The inconsistency between the pre-service teachers’ lesson planning and their performance in micro-teaching class

To carry out successful teaching in the micro-teaching class, students need to develop a good lesson planning. The lesson plan functions as a guideline in teaching in order to achieve the learning objectives and successful teaching. This study focuses on the extent of the inconsistencies and factors that influence the inconsistencies. Therefore, the researcher applied a qualitative descriptive method to analyze the problem. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. This research was conducted at the Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, with fifth-semester students consisting of three English Education Department classes. The results of the analysis of the extent to which the inconsistency between the pre-service teachers’ lesson planning and their performance in the micro-teaching class is 56% of the inconsistency from 100%. and factors that cause inconsistencies, among others; the time provided is very short to explain the material, do teaching practice via video, media limitations at home when making teaching videos, do not have students, lack of preparation in teaching practice, nervousness faced by pre-service teachers, also lack of confidence. The pedagogical implications of this research can increase knowledge about the extent of inconsistency and the factors that affect the inconsistency between the pre-service teachers’ lesson planning and their performance in the micro-teaching class

The Students’ Preference on Using TOEFL Applications for Grammar IV Course At Universitas PGRI Wiranegara.

This study was conducted for discovering the students’ preference of learning Grammar using TOEFL Applications; 1) NST TOEFL Explorer and 2) Genius TOEFL. This research was important in order to evaluate the effective media for learning grammar TOEFL. The researchers used descriptive research which was conducted on 29th March 2019 until 28th May 2019. The subject of this study was the students’ who joined in ICT-Based learning of Grammar IV Course at Universitas PGRI Wiranegara Pasuruan. To get the data, the researchers used some instruments. Those were observation, questionnaire, interview, and documentation. The finding from the questionnaire showed that there were 32% of students class A had choosen NST TOEFL Explorer application, but 68% of them had preferred using Genius TOEFL application. There were 17% of students class B choosen NST TOEFL Explorer application and 83% of students class B had preferred using Genius TOEFL application. From this percentage, it can be shown that Genius TOEFL was more preferred to use for Grammar IV Course in Universitas PGRI Wiranegara Pasuruan. It was also found that the students average score after using NST TOEFL application was 20, whereas they got 65 by using Genius TOEFL. This result did not claim that Genius TOEFL was better than NST TOEFL explorer, but this contributed how an application could enhance the students’ interest in using it for learnig and support their achievement. Future researchers are suggested to justify this research result to formulate best criteria of effective ICT-based media.Keywords: ICT, learning Media, NST TOEFL Explorer, Genius TOEFL, Students’ Preference

Studi Penyerapan Logam Berat Pb Menggunakan Nanopartikel Fe3O4

Logam berat saat ini telah menjadi perhatian besar bagi masyarakat maupun pemerintah. Logam berat tersebut merupakan zat yang berbahaya karena membawa dampak besar pada kesehatan manusia, tanaman, maupun peternakan. Penelitian ini difokuskan pada  Timbal (Pb) sebagai sampel logam berat. Sifat magnetik dan ukuran nanopartikel dalam orde nano telah dikonfirmasi mampu menyerap logam berat. Dari hasil percobaan, diketahui bahwa nanopartikel Fe3O4 yang dihasilkan mampu menyerap logam berat Pb hingga mencapai 99,98% pada variasi konsentrasi masa adsorben 0,56 gram hingga 0,70 gram. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um024v4i12019p01

PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS: THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE LESSON PLANNING AND THEIR PERFORMANCE

To carry out successful teaching in micro-teaching classes, students need to develop good lesson planning. The lesson plan functions as a guideline in teaching in order to achieve the learning objectives and successful teaching. This study focuses on the extent of the inconsistencies and factors that influence the inconsistencies. This study employed a descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected through virtual classroom observation and documentation. This study was conducted at the Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, with 100 fifth-semester students consisting of three English Education Department classes. The results showed that the inconsistency between the pre-service teachers’ lesson planning and their performance in the micro-teaching classes is 56% out of 100%. Furthermore, the factors that cause inconsistencies between lesson planning and their performance in teaching practice include; the pre-service teachers do not know the correct lesson plan, do not understand the material to be taught in teaching practice, the time is limited, virtual micro-teaching, no media at home, no students, no proofread, lack of preparation in teaching practice, nervousness, not confidence, also misunderstanding