Antisipasi Didaktis dengan Strategi Scaffolding pada Pembelajaran Barisan dan Deret Aritmetika

This study aims to explain didactic anticipation in learning arithmetic sequences and series. The study was conducted using a didactic design study with three stages: prospective analysis, metapedadidactic, and retrospective analysis. Data were collected through tests, interviews, and documentation. Researchers compile HLT based on the analysis of learning constraints for students in learning arithmetic sequences and series. From the HLT, a didactic design was designed. The didactic design is implemented with results showing that there are three didactic events that researchers anticipate didactic with a scaffolding strategy, namely: 1) when determining the value that satisfies the number pattern, the researcher anticipates the didactic by providing directions in the form of directions to solve the given problem; 2) when determining the definition and example of arithmetic sequences, the didactic anticipation by the researcher by providing another example of the form of a number sequence makes students better understand the learning given; 3) when determining the value of the nth term and the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence and series, the didactic anticipation is given namely with their respective shirts to check their work and make direct interactions. The didactic anticipation that the researchers gave in this study was adjusted to the conditions of the environment around the classroom.

An Analysis on English Teacher Strategies in Teaching Reading Comprehension

The purpose of this study was to analyze what strategies the teacher used in teaching reading comprehension and how the teacher applies the strategies used in teaching reading comprehension. The subjects of this study were teacher who taught English at SMAN 10 Kota Bengkulu . This type of research is designed as descriptive qualitative research. To collect data in the study, researcher used Checklist Observation, Interview as an instrument in collected data and documentation. The procedure of this research is by means of researchers coming and participating in seeing and understanding how the teacher teaches reading comprehension in the classroom. The results of the study found that the two strategies used by the teacher, Scaffolding and QARs (Question Answers Relationship). Scaffolding strategy students can develop ideas that can be read by students and make students confident in reading comprehension. QARs (Question Answer Relationship), the teacher is able to know the extent to which students understand what the teacher has given them and the limits of the students' ability to do assignments after reading the text that has been given. Thus, it can be concluded that the teacher is good enough to implement this strategy in the classroom, but was slightly hindered by its application during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The Effectiveness of Instructional Scaffolding Strategy in the Development of Academic Achievement and Critical Thinking in Female Second Year Secondary Students in Mathematics

This study aims to find out the effectiveness of instructional scaffolding strategy in the development of academic achievement and critical thinking of female second grade secondary mathematics students. Semi-experimental and relational descriptive method was used. The sample of the study consisted of (50) students divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group was taught using scaffolding strategy whereas the control group was taught using traditional method. Pre- and Post-tests were used to achieve the objective of the study. The results of the study revealed that there are statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the experimental and control groups in the posttest for both the academic achievement and critical thinking scale in favor of the experimental group. Furthermore, the findings have shown that there is a positive correlation between academic achievement and critical thinking. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommend curriculum designers and decision makers to integrate the scaffolding strategy in curricula and hold workshops for teachers to use scaffolding strategy in teaching mathematics.

THE EFFECT OF SCAFFOLDING STRATEGY ON LEARNER AUTONOMY AND WRITING COMPETENCY OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 1 SEMARAPURA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

This study aimed to investigate the effect of scaffolding strategy on learner autonomy and writing competency. This study was conducted in SMA N 1 Semarapura in the academic year 2019/2020 in form of experimental study with Post-Test Only Control Group Design. The population of this study was 368 tenth grade students, wherein two classes which consisted of 66 students were selected by using lottery to determine experimental group and control group as the sample of this study through Cluster Random Sampling Technique. The students of experimental group were treated by using scaffolding strategy and the students of control group were treated by using conventional writing strategy. The data of learner autonomy were collected by using questionnaire, the data of writing competency were collected by using rubric, and then the data were analyzed by using multivariate variance test (MANOVA). The result of this study showed that: (1) scaffolding strategy affected better than conventional writing on learner autonomy, (2) scaffolding strategy affected better than conventional writing on writing competency, and (3) simultaneously, scaffolding strategy affected better than conventional writing on learner autonomy and writing competency. These findings have important contribution to EFL pedagogy in general and in teaching and learning writing in particular. It can be concluded that scaffolding strategy gives positive effect on learner autonomy and writing competency separately and simultaneously.Key Words : learner autonomy, scaffolding strategy, writing competency.

SEMI-STRUCTURED DESIGN AND PROBLEM-BASED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN A FIRST-YEAR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSE

A first-year biomedical engineering laboratory course was created using a problem-based approach, introducing students to the interplay of engineering design and biology in biomedical engineering. Open-ended problems were central to each laboratory module, and were designed to enhance students’ development of high-order learning skills. Although the value of problem-based learning in engineering laboratory courses has been recognized, its implementation in the first-year engineering program presents unique challenges for students who are unfamiliar with the unstructured approach and who are in their early stages of developing discipline-specific knowledge. Immediate feedback scaffolding strategies, including interactive pre-laboratory assessments and team-based quizzes, were implemented in the second iteration of the course to support students’ achievement of learning outcomes, and to improve their perception of their learning experience in a problem-based laboratory. According to preliminary survey results, students attributed the value of problem-based laboratory activities to the acquisition of technical skills, engineering design skills, as well as the development of self-directed ability, and a growth mindset. Results from the second iteration of the course also revealed that students perceived the interactive pre-laboratory assessments and team-based quizzes to be highly valuable. Taken together, our study thus far has underlined the importance of immediate feedback as an effective scaffolding strategy for supporting semi-structured experiential learning in a first-year engineering laboratory course.