Curriculum Development for the Subject of “Jadi Pendamping Adik” in Class X

The aim of this study was to develop curriculum of “Jadi Pendamping Adik” subject in class X of Sint Peter Catholic Senior High School in Ende. This study was research and development which used Dick and Carrey model as the procedur of curriculum development. The steps of the curriculum development were: identify instructional goal, conduct instructional analysis, analyze learnes and contexts, write specific learning objectives, develop assesment instrumen, develop instructional strategy, develop and select instructional materials, design and conduct formative evaluation of instruction, and revise. Data feasiblity analysis from the experts used qualitatif and quantitatif descriptive data analysis. The result of the feasibility analysis from the instructional design expert, the percentage of achievment level was 92.5% with a very good qualifications and feasible to be used with revisions as needed. The result of the feasibility analysis from each material experts was 90% and 92.5% with a very good qualifications and feasible to be used with revisions as needed. The curriculum development of “Jadi Pendamping Adik” subject in class X was feasible to be used as a guide in learning.

Voice and Mirroring in SLA: Top-Down Pedagogy for L2 Pronunciation Instruction

There are two broad approaches to the research and teaching of second-language (L2) pronunciation—‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’—which roughly align with structural and communicative approaches to language teaching. A bottom-up approach, explicitly focusing on de-contextualised linguistic forms, is structuralist and predominated in the second half of the 20th century; a top-down approach to L2 pronunciation takes a more communicative orientation, defining the instructional goal not as acquiring a native-speaker accent, but rather as ‘intelligibility.’ In consideration of this pronunciation goal (i.e. intelligibility) and recent L2 acquisition theoretical frameworks emphasising the role of social and contextual factors in shaping interlanguage (IL) systems, we argue that a top-down approach is paramount to L2 pronunciation instruction. Drawing on variationist research on IL phonology and a brief recount of International Teaching Assistant pronunciation course programs in the US, we present the Mirroring Project as an effective top-down pedagogical approach for L2 pronunciation instruction.

The Influence of Used Good-Based Learning Media on the Value of Chracter Education and Student's Motivation to Study

The purpose of this study was to see the effect of used goods-based learning media on the value of character education and student motivation. Something that can give effect or result from an action so as to bring a result of an effort or action taken, in this case the effect can be seen from achieving a specific instructional goal that has been planned. The place of this research is SD Sinar Pembaharuan Hidup. The subjects of this study were 35 students of grade V SD. Based on the theoretical study and data analysis, 1) based on the test criteria, the three variables have an average value of at least 3, in this case it is categorized as good. 2) the significance test of 0.005> 0.000, this test shows the effect of used goods-based division media on the value of character education and student motivation, 3) the f-value test shows that f-count> f-table is 4.192> 3.29 and 4.757> 3,29 This statement shows the influence of learning media on the value of character education and student learning motivation.

Academic Detailing From Medical Students: Part of a Plan to Emphasize Feedback in One Clerkship

Introduction: Medical schools have an enduring need to provide ongoing faculty development and to foster educational alliances between teachers and learners, so that feedback provided to learners is both frequent and of high quality. We hypothesized that medical students trained as academic detailers with a mission to increase the emphasis on feedback could serve in this role during our clerkship, while still being evaluated as students in our clerkship rotation. Methods: The family medicine clerkship at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine launched a revised curriculum in 2016 in which students were taught how they might build an educational alliance with preceptors, were taught characteristics of high-quality feedback, and practiced requesting more useful feedback when initial quality was poor. After utilizing a clerkship-specific curriculum with small group sessions on receiving feedback, and training students and preceptors on the SNAPPs model, students were then directed to request feedback from their preceptors and model successful feedback conversations for preceptors. The study evaluated the medical students’ summative evaluations to compare the rate from the preintervention year (2015-2016) and the intervention year (2016-2017) at which preceptors added comments on students’ use of feedback. Results: Preceptors’ written comments about students seeking feedback increased at about a four-fold rate (74.4% vs 18.8%, P<.001) after implementing a suite of changes to our clerkship curriculum. Conclusions: Using medical students to change preceptor behaviors was an important part of our suite of interventions. This intervention directed preceptor attention toward our instructional goal of increased medical student feedback.

Pengembangan Program Pelatihan Teknik Penulisan Modul Untuk Widyaiswara BPSDM Provinsi DKI Jakarta

This development research aims to develop an appropriate training program about module writing which intended to the Instructors of BPSDM Jakarta in order to increase ones’ knowledge and competencies in module writing. The program development refers to the Instructional Development Model by M. Atwi Suparman. Basde on these models, research and developmenta has been through the stages of assess needs to identify instructional goal, conduct instructional analysis, analyze learners and contexts, write performance objectives, develop assessment instrument, develop instructional strategy, develop and select instructional, and design and conduct formative evaluation. This research also developed a book of training program for Instructors, training module, and presentation media, in order to assist the training process. The evaluation of the training program includes two phases which consist of expert review and one-to-one evaluation. The evaluation scores from expert review phase by Instructional Design Expert is 3.73 which considered as very good, also the scores from media expert for learning source module is 3.88 which considered as very good and for presentation media 3.17 which considered as very good either. The one-to-one evaluation phase involved 3 Instructors and the scores obtained is 3 which considered as good. Based on the results of evaluation, it can be concluded that this training program is appropriate to be implemented in order to increase the competencies of module writing for the Instructors of BPSDM DKI Jakarta.

Teachers’ goals predict computational thinking gains in robotics

Purpose Computational thinking (CT) is widely considered to be an important component of teaching generalizable computer science skills to all students in a range of learning environments, including robotics. However, despite advances in the design of robotics curricula that can teach CT, actual enactment in classrooms may often fail to reach this target. This study aims to understand whether the various instructional goals teachers’ hold when using these curricula may offer one potential explanation for disparities in outcomes. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors examine results from N = 206 middle-school students’ pre- and post-tests of CT, attitudinal surveys and surveys of their teacher’s instructional goals to determine if student attitudes and learning gains in CT are related to the instructional goals their teachers endorsed while implementing a shared robotics programming curriculum. Findings The findings provide evidence that despite using the same curriculum, students showed differential learning gains on the CT assessment when in classrooms with teachers who rated CT as a more important instructional goal; these effects were particularly strong for women. Students in classroom with teachers who rated CT more highly also showed greater maintenance of positive attitudes toward programming. Originality/value While there is a growing body of literature regarding curricular interventions that provide CT learning opportunities, this study provides a critical insight into the role that teachers may play as a potential support or barrier to the success of these curricula. Implications for the design of professional development and teacher educative materials that attend to teachers’ instructional goals are discussed.

Instructional goal structure, gender and second language motivation affecting English language achievement

This study opted to 1) investigate a difference between cooperative and competitive learning modes in affecting English language achievement; 2) find gender, intra-gender and inter-gender differences in English language achievement within and across the three learning conditions and 3) study relationship between students’ motivation to learn English language and English language achievement. An English language test was administered to 120 Arsi Negelle Shala Secondary School grade 9 students. The 12 items Mini-Attitude/Motivation test battery (Mini-AMTB) was administered to the students. Different parametric tests were used in the pre-test and post-test data analysis. Post-test analysis result revealed that cooperative learners significantly outperformed both competitive learners and control group, but the control group significantly outperformed competitive learners. Both groups of male and female students favoured cooperative learning mode; however, males favoured more. The aggregate measures of Mini-AMTB produced significant positive correlations with English language achievement, but language anxiety produced significant negative correlation. Keywords: Cooperative learning, competitive learning, instructional goal structure, second language motivation.

Analisis Kesesuaian Materi Kuliah dengan Materi Praktikum Biologi Bidang Tumbuhan pada Prodi Pendidikan Biologi UIN Ar-Raniry

The appropriacy of course content with practicum contents is an effort to reach an optimum instructional goal. The level of appropriacy also reflects the implementation of practicum in the laboratory. Nevertheless, there were still some weaknesses in the practicum implementation such as the practicum was not fully conducted under lecturer’s guidance and direction; The practicum content was irrelevant with the course content; Evaluation and revision was rarely made to the course content and practicum content; the sequence of course content was not suitable with the sequence of practicum content. The aims of this study were to find out the level of appropriacy of course content with the content of biology practicum in the field of plant at biology education department. The methods used in this study were document analysis and descriptive method. The lesson plan of plant course content and also the content of practicum guidance in the field of plant were analyzed by the researcher. The result showed that 1) the level of appropriacy between the plant course content and the content of practicum was 50% and categorized as “appropriate”; 2) The other plant course content was considered “very appropriate” in terms of course content appropriacy with practicum content in the level of 50%. 3) The level of appropriacy between the sequences of course content with practicum content was 50% and categorized as “appropriate”. While another 50% was categorized as “very appropriate”. It can be concluded that the level of appropriacy of course content with the content of biology practicum in the field of plant at biology education department of UIN Ar-Raniry was categorized by “very appropriate” and “appropriate”.

PENGEMBANGAN PERMAINAN MAHKOTA BERTEMAN UNTUK PEMBELAJARAN MENGENALKAN KONSEP DAN LAMBANG BILANGAN PADA ANAK USIA DINI

Games for growing and developing early childhood provides opportunity to be able to explore and interact with the surrounding environment. A good game form for early childhood is an educative game, a game that stimulates the child's thinking power and helps to optimize aspects of his development. The phenomenon of learning in early childhood at this time is more directed to the academic, so the principle of learning while playing is replaced with worksheets. The purpose of this study is to produce a suitable game of mahkota berteman to be used for learning to introduce concepts and symbols of numbers in early childhood, and improve the ability of early childhood in recognizing the concept and symbol of numbers. The study was conducted in ten stages according to Dick and Carey's Development Research theory (2011), (1) Identity Instructional Goal, (2) Conduct Instructional Analysis, (3) Analyze Learners and Contexts, (4) Write Performance Objectives, (5) Develop Assessment Instrumens, (6) Develop Instructional Strategy, (7) Develop and Select Instructional Materials, (8) Design and Conduct Formative Evaluation of Instruction, (9) Revise Instruction, (10) Design And Conduct Summative Evaluation. The results showed that mahkota berteman gamers were eligible for learning to introduce the concept and symbol of numbers in early childhood. Based on the data analysis of field test results using T test shows that the significance obtained by 0.000 is smaller on the significance used in this research that is 0,05 (sig = 0,000 0,05), thus H0 is rejected and H1 accepted. So the result this development research can be concluded that after using the mahkota berteman game befriending the ability of children in knowing the concept and the symbol of numbers to be better.