Judul: Evaluasi Sertifikasi Guru dengan Pendekatan Model  Persamaan Struktural
Abstrak: Salah satu usaha pemerintah untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan di Indonesia adalah meningkatkan mutu guru dengan melaksanakan program sertifikasi. Sertifikasi guru dilaksanakan dengan penilaian portofolio. Komponen portofolio meliputi: kualifikasi akademik, pendidikan dan pelatihan, pengalaman mengajar, perencanaan dan pelaksanaan pembelajaran, penilaian dari atasan dan pengawas, prestasi akademik, karya pengembangan profesi, keikutsertaan dalam forum ilmiah, pengalaman menjadi pengurus suatu organisasi di bidang kependidikan dan sosial, dan penghargaan yang relevan dengan masing-masing komponen terdiri dari beberapa indikator.
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Judul: Evaluasi Diri Sekolah Tingkat Sekolah Menengah Atas Menggunakan Model Persamaan Struktural (Studi Kasus di Provinsi Maluku, Sulawesi Barat, Sulawesi Tengah, dan Sulawesi Tenggara)
Abstrak: Education has a strategic role in the national development. According to the National Accreditation Board in 2012, the Provinces of Maluku, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, and Southeast Sulawesi has a low value of accreditation for the senior high school. Accreditation is measured through eight Standar Nasional Pendidikan (SNP) which is used as an instrument in the Evaluasi Diri Sekolah (EDS). SNP consists of eight standards that are interconnected with each other. Value of each standard can not be measured directly so it called latent variables, latent variables can be measured through the manifest variables. Structural equation model is used in this study to analyze the relationship between SNP itself and relationship between SNP with the manifest variables that measure SNP in the four provinces. Structural equation model showed that the latent variables contents (ISI), process (PRS), valuation (NIL), educators and education personnel (PTK), and management (PNG) are all affect the competency standards (SKL). Latent variable ISI has the largest total effect to SKL when compared with four other latent variables that is equal to 36.05%. All manifest variables are valid to measure each latent variable at significance level of 0.10.
Keyword: structural equation model, SNP, latent variables, manifest variables, EDS

Judul: Biology and ecology of the buffalo fly, haematobia exigua de meijere (diptera:muscidae)
Abstrak: The life history of the buffalo fly was observed at room temperature of 27°-29.5°C and at a relative humidity of 48-68 percent. The eggs hatched after 17-22 hours, with an average of 18 hours. First instar larvae measured 1.25 + 0.16 mm long and 0.27 + 0.037 mm wide. reach the second larval stage. It took 6-12 hours to the second instar larvae measured 2.676 +0.187 mm long and 0.353 +0.028 mm wide. The second instar took about 12-24 hours to reach the third larval stage. The third instar measured 6.833 + 0.189 mm long and 0.919 + 0.051 mm wide. It took about 2-3 days for the third instar to become pupae. Duration of the pupal stage was about 5-7 days before the adults emerged. Under laboratory condition, the buffalo fly completed its life cycle in 9.5 to 10.5 days, whereas under field condition it took 9-14 days with an average of 10.5 days. The growth ratio which was based on the measurements of the cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton of each instar was 1.797. The preoviposition period was 8-12 days and mating usually occurred on the 6th or 7th day. The longevity of the male was 29 days, whereas it was 32 days in the female. The range of egg production under laboratory condition was between 20-139 per female fly. The belly and hind legs of the carabao were the most preferred habitat either during cloudy and cool dry or shiny and warm day. When the weather was clear and the carabao was in the shade, the flies tended to be more distributed particularly on the shoulder, dewlap, back and horns. The carabaos had relatively fewer Musca sp. and Stomoxys calcitrans than cattle; never the less carabaos had a higher infestation of buffalo fly than cattle. Oviposition occured either during the day or night but the buffalo flies were more active during the night than in the day time. The effect of various lengths of exposure time of manure in relation to the oviposition was profound. observed, the maximum number of the buffalo flies was occurred when the dung was exposed for 30 minutes. With increasing time of exposure the number and variety of insects also increase. It was evident that Sepsidae and psychodidae were the most dominant insects emerging from the dung. The number of buffalo flies also increased with increasing
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