Think-Pair-Share for Novice English Readers: Engaging Seventh Graders to Explore Narrative Text

Many studies have discussed the Think-Pair-Share strategy to increase students' learning motivation in various scientific fields, especially in learning English. However, it still requires more exploration concerning TPS implementation for seventh-grader students to improve their proficiency when engaged in narrative reading. This research departs from the student's opinion about the struggle to read and understand the narrative text, and the class was so boring. Therefore, it is assumed that the use of TPS can increase the student’s motivation in reading narrative text. The design chosen is classroom action research (CAR) implemented at MTs. Darul Hikmah Jabon. The participants were 26 students. This research is done with one pre-cycle for need analysis and two cycles to see the increase of the student's score. In the pre-cycle, only three students reached the success criteria. In the first cycle, the scores did not significantly increase; only eleven students succeeded. In the second cycle, twenty-three students showed improvement. It resumed that the TPS technique is very effective for increasing student motivation on reading narrative text. Keywords: Think-Pair-Share, Narrative Text, Classroom Action Research.

DEVELOPING ENGLISH VOCABULARY APPLICATION FOR THE MENTALLY-RETARDED STUDENTS AT SLB ARYA SATYA HATI

The aim of this study was to develop the application of English Vocabulary Application based on the desktop version to assist the mentally-retarded students in learning English vocabulary. This research used Research and Development (R&D) with ADDIE models. This research involved 5 seventh-grader of mentally-retarded students and 3 teachers who teach mentally-retarded students from SLB Arya Satya Hati. The researcher used three instruments for this research: (1) Interview, (2) Questionnaire, and (3) Documentation. The data were analyzed by using Arikunto’s theory (2010) and percentage index (%). The researcher carried out the dissemination by uploading the video on how to operate the English Vocabulary Application on Youtube due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the validation results, it showed that English Vocabulary Application was feasible to be used as a learning media in assisting the mentally-retarded students with 100% materials validation results and 95% programming validation results. Based on the application try-out, 4 MR students could guess more than 10 words of 20 words and 1 MR student guessed 8 words of 20 words. Based on this research, the English Vocabulary Application could be used in teaching- learning vocabulary for mentally-retarded students through ICT. This application could be used as one ICT learning media and the other researcher could develop this application with the newest features. Keywords: English Vocabulary Application, Mentally-Retarded students, teaching vocabulary

Soccer for Real

My name is Naima Goffney, and I am an eleven-year-old seventh grader at Julius West Middle School. I am taking algebra 1 this year. I wanted to write the Math for Real because in math class I do not always think that what we are learning is related to the real world. At home, my mom shows me all the different ways I am mathematically smart, which makes me want to try harder in school during the “rougher” days. We can use math to know more about how to improve our skills and find the math we learn in school more interesting and more related to our real world as middle schoolers.

BUKU TEKS BAHASA INDONESIA SMP DAN SMA KURIKULUM 2013 TERBITAN KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN 2014

Text book is one of important instruments in successful learning. Ministry of Education and Culture published standard textbook. Readability’s textbook must compatible with student’s capability and psychology. Fry’s graph is the best readability measuring tool for textbook. Aim of this research is to descibe readability’s Indonesian textbooks of Junior and Senior High School curriculum 2013 published by Ministry of Education and Cultural 2014. The kind of this research is literature study. The data collection used documentation technique. The result of this reseach is (1) the readability of Indonesian textbook for seventh grader is not suitable for target student because 20 of 33 texts is not suitable for seventh grader student based on Fry’s graph, (2) the readability of Indonesian textbook for eighth grader is suitable for target student because 17 of 22 texts is suitable for eighth grader student based on Fry’s graph, (3) the readability of Indonesian textbook for tenth grader is not suitable for target student because 18 of 23 texts is not suitable for tenth grader student based on Fry’s graph, (4) the readability of Indonesian textbook for eleventh grader first semester is not suitable for target student because 9 of 10 texts is not suitable for eleventh grader student based on Fry’s graph, and (5) the readability of Indonesian textbook for eleventh grader second semester curriculum 2013 is not suitable for target student because 14 of 22 texts is not suitable for seventh grader student based on Fry’s graph.

An Experimental Study of Teaching Vocabulary by Using Hyponymy Games on the Seventh Grader F MTs Syech Ibrahim Payakumbuh

Language is an effective tool to get communication, interaction, and information about other people, society and other groups. Whenever people think about language, they usually think of mastering vocabulary. Mastering vocabulary means that they know all the words in the language which we use. In this research, the writer would like to carry out the research under title “An Experimental Study of Teaching Vocabulary by Using Hyponymy Games on the Seventh Grader of MTs Syech Ibrahim Payakumbuh. It was quasi experimental method. The population was all of the seventh grader at Seventh Grader of MTs Syech Ibrahim Payakumbuh. But, the writer just took one class as the sample. The objects of the study was the seventh grade of 7c class. From the result of statistic calculation, it is obtained the value of to is 8,9 and tt is 2,64. So tott. The comparison between t-score with t-table (2,64 8,9). It means that hypothesis of the research is accepted, or there is significant difference between the results of teaching vocabulary through hyponymy games for the Seventh Grader of MTs Syech Ibrahim Payakumbuh. Copyright © 2014 by Al-Ta'lim All right reserved

Circles of Humanity

How does geometry appear through the eyes of a restless seventh grader? I tried to imagine it as I leafed through the Teacher's Edition in preparation for my first-ever encounter with teaching geometry. The pages of boring definitions and sterile, aloof diagrams gave a grim prognosis of glazed eyes and distant minds. There had to be more to it than this. The sign on the wall of my physics classroom reminded me of Einstein: “Geometry is the mathematics of space and time.” For a brief instant I considered trying to teach geometry through the topic of general relativity at a seventh-grade level—and although I came back down to earth from that idea quickly, the inspiration had served its purpose, sending me on an exploration to find more unique perspectives from which to teach and learn geometry. My discoveries evolved, and the consequent path that I took with my students turned out to be less abstract and esoteric than the fabric of space and time; instead, we delved into the topic of geometry as being a powerful sociological tool, solid yet enigmatic, a human and cultural representation of the world and the universe.