scholarly journals REFLECTIVE READING JOURNAL IN TEACHING WRITING

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Yanuarti Apsari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
Journal Writing ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Journal Entries

A number of studies suggested that journal writing is a supportive tool that encourages learners� reflective activity and that reflective thinking skills can be taught and learned. Accordingly, this study investigated the implementation of reflective reading journal in teaching writing as well as the benefits that the students obtained after writing reflective reading journal. This study employed a case study research design which used three data collection including observation, interview and students� texts. The results of the study revealed that reflective reading journal can be used �effectively to improve students� writing skill through several ways. First, the students were required to produce clearly defined paragraphs which include two sections. The first section included referencing data, such as author and title, and a paraphrase of the reading. The second section contained a response to a specific aspect of the reading. Second, the participants of the research were involved in decision making of topics for reading. Third, they wrote reflective reading journal weekly. Fourth, teacher gave feedback to students� journal entries. In addition,the study also showed that there were some benefits, namely development of ideas, improvement of textual coherence, and Improvement of textual cohesion.Keywords: reflective reading journal; writing; benefit; EFL; ELT.

scholarly journals Effects of Pop Culture for Improving Student-Teachers’ Writing Skill (A Case Study at Galuh University)

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Ratnawati Ratnawati
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Writing Skill

Writing, one of the four skills which have to be taught by educators in language learning. Starting from classroom observation implied that students confronted the difficulties in writing involving generating ideas, organizing words, and making compositions. This study supposes to explore some effects of pop culture as authentic materials for English language teaching in improving students’ writing skill. Due to pop culture relates to students’ life and experience, it is considered to be a stimulus for gaining students’ ideas, information, motivation, and interest in teaching writing. The students of secondary school were involved in this study and descriptive case study was employed to observe the importance of pop culture in writing class. Also, questionnaires and students’ works are the instruments to measure its effects. Both students’ works and result of the questionnaires pointed out that significantly improvement obtained after applying pop culture. In line with findings, it can be said that pop cultures have significant effects toward students’ writing skill. So, educators need to apply pop culture as their choices in future planning lesson.

scholarly journals Systems Thinking Skills of Preschool Children in Early Childhood Education Contexts from Turkey and Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şebnem Feriver ◽  
Refika Olgan ◽  
Gaye Teksöz ◽  
Matthias Barth
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Childhood Education

This study presents an attempt to contribute to the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) by conceptualizing systems thinking skills of four- to six-year-old preschool children with the role of age in this particular skill. For this purpose, we developed and tested a method and instruments to assess and conceptualize systems thinking skills of 52 preschool children in early childhood education contexts from Turkey and Germany. By employing qualitative case study research, we concluded that the young children showed some signs of complex understanding regarding systems thinking in terms of detecting obvious gradual changes and two-step domino and/or multiple one-way causalities, as well as describing behavior of a balancing loop. However, their capacity was found to be limited when it comes to detecting a reinforcing loop, understanding system mechanisms by acknowledging the unintended consequences, detecting hidden components and processes, demonstrating multi-dimensional perspective, solving problems through high-leverage interventions, and predicting the future behavior of the system. Age had a notable effect on the total systems thinking mean scores of the participants.

Styles of Career Decision-Making

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Bimrose ◽  
Sally-Anne Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
The Third ◽  
Decision Making Styles

Distinctive styles of client decision-making have emerged from case study research into the effectiveness of career guidance. This paper explores some findings from the third year of a longitudinal study currently underway in England, which relate to the ways clients approach transitionpoints in their careers and make the decisions that move them on. Data analysis reveals four career decision-making styles: evaluative, strategic, aspirational and opportunistic. Overall, it is evident that the choices and decisions made as individuals progress towards longer-term career destinations are multi-dimensional, complex, sometimes being implemented over an extended time frame and not always rational. For practice, implications of these findings include the need for practitioners to place less emphasis on planning for certainty and more tolerance of undecidedness.

scholarly journals THE DIFFICULTIES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOLVING HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS PROBLEMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samsul Hadi ◽  
Heri Retnawati ◽  
Sudji Munadi ◽  
Ezi Apino ◽  
Nidya F. Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
School Students ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Test Items

International surveys, such as TIMSS and PISA, frequently put Indonesia in the low ranks. It is an indication that the higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) of students in Indonesia are still low. This research aims to analyze students’ difficulties in solving problems that measure HOTS. This is a case study research with a qualitative approach. Participants studied were 93 high school students in grade XI. Data were collected using test instruments that measure HOTS, which was developed based on the standard contents of high school mathematics. The difficulties were analyzed descriptively by observing students’ errors in answering HOTS test items. Students’ errors were classified based on Newman’s Error Procedure (NEP). The result shows that around 8.33% of the students had difficulties in comprehension, 15.59% in transformation, 32.53% in process skills, and 1.34 % in encoding. Keywords: HOTS problem in mathematics, students’ difficulties, case study, Newman’s error procedure.

scholarly journals TACTICAL DECISION MAKING TERKAIT DENGAN KEPUTUSAN SELL OR PROCESS FURTHER PRODUK GYPSUM MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Sigit Pribadi ◽  
Sri Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Phosphate Rock ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Differential Analysis ◽  
P2o5 Content ◽  
Tactical Decision ◽  
Relevant Cost

Gypsum is a by-product of phosphoric acid production, which is a solid waste from the extraction of P2O5 content in phosphate rock. Gypsum can be directly sold as bulk gypsum (split off point) or furtherly processed into purified gypsum. Similarly, purified gypsum can also be furtherly processed into granulated gypsum which has the lowest water and P2O5 content. A differential analysis based on the use of relevant cost data is needed to identify alternatives that provide the greatest benefits to the company, related to alternative decisions to sell gypsum at the split-off point or to process it further. his study aims to develop a differential analysis that is used as a basis for tactical decision making related to the decision to sell gypsum products at the split-off point or to be furtherly processed into purified gypsum and/or granulated gypsum. This study uses a qualitative research approach while the research method used is a case study research method. The result shows that the decision to furtherly process gypsum into purified gypsum and granulated gypsum generates additional profit compared to selling gypsum at the split-off point. The production and sales of granulated gypsum generate the highest profit compared to purified gypsum and bulk gypsum at the split-off point

Competitive Intelligence in the Enterprise

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-64
Author(s):  
Relebohile Moloi ◽  
Tiko Iyamu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Sociotechnical Theory

Due to increasing challenges, as well as competitiveness, many organisations have sought advantaging and beneficiary techniques and options. One of those options is through Competitive Intelligence (CI) products, which some organisations have come to rely upon for sustainability and competitive advantage. Unfortunately, and to some degree, fortunately, there are different CI products which organisations could choose from. The products are supposed to be selected and deployed based on organizational requirements from both technical and business perspectives. Some organisations deploy more than one competitive intelligence product. Others are not guided, and do not understand the essence of the deployment, regarding achieving the organisational objectives. The fortunate and unfortunate situations which occur in the deployment of CI products in organisations are drawn from relationships amongst stakeholders in the selection and implementation processes. The relationships are manifested from control of sources which use the power for decision making. The relationships emanate from the fact that there are no proper comparisons of the products, driven by requirements. As a result, the organisations are faced and challenged with duplication and waste of resources. They struggle to determine their competitive advantage. This situation further manifests the complexity of technical and business artefacts. Case study research was conducted to understand how CI products are deployed in the organisation. A sociotechnical theory, actor-network theory was employed in the analysis of the data, primarily to examine and understand how control of resources for power defined and shaped relationships.

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