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Developing Ideas in Writing Paragraphs using Brainstorming techniques: An Action Research

This research discussed about the use of brainstorming technique to improve students’ developing ideas in writing a paragraph at madrasah Aliyah Madani Pao-Pao, Gowa Regency. It aimed to find the improvement of students’ developing ideas in writing a paragraph and the students’ participation towards the use of brainstorming technique to develop the students’ ideas in writing. The researcher conducted a Classroom Action Research (CAR). The researcher conducted two cycles, where each cycle consisted of three meetings. It was done at second grade students at Madrasah Aliyah Madani Pao-Pao. The subjects of this research were thirty students. The instruments used to collect the data were observation checklist and test. The assessment of the test result was focused on the students’ developing ideas in writing a paragraph. The research findings indicated that the use of brainstorming technique was effective and significant in increasing the students’ writing ability based on unity, logic communication/knowledge, and cohesion/coherence. It was proved by the students’ score from the competence test. The first cycle showed that only 10% students got the good score it means that the implementation of brainstorming technique was not successful yet, but in the second cycle 75% students got successful, in the second cycle students was had greater means score improvement than the first, it means that the students have the improvement in writing paragraph from the first cycle to the second cycle. Second, from the result of observation, it showed that majority of the students’ participation during the teaching learning process creates the positive atmosphere in the classroom, and the students also became active in exploring and finding as many as possible ideas they had gotten. Based on the result of this research, the researcher suggests that brainstorming technique can be used as an educational technique in teaching writing especially in teaching writing paragraph type.

ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH MATEMATIS SISWA KELAS VIII MTsN 2 KERINCI

Low mathematical problem-solving abilities can affect student learning outcomes. This study aims to determine the mathematical problem-solving skills of class VIII students of MTsN 2 Kerinci on relations and functions. The subjects in this study were students of class VII I MTsN 2 Kerinci which consisted of 21 students in one class. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. The instrument used in this research is a test of mathematical problem-solving ability. To determine the level of students' mathematical problem-solving abilities, guidelines are used which are modified from Mawaddah & Anisah's research namely the formula used to determine student scores and categories of problem-solving ability assessment results. From the results of the analysis of the data obtained, it can be concluded that the ability to solve students' mathematical problems is still in the low category. This is to the results of the questions done by students on the material relations and functions in the form of story questions where only 9.5% of students out of 21 students got quite good categories, and the rest got bad and very poor categories.

The Implementation of Anagram Technique to Enhance the Seventh Grade Students Vocabulary Mastery

This research was mainly conducted in order to prove that anagram technique could improve students’ vocabulary mastery of the seventh grade students of SMP Santo Thomas Medan in the Academic Year of 2021/2022 and to describe their responses towards the implementation of anagram technique during the processes of learning teaching. The quantitative data analysis showed the mean score increases from 78 in Pre-test with 65% of the students got score ≥ 75, to do the post test one with 74% of the students got score ≥ 75. From post test one 80 risen up to 92 in post test two with 97% of the students got score ≥ 75. Nearly all the students pass the minimum completion criterion which is 75. Their mean score is much higher than that. As for the qualitative data, they throwed their enthusiasm in learning with anagram technique because above 60% of students agree and 23% of students are strongly agree. The research findings showed that teaching vocabulary by using anagram technique to the seventh grade students of SMP Santo Thomas 3 Medan could improve their vocabulary mastery significantly.

INCREASING THE STUDENT’S VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH HOW SPECIAL AM I GAME OF THE TENTH GRADE SMK NEGERI 1 GUNUNGSITOLI IN 2022/2023

Vocabulary is the most important component of the overall communicative competence that enables students to convey information, ideas or notions to others in such written and oral form. Vocabulary mastery is the ability to use the words in conducting the communication and understanding the meaning of the words or phrases in English. The research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR) design. This research was applied into two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. In the second meeting of cycle II, the researcher obtained the improvement of students, who achieved the Minimum Competence Criterion (70). There were 14 (53%) students who got score among 85-100 classified as “Very Good Criteria”, 12 (42%) students got score among 75-84 classified as “Good Criteria”. Based on the result above the researcher concludes that How Special Am I Game could be done in teaching vocabulary and increasing the students’ ability in mastering vocabulary.

The effect of using paired verbal fluency on students speaking activities

This research purpose to know whether speaking using paired verbal fluency strategies can improve Students activities and to find out how the application of using paired verbal fluency strategy in learning process. This research was conducted through pre-experimental research. The object of this research Were students SMA N 1 Idi which is located on Medan-Banda Aceh street, Tanoh Anou village, Idi Rayeuk, Aceh Timur. The research conducted at August 2022. It was conducted in one class. The research took X MIA 2 Class which consisted of 30 students. To collect quantitative data, the researcher conducted tests before and after treatment. The researcher used (t) test. To analyze the quantitative data, the research used the mean scores of the test. The findings of this research showed that the mean score in pre-test in grammar was (10) and post-test was (15). The mean score in pre-test vocabulary was (11.1) and post-test was (18.5). the mean score in pre-test comprehension (11.5) and post-test was (19). The mean score in fluency (11.5) and post-test was (18). The mean score in pronunciation was (11.3) and post-test was (18). And the total result pre-test was (11.1) and post-test (17.1). So, this is showed students got improvement in their speaking after using paired verbal fluency strategy.

Improving Students’ Writing Ability of Descriptive Text Through Running Dictation Technique at The Eighth Grade of UPTD SMP Negeri 4 Gunungsitoli in 2022/2023

Writing is a important skill that needs to be mastered to develop their English in written media to convey their ideas. Writing is the process of expressing ideas thinking feelings in words on a piece of paper. In writing, students can represent thoughts or opinions in the form of written language. The aim of the research is to Improve Students' Writing Ability of Descriptive Text Through Running Dictation Technique at the Eighth Grade of UPTD SMP Negeri 4 Gunungsitoli, which the total numbers of the students was 29 persons. The research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR) design. This research was applied into two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The instruments used by the researcher to collect the data were observation sheet, evaluation sheet and field note. From the result of each Cycle, the researcher found that the students got an improvement in their writing through Running Dictation. In the second meeting of cycle II, the researcher obtained the improvement of students, who achieved the Minimum Competence Criterion (70).There were 10 (35%) students who got score among 85-100 classified as “Very Good Criteria”, 13 (44%) students got score among 75-84 classified as “Good Criteria”, 6 (21 %) students who got score among 60-74 classified as “Enough Criteria”, no one students who reached the “Less Criteria” and no one students who reached the “Fail ”Criteria. In Cycle II the highest mark was 92 and the lowest was 71 . Based on the result above the researcher concluded that Running Dictation technique could be done in teaching writing and could improve the students’ writing ability.

ANALISIS KESULITAN BELAJAR SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA PADA MATERI PERBANDINGAN DI SMPN 58 JAKARTA KELAS VII.2

The daily test results for student of class VII.2 SMPN 58 Jakarta on the Comparison material showed that 30 out of 36 students got scores below the MCML (Minimum Criteria of Mastery Learning). The low test results were not always caused by the level of students’ intellegence, but it could occur because students have difficulty learning, as a student with difficulty learning do not necessarily have inadequate intellegence. The research aimed to determine the type or form of learning difficulties and the causes for students during their learning. The research used qualitative method with a descriptive qualitative approach. The population in this research were 30 students of class VII.2 SMPN 58 Jakarta who got daily test scores below the MCML for Comparison material. The interview subjects were 6 out 30 students who were selected through purposive proportional random sampling, and a Math teacher in this class. The results obtained based on the test analysis and interviews found student difficulties, such as in interpreting language, in unsderstanding and using concepts, in using data, and in technical difficulty (counting). Then, the results obtained based on the anlysis questionnaire analysis and interviews found that students had difficulties due to their lack of confidence and mortification in learning, and teacher who didn’t understand each student personally.

The Students’ Ability in Identifying Generic Structure of Recount Text

This research aimed to analyze the ability and difficulty of students inidentifying the generic structure of the recount text. There were some students who had difficulties about the recount text. They did not know the structure of recount text. This research was conducted at SMKN 5 Padang in the 2021/2022 school year. This research used descriptive research. The population of this research were25 students of class XTPM 3 SMKN 5 Padang. The instrumentation of the research was reading test. The results showed that students' reading abilities in the recount text at TPM 3 SMK 5 Padang class could be categorized as good. Based on the data, there were 3 students got excellent (12%), while there were 4 students got very good(16%), then there were 7 students got good (28%), then there were 5 students got sufficient (20%), and last there were 6 students got poor (24%). Based on the research analysis, it can be concluded that students struggled due to lack of vocabulary, and there were some students who did not understand about the text,and had difficulty in determining parts of the generic structure. The researcher suggested to the teacher should give a lot of reading exercises to improve the student's ability in vocabulary and grammar.

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN UTILIZING YOUTUBE VIDEO AS LEARNING MEDIA IN TEACHING STRESS PRONOUNCIATION

Stressing is one of the most important pronunciation points in English conversation. Without correct stress, other people might difficult to understand what the speakers’ saying. However, the teachers as well as lecturers as the role model sometimes made inaccurate stressing which made the teaching of pronunciation is overlook. This research aimed to find out the students’ perception in utilizing youtube video as learning media in teaching stress pronunciation. The method of the research was descriptive qualitative. The sample was taken by purposive sampling techniqe. Eighteen students from the first semester of 2022/2023 academic year from a private public college in Pekanbaru were taken as the sample. The instrument used to collect data was questionaire from google form. The data were analyzed by using three data analysis theory. After analyzing the data, it was found that utilizing youtube as learning media for students was entertaining and educational. It also provided clear and accurate stress pronunciation by native speaker. Beside that students got opportunity to practice stressing pronunciation while watching the video, and the video itself can be rewound for many times, Thus, it can be concluded that students had a positive perception in utilizing youtube video as learning media in teaching stress pronunciation.

The Creativity Development of Finger Painting to Stimulate Cognitive, Affective, and Motoric of Early Childhood

The purpose of this study is to investigate children's cognitive, affective, and motor development through creativity of finger painting art. The stimulation of these three aspects of Bloom's taxonomy teaches children to recognize colors and to apply cognitively, teaches children to practice patience affectively, and teaches children to use their fingertips to stimulate their motor development through finger muscles. This study used a qualitative method with a case study design to 25 early childhood students aged 5-7 years old at TK Pertiwi Bacin Kudus. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews, and documentation. According to Permendikbud about National Standards for Early Childhood Education, the assessment criteria used are underdeveloped (UD), beginning to develop (BD), very well developed (VD), and develop as expected (DE). The data observed indicates BD before students got finger painting activities. The results of the study obtained 3 aspects based on Bloom’s taxonomy. From those aspects of development, the highest percentage of cognitive aspect was 72% in BD. The result illustrated that 18 children began to mention colors. The highest aspect of affective was 64% in BD. It indicates that 16 children ask for help to the process and technique of finger paintings. They ran to go through the process and steps to DE. The highest aspect of psychomotor was 60%. It describes that 15 children began to develop when they smeared colors unclearly bright to form object.

ANALISIS MOTIVASI BELAJAR MELALUI MEDIA PAPAN TEMPEL PADA MATERI BAHAN DASAR PAKAIAN DI KELAS IIIB


 This study aims is to describe the learning motivation of students in learning the basic material of clothing. Types of descriptive research. The subject for this research was 23 students of class IIIB at Bendungan Elementary School consisting of 13 girls and 10 boys. Data collection methods used are questionnaires, observation, and documentation. Motivational data were obtained using questionnaires and documentation. Meanwhile, to support the research data, it was carried out by observing the state of the class. Data analysis was performed using descriptive qualitative. The questionnaire used is closed, in this questionnaire, respondents can only answer with the choices provided by the researcher. The research results obtained the researcher obtained a final score of 48 questions and 23 respondents, namely 3104, and obtained an average of 65% which was classified as quite good. Meanwhile, 9 children got very good criteria, and 14 students got good criteria. Statements of research data with a total of 48 statements, classified into 4 groups, namely always, often, sometimes, and never.

STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION DURING ONLINE CLASS

This research was conducted to describe students’ achievements at the third semester of English Department students of UMMY Solok at 2021/2022 academic year in reading comprehension during online classes. The researcher found several problems in the process of learning reading comprehension through online classes, namely, some students still found it difficult and were confused to determine language features, generic structures, main ideas, and lack of concentration because sometimes the internet connection has problems. The research method used in this research was ex post facto. The population of this research was all third semester of English Department students of UMMY Solok. The sample of this research was 16 students. Samples were taken using the saturation sample technique. Then the instruments used in collecting data were students’ scores and interviews with students. The results showed that more than half of the students got final exam scores above 70. It means that almost all students got good achievements in reading comprehension during online classes, and two factors affect their achievement, namely internal and external factors. So, online classes were not as bad as students think. Even though the teaching-learning process system has changed to online classes, students can still get good achievements. It was recommended that further researchers discuss other skills to conduct similar research so that students can develop their knowledge well.

Increasing the students’ speaking ability in giving suggestions and advice by the using of "whip around" strategy

Speaking is the ability to convey information or expressing to convey everything in their mind orally. Therefore, it is important for students to master speaking in their daily life because through speaking students can express their ideas, feelings, opinions, and knowledge. There were some problems faced by the students in speaking in Second grade of SMP ADHYAKSA namely: the students lacked vocabularies, and the students are not able to deliver their suggestion and advice. Therefore, to overcome the problems, the researcher conducted this research by using “Whip Around” Strategy in second grade of SMP ADHYAKSA. The purpose of the research is to increase the students’ ability in speaking by using whip around Strategy at the second grade of SMP adhyaksa. To achieve the purpose, the researcher conducted CAR Method. The result of the data in Cycle I showed the average of students’ value was 60, the maximum score was 78 and the minimum score was 41. While in Cycle II 20 students (100%), the student got the maximum score was 83 and the minimum score was 75. From the result o the research, it can be concluded that “Whip Around” Strategy increases the students’ speaking ability in second grade of SMP adhyaksa. Finally, the researcher suggested all English teacher to use this strategy in teaching speaking skill because “Whip Around” Strategy is effective to increase the students’ ability in speaking. “Whip Around” Strategy encourages the students’ to express their suggestion and advice orally and engaged the student high motivation during the teaching and learning process.

Upaya Meningkatkan Prestasi Belajar Siswa Melalui Pendekatan Pembelajaran Learning Community di Kelas VII SMPK Yos Sudarso

This study aimed to increase students' achievement through the learning community approach in class VIII SMPK Yos Sudarso. Classroom action research was a research type. The data was gained through interviews and observation. The data were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative. The result showed the learning community approach could increase students learning achievement. It can be proved with the presentation of the pra cycle period achieved that the average was 63,33, and only 50% of students achieved a score 70 or >70, in enough categories. The learning result of the cycle I included learning increased the class grade to 69,89, and as many as 65% of students got scores complete in better categories. The lowest value was 50, and the higher was 90. The learning achievement of cycle 2 included learning achievement increased class grade became 83.3, and many 90% of students got complete scores in better categories. The lowest value was 70, and the highest value was 100. It can be concluded from this research found it has students' learning achievement increased. Based on the result, the learning community approach could increase students learning achievement.

PORTRAYING ACADEMIC WRITING APPTITUDE AND THE PLAGIARISM ISSUES AMONG EFL STUDENTS

This article is the research result of teaching-learning Academic Writing to English Students Department, UNG in the fourth semester of 2020. This research objective is to enrich applying theories accessed from online books and international Journals by avoiding plagiarism in students’ writing essay as theoretical bases of their research. Besides, they would be able to communicate in the target language of writing skill as a maximum standard. There are three categories of the rubric to analyze essay in this qualitative method; a) choosing ideas in introductory sentences before taking quotations, b) accuracy diction selection, and c) linkage ideas in well sentences formulation after choosing the quotation/paraphrase. The result, from 25 students’ writing, there are 15 students who got value of A category (60%), 5 students with A- category (20%), 3 students got B+ category (12%), and 2 students got C (8%).

The Relationship Between Pre-Koas Program and Clinical Registration Outcomes in Students of The Faculty of Medical YARSI University Class of 2016

Medical education is passed through two stages, namely the academic stage and the clinical clerkship stage. Before entering the professional stage, the university provides debriefing which aims to make students more prepared to carry out their clinical stages which will end with a test that aims to c proceed to the next stage, namely the profession stage. After completing and fulfilling the requirements, graduates get a diploma with a Doctor's degree. In previous studies, it was found that there was a significant correlation between GPA scores and UKMPPD scores. From the results of this study, it was found that there was evidence that the preparatory process for an activity affected the final score of an activity and the purpose of this study was to find out whether the results of pre-coach training affected the results of clinical clerkships. The research method uses Cross Sectional. The research sample was students of the Faculty of Medicine, YARSI University class of 2016. Data collection used a questionnaire. The results of the Pre Koas debriefing scores showed that most of the students got C grades of 19 people (22.4%), CD scores of 17 people (20%), and at least B- and B+ scores of 1 person (1.2%) and results of clinical clerkship scores Most of the students got 65 A- grades (76.5%), 17 AB students (20%) and 3 A's (3.5%). In the results of bivariate analysis, there was no relationship between pre-coach training and clinical clerkship results.

The Application of Learning Media based-Magic Box to Improve Learning Outcomes in Islamic History Material

Learning outcomes have an essential role as a measuring tool for achieving the goals of learning activities. However, there is still material below the average value, one of which is Islamic history material, because the learning seems monotonous, so some students are not focused and lack attention, making it difficult to understand the lesson. This study aimed to increase students' activity and learning outcomes in Islamic history material in class 2 I KMI at Darussalam Gontor Islamic Boarding School. The research method used classroom action research with the model Kemmis and McTaggart. Applying Magic Box learning media in class 2I in Islamic history subjects at Darussalam Gontor Boarding school produces the following research results: 1) student activeness In cycle 1 reached a percentage of 75.2%; in cycle 2, the increase in student activity reached 83.5%. The comparison of increased active learning cycles 1 and 2 is 30%. 2). Students who got scores above the average, In cycle 1, students who got scores above the average, namely 23 out of 40, reached 57.5% of all students with an average of 45.75. In cycle 2, students got scores above the average, namely 36 out of 40, achieving 90% of all students with an average of 74.25. The comparison of increased student learning outcomes in cycles 1 and 2 is 35%.

STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AT KHAIRUN UNIVERSITY

This study aims to determine the understanding of medical students about English medical terminology. This study used descriptive quanitative method. There were 21 medical students at Khairun Ternate University who were involved in this research. By using purposive sampling technique. . Data was collected by using a test and questioner via google form. Of the 21 students, only 4 students got good grades, the other 17 were very low. The results of this study indicate the average value of students is 49.7 in the poor category.

COOPERATIVE LEARNING TYPE TEAMS GAMES TOURNAMENT ON RESPIRATORY SYSTEM LESSON TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS LEARNING ACTIVENESS

This study aimed to determine implementation of cooperative learning of the Teams Games Tournament type on respiratory system lesson to the students learning activeness of class XI MIPA 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kuta Utara. The type of this research was classroom action research. The dependent research variable was learning activeness using an observation sheet in the form of a questionnaire. The data were analysed using quantitative descriptive data analysis with proportions. The results of this study indicated that in the implementation of the first cycle, the average achievement of student activeness was 63.48%. During the implementation of cycle II, the average student activeness achievement increased by 19.41% from cycle I to 82.89%. In cycle II, 38 students got very active and 7 students got active. Thus, it could be interpreted that applying the cooperative learning model of the Teams Games Tournament (TGT) type could increase student learning activeness in class XI MIPA 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kuta Utara especially on respiratory system lesson.

Problem-Based Learning and Its Effects on Achievement and Attitude in Science Among Grade 8 Students

The study used quasi-experimental research design to investigate the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) on the attitude and achievement in science among Grade 8 students in a public high school in the Philippines. A problem-based learning module was developed using the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) model. It was used in teaching science. On the other hand, the Attitude Questionnaire in Science was adopted to describe the attitudes of students in both the control and experimental groups. Data were analysed through descriptive statistics. Prior to teaching science using PBL, the students showed different attitudes and had a low achievement in terms of mean percentage score. But after the implementation of PBL instruction, the students got positive attitude in science. They find the experience interesting and challenging at the same time. The PBL instruction in the experimental group caused a better understanding of topics in science than the lecture-based instruction. Given the results, the study recommended specific teaching techniques that will be useful in applying PBL to develop the students’ attitude and achievement in science especially in a blended-learning setup in this new normal.