scholarly journals The Lack of Financial Independent Elderly Peoples in the Backward Regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5235-5245
Author(s):  
Bakaruddin Et al.

This study aims to reveal a number of determinants of financial not independent be the cause of the elderly in disadvantaged areas. The study was designed in the format of mixed method, wherein in the first stage of qualitative data collection to identify a number of determinants of the causes of the financial not independent elderly. All variables are declared invalid later developed into quantitative data collection instrument at a later stage. The results of different Kruskal-Wallis test was applied to see the differences between the determinants of independent elderly and elderly are not independent. Then performed logistic regression analysis to see the effect of each determinant to provide empirical evidence on the probability not independent elderly. The results showed that the only factor of land ownership, health

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Miftah Farid

This study tried to analyse the effectiveness of using TED talks video in improving students public speaking skill and also the students’ perception about using TED talks video in improving students’ public speaking skills. Participant of this study were thirty four students. A mixed method was used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. To achieve the aims of this study,      pre-test and post-test were administered as the quantitative data collection, and close-ended questionnaires as the qualitative data collection. From the data taken, the result showed that the students’ perception about using TED talks video in improving students’ public speaking skills is that the students response positively towards how the writer taught them. In addition, the data showed that the writer used a variety of instructional methods to reach the teaching objectively and the strategies were tried to find based on the students need in many ways. Therefore, it was concluded that the use of TED Talks is very useful to improve students’ public speaking skill.  Key words: Effectiveness, Ted Talks Video, Public Speaking Skills


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Burhan Ozfidan ◽  
Lynn M. Burlbaw

This study seeks to identify the obstacles and opportunities involved in setting up a bilingual education system and to identify the challenges and benefits associated with the daily experience of maintaining a bilingual education model. This study discusses the benefits of developing a bilingual education program and what these programs can offer regarding concerns related to the lives of minority people in Turkey. Explanatory sequential mixed method was used for this study. The first phase of this study was a survey that measured the perspectives of educators regarding potential bilingual education curricula in Turkey. The second phase comprised a qualitative data collection process to expand on the findings of quantitative results. For quantitative data collection, 140 participants responded the survey instrument. Participants included 96 males and 44 females. For qualitative data collection, eight participants were interviewed. Both quantitative and qualitative data reflected the benefits of a bilingual education program. First, minority students who are taught by means of a bilingual education program can protect their linguistic knowledge, cultural heritage, ethnic, and religious identity. Second, they can increase their understanding of linguistic and cultural diversity. Third, school attendance at the primary school level could be increased. Fourth, a bilingual program could contribute to the reduction of inequalities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
Elva Wati ◽  
Arya Hadi Dharmawan ◽  
Didin S Damanhuri ◽  
Titik Sumarti

This study aims to analyze the transformation of livelihood structures in local and transmigrant farmer households that occur due to the entry of oil palm. Oil palm has become a new agricultural commodity that it is believed to provide better income for farmers. This research was conducted with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Quantitative data collection was carried out through a survey of 63 farm households. Meanwhile, qualitative data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews. The results of the study indicate that the transformation of rubber commodities to oil palm in general supports the economy of farmer households, which are income increases, livelihood diversity, and welfare increases. In addition, the transformation also has an impact on consumptive and materialistic lifestyle changes in farm households and the formation of farmer household typologies based on post-transformation livelihoods.


2019 ◽  
pp. 399-412
Author(s):  
Apostolos Mavridis ◽  
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos ◽  
Michalis Chatzakis ◽  
Konstantinos Kitsikoudis ◽  
Efthymios Lazarou

This study examined whether a 3D collaborative gave can be used as a midterm examination method and investigated the impact of this game on students' attitude towards collaboration. A total of 89 students and one coordinating professor participated in this study. The intervention lasted five weeks and took place in a computer science department. The game that was used as a treatment was dynamic and therefore the educator was able to customize its content for the examinations using an administration panel. A mixed method of quantitative and qualitative data collection was used. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant correlation between the performance of the students on the game and their performance on the final paper-based examination. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the attitude of the students towards collaboration before and after the use of the game.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apostolos Mavridis ◽  
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos ◽  
Michalis Chatzakis ◽  
Konstantinos Kitsikoudis ◽  
Efthymios Lazarou

This study examined whether a 3D collaborative gave can be used as a midterm examination method and investigated the impact of this game on students' attitude towards collaboration. A total of 89 students and one coordinating professor participated in this study. The intervention lasted five weeks and took place in a computer science department. The game that was used as a treatment was dynamic and therefore the educator was able to customize its content for the examinations using an administration panel. A mixed method of quantitative and qualitative data collection was used. The results indicated that there was a statistically significant correlation between the performance of the students on the game and their performance on the final paper-based examination. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the attitude of the students towards collaboration before and after the use of the game.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-218
Author(s):  
Laila Sangadah ◽  
Viola Wulan Azzahro ◽  
Nurul Fadilah Tsani

The focus of the research is the application of the Peer Monitoring Book (PMB) method as a solution to overcome the students procrastination behaviour during Covid-19 pandemic. The research was carried out in Daarunnajah Boarding School of MAN 1 Magelang, Central Java. The approach used is a mixed mrthod that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitative data collection technique used are questionaires, and for qualitative data use interviews and observations.The results showed that the application of the Peer Monitoring Book (PMB) method was effective and helped overcome the procrastination behavior of students at Daarunnajaah Girls Dormitory MAN 1 Magelang during the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidenced by the increased discipline of students in collecting school assignments.Fokus penelitian adalah penerapan metode Peer Monitoring Book (PMB) sebagai solusi mengatasi perilaku prokrastinasi siswa di masa pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Asrama Putri Daarunnajaah MAN 1 Magelang Jawa Tengah. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah campuran (mixed method) yang menggabungkan antara pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data secara kuantitatif yang digunakan adalah angket atau kuesioner, sedangkan untuk kualitatif menggunakan wawancara dan observasi.Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan metode Peer Monitoring Book (PMB) efektif dan membantu mengatasi perilaku prokrastinasi siswa di Asrama Putri Daarunnajaah MAN 1 Magelang selama pandemi Covid-19. Dibuktikan dengan meningkatnya kedisiplinan siswa dalam mengumpulkan tugas-tugas sekolah.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Raden Ayu Wulantari ◽  
Armansyah Armansyah

This study aims to explain the impact of demographic characteristics on the income earning of informal sector workers in Palembang City. The method used mixed methode, which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative. Data collection by observation, interview and documentation. Data obtained from the informant selected by purposive sampling. Collected quantitative data were analyzed using the SPSS Program through the analysis of frequency decryption and crosstabs, while the qualitative analysis used the steps of reduction, display, and conclution. The validity of data uses degree of credibility with techniques of persistence enhancement, extension of observation, triangulation, and member checking. The results showed that demographic characteristics such as; age, status, education, skills and occupation have an impact on the earnings of informal sector women's incomes whereas training has no impact on the earnings of informal sector workers


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Nurul Lailatul Khusniyah ◽  
Ari Safar Wadi

This study aimed at describing how content-based reading instruction on students’ reading comprehension. The method used in this current research was a classroom action research. The participants were taken from an EFL classroom of a private madrasah in Narmada. Process of collecting data was taken using test and observation. Teacher and students’ worksheets were the qualitative data collection instrument to assess the reading instruction process. Meanwhile, the test used TOEFL to measure students’ reading comprehension. The research findings show that reading instruction achieved 71.42% in Cycle I  and 94.46% in Cycle II. The students’ learning outcome shows 38.89% (Cycle I), and 83.34% (Cycle II). It means that there is a significant improvement of the reading comprehension from cycle I to cycle II. In addition, the students were active, enthusiastic, and participated in reading instruction using CBI.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Amitaningsih Amitaningsih

This classroom action research is aimed to improve the skills of writing short stories based KUIK through the application of sinectics model in class X SMA Negeri 1 Pemalang. The research was conducted on 37 students in class X SMA 1Pemalang. Quantitative data collection is carried out through tests to write the short stories, then it was analyzed by using descriptive analysis of the percentage. Qualitative data collection used manual observation, interviews, and documentation to uncover changes in behavior of students in the learning process. The findings showed the average value before the action research by 59.7%, and the average value of 79.4% after the action. It shows that a sinectics model can improve KUIK-based short stories writing skill by 19,7 %  in SMA Negeri 1 Pemalang students. Keyword: writing skill, KUIK, short story, sinectics model


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