SENSE PROPERTIES OF SENTENCES IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITTEN BY THE TENTH GRADERS AT SMA N 4 MAGELANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

Author(s):  
Bilqis Tri Widya Ningrum ◽  
Keyword(s):  

The purpose of the article is to diagnose the attitude of pupils to geography classes at general educational institutions and identify the main motivating factors of its learning, depending on the pupils’ age and place of residence. Main material. The diagnosis of motives for studying geography was preceded by a clarification of the attitude of pupils to this subject. Pupils were asked to name their favourite school subjects and the results of the survey were used to calculate the rating of disciplines. For sixth-graders in rural and urban schools, geography ranked first, for seventh– and eighth-graders, and for rural ninth- and tenth-graders, it ranked second. For city ninth- and tenth-graders, geography took third place in the ranking of school subjects. The article presents the rating of school geography among other subjects on the basis of a questionnaire survey conducted in 2018/2019 academic year among 1163 respondents, who are the pupils of 6-11 grades at general educational institutions in Lviv region. The research analyzes positive and negative motivational factors of learning geography, depending on age and place of pupils’ residence. The results are interpreted in the context of the popular theory of self-determination developed by E. Deci and R. Ryan. Conclusions and further research. The research, conducted among the pupils studying geography at school, in a particular region of Ukraine, showed the highest rating of this subject among other school disciplines and the positive attitude towards it (more than 75% of the pupils who participated in the study). The degree of interest in geography is affected by the age of the pupils and the type of area in which the pupils live: the highest rank of favourable attitude to the subject was shown by rural pupils and pupils who are studying natural courses of the discipline (grades 6–7). The leading factors of a positive attitude to geography depend on the content of this subject and modern forms of studying it, which ultimately contributes to the formation of internal motivation for cognition. The results of an empirical study can be used to develop psychological, pedagogical and methodological models for teaching geography in different classes of general educational institutions.


Author(s):  
Siti Sulastri

The main objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether pictures can improve students’ paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan; (2) to identify the students’s motivation when the pictures are used to teach paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan in academic year 2018/2019. The Research was carried out at SMAN 1 Magetan, East Java, in second semester from January 2019 to May 2019. The subjects of the research are 34 students of grade X. MIPA -1 consisting of 14 boys and 20 girls. The data were obtained from several techniques: test, observation, interview, questioners, and document analysis. To analyze the qualitative data, I used interactive model; while to analyze quantitative data, I applied a descriptive statistics. It is done by comparing the mean of pre-test and post-test. There are some findings of the research which include: pictures can improve students’ paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan. The improvements of paragraph writing skill comprise: (1) writing topic sentence; (2) writing supporting sentences; and (3) using correct grammar and cohesive devices (conjunctions). In addition, the students’ motivation is better when the pictures are used to teach paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that applying pictures as media can improve students’ paragraph writing. Therefore, it is recommended that the teachers can use pictures as an effective media to improve the students’ paragraph writing skill.


Author(s):  
Elena V. Leonova

The problem of pupils’ adaptation to new educational level is explored from the standpoint of human agency becoming.194 pupils (84 fifth-graders and 110 tenth-graders) took part in the study. Pupils’ agency and psychological resources were surveyed at the beginning of the academic year by Children’s Personality Questionnaire (CPQ), Pupils’ Motives Questionnaire (fifth-graders), High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ), Purpose-in-Life Test, Motives of learning activity Questionnaire (tenth-graders). Adaptation criteria (informational, behavioral and affective) were estimated by expert assessment method and academic performance analysis at the end of the academic year. K-means method of cluster analysis, U-test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient are used for data analysis.In each age category of pupils we have found a lot of significant correlation links between the psychological resources and adaptation criteria indicators only in the cluster of pupils with high agency level. So, only pupils with a high level of agency use their psychological resources to successful overcoming of normative educational crises. Thus, without human agency qualities, both the intellectual and personal resources of pupils can remain unused during the period of adaptation and further training, the results of the study demonstrated.The study was funded by RFBR, project # 18-413-400001 


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dania Yolanda ◽  
Muhamad Sofian Hadi

This research aimed to improve the students’ speaking skill in English lesson by puppets games. This research was conducted by using Quasi-Experimental. The subject of this research was Class X MIPA of SMA Perjuangan Depok 2018/2019 academic year, which consisted of 29 students. The objective of this research was to teaching students’ speaking skill in English Lesson by using Puppets Games at Ten Grade of SMA Perjuangan Depok. The data were gathered through quantitative and qualitative data. The result of this research showed that there was increasing of students in speaking skill. The mean of pre-test was 58.34. The mean of post-test was 77. Based on the result analysis, it can be concluded that there was a significance using puppets games in teaching speaking at tenth grade senior high school. The result showed that the result of T-test calculation is 13.090 more higher than T-table 5%, it gained score 2.045. Therefore, it can be conclude that teaching speaking using puppets games is effective to improve speaking skill at the tenth grade of SMA Perjuangan Depok. The results of this study are expected to be useful to related parties such as principals, teachers, parents, students and further researchers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Afandi ◽  
Saleh Hidayat ◽  
Indawan Syahri

The traditional assessments which only covered lower-order thinking skills are still commonly used by teachers in Palembang. Yet the 21st-Century education demands the empowerment of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS).The objective of this study was to find out the validity, practicality, and effectiveness of interactive questions in measuring students' HOTS. The research and development applied was 4-D model which included four stages (define, design, develop and disseminate). The study was conducted on the tenth graders of SMAN (Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri-State Senior High School) 4 Palembang, SMAN 9 Palembang, and SMAN 19 Palembang in the even semester of academic year 2018/2019. The instruments of data collection were validation sheets and interactive questions. The data analysis techniques used were Microsoft Excel 2010 and WINSTEPS version 3.73.0. In conclusion, the study showed that: 1) the expert validation results were very high category; 2) the instrument was considered as good by teacher and student responses; and 3) the interactive questions were effective in measuring students’ HOTS.


Author(s):  
Pinkan Amita Tri Prasasti

<span class="fontstyle0">The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a problem based learning<br />model accompanied with Fishbone Diagram to empower the ability to analyse. This study<br />was a quasi-experimental study. The study used a one-group pretest-posttest design. The<br />population of the study was all students of grade X of Public Senior High School 2<br />Karanganyar in the academic year of 2013/2014. Sample was taken using cluster random<br />sampling technique with a sample of 36 students. The instrument used was questionnaire,<br />observation sheets, interviews, and tests. The ability to analyze data was tested with the<br />Wilcoxon test and calculated by N</span><span class="fontstyle0">gain</span><span class="fontstyle0">. The results showed the effectiveness of PBL module<br />accompanied with FD, in which it had been successful in increasing the ability to analyse<br />with a value of N</span><span class="fontstyle0">gain</span><span class="fontstyle0">of 0.71 and the result was significance at p = 0.000, making the<br />ability belong to “high” category. Based on the results of research and hypothesis<br />testing, it can be concluded that PBL model with FD was effective in empowering the<br />ability to analyseof the tenth graders of.<br /><br /></span>


Author(s):  
John Pahamzah ◽  
Syafrizal Syafrizal

The aim of the research was to explore whether the probing/prompting learning model influenced Indonesian English as a Foreign Language students’ ability to perform a speech. The method used in this research was an experimental method with random cluster sampling of students from an Indonesian English as a Foreign Language school ­– Medang Gili Senior High. There were two 10th grade classes of 22 and 25 students. The results of the lottery performed on the available classes established X-B class as the experimental group and X-A class as the control group. Results of the script-writing test indicated that the average score was 79 out of 100 (with the lowest score of 65 and the highest score of 90) and the median and mode were 80.2 and 81.5, respectively. The ability to write scripts using expository models for speeches was tested among the control class. Another test prompted the use of probing prompting. The results of the hypothesis testing (t test) showed a significant level of 0.05, indicating the significant influence of using probing-prompting learning model (5.00 is greater than t table 2.026), so H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted. Ultimately, the use of probing/prompting learning models had a demonstrably positive impact on tenth graders’ abilities to write speeches during the 2019-2020 academic year.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Desrimayuti Desrimayuti

This study aims to determine the effect of multipass strategies and student attitudes on students' reading comprehension in historical recount texts. The design of this research is Quasi Experiment Research with a 2x2 factorial design. The population of this research is the students of class X SMAN 2 Lubuk Alung Academic Year 2018/2019. Reading tests and student attitude questionnaires were used as research instruments. Then, the research data were analyzed using the T-test formula and Two-Way ANOVA. The results of this study indicate that (1) students taught with multipass strategies have better reading scores than students taught with ordinary strategies, (2) students taught with multipass strategies with positive attitudes have better reading values than students taught with ordinary strategies, (3) students taught with multipass strategies with negative attitudes have better reading scores than students taught with common strategies, and (4) there is no interaction between the two teaching strategies (multipass strategies and ordinary strategies) and students 'attitudes towards students' reading comprehension.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Fatmawati Setia Utami ◽  
Mustaqim Pabbajah ◽  
Juhansar Juhansar

This study aims at describing the implementation and the effectiveness of jumbled-sentences as a technique to enhance students� skill in writing report text and finding out the factors influencing students� skill in writing report text. This study was conducted in MAN 2 Yogyakarta that involved 24 tenth graders of IPA 3 in academic year 2018/2019. This study was a classroom action research. To collect the data, observation checklist, structured interview, and tests were used. The result showed that most of students could understand the subject easily and involve actively during the technique implementation. Besides, the test results showed students� mean improvement in writing report text from pre-test (3.00), post-test I (3.36), and post-test II (3.78). It means that jumbled-sentences technique is effective to enhance students� skill in writing report text. Moreover, the factors influencing students� writing skill were having lack of vocabulary, getting anxiety in making grammar errors, getting difficulties in understanding and translating words or sentences, and having limited classroom for learning-teaching process.Keywords: implementation, jumbled-sentences, students� skill, writing, report text.


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