Students Got Research Articles

Transition to wellness: developing a telehealth wellness program to address student fieldwork challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Transition to Wellness Program is an occupational therapy (OT) based program that was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For OT students, fieldwork is a required element of their training. In March 2020, these were being halted due to lockdowns and the risk to students in healthcare settings. Facing significant delays to graduation for 60 students, including some unable to be placed into healthcare settings due to underlying conditions, the development of a telehealth program was conceived to address this, while still meeting the accreditation clinical/health/wellness standards for OT fieldwork. A group of students, with faculty oversight, developed the theoretical basis, tools, policies and procedures for the program. An incremental launch allowed testing and refinement of the program to meet the educational needs of the students and the wellness needs of the clients. At its launch, the program supported 10 of that cohorts’ 60 students to continue to meet the required academic standards and progress through their fieldwork towards graduation. Each student got to experience the “telehealth” model in providing OT wellness interventions to individuals in the local community. Future work will focus on continuing to broaden the reach of the program and measure the outcomes.

PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN BERBICARA BERBASIS PRODUKTIVITAS MELALUI SCHEDULE TEXT PADA MAHASISWA FBP UNIVERSITAS TRIATMA MULYA BALI

This research take on focus the Speaking ability on producing sentences with schedule text as the basic material on first semester students on hospitality program. Research showed that effort to improve students’ speaking skill which is based on productivity can be used schedule text as the trigger. The steps can be divided into 3 such as introducing relevant vocabulary where vocabulary showed in matching column in similar number, inserting small text which support the topic and the core activity is producing sentences. The sentences produced are classified into 3 groups according to how tight the dependency to the text provided. The research found out that (a) all students produce minimal 5 sentences and even far more. No students left in achieve this type of sentences. The sentences are produces by linked information on a certain line. (b) A number of students faced it difficult to produce sentences type 2 since it needs more focus in comparing data from the schedule text. Only 85% student got it easy while the others need more time to produce one. The sentences here produced by doing comparison or linking between lines information. (c) For group 3 where sentences need knowledge background to support it is achieved by 55% students. Here, sentences produced by implementing intratext which means another text must be there so the sentences become larger or deeper than the data on schedule text itself. It seemed that not each student has enough knowledge about airlines or small text which is provided before the core activity is neglected. Lack of knowledge or effort made it difficult for some students, but still very essay for others. They can produce many sentences in this group in a minute. From the results, it is suggested for students to do reading activity on interesting topic or article supporting the learning process.

Students’ Perspective on Online Learning during Covid–19 Pandemic

Pandemic Covid-19 has successfully forced the world shutdown several activities including educational activities. The educational system in Indonesia has been in change since the covid-19 pandemic spread across the country. Face-to-face learning is quickly being replaced by virtual learning. In this study researcher would like to know the students’ perspective on Online Learning during Covid–19 Pandemic. This research used qualitative descriptive method. The subjects of this research were the students at grade XI in 2019/2020 academic year at SMAN 2 Plus Sipirok. The research instruments were questionnaire that was described response to know their perspective in using online learning. The result identified student got problems and difficulties in conducting online learning because it was not effective. The students prefer face to face learning than by using WhatApp and Zoom application.

IMPLEMENTING RUNNING DICTATION GAME TO INCREASE SPEAKING SKILL OF THE STUDENTS

Nowadays, there are many students in some school who felt bored, sleepy and languid during the learning process. Moreover, in the learning English process, most of students have though that learning English was hard. Because English has differences in spelling and the writing, students got difficulties and had less in speaking skill. Teacher found that most of them used their native language during the English lesson process. So that, the aims of the study is to know whether the communicative approach, exactly running dictation game effective for increasing the speaking skill of the students or not. The subject of this research will be the students at 11th grade of MA. Unggulan Amanatul Ummah Surabaya. This research will use observation and data recording to collect the data. Furthermore, the other aim is to know how to implement the running dictation in teaching English. This study will use observation and recording documentation to collect the data.

Providing Feedback: English language teachers' practices in secondary level

Feedback is one of the key factors in language learning which may encourage or discourage learners in order to overcome mistakes and errors. The aim of the study is to examine the secondary level English teacher's feedback practices on student's work and student's perception to the type of feedback they receive. This research is based on the response to questionnaire and checklist from forty students of secondary level and ten English teachers at different secondary schools. Major findings of the study include that for the correction work, most of the teachers frequently follow teacher correction and some of the teachers frequently follow self-correction techniques. Ninety per cent of the students got motivated by positive especially teacher's praise and encouragement. The study shows most of the students need teacher's guidance in correcting their mistakes while learning English where teachers sometimes preferred their students to realize the mistakes themselves.

The More Internet Access, the More Mental Symptoms Students Got, the More Problematic Internet Use They Suffered: a Meta-analysis of Mainland Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults.

The traditional view is that mental symptoms and problematic Internet use are positively related. Still, other researchers have questioned this view, and they believe that mental symptoms are negatively associated with problematic Internet use. Since then, this controversy has continued yet. The current study attempts to use meta-analysis to explore the relationship between mental symptoms and problematic Internet use in mainland Chinese students to provide a reliable basis for resolving this dispute. Sixty-three articles were included in this study, including 66 sample sizes and 47,968 subjects. It found that mental symptoms are positively correlated with problematic Internet use (r = .288, 95% confidence interval [.255, .320]). The correlation is affected by regions. Compared with coastal areas, problematic Internet users in the non-coastal areas are more likely to be affected by mental symptoms. In addition, gender differences also significantly affect the relationship between mental symptoms and problematic Internet use. The correlation coefficient between mental symptoms and problematic Internet use of girls is significantly higher than that of boys. Moreover, year also significantly affects the relationship between mental symptoms and problematic Internet use—the correlation increases by growing years.

Animasi Pembelajaran Adab dan Akhlak Sehari-hari Untuk Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini

The learning process that is currently taking place is still using conventional media, namely by using blackboard media and printed books so that it is still not optimal in increasing understanding of good manners and morals for students. In this way students pay less attention to explanations because they still have to learn while playing. This makes the teachers overwhelmed because they have to explain the material while the students are still in the stage of liking the game. The method used in this research is the development of the Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation (ADDIE) system. To measure the success rate of understanding daily etiquette and morals from students, a test instrument is used, namely the alpha testing instrument, namely expert review (experts) and beta which will later be in the form of pretest and posttest. The results obtained at this time is an application of learning etiquette and daily morality that has been tested using alpha and beta testing methods. Based on the results of the expert review that has been carried out, the results obtained are 4.1 in the Very Valid category. Furthermore, for the results of the field test, namely the alpha and beta tests obtained from the results of the pretest and posttest, the average student got 88 results in the high category. This indicates an increase in learning from students before and after the use of animation applications.

SELF REGULATED LEARNING DALAM PERKULIAHAN TARJAMAH INDONESIA-ARAB MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA ARAB UNNES

This study examines the application of the self-regulated learning method in improving the ability of students of the Unnes Arabic education study program in translating Indonesian texts into Arabic. Indonesian-Arabic translation skills require many other supporting abilities, such as knowledge of grammar, semantics, and cultural insight both used in the source language and also the target language. Therefore, a separate method is needed that allows students to examine many aspects of this knowledge to be able to translate Indonesian-Arabic texts. The method is self-regulated learning which is able to increase student motivation in learning, self-regulation, time and learning methods to achieve learning goals as well as reflecting and evaluating the activities and learning outcomes that are applied. The research subjects in this study were Arabic students of the Unnes Arabic Language Education study program semester VI who took the Indonesian-Arabic Tarjamah course, Big Class B. This research took place from March-June 2021. The results of this study showed the application of the self-regulated learning method in Indonesian-Arabic tarjamah lectures, are able to increase motivation and ability to translate Indonesian-Arabic which can be seen from the final grades of students with a presentation of 5 (20%) students graduating with an A grade (86-87). 19 (76%) students got AB scores (81-85), and 1 (4%) students got B grades (78).

TOEMMAR (TOEFL Grammar) Product for University Students

Research Development of TOEMMAR (TOEFL Grammar) Product for University Students is aimed to 1) design a product which focuses on Grammar (Structure and Written Expression section) and 2) ease the students in learning Grammar in TOEFL. The research method used is Research and Development (R&D) using Borg and Gall model that consists of ten procedures, they are: 1) Research and Information Collecting, 2) Planning, 3) Develop Preliminary Form of Product, 4) Preliminary Field Testing, 5) Main Product Revision, 6) Main Field Testing, 7) Operational Product Revision, 8) Operational Field Testing, 9) Final Product Revision, and 10) Dissemination and Implementation. From the processes conducted, the researcher got the results of the research. 1) The result of material validation is 95,29% in “very good” category. 2) The result of media validation is 84,61% in “very good” category. 3) The result of preliminary field testing that was tested to 7 students got 84,2% in “very good” category, and the result of main field testing that was tested to 14 students got 83.69% in “very good” category. Based on the results, the researcher concluded that TOEMMAR product is deserved to be used for university students as a TOEFL learning media

LIFE IN THE USSR IN THE EYES OF AFRICAN STUDENTS (1960s – 1980s)

The relevance of the article lies in the fact that the question of the education and life of African students in the USSR remains little studied in historiography. The work is based on the information of a survey conducted by the author among former African students who studied in the USSR during the 1960s – 1980s. During the period of decolonization on the African continent, Western and African media spread one-sided negative information about the Soviet Union, including the ill-treatment of some Africans who were representatives of the first wave of students studying in the USSR. Nevertheless, the flow of those wishing to receive a Soviet education was growing. After living in the USSR for several years, African students got acquainted with life in the Soviet country. Comparing the memories of representatives of different generations about the Soviet way of life, suggests that their view from the outside allowed them to notice the peculiarities of Soviet life and everyday life. Goodwill of teachers, communication with Soviet students contributed to the fact that Africans formed their own ideas about the USSR, different from the imposed media. Despite the strong ideological component of the Soviet education system, African students were not interested in deeply assimilation the theoretical foundations of Marxist-Leninist socialism. However, our respondents admitted that they liked the Soviet socialist system, which, unfortunately, was not realizable in Africa. As a result, their student life spent in the Soviet Union remained one of the most vivid memories in their lives.

ШЛЯХИ ФОРМУВАННЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ САМОСВІДОМОСТІ ПІДРОСТАЮЧОГО ПОКОЛІННЯ ЗАСОБАМИ УКРАЇНСЬКОГО МУЗИЧНОГО МИСТЕЦТВА

The article considers the historical aspect of educating the national identity of the Ukrainian people. The views of scholars on the concept of «national identity», its features, significance in the socio-cultural and pedagogical context. The importance of Ukrainian folk art, its huge potential for educating the national identity of the younger generation is substantiated. The role of national song folklore in patriotic education of students, features of musical language (coded codes), which formed the «national musical genotype» as a set of hereditary musical structures and means passed down through the generations, forming its unique mentality and national character. It is determined that the song, influencing the emotional – sensory sphere of man, causes empathic experience of his artistic image. At the same time, there is a process of «inner intonation», ie reflexive, unconscious singing of the listener with the sounding work. Therefore, during individual classes of students in classes on «choral conducting», «voice» «future music teachers got acquainted with the peculiarities of Ukrainian folk culture», folk vocal music, educational influence of song folklore on the spiritual development of students, namely the education of patriots of our state. During the «Folk Singing Workshop» students had to record 5-10 songs of their region, learn about the peculiarities of the singing style of different regions of Ukraine, decipher their melodic coded codes and analyze the figurative content of the musical work. While studying the normative discipline «Theory and Methods of Music Education» students got acquainted with the features of musical folklore – the treasury of age-old traditions of the Ukrainian people, with types of folklore activities: folk epics (proverbs and sayings, fairy tales, legends, historical songs, etc.). At the same time, it is necessary to study folk songs, to continue the search for coded codes in the musical language of song folklore, which reported on the mentality, the characteristics of the national idea of the Ukrainian people. At the same time, it is necessary to study the peculiarities of the phenomenon of «national consciousness» and the ways of its development.

Challenges Faced by English Teachers in Indragiri Hulu Regency in Teaching Speaking Through Online Platform

The research aims to investigate the English teacher's challenges in teaching speaking through the online platform when the preparing lesson plan, while the teaching performing, and when the evaluating. This research employed a mixed-method sequential explanatory strategy to reveal the data-oriented to the aforementioned focuses. Fifty-two English teachers engaged as the correspondent of the questionnaire while thirteen English teachers were selected as the participant in the interview. They were selected based on the purposive sampling technique and taken from Senior High Schools in Indragiri Hulu Regency. To gather the data, the questionnaire and interview were deployed and were further analyzed by using the interactive model data analysis. The findings demonstrate that the majority of English teachers had a negative category in teaching speaking through online platforms with an average of total score 122. The challenges when preparing the lesson plan covered four aspects: prepare teaching materials, activity, media, and prepare evaluation materials. Subsequently, the challenges when preparing the lesson plan are the teachers should have not prepared online-based learning media, searched for online speaking topics, and searched for additional teaching materials. Moreover, the lack of internet quota and connection made the students got difficulty joining classes online. In turn, while the teaching performance is teachers difficulty in coping with students' behavior, difficulty in motivating students, and giving example topics on speaking online. Furthermore, in evaluating the teacher's challenges difficulty in assessing student assignments because at the time of online learning students there were only a few students who responded to the teacher. Further studies are expected to seek possible solutions regarding the challenges faced by the teachers in teaching speaking online.

Kemampuan Peserta Didik dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Berbasis Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

The thinking ability of students can be improved by giving questions based on high-level abilities or Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). The purpose of the study was to determine the ability of students to work on HOTS-based questions in class VIII MTs.S 1 Darussalam. This qualitative research was conducted at MTs.S 1 Darussalam. In this study, the data collection techniques used were observation, interviews, and documentation. The subjects of this study were 29 students from class VIII.D MTs.S 1 Darussalam with purposive sampling technique. Data analysis techniques in this study include data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that there were 10% of students who got high HOTS scores, 66% of students got moderate HOTS scores, and 24% of students got low scores. Students who get high scores are those who can solve HOTS-based questions at levels C4, C5 and C6, for students who get moderate scores are those who are only able to work on HOTS questions at levels C4 and C5 only while students who get low scores can only do HOTS-based questions at the C4 level.

Exploring First-Year EFL Students’ Problems in Essay Writing

Writing has been considered the most difficult skill to master by EFL university students. It needs more effort and time for mastery. Some challenges in writing can make students confused. This condition has inspired the researchers to conduct the study. The study aims to identify the common errors in first-year students’ essay writing and provide suggestive solutions for the problems encountered by the students. This study was implemented using quantitative and qualitative approaches (mixed method). The researchers analyzed 205 students’ essays to identify the writing errors. After that, they randomly interviewed selected students to find the specific problems and suggestions. The data gathered were then classified and analyzed thematically. Based on the analyzed data, the most frequent error was faulty sentences which was 60.41%, grammar as the second error was 16.88%, the third error was mechanics with 13.1%, and vocabulary and other errors were 5.38% and 4.22%. The result shows that most students got difficulty writing sentences correctly. Therefore, providing appropriate learning materials for students and giving feedback on their writing are suggested.

Inclusivity & Modification Attitudes in Collegiate Intramural Sport: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this study was to evaluate college students’ inclusivity and openness for modifications made for those with physical disabilities in intramural sport. Participants were 268 students from two midwestern universities. Attitudes toward inclusivity and modification were assessed using the Collegian Attitudes toward Inclusive Recreation (CAICR) Scale. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression. Results show that positive attitudes toward inclusivity increased as students got older, and male students were less likely to be inclusive compared to female students. Students majoring in education and human services fields had more positive attitudes toward inclusion than those in arts and sciences fields did. Being a non-traditional student was the only and strongest predictor of less positive attitudes toward modification. Findings demonstrate that students in the two midwestern colleges may have welcoming attitudes toward individuals with physical disabilities in intramural sports; however, they may be less willing to make modifications, particularly among non-traditional students.

Pelatihan English Speaking bagi Siswa dengan Model Pembelajaran Presentation Practice Produce (PPP)

This community service was aimed at improving English speaking ability using learning model of Presentation Practice Produce (PPP) for students of MA Al-Istiqomah Telaga Waru. This community service used learning model that is Presentation, Practice, Product (PPP) using cue response drill technique. Evaluation was conducted by giving speaking test to the participants to know whether or not the target of program is achieved. And to knowing whether this program has running well based on the procedure, observation rubric was also has been filled by the team when the program is in progress. The result of this training could increase students’ speaking ability. Based on the result of speaking test, students’ speaking ability have increased. The result of speaking test as the final evaluation, there are 15 out of 20 students got score ≥ 70 or (77.37%). Thus, it could be said that this program was successful because more than 75% students got target score ≥ 70. This community service could increase students’ motivation and also it became one of the learning model that could be used by English teacher. The response of the audience reveals that the program gave some good advantages for the participants as they have higher motivation in trying to speak in English. The participants also expected that the same program is conducted in the near future.

Civic education in VET: concepts for a professional language in VET teaching and VET teacher education

ABSTRACT This paper discusses how Bernsteinian concepts (‘pedagogic rights’, ‘discursive gaps’ and ‘pedagogic code’) from the field of sociology of education can be used as didactic tools to illuminate how different ways of organising teaching in VET has implications for citizenship preparation. The paper is based on results from a five-year research project investigating the extent and nature of learning processes that can be characterised as civic education in Swedish VET. Results from the project show how VET often contributes to social reproduction through provision of class-, gender-, and ethnicity-based access to knowledge with different powers to students. However, we also identified many variations in the VET-contexts studied. In the paper at hand, examples of when and how students got access to different types of knowledge through different ways of organising teaching, and how different ways of teaching prevented or promoted different types of questions with implications for the kind of citizenship preparation the students were offered, is discussed. Our hope is that these discussions contribute to a conversation on how to make a language accessible to VET-teachers that is helpful to problematise and plan their teaching to offer greater access to an active citizenship for students in vocational programmes.

The Effect of Blended Learning on Omani Post-basic students’ English Listening Skills

Aim: The researchers aimed to investigate the effect of blended learning on developing EFL listening skills for Omani post-basic education students, and to improve their EFL listening skills through a variety of methods, such as audiovisual devices, or computer-based activities that can be done at home or in English language labs via specific materials.
 Study Design: The research was a pre-posttest quasi-experimental research.
 Place and Duration of Study: An 8-week study was conducted at the Falaj Al Mashaikh School in Sharqiyah South Governorate, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan province in the Sultanate of Oman at the Basic Education level of the academic year 2020-2021.
 Methodology: The researcher conducted a pre-posttest quasi-experimental design through which participants were distributed into an experimental and a control group of 60 students. To collect data, the instruments used in the study were an EFL listening skills checklist and Pre-Post Test.
 Results: The results revealed that the experimental group members, who were exposed to the blended learning based instructional course, were effective in developing their own listening skills that considerably changed their attitudes towards learning English listening skills and removed sensations of fear and anxiety with regard to learning. The results showed that the majority of students got above 90%, 14 students got above 80%, while 5 students got less than 70%, and 2 students only got less than 60% in the listening posttest in the experimental group. On the other hand, the results in the control group remained the same with a slight increase with some students.
 Conclusion: It became evident that the blended learning was effective in developing the EFL listening skills of post basic students.

Covid 19 Vaccination Status, Hesitancy and Barriers; A Multicenter Study of Medical Students from Pakistan

Introduction: The key factor to fight with COVID-19 is vaccination for the development of which global stakeholders allocated huge resources. But at the same time many conspiracies arose and a phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy also developed which is restricting a large no of population to be vaccinated. The current study was designed to find out vaccination status of medical students and their families, vaccine hesitancy and barriers they faced in convincing their families to be vaccinated. Methods: Around 1400 students of 4th year and 5th year from 8 medical colleges of Punjab province were invited to participate in this online survey. This Validated Questionnaire consisted of three parts, demographic information, vaccination status and barriers for vaccination. Results: Out of 522 participants, 41.1% were males and 58.6% were females. The mean age of the participants was 22.33 ±1.17 SD. An encouraging finding is that majority of medical students were vaccinated (91%, n=475). Same is the case with their nuclear family members. Majority of medical students have at least tried to convince their family members for vaccination (80%). A significant proportion of participants experienced barriers to convince their nuclear and extended family members. Among these, serious complications/death, clotting episodes, may inject something in body to be controlled by others in future were mention worthy. The phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy is impeding the people from COVID-19 vaccination. Steps must be taken at all levels to curb this cumbersome conspiracy. So, the fantasy of bringing this global calamity to an end could be fulfilled. Conclusion: The study concludes that a significant number of medical students got vaccinated and also tried to convince their nuclear and extended families. However, the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy is impeding the drive for mass vaccination. Apart from the interventions at multiple levels, medical students must be encouraged and directed to play their role for community awareness. Keywords: Covid 19, vaccination status, hesitancy, barriers, medical students.

ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN BERFIKIR KRITIS MATEMATIS SISWA SMA IMMANUEL SINTANG

Abstrack This study aims to determine the ability to think critically mathematically based on the learning motivation of high school students. The method in this study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. The population in this study was in one of the Immanues Sintang High Schools and the number of samples was 17 students with heterogeneous abilities. The instrument in this study was a test of critical thinking skills with a total of five test items and a non-test in the form of a questionnaire to determine the characteristics of students consisting of 32 question scales. The results of this study showed that the ability to think critically mathematically based on the results of the test questions showed that the ability to think was lacking, almost 59 % of students got scores below completeness but seen from high learning motivation so that 41 % of students showed a positive attitude and were enthusiastic in working on the questions.