PRACTICING DISCUSSION IN THE FORM OF PYRAMID TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE AND CLASSROOM INTERACTION

Speaking is an ability to use the language in oral form to express what is on language learners’ thinking. Learners have speaking skills if they have skills to practice grammar, comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency in the oral form. To attain the speaking skills, English teachers are encouraged to meet an appropriate learning strategy to be applied in the speaking classes. This study is a collaborative classroom action research. It is aimed at describing how the use of pyramid discussion to enhance students’ speaking performance and classroom interaction. Its steps consisted of Planning, Acting, Observing, and Reflecting. This research was conducted at the 8th-grade students of SMPN 1 Praya Timur, Central Lombok. There were three instruments employed to obtain the data namely test, observation sheet, and questionnaire. After having the cycle 1, the findings showed that there were 16 students who got score more than 70. The calculation of the mean score was 77.30. Meanwhile, the tabulation of the percentage was 88.90. The data of the observation sheet indicated that the students were enthusiastic in classroom interaction and they feel interested in learning English. The research findings showed that the mean score was 83.22. It could be concluded that the use of pyramid discussion was able to improve students’ speaking performance and classroom interaction at the 8th-grade students of SMPN 1 Praya Timur, Central Lombok

Semantics Application Networking for EFL learners' Communicative Language Learning

This study compares and contrasts the speaking activities that are regularly assigned to students in the classroom and explores how both teachers and students view the program's overall worth. The research uses experimental design as its methodology. Students who were enrolled in the first semester of the academic year 2021–2022 made up the study's population. The purposive sampling strategy was used by the current researcher. The researcher participated in two courses with a combined total of 80 students as samples for this study.  The outcomes of this study are anticipated to provide important data and make a substantial addition to linguistic research, particularly in the field of language instruction. This study's sole objective was to use Semantics Networking Techniques to improve the students' oral English skills.  The findings of this study highlight the significance of communicative language, language learning approaches, and semantic networking strategies in fostering students' development in various fields. &nbsp

EFEKTIVITAS MODEL PEMBELAJARAN CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING (CPS) TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA KELAS V DI SDN 2 B0RO

Salah satu upaya untuk memfasilitasi perkembangan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa sekolah dasar, maka dibutuhkan suatu model pembelajaran yaitu Creative problem solving. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui efektivitas model pembelajaran creative problem solving (CPS) terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa kelas V pada materi perubahan lingkungan di SDN 2 Boro. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan quasi experiment. Metode pengumpulan data dalam peneltian ini yaitu, tes dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan analisis kuantitatif. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data dan pembahasan dalam penelitian, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa, “Model pembelajaran creative problem solving (CPS) efektif terhadap peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa kelas V pada materi perubahan lingkungan di SDN 2 Boro”. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari hasil uji hipotesis yang dilakukan peneliti berdasarkan dar hasil perbandingan thitung dengan ttabel yaitu 19,038 > 2,070 dengan taraf signifikan 5%, yang menyebabkan ditolak

DETERMINING THE INFLUENCING FACTORS OF THE INDONESIAN MARITIME SECURITY USING ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS

Indonesia has several institutions to maintain maritime defense and security, but maritime security is not only determined by the number of authorized agencies but by many factors. This study aims to assess the factors and sub-factors that affect Indonesian maritime security. To achieve the research objectives, the method used is the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) with six factors and twenty-nine sub-factors. The process of collecting data through questionnaires and interviews with several experts, the results of the questionnaire were taken with a Geometric Average, after which it was calculated according to the stages of the AHP method. The findings of this study produce priority factors that affect maritime security, first are defense and security factors (0.37), second is political and legal factors (0.24), third is economic factors (0.16), fourth are technological factors (0.11), fifth are social and cultural factors (0.07) and sixth are environmental factors (0.04). The contribution of this research is a consideration for the Government to determine policies towards improving maritime security in Indonesia.Keywords: Analytical Hierarchy Process, Determining, Maritime Securit

Selection of Marine Security Policy using Fuzzy-AHP TOPSIS Hybrid Approach

The research was focused on the integration of Fuzzy set theory with Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to choose the optimum maritime security policy to achieve Indonesia recognition as the world's maritime axis. The method used is AHP with fuzzy based enhancement. Here, the weight of each criterion is calculated to overcome the criticism of the scale of unbalanced rating, uncertainty, and inaccuracy in the pairwise of comparison process. The best recommendation for Indonesian maritime policies is multi task single agency which is greatly infuenced by several factors such as technology, regulations, infrastructure, economic, politic, and socio-culture.  The finding shows that the hybrid approach is able to produce the best recommendation for Indonesian maritime security policy

Pembangunan kemahiran kerja berpasukan menerusi kokurikulum sukan hoki dalam kalangan pelajar UTHM

Involvement in co-curricular activities is important in addition to teaching and learning processes at all levels, including Higher Education Institutions to create soft skills among students. This study was conducted to identify the application, awareness and control of teamwork skills through curricular hockey at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). The study design was chosen by the researchers is a case study because the information is obtained more precisely and to answer specific research questions. This study uses triangulation method to analyse the data of questionnaires, interviews, observations and document analysis. Numbers of samples involved in this study were 73 students who make up the total population. The results of the questionnaire were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 20 to obtain the mean and standard deviation. The findings indicate that there is infusion of teamwork skills in co-curricular hockey at UTHM. This study suggests that instructors or lecturers as a change agent in implementing effective teamwork skills which in turn can produce human capital that are competitive in the global market

A review on the prevalence of Human Giardiasis in some selected States in Nigeria

Communication in Physical Sciences 2020, 5(1):7-13 Author: Yusuf Buhari, Salisu Mansur Dabai & Abubakar Abdulazeez Received 12 January 2020/Accepted 23 March 2020 Giardiasis is caused by Giardia doudenalis and is a protozoan parasitic infection associated with poor socioeconomic conditions and therefore most commonly found in highly impoverished countries. This disease is associated with public clusters such as correctional and day care centers as well as public recreational centers such as swimming pools, especially in absence of good personal and environmental hygiene. It is often transmitted through infected fomites, contaminated water and food. Because sexual transmission has been documented, coinfection with HIV/AIDS have been reported and the disease has been declared a member of venereal diseases, hence, an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. It has been seen in various ages, but prevalence is mostly higher among children, which has been associated with transmission through the fecal-oral route due to such behaviors as encopresis, finger sucking, sand eating and nail biting among others. This review assesses the prevalence of Giardiasis in some states in Nigeria through convenient sampling of available literature. &nbsp

Praktik Akad Istishna' Paralel dalam Jual Beli Rumah di PT. Berkah Rangga Sakti Kecamatan

Today the need for a place to live is a factor in the community to meet their daily needs, even though they do not have enough money, people are competing to own a house, so that many people get a place to live by paying in installments with various systems in their respective places of residence. Application of a parallel istishna 'contract in buying and selling houses in a company PT. Berkah  Rangga Sakti, which is engaged in selling houses, has met the requirements and principles that apply in the shari'ah economy. But in the financing of PT. Berkah Rangga Sakti did not use a Syari'ah Bank but a conventional bank due to the difficulty of accessing the Syari'ah Bank, which provides home financing in the Bangkalan area.Dewasa ini kebutuhan akan tempat tinggal menjadi salah satu faktor masyarakat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari, walaupun tidak mempunyai cukup uang, masyarakat berlomba-lomba untuk memiliki rumah, sehingga banyak orang mendapatkan tempat tinggal dengan cara mencicil. dengan berbagai sistem di tempat tinggal masing-masing. Penerapan akad istishna 'paralel dalam jual beli rumah di perusahaan PT. Berkah Rangga Sakti yang bergerak di bidang penjualan rumah telah memenuhi persyaratan dan prinsip yang berlaku dalam ekonomi syari'ah. Namun dalam pembiayaan PT. Berkah Rangga Sakti tidak menggunakan Bank Syari'ah melainkan bank konvensional karena sulitnya mengakses Bank Syari'ah yang menyediakan pembiayaan rumah di wilayah Bangkala

Prediction of Pavement Life Using Influence Function and Peak Influence Function for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Analysis

The aim of this study is to predict the long-term pavement life using different method of analysis of the primary response in the pavement layer. The methods are influence function method (IFM) and Peak Influence Function Method (PIFM). A tyre-pavement interaction model was used to predict the 3-Dimensional contact stresses under static and dynamic loads. In this model, a truck tyre was loaded on a three-layer flexible pavement surface. The load primarily affects the vertical contact stress and the longitudinal contact stress. Statistical method was used to analyse the compare the differences between both methods. As a result, elastic modulus of the asphaltic material varies with asphaltic concrete thickness, vehicle speed, volume of void, volume of bitumen and temperature. Temperature was found to influence the asphaltic material modulus more than others due to the elastic modulus of the mixture’s dependency on the stiffness of the bitumen. It is succeeded by vehicle speed, volume of void, volume of binder and AC thickness of which is minimal or have almost no effect on strains. In conclusion, Peak influence function is able to predict the response in pavement as a result of vehicle loads sufficiently and realistically. Low differences of strain was  evidenced to reduce the differences resulting in failure

Estimation Of Entrance Skin Dose And Effective Dose In Cervical Spine X-Ray Procedures

The use of ionizing radiation in medical field is the largest and a growing man-made source of radiation exposure. The aim of this study is to estimate the doses received by patients during radiological examinations in order to standardize the examination procedures and optimize the patient dose. Two most referral hospitals, located in the Capital City of Kebbi State, were investigated. The Patients undergoing cervical spine X-ray examinations were involved in this study.  Entrance Skin Dose (ESD) and Effective Dose were calculated using exposure parameters (voltage, tube loading, focus-patient distance). The Cal Dose _X 5.0 software was used to determine ESD and ED. Conversion coefficients were used to relate ESD to the effective dose (ED). A total of 65 radiographic examinations data were collected from the two hospitals during three months of the year 2021 to 2022. The highest ESD (mGy) was found for the lateral cervical view in Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, with an average value of 4.12 mGy. The highest value of ED and DRLs was also observed for the AP projection in FMC with an average of 0.27 mSv and 4.73. The ESDs reported in this study are generally higher than value obtained from the research conducted by the Iran, and Brazil, while ED was remarkably high compared to other studies. This trend is an indication that the patient radiation protection practices in these two hospitals need to be justified. The results of this study showed that there is a need for justification and optimization in order to reduce patient radiation dose without affecting the quality of the radiographic image. The data of this work will be useful in contributing to the formulation of regional guidance levels