PEMAHAMAN KONSEP BILANGAN BULAT GURU SD DI PASIR JAMBU KABUPATEN BANDUNG

This study aimed to identified the understanding of whole number concept among elementary school teacher taking distance course in Elementary Teacher Training Indonesia Open University as viewed from the quality of module, tutor performance, and learning motivation. Samples were 72 participants of tutorial program under Mathematics for Elementary School subject carried out in Pasir Jambu village Bandung Regency during 2012.1 registration period. Using questionaire, test concerning whole number concept, documentary study, observation and interview for data gathering. Results indicated that (i) module quality, tutor performance, and motivation contributed significantly toward whole number concept, the contribution number were 29,80%, 18,30% dan 29,80%, (ii)module quality and tutor performance contributed significantly to whole number concept (36,70%), (iii) tutor performance and motivation contributedsignificantly to whole number concept (38,70%), (iv) module quality, tutor performance and motivation contributed significantly to whole number concept (51,50%), and (v) the rest 48,50% was determined by unidentified variables. Recommends that tutorial administrator should maintain the quality of module and to enlarge student access upon learning material through media alternative, to improve tutor profesionalism, and to encourage motivation among studentconcerned.   Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi pemahaman tentang konsep bilangan bulat kelompok guru SD peserta pendidikan guru jarak jauh ditinjau dari aspek kualitas modul, kinerja tutor dan motivasi belajar. Sampel adalah seorang tutor dan 72 mahasiswa peserta tutorial mata kuliah Pembelajaran Matematika SD di Kelompok Belajar Pasir Jambu Kabupaten Bandung masa registrasi 2012.1. Pengumpulan data dilaksanakan menggunakan angket, tes pemahaman konsep bilangan bulat, studi dokumentasi, observasi dan tes untuk tutor. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (i) kualitas modul, kinerja tutor dan motivasi belajar secara bersama-sama berkontribusi secara signifikan terhadap pemahaman konsep bilangan bulat, yaitu masing-masing sebesar 29,80%, 18,30% dan 29,80%, (ii) kualitas modul dan kinerja tutor secara bersama-sama berkontribusi signifikan (36,70%) terhadap pemahaman konsep bilangan bulat, (iii) kinerja tutor dan motivasi belajar mahasiswa secara bersama-sama berkontribusi secara signifikan (38,70%) terhadap pemahaman konsep bilangan bulat, (iv) kualitas modul, kinerja tutor dan motivasi belajar mahasiswa bersama-sama berkontribusi secara signifikan (51,50%) terhadap pemahaman konsep bilangan bulat, dan (v) sisanya 48,50% ditentukan oleh variabel lain yang tidak diteliti. Disarankan hendaknya penyelenggara tutorial mempertahankan kualitas dan memperluas akses mahasiswa terhadap materi belajar, meningkatkan profesionalitas tutor, dan meningkatkan motivasi mahasiswa peserta tutorial

Pengaruh Problem Based Learning (PBL) terhadap Kemampuan Heuristik Pemecahan Masalah dan Sikap Matematis Siswa Sekolah Dasar

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya kemampuan heuristik pemecahan masalah dan sikap matematis siswa terhadap pelajaran matematika. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelaah perbedaan peningkatan kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan sikap matematis siswa yang menggunakan Problem Based Learning (PBL) dengan siswa yang menggunakan pembelajaran konvensional. Metode dalam penelitian ini menggunakan desain kuasi eksperimen dengan subjek penelitian seluruh siswa kelas V SD Negeri Leuwikujang I sebagai kelas eksperimen dan seluruh siswa kelas V SD Negeri Rajawangi I sebagai kelas kontrol. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan skala sikap matematis siswa. Data hasil penelitian berupa skor pra tes dan pasca tes siswa dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji t dan uji korelasi Product Moment Pearson. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa, siswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran Problem Based Learning (PBL) mengalami peningkatan pada kemampuan strategi heuristic pemecahan masalah dan sikap matematis yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan siswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran matematika secara konvensional

Doing activism like a state: Progressive municipal government, Israel/Palestine and BDS

Activism is typically placed in opposition to state practice. Yet, state bodies often participate in campaigns and movements for change, drawing on different powers and capacities, including the ability to withhold goods, land and contracts. This article explores subnational state activism – what it means and the activist framework it offers – through a study of UK local government’s episodic participation in the pro-Palestinian movement for divestment and boycott of Israel. Municipal participation in this movement demonstrates certain tensions and challenges for subnational state activism, in conditions of conflict, where critics denounce local government for over-reaching and acting improperly. This article focuses on two key aspects: the relationship of municipal activism to de-subordination and the troubling of state hierarchy; and the place of responsibility, care and democratic embeddedness within municipal state practice. Together, these strands contribute to wider debates about progressive statehood and paradigms of institutional activism

Ethnomathematics study of Pandanwangi village: Schools mathematics instruction in rice farmer activities Pandanwangi

This study aims to explore the hidden mathematical concepts behind the rice farming activities of Pandanwangi Cianjur. The research method is qualitative research with an ethnographic approach. The research location is in Pandanwangi Cultural Village, Bunikasih Village, Warungkondang District, Cianjur Regency, West Java. Pandanwangi Cultural Village was deliberately built by the Cianjur Regency Government to further introduce pandanwangi rice, which is the superior local variety of Cianjur Regency. Pandawangi rice farmers' cultural activities contain mathematical concepts that arise when determining seed class, number of seeds, nursery preparation, final seed selection with salt solution, seeding in nurseries, nursery maintenance, preparation of planting land, planting, fertilization in planting areas, planting maintenance, harvest, and post-harvest. The findings of this study show that there are mathematical concepts in agricultural activities on geometric content, including determining points, lines, angles, the area of flat shapes, the similarity of flat shapes, and algebra, including comparisons, percentages, and social arithmetic. The results of the research can be used as a teaching module to facilitate learning for students in the school curriculum

STRENGTHENING THE POSITION OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW

Changes in intellectual capital as well as knowledge management occur as a result of technological and information developments. These changes then affect human resource management in various ways. This research looked at how intellectual capital and knowledge management can influence the development of human resource management. This research will be carried out using a qualitative approach. The data used in this study is secondary data derived from various research results and previous studies. The results of this study then found that human resource management is very important in digital technology because companies need to develop according to the current era. Therefore, people who work in the shadows as people in charge of human resource management need to have strong intellectual capital and knowledge management. The existing human resource management can develop properly by having these two things

Exploration of Phinisi Ship Components as a Source for Learning Elementary School Geometry: Ethnomathematics Study

Mathematics is still seen as a non-cultural subject. Mathematics and culture are two aspects that have a strong relationship. Culture provides a natural means for students to access a framework for conceptual understanding in mathematics. One of the important cultural objects in Indonesia is the Phinisi. The phinisi is a traditional wooden ship originating from Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi province which is recorded as a world cultural heritage. This study explores the concept of ethnomathematics geometry on phinisi ships. The method used in this research is an exploratory-descriptive method through an ethnographic approach to explain and analyze the ethnomathematical concepts of geometry on the components of the phinisi. Research data were collected through a literature review, direct observation of the shape and process of making phinisi, and interviews with expert phinisi shipbuilders. The results showed that there are geometric ethnomathematical concepts in the form of flat shapes and spatial shapes on several phinisi components. This ethnomathematical concept is relevant to the formal mathematical concepts learned in school so it has the potential to be a source of learning mathematics