Senior High School Teachers Research Articles

Teachers’ test construction competencies in examination-oriented educational system: Exploring teachers’ multiple-choice test construction competence

This study explored the relationship between multiple choice test construction competence and the quality of multiple-choice tests among senior high school teachers in Ghana. In all, 157 teachers were selected from four senior high schools in the Kwahu-South District. Participants responded to self-designed questionnaire developed to assess teachers’ multiple-choice items construction competencies. A three-factor structure emanated from the exploratory factor analysis on teachers’ multiple choice test construction competence—content validity, item “options” handling, and test items assembling. Teachers in this study perceived more competence in ensuring content validity, followed by test item assembling, and handling of “options” (that is, alternatives) of the test items. The study also found serious problems with copies of multiple-choice items teachers have constructed for the students. Findings from this study provide unique and compelling evidence regarding teachers’ perceived test construction competence and analysis of their multiple-choice tests. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

The Practical Exploration of Life-oriented Chemistry Teaching in Senior High School from the Perspective of “Internet +”

The implementation of life-oriented teaching has gained significant attention in the field of education. In the era of “Internet +”, education and teaching must make full use of its advantages to promote innovation and reform in education. The use of internet tools and thinking in chemistry teaching can optimize educational activities, align with contemporary students’ cognitive requirements, and bring chemistry closer to the times and life. This paper adopts the literature research method to analyze and summarize relevant literature on “Internet + Education” and “life-oriented teaching”, and then applies the findings to explore the application of “Internet +” in high school chemistry teaching. The paper is divided into three parts. The first part is a theoretical research that introduces the selected topic’s background and current status through relevant literature and materials. The second part systematically analyzes and summarizes the specific application of “Internet +” in teaching and the infiltration path of the concept of life in high school chemistry teaching based on existing research. The third part is the empirical research part, which carries out specific case design and preliminary implementation to analyze the implementation effect. Finally, the paper offers a pre-designed teaching model for reference in post-teaching research and teaching practice, based on the “wisdom classroom” teaching mode under the background of “Internet+”.

Work-Family Conflict and Innovative Teaching Among Indonesian Teachers: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment

This research sought to examine the relationship between work-family conflict, organizational commitment, and innovative teaching skills among Indonesian teachers. At the same time, few studies use job stressors such as work-family conflict as a predictor of innovative teaching skills. This study also presents an organizational commitment in getting a deeper understanding of the research model. Method: This research utilized PLS-SEM to examine the research model on 273 senior high school teachers as research participants. Result: The result shows that work-family conflict negatively affects innovative teaching and organizational commitment. Meanwhile, organizational commitment positively affects innovative teaching. Furthermore, organizational commitment plays a mediating variable in the link between work-family conflict and innovative teaching. Novelty: This study will enrich our understanding regarding the predictor of innovative teaching among Indonesian teachers through another standpoint, the job stressors in the form of work-family conflict. This study also presents an organizational commitment to give a deeper understanding on how the mechanism of work-family conflict affects the innovative teaching skills of the teacher.

Pelatihan Pembuatan Preparat Biologi sebagai Sarana Peningkatan Media Pembelajaran Bagi Guru-Guru Biologi di Kabupaten Bangka

One of the learning models with a scientific approach is the practicum method. In practical activities, students will carry out observation, experiment, and reasoning activities. A lot of knowledge about the phenomena that occur in living things that must be supported by direct observations and experiments. Therefore, this community service aims to provide skills to biology teachers in junior and senior high schools in terms of making biological preparations as a means of improving biology learning. The method used in facilitating the improvement of preparation skills by conducting training is through (1) the lecture method, namely providing the basic theory of making preparations and (2) the practical method, namely the participants carry out direct practice of making preparations using two methods namely whole mount and free hand-technic accompanied by a servant. . The results of the activity showed that the participants were able to make preparations well, marked by the results of the incision using two methods that were more than 70% observable. The results of measuring participant responses indicate that the majority stated that the methods used during the training could be applied in school

Tailoring EFL lessons through materials adaptation: A look into an Acehnese teacher’s experiences

This study focused on teachers’ materials adaptation as a part of teaching strategies to ensure learning success. Given that such activity is not something light to engage in and requires expertise, the researchers looked at how the process of materials adaptation was carried out. These included what was added, removed, and modified as well as the challenges confronted during the adaptation process and classroom implementation. This study sought perspective from a qualitative case study approach. Documents, classroom observations, and interview were employed to gather data from one senior high school teacher in Aceh, Indonesia. The results were analyzed based on frameworks of language teaching materials analysis, principles of teaching materials, and materials adaptation. Research findings suggested that materials adaptations mostly concentrated on adding and modifying, with less emphasis on eliminating, simplifying, and rearranging. Furthermore, the altered materials aided language learning in various ways. Nevertheless, several modifications made raised issues, such as the lack of a feeling-sharing session with the materials and an inappropriate difficulty level. Inaccessible sources of materials, fear of producing irrelevant information, time constraints, a lack of professional training and school assistance, learners’ uncooperative behavior and low competences were also identified as problems in materials adaption.

Teachers’ Perceptions: The Benefits and Weaknesses of Local and Foreign Cultural Representation in English Textbooks in Indonesia

Language and culture cannot be separated. Cultural integration in ELT now becomes the focus of many researchers and trends in recent years. Unfortunately, so far, there has been no in-depth investigation that focused on Indonesian teachers' perceptions of local and foreign cultural presentations in high school English textbooks. To fill the gap, this study aims to investigate the teachers' perception of the benefits and weaknesses of local and foreign cultural representation (LCFR) in the ELT textbook they used. This study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. The nine senior high school teachers representing the city, district, and province in South Sumatra, Indonesia, were purposely involved as the participant in this study. A semi-structured interview supporting documentation was conducted and analysed following the interactive model of data analysis proposed by Miles and Huberman. Based on the findings, there are three main benefits of LCFR in ELT textbooks; first, LFCR helps teachers stimulate or catch students’ attention at the beginning of the teaching process. Second, it improves students’ intercultural knowledge, be aware of a different cultures from other countries, and avoids culture shock. Next, it also increases students’ curiosity and critical thinking, making the learning process more active and meaningful. Moreover, the weaknesses are dealing with the imbalanced portion of cultural representation and inadequate information on cross-cultural understanding which cause misunderstanding and confusion for the students.

Integration of Introduction, Development, Engagement, and Assimilation (I.D.E.A. SCHEME) to Learning Action Cell in Relation to Mental Health of Selected Senior High School Teachers in Plaridel District, Quezon, Philippines

This study determined the proposed Learning Action Cell Scheme based on Introduction, Development, Engagement, and Assimilation in relation to the mental health of the ten selected Senior High School Teachers in Plaridel District, Division of Quezon. Using a researcher-made questionnaire distributed through Google form, it sought answers to the level of stress the Senior High School Teachers in Plaridel Quezon had the response level in the Learning Action Cell (I.D.E.A. pattern) in terms of effectivity, time management, and behavioral aspects, the acceptance level of the Learning Action Cell proposed topics and the intervention scheme for Learning Action Cell. Descriptive survey research was used. All respondents were suffering from stress attributed to various intrinsic and extrinsic stresses. Most of the respondents had had the same experiences as they underwent in the L.A.C. session. The topics proposed were useful to manage the stress level of the teachers through L.A.C. sessions and strategic leadership of the school heads.

The Influence of Principal Leadership and Organizational Culture on The Work Commitment of Public High School Teachers

This research is motivated by the author's observations regarding the influence of the principal's leadership and organizational culture on the work commitment of teachers at SMA Negeri Pasaman Barat which shows that the principal's leadership and organizational culture are still not good and teacher work commitment is still low. The purpose of this study was to obtain data and information about (1) the positive influence of the principal's leadership on the work commitment of teachers of West Pasaman District Senior High School, (2) the positive influence of organizational culture on the work commitment of teachers of West Pasaman District Senior High School, and (3) The influence of positive leadership of the principal and organizational culture on the work commitment of West Pasaman Regency State Senior High School teachers. This research is a correlational quantitative research with associative type. The results of the data analysis show that there is a significant influence between the principal's leadership on teacher work commitment with tcount>ttable (2.578>1.660). There is a significant influence between organizational culture and teacher work commitment with tcount>ttable (6.937>1.660). There is a significant influence between the principal's leadership and organizational culture on teacher performance with a value of Fcount>Ftable (40.629 > 3.09), so there is a significant influence between the principal's leadership and organizational culture together on teacher work commitment. The regression table shows a constant value of 32.864 and a regression coefficient of the X1 variable of 0.263 and a regression coefficient of the X2 variable of 0.646

The Application of Mind Mapping to English Vocabulary Teaching in Senior High School

Mind mapping is a tool for radioactive thinking using images and associations. It has the characteristics of visibility, divergence, radioactivity and multi-dimension. It is a popular revolutionary thinking tool in the 21st century. It was developed in the 1970s by Tony Buzan. This method is famous for inducing the development of left and right brain functions, and making it concrete by assisting memory with shapes, colors and symbols. It has far-reaching influence in many fields. At present, there are still some problems in English vocabulary teaching in China. What’s more, mind mapping is rarely widely used in vocabulary teaching. Therefore, this paper aims to explain how to use mind mapping to help solve the current problems of students' vocabulary.

An Analysis of the Quality of Education based on Education Indicators in West Sumatra Province

This research aims to analyze the Net Enrollment Ratio (NER), the number of school educational facilities at different levels of education, and the student-teacher ratio in West Sumatera Province. This research method used a descriptive with a quantitative approach and secondary data from Central Agency on Statistics for the period 2019-2021. The analytical technique used in this research is descriptive quantitative data analysis. The results of the analysis show that the Net Enrollment Ratio of each age group experienced an increase of 0.09-0.044%. The number of elementary schools in West Sumatera Province has fluctuated while Madrasah Ibtidaiyah has increased. The number of junior high school has increased, while the number of Madrasah Tsanawiyah has decreased. The number of upper-level education is dominated by senior high school, followed by Madrasah Aliyah, then vocational high school. The trend of changes in the elementary school student-teacher ratio has decreased, meanwhile both junior and senior high school teachers have increased. In general, the student-teacher ratio in Sumatera Barat is fairly good because it does not exceed the standards set by the government.

Analysis of Physical Education Classroom Teaching after Implementation of the Chinese Health Physical Education Curriculum Model: A Video-Based Assessment.

This study assessed the Chinese health physical education curriculum model recently suggested to meet the recommended physical education curriculum reforms addressing the declining physical and mental health of students in China. We used video analyses of 41 physical education classroom teaching cases with a physical education classroom teaching behavior analysis system to provide quantitative and qualitative behavioral data. We established reference ranges for classroom teaching behavior indicators, summarized classroom teaching patterns, and assessed classroom discourse and the emotional climate. Notable findings included teachers in elementary schools using closed-ended questions, predictable responses, and general feedback significantly more often than teachers in senior high school, and ball sports instructors using demonstration and competition significantly more frequently than instructors in athletics. Overall, three teaching patterns were most commonly used-lecture, practice, and dialogue-with practice being dominant. Analysis of the top 50 most commonly spoken words by teachers identified five types of discourse-motivational, directive, specialized, transitional, and regulatory-with motivational words being most frequent. The classroom atmosphere was mainly positive. These findings provide evidence that the use of this curriculum model may bring positive changes to physical education classroom teaching methods in China and will inform subsequent innovative physical education classroom teaching practices.

The Factors that Affect the Implementation of Remote English Teaching: Senior High School Teacher’s and Student’s Perspectives

Vovid-19 disease causes many problems in various fields. One of them is education. Teachers must be more creative and innovative in teaching. Therefore, teachers can use remote teaching in learning English. This study aims at analyzing the factors that affect the implementation of remote teaching, as well as the description of teachers’ and students’ perceptions of those factors that affect the implementation of remote teaching. The method used is mixed methods and is used as a research design in collecting and analyzing data. The type of mixed methods used is a mixed method which is dominant using qualitative methods compared to quantitative methods. Data were collected by using an interview guide, matrix literature review, and questionnaire. The data analyses using quantitative methods. The results of the study show that there are 10 supporting factors and 9 limiting factors that affect the implementation of remote teaching and another result is the high perception of teachers and students towards these factors. All students majoring in language have positive perceptions and agree with all supporting and limiting factors of remote teaching. Students also agree that the nine limiting factors can be inhibitors during the implementation of the remote teaching process.

Certified Interdisciplinary Teachers’ Perception of The Implementation of Teacher Certification Program

Background: The implementation of teacher certification programs (TCPs) has been a topic of interest in education research. Previous studies have primarily focused on student and teacher outcomes, with limited attention given to teachers' perceptions of TCPs. This study aims to address this gap by exploring the perception of certified interdisciplinary teachers regarding the implementation of a TCP in Indonesia. By understanding teachers' perspectives, this research contributes to the evaluation and improvement of TCPs, ultimately enhancing the quality of education.Methodology: This study adopts a qualitative research design, specifically a multiple case study approach. Five certified senior high school teachers from public schools in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, were selected as participants. Data collection methods included semi-structured interviews and document analysis of the teachers' lesson plans. Thematic analysis was conducted using NVivo 12 software.Findings: The findings of the study reveal two primary emerging themes. Firstly, teachers' motivation and expectations regarding the TCP were explored. Secondly, the study examined the perceived benefits of the program. The teachers reported improvements in pedagogical knowledge, curriculum understanding, content knowledge, lesson planning, and teaching performance. The TCP also enhanced their awareness of students' characteristics and needs, fostering stronger teacher-student relationships.Conclusion: The study highlights the importance of purposeful, continuous, and systematic professional development in enhancing teachers' competencies. It emphasizes the need for sustained professional development and regular evaluation of teachers' practices. The findings provide valuable insights for the organizers of TCPs, contributing to program evaluation and improvement.Originality: This study fills a gap in knowledge by exploring the perception of certified interdisciplinary teachers regarding the implementation of a TCP in Indonesia. It contributes to the limited research on teachers' perspectives of TCPs and emphasizes the significance of teacher perception and motivation in professional development programs

RETRACTION NOTICE TO “Examining Senior High School Teachers’ Per-ceived Readiness in Online Teaching”

This article entitled “Examining Senior High School Teachers’ Perceived Readiness in Online Teaching” (2023), authored by Eduardo P. Santillan Jr, published in Vol. 4, No. 2 of International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research. 4(2), 487 – 500 has been retracted as requested by the authors.

Out-of-Field Teaching: Impact on Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Motivation

he study aimed to determine the impact of having teaching loads assigned to teachers which are not aligned with their preservice training. The research utilized a descriptive research design and involved 12 senior high school teachers who are teaching in a public national high school in Marikina City, the Philippines for the school year 2019-2020. The study also made use of the qualitative data gathered through focus group discussion to have an in-depth analysis of the perceptions of the teachers regarding their situation on teaching a subject that is not part of their expertise. The study revealed that teachers who are assigned teaching loads which are not part of their preservice training showed some confidence that they can teach their students well. This was shown on the question how confident they were in teaching their students to become critical thinkers and 8 or (66.67 %) of the total number of the teacher participants said that they exerted moderate effort in encouraging students to become critical thinkers. In addition, 5 or (41.67 %) of the teachers shared that they can do so much to help students improve in his failing grade. Surprisingly, 7 or (58.33%) of the total number of the teacher participants said that they can only exert moderate effort to help students who are having difficulty with the subject. Based from the findings of the study, the researchers thought that the perennial problem of teachers being assigned teaching loads that are not in line with their area of expertise should be given enough training and technical assistance coming from the school administration. This will help improve teachers in their pedagogical techniques and the type of assessment they employ in their classes.

Effects of Feedback Loop Model on Teachers’ Attitudes, Self-Efficacy and Classroom Practices towards Formative Assessment

This research endeavor that aimed to determine the changes in the Senior High School (SHS) teachers’ attitudes, self-efficacy, and classroom practices toward formative assessment (FA) as they implemented Feedback Loop Model (FLM) in their Physics classes was examined to assess any improvement in their attitudes, self-efficacy and teachers’ FA practices. Using a concurrent triangulation design to address the objectives of this study, a convenient sampling method was employed. Out of the 23 teacher-participants who attended the webinar series on FLM, only 3 Physics teachers agreed and participated in the follow-up process, which requires implementing FLM in their classrooms. These teachers approved recording their online classes, which were used for observation by external observers or cross-examiners. Likewise, they agreed to keep journals or reflections as they implemented the FLM in their Physics classes. Results have shown that teachers’ attitudes, self-efficacy, and classroom practices on FA were affected significantly, leading to positive attitudes toward utilizing the assessment and improved self-confidence in applying FA in their classes. Teachers were also able to manifest and build a classroom environment that supports formative assessment, signifying the positive effect of the FLM. Therefore, it is suggested that FLM be recommended to strengthen the use of FA by conducting more professional development programs. This way, teachers would have opportunities to refine their strategies and enhance collaboration and professional growth.

Peningkatan Kompetensi Profesional Guru SMA di Daerah 3T Melalui Pelatihan Penyusunan Laporan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas

This community service aims to increase the knowledge and competence of high school teachers in one of the 3T areas in compiling classroom action research (CAR) reports. This service method used training with stages, namely assistance in making proposals, choosing the right model in implementing classroom action research and designing learning activities and tools. These service partners were junior and senior high school teachers in Nangapanda Ende District, NTT. The instrument for evaluating this activity used a pretest, and the posttest was analyzed descriptively. This service showed that the teachers' insight increased in preparing class action research reports, and they better understood the stages in the CAR implementation process. These namely teachers were able to understand knowledge about CAR from the four indicators that were the focus of this training, including the steps for implementing CAR, the systematics of writing/composing CAR, success indicators, data analysis, and CAR implementation instruments. Implementing this training activity provides a good understanding of teachers' understanding and professional competence regarding the importance of carrying out CAR.

THE EFFECT OF WORK DISCIPLINE, MOTIVATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON EMPLOYEE'S ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR (OCB) AT HIGH SCHOOL, BOGOR DISTRICT

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of work discipline, motivation, and organizational culture on OCB of employees in Bogor Regency High School. We used primary data from school interviews and questionnaires on a 1-5 Likert scale. Secondary data were collected from journals, books, and other publications. Respondents were all employees or teachers of State Senior High School 2 Gunung Puteri Bogor Regency Indonesia. The sampling method is probability sampling using the entire population of 60 teachers and staff. Data analysis with the SmartPLS3 application. The results of this quantitative study indicate that the hypothesis is accepted, meaning that work discipline has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), motivation has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). In some cases, work discipline, motivation and organizational culture have a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of Bogor Regency high school employees. KEYWORDS: Discipline, Motivation, Organizational culture Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB)

Effect of Home Economics Students’ Self-Efficacy and Perception of Teachers Social Learning Environment Management Practices on Their Interest in Integrated Science

Teachers and students spend considerable part of their days in school or classroom environment. Therefore, classroom has to be a pleasant place to go . It must be modern, secure and well-functioning surroundings for both students and teachers. Learning environment is valued but also analysed as an indicator of qualitative education. It is not only the aesthetic need why the appearance of the learning environment should be contemporary. But also, since the learning environment impacts considerably on knowledge acquisition and learning activities. Consequently, the result of this study will provide basis for researchers and administrators such as Heads of Science and Home Economics Departments who may be interested in studying about classroom social learning environment management practices in the context of Integrated science, especially regarding Home Economics students, in replicating the study at other geographical areas and also ensure the application of relevant management practices. Thus , the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Home Economics students’ perception of integrated science teachers’ management of the social learning environment and self-efficacy levels on their interest in Integrated Science. The research design employed in this study was the cross-sectional survey design. The study was carried out in the Eastern region of Ghana. The target population of this study was all Form Three and Two students who offered Home Economics as a programme in public Senior High Schools (SHS). Simple random sampling technique was used to select 513 students from 26 schools selected from each local government district of the Eastern region of Ghana to participate in this study. In this survey, questionnaires were the main instruments used to gather data. It was found that students self-efficacy levels were high. However, their interest levels in Integrated Science were found to be moderate. The results also showed that the students perceived the management of their social learning environment by the Integrated Science teachers very moderately. We therefore recommend that Integrated Science teachers in Eastern Region Senior High Schools handling Home Economics classes should improve their management of the social learning environment in order to raise students’ self-efficacy and subsequently, their interest levels. Keywords: Integrated Science, Home Economics, Social Learning Environment, Interest, Self-efficacy DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-6-05 Publication date: February 28 th 2023

The Survey on Teachers’ Verbal Feedback on Students’ Response in Senior High School

Teachers’ verbal feedback as part of classroom discourse plays an important role in the development of students. This paper explores the verbal feedback utilized by a group of senior high school teachers. Data was collected through a questionnaire finished by students. The analysis of the data revealed that there were variations in the feedback given among the teachers: some types of feedback were used more frequently than others. The author hopes that the results will offer implications and suggestions for teachers to give verbal feedback in the classroom.