Efektivitas Media Pembelajaran Berbasis Powerpoint Tema Agama Di Kb-tk Assalamah Ungaran Kabupaten Semarang

Assalamah Playgroup-Kindergarten as one of the early childhood institution seeks to develop innovative learning models by using interactive learning cd developed by teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the media developed by teachers and to know how big the effectiveness of instructional media used in learning activities.The method used in this research is to use an experimental method that is pretest-posttest control group design that compares the learning achievement of children before and after treated learning by using power point learning cd and compared between the experimental group and the control group.Results from this study are media generated was declared invalid. It is based on data obtained from experts and materialvalidator. In addition to a valid media used in learning with religious themes on Assalamah Playgroup-Kindergartenin Ungaran also effective in the learning activities, it can be seen from the rise in learning outcomes among students, especially in kindergarten B

The Utilization of Electronic Journal: Analysis of The Source of References for Thesis Writing by Students of Early Childhood Teacher Education Department

Library technical implementation unit, especially in the sector of journal developers, has subscribed to numerous journals which have international reputation such as Sage, Oxford Journal, Emerald, Cambridge Journal, Springer Link, IEEE, Sage Research Method, ProQuest, and JSTOR. The purpose of this study was to analyze the level of understanding of students in the utilization of electronic journals, to find out what reference sources are used, and to analyze how big the utilization of electronic journals was as references for thesis writing by students in the Department of ECTE. This research utilized a quantitative research method. Respondents in this study were students in the ECTE Department who were currently working on their thesis. Data collection for this study was carried out by using observation techniques and using questionnaires related to understanding and utilization of electronic journals by ECTE students. The number of respondents taken was 47 students who were working on their thesis. And the data analysis was presented by descriptive percentages. The results showed that the level of understanding of students in the utilization of electronic journals was 40.38% at the good level, 50% at the moderate level and 9.62% at the poor level. Sources of reference used by students in research are electronic journals (41.97%), books (36.63%), legislation (7.8%) and internet sources (13.63%). While the utilization of electronic journals as sources of reference used by students showed 44.23% or almost half of the references used are in the form of journals