HUBUNGAN PENGGUNAAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN INFOCUS DALAM MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATA PELAJARAN IPA (Penelitian di SDN 2 Cipeujeuh Kulon Kec. Lemahabang Kab. Cirebon)

OBY MAULANA : Perkembangan teknologi yang semakin canggih telah banyak melahirkan berbagai macam media pembelajaran yang interaktif dan dapat menarik minat belajar siswa. Akan tetapi dalam memahami mata pelajaran Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam tidaklah mudah, hal ini yang dirasakan oleh siswa/i SDN 2 Cipeujeuh Kulon. Maka dari itu guru dituntut harus memiliki kemampuan secara metodologis dalam hal perancangan dan pelaksanaan pembelajaran, termasuk di dalamnya penguasaan dalam penggunaan media pembelajaran, agar siswa lebih semangat dan merasa senang ketika belajar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan media pembelajaran infocus dalam meningkatkan prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam di SDN 2 Cipeujeuh Kulon. Media pembelajaran merupakan suatu wadah dari pesan pembelajaran yang berisi materi ajar, yang ingin disampaikan kepada peserta didik secara maksimal dan mudah dipahami sehingga tercipta suasana belajar yang lebih kondusif. Sedangkan prestasi belajar adalah hasil dari suatu proses aktivitas belajar yang membawa perubahan pada diri siswa meliputi perubahan pada aspek pengetahuan, keterampilan dan sikap yang kemudian dievaluasi dan diaktualisasikan dalam angka ataupun skor. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa SDN 2 Cipeujeuh Kulon, dengan teknik pengambilan sampel adalah random sampling, siswa yang dijadikan sampel ialah siswa dari kelas I sampai kelas VI yang berjumlah 39 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah test, angket dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan teknik analisis datanya menggunakan uji prasyarat yaitu dengan menggunakan uji Normalitas, Uji Homogenitas dan Uji Korelasi. Dari hasil analisis deskripsi data, diperoleh rata-rata dari perhitungan skor angket yaitu sebesar 87,18 yang dikategorikan sangat kuat, dan rata-rata nilai prestasi Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam siswa sebesar 80,64 yang dapat dikategorikan baik. Berdasarkan dari hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa, hubungan antara media pembelajaran infocus dalam meningkatkan prestasi belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam sebesar 0,087

The Positive Effect Music Therapy Has on People

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Black Press Coverage of the Emmett Till Lynching as a Catalyst to the Civil Rights Movement

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Global Financial Crisis and African Economies (With Sub Saharan Specifics)

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Circulation and Consumption: Transnational Mass Tourism in Cancun, Mexico

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Using technology in the EFL classroom in Saudi Arabia

This paper explores the ways that technology, specifically the use of laptop computers and cellular phones, may be incorporated in the EFL classroom to enhance learning and lower the affective filter of male Saudi Arabian university students. Saudi Arabia presents the EFL teacher with many challenges that are unique to this gender-segregated Islamic kingdom. Meeting these challenges and turning them into learning opportunities that other EFL teachers may find useful within their teaching contexts is the purpose of this paper. The appendix includes a writing rubric and a 40-day materials introduction calendar. The calendar illustrates the day-by-day introduction of material into the classroom. The calendar follows the eight-week, 40-day, analysis contained within the best practices section of this paper

Circulation and Consumption: Transnational Mass Tourism in Cancun, Mexico

Cancun’s packaged image of paradise is a dynamic and constantly flowing contestation of identity and livelihood for those involved in the service sector. Indigeneity is used as spectacle, prop, and entertainment in the tourism industry and is especially popular in mass tourism zones like Cancun. Circulation of not only bodies, but theory surrounding authenticity and indigeneity, are all represented in the hyper-commodification that defines mass tourism. Cancun uses transnational connections for marketing of space, goods, and people that are in a constant state of circulation. Looking at the rise of the tourism industry in Cancun processually leads us to explore this moment of mistrust between movements between the United States and Mexico. Violence throughout the border between these countries leads to fear that mass media instills in its audiences. How are these emerging attitudes of fear affecting mass tourism in Mexico? What are the effects of mass tourism on its locality? Using a transnational framework helps to decode complex structures of circulation in Cancun’s mass tourism industry