SELF-REGULATION IN QUR’AN LEARNING

Purpose – The emergence of academic anxiety and poor learning outcomes among Indonesian first-year students at higher education institutions emphasized the need to measure the level of self-regulated learning (SRL). This study was part of a larger SRL research project in the area of ​​learning Qur’an recitation, where we attempted to explore further on how students applied SRL. By using a new perspective of SRL as a social process that emphasized interaction, we investigated how the situated environment influenced learning. Method – Quantitative and qualitative approaches were applied. A set of questionnaires generated from the adaptation process was successfully validated through rigorous psychometric testing. A total of 420 first-year students responded to the questionnaire. Then semi-structured observations and interviews were conducted among eight students. Finally, data obtained from observation checklists and interviews were triangulated. Findings – The SRL level for first-year students in learning Qur’an recitation was insufficient, with a score of 3.37 out of 5.00. The highest score on the Meta-Affective dimension was M = 3.64, and the lowest score on the Sociocultural-Interactive dimension was M = 2.98. These results indicated that although anxiety was not a serious problem, yet it was still an obstacle for some students with low SRL to achieve targeted learning goals. Furthermore, these students did not have the awareness to seek help for their learning difficulties. This situation was further aggravated by the lack of assistance from instructors in creating conducive learning environments for students to interact with each other. Significance – The standard deviations on all SRL dimensions identified in this study were high, showing a large gap between students who had high and low SRL. This condition requires instructors to provide significant assistance. We suggest heterogeneous grouping to enable more intensive interactions between students to increase the sociocultural-interactive dimension. We believe that seamless interaction is the most tangible support for promoting SRL.

Pembelajaran Lesson Study Dalam Meningkatkan Aktivitas Kolaborasi Antar Siswa

Collaboration in learning is often carried out by students, but often the teacher does not evaluate it, the teacher assumes that the collaboration carried out by students in learning is just an ordinary interaction and rarely gives students the opportunity to ask questions, differentiates abilities and reduces learning opportunities together, so students do not learn from peers and do not have the opportunity to provide input and respect the opinions of others. This problem then becomes the objective of implementing Lesson Study learning to find out how much collaborative activity between students in learning. The main purpose of implementing Lesson Study in these subjects is to increase collaboration activities among students. The research team is interested in implementing learning through lesson study. The basic pattern of lesson study is the heterogeneous grouping of students in small groups with four members. The members are expected to share knowledge each other through sharing tasks given by the teacher. The task is continued with jumping tasks. That is, giving tasks / questions that increase without giving examples first. If a third of students can work on the question, then the jumping task is successful. The method used is descriptive. The data collection techniques were documentation and observation. The data analysis used was descriptive. The results showed that there was an increase in student collaboration activities when implementing lesson study, it was 25%.

PROMOTING STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION WITH COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC)

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) is one of cooperative learning method used in language teaching, specifically in high-level reading and writing. This method is designed to accommodate variety of student ability level with heterogeneous grouping or homogeneous grouping. CIRC aimed to develop students’ ability in comprehending the content of reading and fostering the ability to write the materials they read. The purposes of this research were to know how CIRC is implemented in classroom, and to know to what extent CIRC promote students’ reading comprehension. The researcher used classroom action research in conducting the research. The qualitative data was obtained from observation, interview, and documentation. The participants of the research were the 10th grade students of one senior high school in Bogor. The result of the research shows that CIRC can be implemented in two cycles and four meetings. The data shows that there are some competencies which indicates that CIRC promote students’ reading comprehension in cognitive activity, motivation activity, and affective activity. This study suggests the good atmosphere and used another text to be implemented in other classes using CIRC.

Enhancing Class IX Students Participants in Group Work in Chemistry

This action research has investigated ways to enhance students’ participation in group work in chemistry. It is observed that Bhutanese students participate minimally in group activities especially in science. Most Bhutanese students shy away from participating or interacting in the classroom. To enhance participation and interaction, the curriculum experts developed the curriculum considering the need of every students in Bhutan in science. Research in Bhutan found out that heterogeneous grouping is an effective way to maximize students’ success and collaborative learning is effective for meaningful learning and in solving problems. Some researchers found that in Bhutan science subjects are seen as difficult for both students and teachers. Through our experience of being science student, we saw that many students do not like to study Chemistry because they believe it is a difficult subject. Aim of this study is to identify effectiveness strategies that teacher can use to enhance students’ participation in group work in Chemistry. This study was carried out with class IX students of Taktse Central School. We collected our data through observation and questionnaire. A tally was used to record their participation in the group such as the frequency volunteering to do presentation and taking initiatives in the group work. The data collection also involved survey questionnaire which consist of open ended questions. Baseline data was collected and analyzed after which intervention strategies, such as allocation of group members and cooperative-learning methods was applied. After two months of the intervention process, post-intervention data was collected, analyzed and compared with the baseline data. The findings from this two sources reveal that students are more open for discussion and participation after the intervention process, and their initiative, contribution and understanding of contents increased. We were impressed by some student, who were usually quiet, shy and unsociable themselves to the teacher, became so close with us toward the end of our academic session.

PENGGUNAAN METODE COOPERATIVE LEARNING DALAM PENINGKATAN KUALITAS PEMBELAJARAN PAI

Konsep pembelajaran pendidikan agama Islam semestinya tidak hanya terjebak pada pola pembelajaran konvensional, tetapi implementasi pembelajaran harus diarahkan pada kegiatan yang lebih kreatif dan berbasis pada aspek keaktifan siswa secara menyeluruh. Dalam konteks ini, seyogyannya para guru dapat menginisiasi desain pembelajaran dengan menekankan penggunaan metode cooperative learning agar dapat memfasilitasi kebutuhan belajar siswa yang berorientasi pada pembentukan kecakapan humanis siswa dalam proses pembelajaran antara lain; saling bergantung secara positif (Positif Interdependence), tanggung jawab individu (Individual Accountability ) perkumpulan heterogen (Heterogeneous Grouping ), kemahiran sosial (Social Skills), termasuk interaksi Bersemuka (Face- to-face Interaction). Dengan demikian, penggunaan metode cooperative learning dapat menyajikan peluang bagi siswa dari berbagai latar belakang dan kondisi saling ketergantungan yang positif dalam menangani tugas akademik di tingkat satuan pendidikan.

A Genetic-algorithm Approach for Balancing Learning Styles and Academic Attributes in Heterogeneous Grouping of Students

Cooperative learning is an instructional approach in which students work together in small groups in order to achieve a common academic goal. In the context of cooperative learning, students in classrooms tend to learn more by sharing their experiences and knowledge. In addition, a diversity of educational backgrounds and student learning styles can be used to build heterogeneous groups of students. In this paper, we propose an approach for the group composition, regarding the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) questionnaire and prior educational knowledge in order to achieve the mechanism for equity among groups and ensure that heterogeneous students are distributed optimally within the group formation. This causes the search for an optimized group composition of all students more complex and becomes a time-consuming task. Therefore, the proposed algorithm mimics the natural process of a genetic algorithm in order to achieve optimal solutions. In addition, we have implemented our algorithm to construct student groups. Our experiment shows that the algorithm enhances the quality of the group formation of heterogeneous students leading to better solutions.