writer provided questionnaires. The questionnaire was given by the writer to 39 students. They were told by the writer to answer the questions to find out the students perception toward English business learning using Mobile Application. Based on the findings and discussion, using the mobile application (Google classroom & WhatsApp) in Business English learning online classroom is the best choice due to pandemic COVID-19. In term of students perceptions toward using mobile application the writer concluded that it clearly shows the students have perceptions in English learning during the pandemic COVID-19 while using mobile application (Google classroom & WhatsApp); such as learning English using a mobile application makes it easier to learn and they understand learning using a mobile application, but sometimes students understand better if they learn face-to-face. In term of the students perceptions toward strengths and weaknesses in using mobile application for English learning, the writer conclude that it clearly shows that the strengths and weaknesses of using mobile applications for learning English, most of the answers of students in the strengths of a mobile app is to simplify the learning process due to the covid-19 pandemic. The weaknesses is that learning will be difficult when the internet connection has problems and slow.

Revisiting Clickers: In-Class Questions Followed by At-Home Reflections Are Associated with Higher Student Performance on Related Exam Questions.

ABSTRACTClicker questions are a commonly used active learning technique that stimulates student interactions to help advance understanding of key concepts. Clicker questions are often administered with an initial vote, peer discussion, and a second vote, followed by broader classroom explanation. While clickers can promote learning, some studies have questioned whether students maintain this performance on later exams, highlighting the need to further understand how student answer patterns relate to their understanding of the material and to identify ways for clickers to benefit a broader range of students. Systematic requizzing of concepts during at-home assignments represents a promising mechanism to improve student learning. Thus, we paired clicker questions with at-home follow-up reflections to help students articulate and synthesize their understandings. This pairing of clickers with homework allowed us to decipher how student answer patterns related to their underlying conceptions and to determine if revisiting concepts provided additional benefits. We found that students answering both clicker votes correctly performed better on isomorphic exam questions and that students who corrected their answers after the first vote did not show better homework or exam performance than students who maintained an incorrect answer across both votes. Furthermore, completing the follow-up homework assignment modestly boosted exam question performance. Our data suggest that longer-term benefits of clickers and associated homework may stem from students having repeated opportunities to retrieve, refine, and reinforce emerging conceptions.

What Is or What Is Not a Risk Factor for Arterial Hypertension? Not Hamlet, but Medical Students Answer That Question.

Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide. The most important method of preventing hypertension is social awareness of its causes. An important role in educating society about hypertension is played by medical personnel. The study involved 327 students of medicine representing all years of study. The study used a proprietary questionnaire containing test questions about knowledge of the causes of hypertension (classical and non-classical factors), as well as questionable and false risk factors for the disease. The students’ knowledge of the complications of hypertension was also assessed. Most of the students rated their knowledge about hypertension as good. Classical risk factors for hypertension were identified by students in all years of study: I–III and IV–VI. Non-classical risk factors for hypertension were less often identified by the students. The students almost unanimously indicated that the complications of hypertension include heart failure, heart attack, stroke, aortic aneurysm, kidney failure, atherosclerosis, eye diseases and worse prognosis in COVID-19. Students’ knowledge of the causes of hypertension increased during medical studies. The knowledge of the respondents about classical risk factors for hypertension was extensive, whereas knowledge of non-classical risk factors it was insufficient. Most of the respondents were well aware of the complications of hypertension. Some students identified some factors incorrectly as increasing the risk of hypertension. Emphasis should be placed on the dissemination of knowledge about non-classical hypertension risk factors to medical students.

Enhancing GAN-LCS Performance Using an Abbreviations Checker in Automatic Short Answer Scoring

Automatic short answer scoring methods have been developed with various algorithms over the decades. In the Indonesian language, the string-based similarity is more commonly used. This method is difficult to accurately measure the similarity of two sentences with significantly different word lengths. This problem has been handled by the Geometric Average Normalized-Longest Common Subsequence (GAN-LCS) method by eliminating non-contributive words utilizing the Longest Common Subsequence method. However, students’ answers may vary not only in character length but also in the words they choose. For instance, some students tend only to write the abbreviations or acronyms of the phrase instead of writing meaningful words. As a result, it will reduce the intersection character between the reference answer and the student answer. Moreover, it can change the sentence structure even though it has the same meaning by definition. Therefore, this study aims to improve GAN-LCS method performance by incorporating the abbreviation checker to handle the abbreviations or acronyms found in the reference answer or student answer. The dataset used in this study consisted of 10 questions with 1 reference answer for each question and 585 student answers. The experimental results show an improvement in GAN-LCS performance that could run 34.43% faster. Meanwhile, the Root Mean Square Error (RSME) value became lower by 7.65% and the correlation value was increased by 8%. Looking forward, future studies may continue to investigate a method for automatically generate the abbreviations dictionary.

THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE MODEL TYPE OF STUDENT TEAM ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION (STAD) ASSISTED WITH VIDEO MEDIA LEARNING ON THE INTERACTION OF LIVING THINGS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

The goal of this study is to determine how the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) cooperative learning model, along with video learning media, affects student learning results. With a quantitative approach, the researchers used the Pre-test Post-test Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Test and non-test data gathering methods were used. The experimental class was 32 students from SMPN 1 Sidoarjo from class VII-B, and the control class was 32 students from class VII-C. One science teacher and one science student served as observers in this investigation. Pre-test and post-test sheets, student response surveys, and learning implementation sheets were among the instruments used. Quantitive data used in the data analysis technique. The learning outcomes in this study were based on the post-test paired t-test at α = 0,05 getting the value of tcount = 8,02 and ttable = 2,040 where tcount > from ttable, indicating that using the cooperative model type Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) assisted by learning video media has an effect on student learning outcomes on the interaction of living things with their environment. Student answers to STAD learning aided by video media are extremely favorable, with an average percentage value of 95.70, placing them in the very good category. According to the high success rate in the implementation of learning in the experimental class at the first meeting, the average percentage was 87,17%, at the second meeting, the average percentage was 97,9% and in the control class, the average percentage was 89,13%, at the second meeting the average percentage was 89,97%. Both classrooms received high marks for learning implementation. Students' enthusiasm and learning outcomes are affected by the usage of the STAD cooperative model and video media. The study concludes that using a STAD type cooperative model in conjunction with video learning media to explore the interactions of living things with their environment can improve student learning outcomes.

Analisis Tingkat Kesukaran Soal Ujian Tengah Semester Genap Seni Budaya Kelas X Di SMA Negeri 1 Kecamatan Guguak Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota

This study aims to describe the quality of the questions according to the level of difficulty in the even mid-semester examinations for class X Arts and Culture at SMAN 1, Guguak Lima Puluh Kota District. This type of research is descriptive quantitative research. Subjects in the study were taken as many as 50 student answer sheets. In this study, the results of the analysis of the difficulty level of the even mid-semester test for class X Arts and Culture, Guguak 1 District, which consisted of 11 questions were questions number 2, 8, 11, 12, 13, 20, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33, with a percentage 27.5% is expressed by the difficulty index. While 29 questions on numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 34 , 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, with a percentage of 72.5%. And it was concluded that the difficulty level of the mid-semester test of class X Arts and Culture of SMA Negeri 1 Guguak was not of good quality.

Pengembangan LKPD Berbasis Problem Based Learning Melalui Video Interaktif Berbantuan Google Site Untuk Menstimulasi Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis

Abstract : The purpose of this research is to produce economics teaching materials in PBL financial services institution through interactive videos assisted by google site that are valid, pratical, and can stimulate critical thinking skills. The development model used is 4D, which consists of several stages: definition, design, development and deployment, but development is done up to the product development stage. The subjects of the study were students of class X IPS 1 SMA Negeri 16 Surabaya. The validity of this study lies in the materials, questions and media validation results used to determine the feasibility of the product. Instead, research methods of student survey results are used to determine the usefulness of a product and student response results are used to stimulate students ’critical thinking skills. The results showed that the LKPD developed was valid based on materials, questions and media validators, with high results in the “highly efficient” category. And the practicality of the student answer questionnaire, which gave high results in the category of "very practical". On the other hand, the results of student responses showed high values in the “High” category. The developed LKPD is available to stimulate students' critical thinking skills. Keywords : Student Worksheets, problem-based learning, Interactive Videos, Critical Thinking

Analisis Kemampuan Literasi Sains Mahasiswa Pendidikan Kimia di Universitas Tanjungpura

A prospective teacher needs have to qualified scientific literacy skills so that students have good abilities in learning science-related knowledge. However, assessments to measure students' scientific literacy skills that are adapted to PISA aspects are also still rarely carried out. Therefore, describing the scientific literacy ability of Chemical Education students at Tanjungpura University are needed. This research used quantitative descriptive method which aimed to describe students' scientific literacy skills. The sampling technique used is a saturated or full sampling technique which is samples are taken from all members of the population. The subjects of this study were students of Chemistry Education at Tanjungpura University as many as 45 students. Data collection techniques in this study are direct measurement and communication techniques. The measurement technique is done by giving a test in the form of three essay questions. Direct communication techniques in the form of semi-structured interviews to support research data and confirm student answers. Data collection tools in this research were scientific literacy tests and semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed by providing a score of the results of the scientific literacy test, calculating the average test score, and determining the category of scientific literacy. Based on the results of data analysis, students' scientific literacy skills with an average percentage of content knowledge with competence in identifying scientific questions of 39.62%, procedural knowledge with competence to explain scientific phenomena by 26.38%, and epistemic knowledge with competence in using scientific evidence by 23.33%

Migrant-Background Student Experiences of Facing and Overcoming Difficulties in Finnish Comprehensive Schools

This article considers what students with a migrant background in Finnish comprehensive schools report as difficult, and how they succeed in overcoming these difficulties. We draw on two sets of school wellbeing and learning surveys for migrant students, conducted in 2016 and 2021 in comprehensive schools (grades 1–9) in and around two major cities in Finland. We pay attention to student answers to three questions: What is difficult in school? How do you succeed in difficult tasks in school? and Who helps you in school? The datasets from the two points in time are compared to see whether changes in school demographic situation and the student length of stay in Finland had an impact on student experiences. Our findings show that theory-based school subjects that depend strongly on language, such as science subjects, maths, Finnish, Swedish and English, are considered difficult. Additionally, interaction with peers, which also relies on language, causes challenges. The students report turning to teachers, other professionals and peers for assistance and support, and also mention personal strategies they have developed to overcome school-related difficulties. Understanding what migrant students find difficult, as well as how, and with the help of whom, they overcome such difficulties is crucial for the development of effective and sensitive pedagogical practices.

PEMANFAATAN APLIKASI QUIZIZZ SEBAGAI INOVASI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 BAGI GURU SD NEGERI 101877 TANJUNG MORAWA

The purpose of this study was to determine the use of the Quizizz application in learning during the Covid-19 pandemic for teachers at SD Negeri 101877 Tanjung Morawa. This type of research uses a descriptive qualitative approach. This research was conducted at SDN 101877 Tanjung Morawa. The research subjects were teachers and students of grade V SD Negeri 101877 Tanjung Morawa. Data collection techniques in this study were obtained from the results of observations, interviews, documentation and filling out questionnaires by students. The results of online learning research using the Quizizz application are that learning becomes fun, increases focus in learning, is more enthusiastic, and stimulates students to understand questions better and makes it easier for teachers to analyze students' questions and answers.

ANALISIS KESALAHAN KONSEP MAHASISWA PADA PERKULIAHAN KONSEP DASAR MATEMATIKA

This study analyzes conceptual errors in the Basic Concepts of Mathematics course by STIT Al-Hilal Sigli students in the PGMI study program. The purpose of this study was to determine the mathematical concept errors that occurred during lectures. The samples in this study were students of the third semester of PGMI study program who were taking the basic concepts of mathematics course, totaling 73 students consisting of unit I, unit II, and unit III. Data collection techniques are carried out by monitoring each answer from exercises, quizzes, assignments, and student UTS answers. The data analysis technique was carried out by descriptive analysis of students' misconceptions about mathematical concepts. The results of the study found several conceptual errors that occurred, including: (1) conceptual errors in arithmetic operations involving negative numbers, (2) conceptual errors in fractional operations, (3) algebraic concept errors, especially those involving one or two variables, and (4 ) does not complete the units for area and length.

KEMAMPUAN REPRESENTASI MATEMATIS CALON GURU MATEMATIKA PADA MATA KULIAH TEORI PELUANG

In understanding mathematics learning, representation is considered an entry point in solving various complex mathematical problems. The ability of mathematical representation is related to the expression of mathematical ideas using various ways, including written language, spoken language, pictures, symbols, examples, diagrams, graphs, or other real examples as representations. The research design used is mixed research (Mixed Method). The subjects in this study were 17 prospective mathematics teacher students, but then 3 (three) people were selected as subjects to be interviewed. Consists of subjects with high category (S1), subjects with medium category (S2), and subjects with low category (S3). Data collection was carried out using test instruments in the form of description questions in the probability theory course. From the test results, after being examined, students were selected to represent each category. Furthermore, by using the results of student tests, interviews were conducted to compare the results of interviews with student answers. The results of the written test and the results of the interview test were then analyzed to determine the student's representational ability. The results of this study indicate that students' mathematical representation skills in the probability theory course are still relatively low, this can be seen in 3 (three) subjects after matching the results of the written test and the results of the interview test. Individuals with high categories can meet the indicators of expression representation or mathematical equations and verbal representations. Subjects in the medium category were able to fulfill the indicators of mathematical representation or expression. Low subjects were not able to fulfill one of the three indicators of mathematical representation ability

Investigation of Student Satisfaction with the Implementation of Learning Models in the Midst of a Pandemic Condition

This study aims to determine students' perceptions of the physics learning model applied by teachers in one of the high schools in Jambi City. The subjects in this study were SMA 9 Jambi City with a total sample of 15 students from classes XI and XII IPA. To find out students' perceptions of the physics learning model applied by the teacher, students were given an online questionnaire. Then the results of the student questionnaire answers were analyzed descriptively. From the results of the analysis, it can be concluded that students' perceptions of physics lessons are positive, especially in the midst of the Pandemic condition

DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEO-AIDED STORYBOOKS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

This study aims to develop a video-assisted picture storybook to improve the understanding of mathematics concepts for fourth-grade elementary school students. The type of research conducted is research and development (R&D). Data collection techniques are used in the form of tests, observations, interviews, and documentation. The data sources or subjects in this study were 76 fourth grade students of Primary School Number Gugus Yos Sudarso, Pulokulon District, Grobogan Regency consisting of 25 fourth grade students of Public Primary School Number 1 Pulokulon as the control class, and 24 fourth grade students of Public Primary School Number 2 Pulokulon, and 27 class students. Public Primary School Number 3 Pulokulon IV as the experimental class. The types of data obtained are quantitative and qualitative data. The data analysis used is descriptive quantitative. The results of this study are video-assisted picture storybooks according to the needs of teachers and students in questionnaire recapitulation that the level of need for video-assisted picture storybooks is high with a student answer score of 84.67%, and a teacher's response of 86.67%. The developed book was tested for feasibility with the results of expert validation being in the appropriate category with details of the average score of linguists of 3.07, material experts of 2.94, and media experts of 3.17. The results of the effectiveness test were tested by an independent t-test in the experimental class and the control class showed a significance of <0.05, i.e. 0.000, thus Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected, meaning that there were differences in understanding the concept of fractions between students who took part in learning using picture storybooks. video-assisted and students who are not. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that video-assisted picture books were effectively used to improve the understanding of fractions concepts for fourth-grade elementary school students.

Exploring the impression of university students on "Teaching Camp" based on "Free to Learn-Independent Campus" program in developing students' speaking skill

The teaching camp is a program during the pandemic. This study aims to explore the university student's impression of the Teaching Camp program that is expected to challenge the university students to connect between universities and the real world or the world of work. This study applied qualitative descriptive research to summarize specific events experienced by individuals or groups of individuals in everyday words. This research was conducted in the Department of English Education, University of Bosowa, Makassar, Indonesia. Four university students participating in the Teaching Camp program were willing to support this study. There are three steps in qualitative analysis in this study using data reduction, data display, and conclusions, namely, to find out the interview answers that have been given to students, then each answer is analyzed using words and according to student answers. This study found that university students have an important role in implementing the ministry of education and culture program. The role referred to here is that university students are the driving force by providing new innovations in learning and being involved in implementing the learning process by teaching literacy and numeracy. Class 1 of the Teaching Camp program enables university students to have an academic and social experience while serving as education facilitators in suburban areas. With so many shortcomings, it is hoped that this first-class Teaching Camp program will become an in-depth evaluation material for the Ministry of Education and Culture and the university.

KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KREATIF SISWA ASIMILASI (ASSIMILATING) DAN KONVERGEN (CONVERGING) DALAM MEMECAHKAN MASALAH NUMERASI

Abstract
 The creative thinking ability is an individual’s capacity in combining logistical and divergent thinking in finding solutions to a problem to produce innovative new products. This study aims to analyze the level of creative thinking ability (LCT) of students with assimilating and converging learning styles in solving numeracy problems. The subjects of this qualitative research consisted of two grade VIII junior high school students who were selected using a purposive sampling technique, namely subjects who had assimilating and convergent learning styles. The research instrument consisted of a learning style questionnaire, a numeracy creative thinking ability test, and task-based interviews. The indicators used to assess creative products include fluency, flexibility, and novelty. Data analysis uses Pierce's triadic analysis or Peirce's semiotics which is the relationship between sign/representamen (which represents something else), object (which describes it), and interpretant (possible meaning or meaning made from it). The results showed that subjects with assimilating learning styles had creative thinking ability with LCT 3 (creative) because they met the indicators of fluency, flexibility and novelty. Meanwhile, students with convergent learning styles have the ability to think creatively with TKBK 2 (creative enough) because they meet the indicators of fluency and flexibility. Even though they did not meet the indicators of the results’s novelty, the students had reached the novelty of ideas. Therefore, teachers are expected to be stimulating students with members of questions related to the truth of the answers of students realizing the calculation they do so students can be more careful when solving the problem.
 Keywords: creative thinking ability, numeracy, assimilating and converging.

Web app for quick evaluation of subjective answers using natural language processing

In current digital climate, education sector is evolving as the computer technology advances. Education is being digitized: online classes, online examination methods are conducted, etc. During examination, students are assessed by their answers having given for the question set by a teacher. Today many tools are available to assess the performance of a student using multi choice questions tools which provide instant evaluation, but there are available very limited and operational tools where subjective type answer of students are evaluated. This paper presents a web-based application to address this challenge. It automates the process of subjective answers checking and generates results through using natural language processing methods, like keyword matching semantic, lexical analysis and cosine similarity. Experiments show that appreciated by the teacher result and the system estimation does not have much difference which signifies that the system evaluates answers with a 97 % accuracy. The presented system not only reduces manpower but also eliminates the traditional method of conducting exclusively subjective exams using paper documents. It also eliminates the delays in the paper checking, result generation process. The cases of information leak are being reduced and the objectivity of the assessment is being increased.

Indonesian automatic short answer grading system

Short answer question is one of the methods used to evaluate student cognitive abilities, including memorizing, designing, and freely expressing answers based on their thoughts. Unfortunately, grading short answers is more complicated than grading multiple choices answers. For that problem, several studies have tried to build an artificial intelligence system called automatic short answer grading (ASAG). We tried to improve the accuracy of the ASAG system at scoring student answers in Indonesian by enhancing the earlier state-of-the-art models and methods. They were the bidirectional encoder representations from transformer (BERT) with fine-tuning approach and ridge regression models utilizing advanced feature extraction. We conducted this study by doing stages of literature review, data set preparation, model development, implementation, and comparison. Using two different ASAG data sets, the best result of this study was an achievement of 0.9508 in pearson’s correlation and 0.4138 in root-mean-square error (RMSE) by the BERT-based model with the fine-tuning approach. This result outperformed the results of the previous studies using the same evaluation metrics. Thus, it proved our ASAG system using the BERT model with fine-tuning approach can improve the accuracy of grading short answers.

The zombie pirate invasion: an introduction to immunology concepts.

Abstract Introduction The terminology that is used to describe the parts of the immune system can be very intimidating to student learners. We have noticed that some students disengage from the learning process early on in the semester because they are overwhelmed by “jargon” (e.g. CD markers, cytokines). The classroom exercise described here serves to introduce students to the concept of immunology as the body’s defense system as well as to provide a simplified framework for students to refer to as they learn more advanced concepts. Methods First-year medical students at Saba University School of Medicine, located on the small Dutch Caribbean island of Saba, are engaged in this group-based exercise at the beginning of the immunology content block. We present them with the following scenario: “Our island is being invaded by zombie pirates! How can we defend against this attack?” Each learning group is assigned a specific task, such as figuring out how to communicate across the island, determining how to differentiate zombies from residents, or planning how to train the populace in defense. Students then share their answers with the class. Instructors facilitate the linking of student answers with applicable concepts in immunology, e.g. communication = cytokine signaling, zombie identification = MHC presentation, training centers = lymph nodes. Results/Conclusion We have found that students remember this discussion in the following weeks, and that we can use the ideas they presented as a framework for reference as we introduce immunology concepts. This activity could be adapted to a number of different educational settings, contingent on the unique geographic or structural features of the campus on which other students study.

Student’s Critical Thinking Ability to Solve Problems HOTS in Regular, Acceleration, and Olympics Class Programs

Critical thinking skills are one of the main objectives of learning Mathematics. HOTS questions are needed so that students are familiar with international standard questions. This study aims to describe the mathematical critical thinking skills of students in the Regular, Accelerated, and Olympic class. Qualitative descriptive research approach with case study design. The subjects of this study were three students who came from different class programs. The research instruments used were tests and interviews. Data analysis used the following procedures: reduction data, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that the Regular class students had 'low' critical thinking skills. Regular students are still confused about understanding the main idea of the problem, so the strategies used are not appropriate. Acceleration class students have 'good' critical thinking skills. Accelerated students can answer questions briefly and concisely, less thorough in drawing final conclusions. Olympiad class students have 'very good' critical thinking skills. Student answers are complete and clear. Olympiad class students understand the main purpose and objectives of the questions so that they lead to correct procedures and calculations.