The Strategies Applied by English Teachers in Teaching Reading Comprehension: Situation of Post Covid-19 Pandemic

There are many strategies that educators can use to support successful learning in the classroom, especially for teachers of English, with all the preconditions needed for educators to use learning strategies appropriate to students' situations and circumstances that greatly depend on the situation and the problems that arise. Faced with more complex situations, with all the hassle existing in determining learning strategies, the covid-19 pandemic arrived which interrupted the application of learning strategies as students had to stay at home and wiped out the teacher-student interaction for several years after pandemic covid-19 over. By using a qualitative descriptive research method used to analyze events, phenomena, and social conditions that are well suited to what all levels of society and even the whole country are facing, namely the covid-19 pandemic. The results of this study show that The teachers' strategies applied by English teachers in teaching reading comprehension post-pandemic covid-19 is teacher-activated background knowledge of students, reading aloud together, using a dictionary to find the meaning of difficult words, and explaining again the message of the text, the last teacher asked students to answer the question of the text, teachers’ problems in teaching reading comprehension post-pandemic covid-19 the low interest of students to study English, the students making noise in the classroom, and the students being lazy, the teacher’s strategy solved the problems were teachers always motivated students to study hard, especially in English, gave advice to the students who made a noise or when they sleepy, moved the place of students when they made a noise and gave reward to the students who study hard and got high score in the class

Pengaruh Karakteristik Sosial Ekonomi Penyuluh terhadap Tingkat Keberhasilan Pelaksanaan Tugas Pokok Penyuluh Pertanian (di Bpp Pematang Sijonam, Kabupaten Serdang Bedagai)

Penelitian bertujuan untuk (1) Mengetahui karakteristik sosial ekonomi penyuluh di lokasi penelitian (2) Mengetahui pelaksanaan tugas pokok penyuluh pertanian di daerah penelitian (3) Mengetahui tingkat keberhasilan pelaksanaan tugas pokok penyuluh pertanian di daerah penelitian (4) Mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh antara karakteristik sosial ekonomi penyuluh (umur, tingkat pendidikan, lama menjadi penyuluh, jumlah tanggungan keluarga, total pendapatan, jarak tempat tinggal penyuluh dengan WKPP tempat bertugas) terhadap keberhasilan tugas pokok penyuluh di BPP Pematang Sijonam. Metode penelitian yaitu (1) dan (2) menggunakan metode deskriptif, (3) menggunakan metode scoring dan (4) metode regresi linear berganda dengan bantuan spss 16. Hasil penelitian diperoleh (1) Nilai koefisien determinasi (R2) yang diperoleh sebesar 0,332. Koefisien determinasi ini menunjukkan bahwa 33,2% variasi tingkat keberhasilan tugas pokok penyuluh pertanian (Y) dapat dijelaskan oleh variabel bebas umur, tingkat pendidikan, lama menjadi penyuluh, jumlah tanggungan keluarga, total pendapatan, jarak tempat tinggal penyuluh dengan WKPP tempat bertugas. Sedangkan 66,8% dijelaskan oleh variabel lain di luar model persamaan. Dari keseluruhan variasi bebas yaitu umur, tingkat pendidikan, lama mejadi penyuluh, jumlah tanggungan keluarga, total pendapatan dan jarak tempat tinggal penyuluh dengan WKPP tempat bertugas secara serempak memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan. (2) Secara parsial menunjukkan bahwa variabel lama menjadi penyuluh memberikan pengaruh yang sangat nyata terhadap tingkat keberhasilan pelaksanaan tugas pokok penyuluh pertanian. Sedangkan umur, tingkat pendidikan, jumlah tanggungan keluarga, total pendapatan dan jarak tempat tinggal penyuluh dengan WKPP tempat bertugas tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap tingkat keberhasilan pelaksanaan tugas pokok penyuluh pertanian

Peranan Tenaga Kerja Wanita sebagai Buruh di Industri Kacang Intip dan Kontribusinya terhadap Pendapatan Rumah Tangga di Kecamatan Rambutan Kota Tebing Tinggi

Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui curahan tenaga kerja wanita sebagai buruh pada industri kacang intip, mengetahui pendapatan yang diperoleh tenaga kerja wanita sebagai buruh, untuk mengetahui kontribusi pendapatan tenaga kerja wanita sebagi buruh pada industri kacang intip terhadap total pendapatan keluarga dan untuk mengetahui alasan mengapa tenaga kerja wanita bekerja sebagai buruh di industri kacang intip. Metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk daerah penelitian ditentukan secara purposive, yaitu mentukan daerah penelitian dengan sengaja, dan metode pengambilan sampel dengan metode sensus yaitu mengikutkan semua populasi menjadi sampel yang ada di daerah penelitian. Alat analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian diperoleh curahan tenaga kerja wanita sebagai buruh di industri kacang intip cukup besar yaitu 120,38 jam dalam satu bulan, pendapatan yang diperoleh tenaga kerja wanita sebagai buruh di industri kacang intip adalah sebesar Rp 481280/bulan dan kontribusi tenaga kerja wanita sebagi buruh didaerah penelitian sebesar 25,64 % serta alasan tenaga kerja wanita bekerja sebagai buruh di industri kacang intip adalah menambah pendapatan keluarga, mengisi waktu luang dan lokasi industri tersebut dekat dengan rumah

Pengaruh Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) Petani terhadap Pendapatan Petani Padi Sawah

The objective of this research was to determine the influence of human resources (amount of whole hour of labor, education, farming experience, and frequency of counseling / training) to the rice farmers income and to determine the influence of farmers' characteristics (age, land area, number of dependents, and capital) to the rice farmers income. The method used to determined the area of ​​research is (purposive) by based on certain considerations, the data were primary and secondary data. Using 30 people this study objecvations, used Ordinary Least Square method with the tools used is SPSS 18. The results of regretion analysis showed that all of human resource variables had a significant effect on the income of farmers. Partially the amount of labor whole hour and the frequency of attending the education or training has a significant effect on farmers' income, while education and duration of farming has no significant effect on the income rice farmers. The results of model based on regretion analysis showed the farmer characteristics (Age, Land, Total Mortgage, and Capital) had a significant effect on income rice farmers. Partially the only variable that has significant effect on the income of farmers is land. There was no multicollinearity and heterocedastisity in the model, and normality assumptions are fulfilled

Diagnostic reference frames for seizures: a validation study

Introduction We developed structured descriptions of signs and symptoms for specific seizure types (called Diagnostic Reference Frames—DRFs—by us) that can serve as a frame of reference in the process of classifying patients with epileptic seizures. In this study the validity of the DRFs for clinical use is evaluated and described. Material and methods In this study we use a decision support system based on the DRFs and using Bayes's rule for the validation of the DRFs. Patient's manifestations are entered in the decision support system and by successively applying Bayes's rule posterior probabilities are calculated. The DRFs with the highest posterior probability gives an indication of the classification of the seizure. The validation of the DRFs was performed by comparing the seizure type with the highest posterior probability with the classification of experienced epileptologists on a series of test cases with known epileptic seizures. In this way we assessed the accuracy of the DRFs in classifying patients with epileptic seizures. Results We included sixty–six patients in this efficacy study. The patients and/or their relatives described the manifestations occurring during a seizure. Sixty cases (91%) were correctly classified using the decision support system. Discussion The accuracy of 91 % indicates that the knowledge encoded in the DRFs for the included seizure types is valid. The next step is to test the DRFs in a clinical setting to evaluate the applicability in daily practice