AKTIVITAS BELAJAR MAHASISWA PGSD: POTRET KEMAMPUAN MAHASISWA DALAM MENERAPKAN PRODUK, SIKAP DAN KETERAMPILAN PROSES SAINS DIMASA PANDEMI

Penerapan produk, sikap dan keterampilan proses sains dapat membantu proses belajar mahasiswa, baik pada rumpun mata kuliah sains maupun non-sains. Dua aspek tersebut bahkan merupakan bekal yang baik bagi mahasiswa untuk membantunya memecahkan persoalan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Untuk memfasilitasi mahasiswa dalam mengembangkan kemampuan dalam menerapkan sikap dan keterampilan proses sains, dibutuhkan data base terkait kemampuan awal mereka terhadap penerapan dua aspek sains tersebut terutama di masa pandemi Covid-19 ini. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menerapkan sikap dan keterampilan proses sains. Penelitian dilakukan pada mahasiswa PGSD yang telah menempuh mata kuliah Pendidikan Sains yaitu semester V Tahun Akademik 2021/2022. Sampel berjumlah 79 mahasiswa yang dipilih menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Koleksi data dilakukan selama satu semester perkuliahan dengan menggunakan instrumen berupa lembar observasi, dan dokumen berbentuk karya tulis mahasiswa. Analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa range nilai akhir mahasiswa sebesar 74.099 dengan nilai minimum 13 dan nilai maksimum 87.099. Mediannya 70.005 dan rata-rata sebesar 65.867 dengan kategori baik. Jika diamati distribusinya, proporsi terbesar adalah nilai kualitatif B+ (30.4%) di mana kategorinya termasuk baik. Kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian ini adalah kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menerapkan aspek produk, sikap dan keterampilan proses sains sudah baik

Implementasi Template Dan Contoh Makalah: Upaya Meningkatkan Keterampilan Menulis Mahasiswa

Perbaikan kualitas pembelajaran yang bersifat berkelanjutan merupakan kunci dalam membekali mahasiswa dari kompetensi yang mereka butuhkan. Salah satu kompetensi yang dibutuhkan adalah keterampilan menulis. Penggunaan template makalah telah terbukti dapat membantu mengembangkan keterampilan menulis mahasiswa. Walaupun demikian, secara rata-rata belum mencapai kategori sangat baik. Pada penelitian ini, kami megimplementasikan dua fasilitas pembelajaran sekaligus yaitu template dan contoh makalah. tujuannya adalah menganalisis keterampilan menulis mahasiswa melalui implementasi kedua fasilitas tersebut. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada mahasiswa PGSD yang memprogramkan mata kuliah Statistika Pendidikan. Sampel terdiri atas 36 mahasiswa yang ditentukan menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah metode dokumentasi, di mana makalah yang telah ditulis oleh tiap mahasiswa menjadi instrumennya. Kualitas makalah yang menjadi ukuran dari keterampilan menulis mahasiswa di ukur berdasarkan 21 indikator dari 3 aspek yaitu: (1) bagian awal, (2) bagian inti dan (3) bagian akhir makalah. Data berupa skor yang diperoleh dari tiap indikator kemudian dikonversi menjadi nilai dengan rentang 0 – 100. Untuk mendapatkan keterampilan menulis secara klasikal, nilai makalah dari masing-masing mahasiswa dianalisis secara deskriptif. Statistik deskriptif yang digunakan adalah rata-rata. Adapun untuk mendapatkan gambaran terkait sebarannya, kami melakukan analisis proporsional. Berdasarkan hasil analisis yang telah dilakukan, kami menemukan bahwa rata-rata keterampilan menulis mahasiswa berada pada nilai 78.34 (B+). Sebanyak 52.78% mahasiswa sudah mencapai nilai dengan rentang 81.57 – 93 (A). Sisanya adalah 30.56% mendapat nilai B+, 8.33% mendapat nilai B, 5.56% mendapat nilai C+ dan hanya 2.78% yang mendapatkan nilai E. Dari temuan ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa implementasi dari template dan contoh makalah efektif dalam mengembangkan keterampilan menulis mahasiswa

Implementasi Pendidikan Demokrasi di Sekolah

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji secara lebih komprehensif tentang pelaksanaan pendidikan demokrasi di sekolah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode telaah pustaka. Jenis data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder. Metode pengumpulan data dengan mengambil data di pustaka, membaca, mencatat, dan mengolah bahan penelitian.  Data-data yang diperoleh dituangkan ke dalam sub bab-sub bab sehingga menjawab rumusan masalah penelitian.  Proses pengambilan data dilakukan dengan 1) memiliki ide umum mengenai topik penelitian. 2) mencari informasi yang mendukung topik. 3) Pertegas fokus penelitian. 4) Mencari dan menemukan bahan bacaan yang diperlukan dan mengklasifikasikan bahan bacaan. 5) membaca dan membuat catatan penelitian. 6) Mereview dan memperkaya lagi bahan bacaan. 7) Mengklasifikasi lagi bahan bacaan dan mulai menulis.  Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis isi. Hasil kajian menyimpulkan bahwa: a) penanaman nilai demokrasi pada level kelas memerlukan iklim kelas yang trasparan dan toleran dalam segala perbedaan, baik sikap maupun pendapat dari siswa; b) nuansa demokrasi dalam kegiatan pembelajaran dapat diwujudkan dengan mengembangkan dan menggunakan model-model pembelajaran semisal model pembelajaran kooperatif, model pembelajaran berbasis masalah (PBM); c) Iklim yang demokratis dalam aspek kelembagaan di sekolah dapat  diakomodir oleh manajemen berbasis sekolah (MBS); d) internalisasi nilai-nilai demokrasi di sekolah tergantung dari kultur sekolah

Integrating Islamic Fintech into Islamic Social Finance to Revive the Going Concern of MSMEs in the COVID-19 Era

This study seeks to propose a model that integrates Islamic social finance and Islamic fintech to revive MSMEs' going concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The study applies content analysis and a multidisciplinary literature review. This study proposes a model that integrates Islamic social finance instruments (such as zakat [Islamic compulsory tax], waqf [Islamic endowment], Islamic microfinance and sadaqat [voluntary charity]) and Islamic fintech platforms (P2P and crowdfunding) that could enable MSMEs to obtain funds to revitalize their going concerns by engaging in various Islamic-based contracts, such as musharakah (equity partnership), murabahah (the cost-plus sale contract), mudarabah (trust partnership), ijarah (lease contract), musharakah mutanaqisah (diminishing equity partnership), qard al-hasan (free interest loan), salam (forward financing transaction), etc. The provision of adequate finance using the proposed integrated model is expected to revitalize the MSMEs' going concerns, which can contribute to the country's economic growth and development. Despite the study's contribution by inventing an Islamic-based model for reviving the MSMEs' going concerns in Nigeria, it is conceptual without empirical validation. Hence, future studies should empirically explore the feasibility of the proposed integrated model. The implications of the findings indicate the need to provide motivational regulations for establishing Islamic fintech companies. There is also a need to provide effective technological applications that ensure the selection of only eligible beneficiaries

An Investigation into the Farm Households Consumption Patterns in Punjab, Pakistan

In the present study, the consumption data of paddy and wheat growing farm households were analysed using the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model, incorporating the household composition in addition to the usual price/income variables. Although the general restrictions of demand theory were rejected, the overall results were not seriously out of line of a priori expectations. All the own-price elasticities were negative and most of them were significant. Paddy and wheat were found to be gross complements in consumption whereas meat and pulses emerged as gross substitutes. Dairy products and meat were regarded as luxuries by the sample farm households and expenditure on these items was curtailed in response to any addition to household size. Significant quantitative dietary impacts were found associated with change in the age composition of farm households. A more detailed analysis of consumption behaviour of rural families may be merited; this may explore alternative groupings of consumption goods, additional socio-economic factors or use of panel data.

Information needs and access of Members of Vigilante in Adamawa State, North -East Nigeria

ABSTRACT The study investigated the Information needs and access of Members of Vigilante in Adamawa state, North-eastern Nigeria, one of the three states bedeviled by the Boko Haram insurgency. Quantitative research methodology and Cross-sectional survey design was applied for the study. The population of the study comprised of One Thousand Four Hundred Members (1400) drawn from Nineteen (19) local governments areas in the state. Krejcie and Morgan Table (1970) was used to draw (302) members as sample of the population, while Walpole’s (1982) formula for proportions was used in arriving at a sample for each stratum (i.e. each local government area). In collecting data, a total of Three Hundred and Two (302) copies of questionnaires were administered, and Two Hundred and Forty 240 copies (79.47%) were returned and found useful. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The outcome of the study revealed that the information needs of members were daily mainly work related and from informal sources, as there were no public libraries/information centers in 17 local governments’ areas of the state. The outcome of the research also revealed barriers to information access to include general lack of formal information infrastructure such as libraries/information centers, poor and unreliable informal information sources, as well as lack of training on information literacy skills for members of Vigilante. It is recommended that there is a need for those involved in vigilante information delivery to continuously examine and identify evolving information needs of members of vigilante in order to meet such needs. Government should resuscitate the dying public libraries in all the local government areas of Adamawa state to provide information services. Libraries should organize training on information literacy and other information use skills for members of vigilante, because if this is done, it will enhance and improve information access across communities in Adamawa state. Finally, information resources be repackaged in order to take care of challenges of proximity to sources of information, language barrier and other challenges faced by members of vigilante

Ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgery results of partial meniscectomy

In an open prospective study the results of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy were reviewed in 188 knees. Group I comprised of 139 (65%) knees with pure meniscus lesions without any ligament laxity, the remaining 49 (35%) knees in group II had anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency in addition to meniscus lesions. In group I, 93% had excellent to good and 7% had fair results by criteria of Tapper and Hoover. In group II, 75% had excellent to good and 25% had fair results. Arthroscopic knee surgery was a good method of identifying patients in group II who required anterior cruciate reconstruction. One hundred (53%) sedentary workers were able to return to work at a mean time of 3 weeks. Patients classified as heavy labour comprised of a group of 40 (21%) were able to return to their occupation in the mean time of 5 weeks. School and college students numbered 28 (14%) were able to go to their institutions in the mean time of 10 days. Twenty (9%) patients were professional or semi-professional athletes who were permitted sports training in 3 weeks and sports participation in 6 weeks on the average. There were no serious complications including wound infection, deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or loss of knee motion. The arthroscopic technique is reliable, cost effective and has high patient acceptance because of low morbidity and rapid return of good function to the knee joint

Adoption and Impacts of Zero-Tillage in the Rice-Wheat Zone of Irrigated Punjab, Pakistan

This study documents the adoption and impacts of zero-tillage (ZT) wheat in the ricewheat systems of Pakistan’s Punjab province primarily drawing on a detailed empirical survey of 458 rice-wheat farmers. Our random stratified sample revealed 19% to be ZT wheat adopters and a similar share of the wheat area in the surveyed communities to be under ZT. The study suggests that diffusion has stagnated and also flags the issue of disadoption (14%). ZT adopters, non-adopters, and disadopters differ significantly in terms of their resource bases, with adopters typically showing the most favorable values. ZT drastically reduces tractor operations in farmers’ ZT wheat fields from an average of 8 passes to a single pass, implying a saving of 7 tractor hours and 35 liters of diesel per hectare. ZT did not have any significant effect on the mean farmer estimated wheat yield of 3.3 tons per hectare. ZT also had no significant effect on water productivity for wheat or spillover effect on the subsequent rice crop. ZT primarily appears to be a cost-saving technology for wheat in Pakistan’s Punjab. Based on these findings, the study provides a number of recommendations for research and development in Pakistan Punjab’s rice-wheat systems.Wheat, Rice, Agricultural development, Drilling equipment, Economic analysis, Innovation adoption, Farming systems, Cropping patterns, Production costs, Zero tillage, Pakistan, Crop Production/Industries, E16, F08,

Relationship between ownership concentration and financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria: Does a turning point exist? / Junaidu Muhammad Kurawa, and Umar Habibu Umar

This study seeks to establish a non-linear relationship between ownership concentration and financial performance of the listed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria. The data were extracted from the annual reports and accounts of six (6) sampled DMBs from 2003 to 2014. A panel data regression technique was used to analyse the data collected. The study establishes that the relationship between ownership concentration and the financial performance of listed DMBs in Nigeria changes from negative to positive when the ownership concentration reaches 54.94%. This signifies that the relationship between ownership concentration and financial performance is negative if the concentration is below 54.94%. On the other hand, the relationship is positive if it is concentrated above 54.94%. Hence, it is recommended that the ownership of DMBs should not be concentrated below the cut-off point (54.94%) with the view to earning profits