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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT TEAM ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION (STAD) IN TEACHING READING OF RECOUNT TEXT FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 1 SUKOMORO

Abstrak Sebagai bahasa international, bahasa inggris memiliki peran penting di Indonesia khususnya dalam pendidikan. Membaca adalah salah satu dari keahlian berbahasa yang mempunyai peran penting untuk memperoleh informasi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Dengan menyadari pentingnya membaca, banyak guru yang masih menghadapi permasalahan selama mengajar membaca di sekolah menengah pertama. Fakta menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan membaca dari siswa SMP masih rendah. Para siswa masih menemui kesulitan dalam memahami teks dengan baik. Itu mengapa guru harus menemukan metode untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa tentang teks recount. Pembelajaran kelompok adalah salah satu tehnik yang menarik yang dapat digunakan untuk memotivasi siswa selama proses pembelajaran. STAD (Student Team Achievement Division) adalah tehnik belajar kelompok yang sederhana yang dapat membantu siswa memahami materi dengan mudah. Studi ini dilakukan untuk meneliti penerapan STAD untuk mengajar membaca teks recount dan untuk meneliti bagaimana respon siswa terhadap penerapan STAD. Tujuan dari studi ini adalah untuk menggambarkan penerapan STAD dalam pengajaran membaca teks recount danuntuk mengetahui respon siswa terhadap penerapan STAD. Penulis menggunakan descriptive qualitative research dalam melakukan studinya. Subyek penelitiannya adalah guru dan 32 siswa kelas VIIIB SMPN 1 Sukomoro. Penelitian dilakukan sebanyak tiga kali. Instrument penelitian yang digunakan penulis untuk memperoleh data adalah observation sheets, field note, nilai siswa dan wawancara. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahawa penerapan STAD efektif untuk memotivasi siswa dalam meningkatkan kemampuan membaca, untuk meningkatkan interaksi siswa dengan teman-teman, dan untuk membuat proses belajar mengajar lebih menarik dan menyenangkan. Hasil dari tes di setiap pertemuan berbeda namun menunjukkan peningkatan yang baik.   Abstract As an international language English has an important role in Indonesia especially in education. One of the skills is reading, which has important roles in getting information in daily life. By realizing the importance of reading, some teachers still face some problems while they teach reading for the students of Junior High School. The fact shows that the reading ability of students in junior high school is still low. The students still have difficulty in comprehending the text well. That is why the teacher should find a method to increase the ability of the students in reading recount text. Cooperative learning is one of the attractive techniques that can be used to motivated students during the learning process. STAD is the simplest type of cooperative learning technique, which can help the students understand the material easily. This study is conducted to investigate the implementation of STAD to teach reading recount text and the students’ response toward the implementation of STAD. And the objectives of this study to describe the implementation of STAD in teaching reading recount text and describe the students’ response toward the implementation. The researcher used descriptive qualitative research in conducting her study. The subjects of the study are the teacher and 32 student of SMPN 1 Sukomoro in class VIII-B. The research was conducting three times. The research instruments used by the researcher to collect the data are observation sheets, field note, the score and interview. The result shows that the implementation of STAD is effective to motivate the students in improving their reading ability, to make a good interaction with their friends and to make the teaching and learning more fun. The result of the test in every meeting is different, but it shows the improvement in every meeting.       &nbsp

Preliminary Studies Leading Toward the Development of a LIDAR Bathymetry Mapping Instrument

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has developed a laser ranging device (LIDAR) which provides accurate and timely data of earth features. NASA/GSFC recently modified the sensor to include a scanning capability to produce LIDAR swaths. They have also integrated a Global Positioning System (GPS) and an Inertial Navigation System (INS) to accurately determine the absolute aircraft location and aircraft attitude (pitch, yaw, and roll), respectively. The sensor has been flown in research mode by NASA for many years. The LIDAR has been used in different configurations or modes to acquire such data as altimetry (topography), bathymetry (water depth), laser-induced fluorosensing (tracer dye movements, oil spills and oil thickness, chlorophyll and plant stress identification), forestry, and wetland discrimination studies. NASA and HARC are developing a commercial version of the instrument for topographic mapping applications. The next phase of the commercialization project will be to investigate other applications such as wetlands mapping and coastal bathymetry. In this paper we report on preliminary laboratory measurements to determine the feasibility of making accurate depth measurements in relatively shallow water (approximately 2 to 6 feet deep) using a LIDAR system. The LIDAR bathymetry measurements are relatively simple in theory. The water depth is determined by measuring the time interval between the water surface reflection and the bottom surface reflection signals. Depth is then calculated by dividing by the index of refraction of water. However, the measurements are somewhat complicated due to the convolution of the water surface return signal with the bottom surface return signal. Therefore in addition to the laboratory experiments, computer simulations of the data were made to show these convolution effects in the return pulse waveform due to: (1) water depth, and (2) changes in bottom surface reflectivity

On the holomorphic factorization for superconformal fields

For a generic value of the central charge, we prove the holomorphic factorization of partition functions for free superconformal fields which are defined on a compact Riemann surface without boundary. The partition functions are viewed as functionals of the Beltrami coefficients and their fermionic partners which variables parametrize superconformal classes of metrics.Comment: 5 pages, LATEX, MPI-Ph/92-7

Observations On The Current Status Of Internationalizing The Accounting Curriculum: Catalog Evidence

The last quarter century has witnessed the acceleration of the development of the global economy. This on-going development has caused profound changes in the way business is conducted and the skills needed by the executives leading this change.  Recognizing the need to better prepare future corporate executives to function in this global environment, the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), as part of a revision of its accreditation standards, included a curriculum standard requiring business schools to address the international dimension of business.  To aid business schools in addressing this standard, the AACSB joined with the Consortium for International Studies Education to produce resource guides in 1987 for the functional areas of accounting, finance, management, and marketing.  The accounting guide described two approaches that could be used to address the internationalization of the accounting curriculum. The freestanding approach would use a stand-alone international accounting course.  The infusion approach would integrate international topics within other accounting courses.  This paper assesses the extent that the accounting curriculum has been internationalized by reference to evidence obtained from the catalogs of ninety-six universities with AACSB-accredited business programs.  Thirty-seven of these programs showed no catalog disclosure of international content of their accounting courses.  The remaining fifty-nine programs revealed international content in their accounting courses to varying degrees, as discussed in the body of the paper

Near-infrared spectroscopic indices for unresolved stellar populations: I. Template galaxy spectra

Context. A new generation of spectral synthesis models has been developed in recent years, but there is no matching set of template galaxy spectra, in terms of quality and resolution, for testing and refining the new models. Aims: Our main goal is to find and calibrate new near-infrared spectral indices along the Hubble sequence of galaxies which will be used to obtain additional constraints to the population analysis based on medium-resolution integrated spectra of galaxies. Methods: Spectra of previously studied and well-understood galaxies with relatively simple stellar populations (e.g., ellipticals or bulge dominated galaxies) are needed to provide a baseline data set for spectral synthesis models. Results: X-shooter spectra spanning the optical and infrared wavelengths (350-2400 nm) of bright nearby elliptical galaxies with a resolving power of R \u2dc 4000-5400 were obtained. Heliocentric systemic velocity, velocity dispersion, and Mg, Fe, and H\u3b2 line-strength indices are presented. Conclusions: We present a library of very-high-quality spectra of galaxies covering a large range of age, metallicity, and morphological type. Such a dataset of spectra will be crucial to addressing important questions of the modern investigation concerning galaxy formation and evolution

What's the best way to monitor low-risk patients with a history of differentiated thyroid cancer?

Recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH)-stimulated serum thyroglobulin (Tg) level alone is sufficient to monitor for recurrent disease in low-risk patients with a history of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) (strength of recommendation [SOR] A, meta-analysis). Low-risk patients are defined as patients who have undergone total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine (I131) remnant ablation therapy and show no clinical evidence of recurrent disease

Fraud Specialists On Independent Audits

The recent audit failures involving Enron, WorldCom, et al., have left the accounting profession and governmental regulators scrambling to find better methods of detecting and preventing fraudulent financial reporting. Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) which requires companies to report on the operating effectiveness of their internal controls over financial reporting.  Additionally, the independent auditor is required to assess and report on the effectiveness of their client’s internal controls, and they must attest to management’s internal control assessment.  Notably absent from SOX is a requirement that independent auditors must employ fraud specialists in their independent audits of SEC filers. This study examines the benefits and costs associated with requiring the use of fraud specialists on independent audits of SEC filers.  Fraud specialists have expertise better attuned to fraud detection not ordinarily possessed by regular auditors.  First, the narrow but deep perspective of the fraud specialist enables them to find fraudulent activity that would be missed by regular auditors.  Second, unlike regular auditors, fraud specialists employ methodologies that are effective in the presence of management collusion.  They are more highly skilled at interviewing potential witnesses and fraud suspects and are trained in recognizing deception.  Third, fraud specialists are better trained in the use of antifraud technology, methods, and computerized forensic accounting software.  Fourth, fraud specialists have superior investigative skills and can conduct covert examinations, access restricted databases, conduct background checks, and locate hidden assets better than regular auditors.  Finally, they understand the legalities of gathering evidence of fraud and can operate without violating the rights of potential witnesses and fraud suspects. Qualitative analysis demonstrates that utilizing fraud specialists on independent audits has positive net benefits to financial reporting.  Recommendations are made regarding the types of fraud detection/deterrence skills and techniques that would be beneficial to independent auditors