bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Study on the Role of Media in Taking Right to Information Act to the Sri Lankan Masses
Authors: Sribreindran S. , Balasubramania Raja G.
Published: August 2021

The Right to Information Act in 2016 is an essential milestone for Sri Lankan democracy. This new law provides an important weapon in the hands of Sri Lankan citizens, empowering them to seek any accessible information from a public authority and making the government and its functionaries more accountable and responsible. The purpose of this research is to understand and investigate the effectiveness and impact of Right to Information Act through mass media to address the issues that are challenging media to communicate. The intended objective of the research is to examine the influence of different media in communicating the Right to Information Act among the masses. When awareness on this Act is created through media, people tend to know more about it and start using it to overcome the day to day problems faced by them, thus making the objective of enacting this Act a success. This research study has made use of the survey method and content analysis to investigate the effective usage of Right to Information Act by the people and the role of media in taking the Right to Information Act to the masses. Through the survey the effectiveness of media in taking this Act to the masses is evaluated and through content analysis the actual coverage of information on RTI is evaluated and discussed. There is a significant association between frequencies of Media observation on RTI related content. There is a significant difference between age groups with respect to awareness on RTI related content by media.
Gender Stereotypes in Occupational Pattern
Authors: Verma Neha
Published: August 2021

The paper hypothesizes to examine the ‘Exclusion’ phenomenon for women workers in Indian labour market through gendered occupational segregation and ‘Inclusion’ of women in low productivity and low skilled jobs as a result of adverse incorporation based on stereotypes and discriminatory practices prevalent in the society. The gendered division of work space in Indian economy is evident from the disaggregated study of occupational employment patterns and relative educational qualification of employed men and women. The National Sample Survey (NSS) Employment-Unemployment unit level data (68th Round, 2011-12) is used for the analysis. It is observed that women employment in low productivity jobs is partially a result of their low education level as compared to men workers. However, this is only a part of the answer and the circle of low productivity jobs and low education levels of women is nurtured by the stereotypical foundations of the patriarchal system.
Issues and Concerns of School Teachers around the World: A Review
Authors: Akhte Rayeesa , Mahor Sushila
Published: August 2021

Education is essential for everyone that helps people earn respect and recognition. The profession of teaching is one of the most valuable and important profession of all the professions as teacher is regarded as builder of nation. Different problems of teachers have been identified across the globe by various researchers. Although, there are some problems that are unique to the world teachers but some regional problems were also highlighted. This paper has highlighted the issues, concerns and problems of teachers all over the world.
E-Learning Delivery Methods: Predictors of Satisfaction by Students of Nigerian Universities
Authors: Adekannbi Janet O.
Published: August 2021

Learners’ satisfaction is an important factor to the success of any e-learning programme. This study presents findings from students’ assessment of the e-learning platforms used at Distance Learning Centre University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Survey design was used. Data was collected from 351 students in 100 and 200 levels of the Centre using the questionnaire. Frequency and percentage distribution were used for descriptive statistics, while, multiple regression was performed to test the hypotheses. The results showed that Information quality, system quality and service quality were not significant predictors of student’s satisfaction except with the Email where information and service quality influenced overall satisfaction. Challenges to students’ use of the platforms include inadequate power supply, poor telecommunication network, high cost of self-provided power supply and high cost of owning and maintaining e-learning devices.
Ecotourism as a Catalyst of Poverty Alleviation in Rural Economy in Cebu, Philippines
Authors: Buslon-Sia Van Mari , Ferrater-Gimena Judy Ann , Etcuban Jonathan O. , Tan Annie U.
Published: August 2021

Inclusive economic growth encompasses alleviating the people in the rural area from massive poverty and vulnerability. The study aims to determine the indication of ecotourism’s contribution to alleviating poverty in the rural economy as a basis in formulating a tourism development plan. It applied the descriptive research design, utilizing a researcher-made survey tool as a primary instrument of data gathering. The research sites were in Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Aguinid Falls, and Bojo River. Using a random sampling technique, 70 respondents were residents and earning income from the ecotourism activities. The gathered data were treated using simple percentage, weighted mean, Chi-square test of independence and ANOVA. The findings revealed that meager income for selling locally-made products, as tour guides, providing transportation services, and through fixed salaries per month. The ecotourism sites in Cebu, Philippines had a significant contribution towards alleviating poverty in terms of uplifting the standard of living, providing a means of subsistence, development of social well-being, and improvement of social overhead capital. There is a significant relationship between the respondents’ educational attainment and source of livelihood and their perceptions on the contribution of ecotourism in terms of uplifting the standards of living and improvement of social overhead capital. Lastly, there is a significant difference in the respondents’ viewpoint on the three well-known ecotourism sites in the aspect of the development of social well-being. The popular community-based ecotourism sites in Cebu holds great potential in making significant contributions to poverty alleviation since it supported the local people to escape from hunger that is prevalent in the rural areas in the developing countries.
Health Tourism: Customer Satisfaction with Reference to Amala Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre, Thrissur, Kerala
Authors: Beny Paul E.
Published: August 2021

The growth in the health tourism sector has been inspiring in India and the world. It is acknowledged fact that India has incredible prospective for progress of tourism. The assortment of India’s natural abundance provides the basis of a eclectic range of tourist yields and experience which embrace business, leisure, culture, adventure, spirituality, eco- tourism, sport tourism, religious tourism and many other chases. Among the unalike tourism products, Health tourism is a relatively new type of tourist activity where the main focus of travel is improving one’s health, physical appearance or fitness. So in this paper an effort has been made to study the satisfaction level of customers to Ayurveda which is one of the key elements of health tourism.
A Study on Service Quality in Banks with Special Reference to SIB Customers of Thrissur Town, Kerala
Authors: Mary Liya K. R.
Published: August 2021

In the era of privatization, liberalization and globalization banks play a dynamic role in contributing to the economic development of the country the banking industry in India facing certain challenges that are challenge of quality service, customer satisfaction, customer retention, customer loyalty. Quality service plays a major role in achieving customer satisfaction and creating brand loyalty in banking sector. Service quality is also interrelated to other behavioral outcome of the customers. Study understands the various customer perceptions about service quality factors like assurance, empathy, responsiveness, reliability, and tangibility in banking industry and the satisfaction level towards the banks as service quality reflects the way the banks are performing the present study attempts to explore the perception and expectation of customers in respect to the services provided by banks.
Motivational Factors Influencing Attitude towards Knowledge Transmission by Traditional Medical Practitioners in Rural Communities of South West Nigeria
Authors: Adekannbi Janet O.
Published: August 2021

Using survey design, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from two hundred and twenty-eight traditional medical practitioners using questionnaire, key-informant interviews and FGDs. The motivational factors investigated were perceived loss of knowledge power, reputation enhancement and expected incentives. Findings from quantitative data revealed that there was no significant relationship between attitude and amount of knowledge transmitted by the TMPs as well as between attitude and each of the motivational variables. However, qualitative data showed that TMPs generally in the region had a positive attitude towards knowledge transmission and mostly transmitted their knowledge because of their desire to enhance their reputation and many would also receive financial incentives. They did not fear losing their knowledge power due to knowledge transmission. The paper recommends a post-positivist approach to studies on knowledge transmission of TMPS in rural communities as this recognizes subjectivity in research by relying on opinions and feelings of respondents.
Dominations in Indian Sociology
Authors: Reddy Mucheli Rishvanth
Published: August 2021

The growth trajectory of Indian Sociology in the past few decades is unsurpassed. From being treated as a ‘residual category’ and a subordinate disciple, it is now a well-developed and self-sustaining discipline. There are various demands placed on sociology after Independence which explicitly contributed to its development. But this development of Indian sociology is not free from certain dominations: (1) Domination of popular trends in sociology produced by western scholars, (2) Domination of certain sections in India, (3) Domination of State and Identity Politics. These domains of domination are significantly hindering the development of Indian sociology in an inclusive manner and degrading the efficacy of the knowledge produced in this field. The only way forward for Indian sociology is to develop indigenous sociological traditions, concepts, and methods to explain the social reality of India, to recognize the diverse trends of sociological knowledge being produced and promote civility, reason, and reflexivity among diverse perspectives of sociological knowledge.
O mercado de carnes no contexto dos processos de inovação: o caso da empresa Tyson Foods
Authors: Ferreira Arthur Felipe Vieira , Fontgalland Isabel Lausanne
Published: August 2021

A Tyson Foods é uma empresa multinacional americana fundada em 1931 com sede em Springdale, Arkansas, sendo atualmente a maior empresa exportadora de carne bovina, frango e porco no seu país de origem, Estados Unidos, e segundo lugar no mundo. O estudo fez uma correlação entre a importância dos processos de inovação da Tyson Foods e como os mesmos atuam na funcionalidade do setor mundial de carnes.
Specificity of reflection of national values in the constitutions of the states of the post-soviet space
Authors: Kuzmenkova T.
Published: August 2021

The article touches upon the issues of the influence of worldview factors on the process of formation of law, and above all on the content of the fundamental law of the state. The characteristic of the specifics of the reflection of the axiological component in the constitutions of the states of the post-Soviet space is given. In this regard, the analysis of the latest changes in the constitutional text in the studied countries for the presence of ideological theses in them is carried out. The disclosure of the discussed topic is carried out through the prism of characterizing the problematic aspects of the concept of human rights, including the problem of its universality. Among other things, the article assesses the prospects for changing the Basic Law of the Republic of Belarus in the context of the reflection of national values in its text.
ON THE ISSUE OF PREVENTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSES RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF VEHICLES TAKEN BY DRIVERS FOR SHORT-TERM RENT
Authors: Былинин И.А.
Published: August 2021

В настоящее время аварийность с каршеринговым транспортом является одной из актуальных тем, что обусловле- но возможностью электронной регистрации и использования автомобилей под чужими данными, водителей избежать привлечения к административной ответственности при выявлении нарушений правил дорожного движения средствами автоматической фикса- ции, а также активным расширением парка данных автомобилей. Поэтому профилактика правонарушений, связанных с управлени- ем транспортными средствами, взятыми водителями в краткосрочную аренду,в современных реалиях актуальна.

To date, from the analysis of information contained in the media, it can be seen that accidents with car-sharing transport have recently become one of the most relevant topics, due to the possibility of electronic registration and use of cars under someone else's data, to avoid drivers being brought to administrative responsibility when detecting violations of traffic Rules by means of automatic fixation, as well as active expansion of the fleet of these cars. Therefore, the prevention of offenses related to the management of vehicles taken by drivers for short-term rent in modern realities is relevant.
Uneven Souths: The Mediterranean Dimension of Spain's Southern Regionalism
Authors: Venegas José Luis
Published: August 2021

This article traces the continuities between the Mediterranean and the Global South while noting the asymmetries between and within these concepts as revealed by the development of Spain's southern regionalism or andalucismo in the 1920s and 1930s and during the post–Franco period (1975–present). Prefiguring post–Cold War South–South relations, early andalucismo promoted a wider Mediterranean community extending from Cordoba to Damascus, but opposed Spain's colonial presence in Morocco. Despite its anticolonial dimension, this modern revival of medieval al-Andalus was not envisioned as a network of comparable material and ethnic locations that could encourage lateral movements of people, capital, and ideas. In contrast to the anticolonial celebrations of Andalusian conviviality found in the work of Arabic and Muslim writers and activists in the 1930s, including Shakib Arslan and Sir Muhammad Iqbal, the andalucista archive—cultural magazines, regionalist manifestos, and literary texts—simultaneously included and excluded the Maghreb and the wider Islamic Mediterranean from articulations of Spanish and Andalusian identity. This ambivalence, which persists in contemporary immigration and cultural policies and European economic and political integration, demands a form of comparative analysis that does not reduce the interaction among the world's “Souths” to unproblematic relations of analogy, mutual recognition, and solidarity.
Psychiatric Disorders in New Cancer Patients in Semnan
Authors: Safaie Nilufar , Zeinali Hadi , Ghahramanfard Nazila , Khani Majid Mir Mohammad , Moonesan Mohammadreza
Published: August 2021

Introduction & Objective: Definitive diagnosis of cancer in patients, the duration of treatment, and grueling treatment methods can provide a basis for psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety in patients; accordingly, this study was conducted to evaluate the factors affecting these disorders in patients who were newly diagnosed with cancer. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 122 cancer patients in 1397 in Semnan, Iran. Data were collected using the HADS questionnaire. In order to compare the subgroups in terms of frequencies, Chi-square test and, if necessary, more accurate Fisher test were used. Numerical variables were compared using T-test or Mann Whitney U test. Results: In the present study, the mean of total anxiety was about 28.6% and the mean of total depression among patients was 26.2%. 80% of women and 74.3% of people without income had anxiety and there was a significant relationship between gender and income with anxiety in cancer patients (p <0/05). The variables of age, sex, income level, education level were not significantly associated with depression (P> 0.05). Conclusion: Considering the levels of psychiatric disorders, especially anxiety and depression in cancer patients, to control this issue, providing psychiatric interventions in the treatment program of these patients can be effective. Key words: Cancer, Anxiety, Depression, Psychiatric disorders
The comparison of on-demand caffeine consumption with squeezing technique on treating patients with premature ejaculation; a randomized clinical trial
Authors: Saadat Seyyed Hassan , Ahmadi Khodabakhsh
Published: August 2021

Background: The present study was aimed at evaluating the effect of on-demand caffeine consumption on treating patients with premature ejaculation (PE compared to squeezing technique. Methods: In this non-blind RCT, 42 otherwise healthy individuals with PE were divided into 2 groups of caffeine and squeezing technique group. The former received 100 mg of encapsulated caffeine for 3 weeks, 2 hours prior to each intercourse. Intra-vaginal ejaculation latency time and index of sexual satisfaction were calculated before and after treatment in both groups. Results: Mean age of the participants was 39.48±7.62 years. Despite the fact that there was no significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment values of both IELT and ISS between our 2 groups, significant difference was seen in both groups between pre-treatment and post-treatment values. Furthermore, no strong correlation was seen in pre-treatment IELT and ISS; however, statistically significant correlation was found in post-treatment values. Conclusion: Regarding the fact that caffeine is a well-known and widely-used drug in common disease, the use of this compound is highly unlikely to bear any stigma. Our study demonstrates that 100 mg of on-demand caffeine can equally increase both IELT and ISS significantly as squeezing technique. Further investigations are needed. Keywords: caffeine, premature ejaculation, squeezing technique, intra-vaginal ejaculation latency time, index of sexual satisfaction,
Prioritizing factors affecting obesity prevention behaviors in 4-6 years old children from mothers' perspective (based on social-cognitive theory)
Authors: Seraji Maryam , Zahmatkeshan Maryam , Abadi Victoria Momen , Nejadsadeghi Elham
Published: August 2021

Introduction: The development of effective prevention and intervention programs in preschool period is an essential step in the fight against the obesity epidemic throughout life. The aim of this study was to prioritize the factors affecting the obesity prevention behaviors in 4-6 years old children from the perspective of mothers based on social-cognitive theory. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted on 240 children aged 4-6 years in Behbahan city, Iran in 2016. The random multi-stage sampling method was used in this study. Data collection tools included a demographic information questionnaire and a questionnaire based on cognitive-social theory (constructs of environment, outcome expectation, emotional coping, self-control and self-efficacy), which its validity and reliability have been evaluated and confirmed (α> 0.7). The questionnaire which was based on cognitive-social theory included 4 obesity prevention behaviors in children (physical activity, consumption of fruits and vegetables, consumption of sugar-free drinks and screen), which were completed by the mothers of these children. SPSS-23 software and Friedman’s test were used to analyze the data. Results: The results of this study suggest that from the mothers' point of view, the constructs of cognitive-social theory affecting obesity prevention behaviors in 4-6 years old children do not have the same priority (p <0.01). Also, considering the mean ratings obtained in this study, the outcome expectation construct in all 4 behaviors of obesity prevention are of primary importance. The average ranking of the outcome expectation construct was 4.38, 4.39, 4.25 and 4.49 in the behaviors of physical activity, consumption of fruits and vegetables, consumption of sugar-free drinks, and the screen, respectively. Conclusion: In designing maternal-centered educational interventions that prevent obesity in 4-6 years old children, the construct of outcome expectation should be given the highest priority. Keywords: Obesity, Pediatric, Lifestyle, Behavior, Health Priorities, Health Planning
Portfolio assessment as a problem based learning model to help elementary school students’ deal with Mathematics
Authors: Isnawati Isnawati , Yulianti Dwi , Samhati Siti
Published: August 2021

The concern in this study is children's inability to solve primary school math problems, with a goal to establish how students' capacity to solve mathematical problems in primary school and to describe the best method or learning model for delivering materials for the circumference and area of parallelograms and triangles using a problem-based learning model with portfolio assessment. This studi is qualitative in nature, employing a total of 30 elementary school chosen through a random sampling technique. The results showed that the problem based learning model based on the portfolio assessment was suitable for use in elementary school mathematics learning compared to conventional learning approaches because students were more active in participating in learning and the teacher was only a facilitator.
DİZ HASTALIKLARINA BAĞLI AĞRIDA KULLANILAN ZENCEFİL UYGULAMASI CERRAHİ SONRASI BİR ÖNERİ OLABİLİR Mİ?
Authors: YUMUŞAK Kiymet , CEYHAN Özlem
Published: August 2021

Vücudun yükünü taşıyan diz kapağı eklemlerinde ortaya çıkan birtakım dejeneratif farklılaşmalar hasta yaşantısını etkilemekte hareket kısıtlılığı ve ağrılara sebep olmaktadır. Bu dejenaratif değişikliklerin eklemlerde oluşturduğu sağlık problemlerini gidermek amacıyla uygulanan tedavi yöntemlerinden biri de total diz protezi ameliyatlarıdır. Bu ameliyatların yapılma amacı ağrıyı gidermek, hareket kabiliyetini artırmak ve hasta konforunu sağlamaktır. Ameliyat sonrası cerrahi işleme bağlı ağrı, hareket kabiliyetinde azalma ve bağımlılık gelişebilmektedir. Cerrahi işlem sonrası bu yakınmaları azaltmak amacıyla farmakolojik tedavi yöntemlerinin yanı sıra farmakolojik olmayan tedavi yöntemlerinden biri olan zencefil kullanımı ve zencefilli kompres uygulamaları dikkat çekicidir. Bu derlemenin amacı total diz protezi ameliyatı olan bireylerde zencefil kullanımı ve etkileri konusunda farkındalık yaratmak amacıyla yazılmıştır
Upaya Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Peserta Didik Kelas VII-3 SMP Negeri 5 Sabang Materi Pecahan Melalui Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif TGT
Authors: Safwan Ady
Published: August 2021

This study aims to improve the learning result of grade VII.3 students of SMP Negeri 5 Sabang on fraction topic by applying TGT (Team Games Tournament) cooperative learning model. This is a type of classroom action research consisting of two cycles. The data collection was carried out on August to October 2018, while subject of the study is grade VII.3 students. Data collection technique applied in this study is tests and observations. Quiz tests are carried out to determine the students’ learning result individually while observations are conducted to find out the teacher's activities during implementing TGT cooperative learning model. Descriptive analysis was chosen as the technique of data analysis. Score analysis was carried out by analysing the standard achievement of minimum satndard score 70. The average score of students in the first cycle was 25.89, the highest score was 57. Meanwhile, the average score of the second cycle decreased to 7.46 with the highest score 33. The research result indicates that there has not been an increase in students’ learning result in fraction topic by applying TGT cooperative learning model. In conclusion, it can be stated that that the application of the TGT cooperative learning model in learning fractions in class of VII-3 SMP Negeri 5 Sabang cannot help teachers to improve students’ learning result.
Penggunaan Media Nitasapura untuk Meningkatkan Aktivitas dan Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas II SD Negeri 6 Dauhwaru
Authors: Ani Ni Luh Putu Yus
Published: August 2021

This study is a classroom action research aims to increase the activity and learning achievemen making use of Nitasapura. Subject of the study is the 34 first semester students of the second graders SD Negeri 6 Dauhwaru academic year 2018/2019. Technique of collecting data applied in this study is observation and test to obtain the data on students’ learning activities and learning achievement. The collected data were presented qualitatively applying a comparative descriptive technique. The use of Nitasapura in mathematics teaching and learning may increase students’ activities in learning mathematics; before the treatment it is at the category of less active learning, and it becomes an active category at the end of the treatment. The use of Nitasapura improves the students learning achievement of the second graders at SD Negeri 6 Dauhwaru for the topic of number. This fact can be observed from result of the first cycle average test score which is 66.6, it is in everage category with 73.53% learning achievement. Meanwhile, the average test score of the second cycle is 82.4, at good category with 100% learning achievement. Based on these facts, it is to say that the use of Nitasapura in mathematics teaching and learning increases the activities and learning achievement of the second graders at SD Negeri Dauhwaru 6.
Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Matematika melalui Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Discovery Learning Berbantuan LKPD
Authors: Latif Nila Sari
Published: August 2021

This study aims to identify the improvement in mathematics learning achievement for students of grade VIII A at SMPN 9 Marusu by applying discovery learning models using LKPD. Subjects of this study were 26 students of grade VIII A SMPN 9 Marusu academic year of 2018/2019. This study is a classroom action research conducted in two cycles in which consisting of several stages, namely planning, implementation, observation and evaluation as well as reflection. Data collection method applied were students’ learning achievement test conducted at the end of each cycle, observation, reflection, documentation and student responses. The collected data were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative method. The achievement achieved after the discovery learning models using LKPD was applied are: (1) in cycle I, the average score of mathematics learning achievement of students is 61.92 increasing to 75.38 in cycle II. The deviation standard in the first cycle is 12.66 and increasing to 9.48 in the second cycle of the ideal score 100, (2) There is an increase in the frequency of student activities and student attitudes. Based on the above research achievement, it can be concluded that there is an increase in mathematics learning achievement for students of grade VIII A at SMPN 9 Marusu by applying discovery learning models using LKPD.
Model Pictorial sebagai Representasi Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita Matematis
Authors: Prianto Agus
Published: August 2021

This paper presents a study of the Pictorial model as a mathematical representation in solving mathematical words problem. The ability of mathematical representation is an important key for students in solving mathematical words problems and being successfull in mathematics learning. Therefore, this ability should be emphasized, developed and owned by students in learning mathematics. The Pictorial Model can be used as a first step in representing and simultaneously modeling/illustrating the purpose of a mathematical words problem. This Pictorial model approach combined with basic algebraic concepts is expected to be able to assist all students in understanding as well as solving mathematical description problems in which usually students find them difficult. In this way, students can ultimately develop their competencies and mathematical abilities optimally.
Meningkatkan Keaktifan dan Hasil Belajar Materi Himpunan melalui Model Pembelajaran Jigsaw Berbantuan Android
Authors: Amimah Ani
Published: August 2021

This study aims to improve the activeness as well as mathematics learning achievement on sets topic through the Jigsaw learning model, grade VII B students of SMP Negeri 12 Semarang odd semester of 2018/2019 academic year. The research process consists of two cycles, in which each cycle covers for steps namely planning, action, observation and reflection. The research data were in the form of observation sheet notes, test results, and assignment results. The type of collected data is qualitative and quantitative data. Technique of data collection applies documentation, observation and analysis of learning results. Research instruments cover score list, notes of teaching and learning journal, and observation sheet. Data validation is done by involving observer and colleagues involved during the collaboration. Data analysis was performed using descriptive comparative technique by comparing pre, first and second cycle data. This step was then followed with critical analysis by conducting the reflection. Previously, the average knowledge score of grade VII B students on set topic was 55, while the  average skill score was 56. Later on, after the jigsaw learning model was applied, average of the  knowledge score increased to 65.6 at the first cycle, and 81.3 at the second cycle. Meanwhile the average of skill score was increased to 71.9 at the first cycle and 83.6 at the second cycle. These results indicate that there is an increase at the mathematics learning achievement for grade VII B students. In addition, students’ activities are increasingly optimal; they show quite positive responses towards teaching and learning activity.
Perbedaan Self Confidence Siswa antara Creative Problem Solving dan Discovery Learning Ditinjau dari Gender
Authors: Isnaini Ahmad , Surya Edy
Published: August 2021

This study aims to see the differences in students' self confidence between students with the treatment of the creative problem solving learning model and the discovery learning model analysed based on gender. The data analysis was done using two-way Anava with different number of cell to see the effect of gender and learning models on students' self confidence. After the effect of gender and the learning model was found, a further post-Anova test using Scheffe method was executed. This analysis shows the following results: gender has an influence on students' self confidence as well as there is an influence of the learning model on students' self confidence, there is no interaction between gender and learning models on students' self confidence. When a post-Anova test with Scheffe's method was applied, it is found that there are differences in students' self confidence between the creative problem solving model and the discovery learning model. Female students have better self confidence than male students , while the creative problem solving model provides better self confidence than discovery learning model.
Pengembangan Catur SPLDV untuk Membantu Siswa dalam Menyelesaikan Sistem Persamaan Linier Dua Variabel
Authors: Wibowo Arie
Published: August 2021

Learning mathematics aims to make students able to solve problems they will face in the future. This can be hampered if students have difficulty in learning. Difficulties experienced by students in solving system of linear equations material, namely difficulties to carry out procedures in determining the completion. In learning, the teacher has not used teaching aids to overcome student difficulties. Teaching aids can be an alternative solution to determine the completion of system of linear equations. This study aims to produce teaching aids that can help students to determine the solution. The type of research applied was a 4D model development research. To produce good teaching aids, valid tests, practical tests and effective tests were carried out. In this study, the produced teaching aid is called “Catur SPLDV”. The validity test result of the teaching aid was 3.59 with very valid criteria. The practicaliy test result of Catur SPLDV was 86.67%; very practical criteria. While the effective test result is 0.73 with high criteria analyzed using the normalized-gain (n-gain) test. Catur SPLDV is used to help students to determine the solution of linear equations system of two-variable using the concept of Cartesian coordinates and number patterns. It can be used while playing a game, and containing a little algebraic elements making it easier for students to determine the solution of system of linear equations with two-variable.
Media CCT (Card of Critical Thinking) dalam Pembelajaran Matematika
Authors: Primaningsih Dyani
Published: August 2021

One of the thinking skills can be developed through mathematics education is critical thinking. Teacher may  take one of the steps to stimulate critical thinking skills by means of CCT (Cards of Critical Thinking) learning media. CCT is a learning media in the form of question cards; containing critical thinking questions like "is there something wrong, why it is wrong, and what should be done to correct the mistakes". The questions in this CCT met the criteria and indicators of critical thinking, namely FRISCO (Focus, Reason, Inference, Situation, Clarity, and Overview). The CCT is applied through the PBL (Problem Based Learning) approach.  The main purpose of this literacy study is to describe teaching and learning steps through the application of CCT (Cards of Critical Thinking) to improve students' critical thinking skills.
Pembelajaran Matematika Berbasis STEM: Implementasi Variasi Pengembangan Model Pembelajaran STEM di Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Hardani Hardani
Published: August 2021

STEM is a learning approach that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the problem-solving based activities. The integration of the four scientific disciplines in STEM project activities uses the Engineering Design Process (EDP) stage. This stage is a cycle in the form of repeated steps and might change until a problem-solving solution is identified. The difference of elementary school students’ characteristics and stages of cognitive development as well as the absences of a specific STEM curriculum causes teachers who are new to STEM find it difficult in implementing the existing model. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the stages of the STEM learning model in accordance with the characteristics of teachers and students. This stage was developed with the aim of making STEM easier to apply and easily connecting problems with product development from the STEM project. The variation of the STEM learning model developed includes the stages: create, identify, ideate, plan, build, and communicate. The STEM Learning Model design developed will make it easier for teachers to implement STEM in classroom learning.
Media Kartu Derivatif dalam Pembelajaran Turunan
Authors: Laba I Wayan
Published: August 2021

This study describes an alternative strategy in mathematics teaching and learning on derivative topic using derivative card-based media, which refers to constructivism view. Mathematics teaching and learning using constructivism principles will enable the students to construct their own knowledge/understanding so that their conceptual knowledge becomes more resistant. Meanwhile, derivative card media is an alternative media to help students understand the concepts of differential/derivative through games so that it emerges a meaningful learning.
Vidas de José Bonifácio
Authors: Varela Alex Gonçalves
Published: August 2021

Veio a público uma biografia sobre um dos personagens mais controversos e emblemáticos da história do Brasil, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva. E, redigida por uma das mais importantes autoras brasileiras, com uma vasta produção acadêmica, a historiadora Mary Del Priore. A obra é destinada tanto aos especialistas, como ao público em geral.
fundamentação científica da proposta de seleção imigratória de Azevedo Amaral e as divergências sobre racismo entre mendelianos no Primeiro Congresso Brasileiro de Eugenia
Authors: Carlos Anderson Ricardo , Franzolin Fernanda , Alvim Márcia Helena
Published: August 2021

Este artigo problematiza os divergentes posicionamentos sobre raça e etnia nas Atas e Trabalhos do Primeiro Congresso Brasileiro de Eugenia, associando-os às ideias de hereditariedade. Tal evento, ocorrido no Rio de Janeiro em 1929, foi considerado como a maior manifestação pública da eugenia no Brasil. Destacamos, por um lado, a fundamentação científica da proposta de seleção de imigração de Azevedo Amaral, e por outro lado, o posicionamento de outros eugenistas contrários à proposta, protagonizado por Edgard Roquette-Pinto. Portanto, este trabalho contribui por evidenciar a estreita e complexa influência do mendelismo na discussão de raça e etnia por eugenistas brasileiros.
Antirrealismo e indução
Authors: Coelho Alexander Brilhante , Gurgel Ivã
Published: August 2021

Caracterizamos neste artigo a postura epistemológica do jovem Mário Schenberg, tal como expressada em seu primeiro no trabalho, Os princípios da mecânica, publicado em 1934 pela Revista Polytechnica. Destacamos os diálogos explícitos e implícitos que Schenberg trava com epistemólogos e físicos da transição do século XIX para o XX, particularmente os diálogos com Pierre Duhem e Ernst Mach. À época, Schenberg defende uma epistemologia antirrealista e instrumentalista, contra uma invasão de elementos metafísicos na teoria. O jovem Schenberg defende, ainda, a segurança do processo de teorização por indução, com uma ascensão dos experimentos às leis e das leis a teoria. No momento da publicação do artigo, Schenberg era um estudante de engenharia da Escola Politécnica de São Paulo, recém transferido da Escola de Engenharia de Pernambuco, onde conhecera o professor Luiz Freire. A influência de Freire foi determinante sobre a trajetória científica de Schenberg, que se tornaria o primeiro físico teórico stricto sensu do Brasil. É por meio de Freire que Schenberg se aproxima de uma tradição relativamente marginal de professores das escolas de engenharia que foram construindo, ao longo das primeiras décadas do século XX, uma identidade científica. Esse grupo de professores militava pela “ciência pura”, se contrapondo ao utilitarismo predominante nas escolas politécnicas no período anterior à fundação das universidades. O artigo de Schenberg pode ser lido como um dos últimos trabalhos dessa tradição de engenheiros com identidade científica, um trabalho que, ao mesmo tempo que carrega alguns traços da tradição politécnica, aponta para uma reflexão que só se desenvolveria plenamente com o surgimento de um regime científico disciplinar no interior das faculdades de ciências fundadas na segunda metade dos anos 1930
Banach-Steinhaus Theorem for the Space P of All Primitives of Henstock-Kurzweil Integrable Functions
Authors: Ng Wee Leng
Published: August 2021

In this paper, it is shown how the Banach-Steinhaus theorem for the space P of all primitives of Henstock-Kurzweil integrable functions on a closed bounded interval, equipped with the uniform norm, can follow from the Banach-Steinhaus theorem for the Denjoy space by applying the classical Hahn-Banach theorem and Riesz representation theorem.
Peer-pairing sessional staff in a large first year Science unit as a form of supportive academic development
Authors: Wevill Tricia , Savage Julia
Published: August 2021

This study evaluated how the pairing of sessional teaching staff in a large first-year undergraduate science subject provided context-specific professional development for sessional teaching staff. We used a likert-scale questionnaire to ask sessional staff to rate how effectively peer-pairing in the classroom contributed to a range of teaching skills and capacities. Irrespective of the level of teaching experience, all sessional teaching staff rated the pairings as very beneficial to extremely beneficial for support with subject content. Lesser-experienced peers also found the pairings to be very beneficial to extremely beneficial for developing classroom management and student interaction techniques. This evaluation of peer-pairing in a large first-year science subject demonstrates the strategy can be an effective means of providing teaching development opportunities for sessional teaching staff, and facilitates particular teacher-student interactions to engage students in discipline-based discourse about their learning and their transition to university life
The contribution of argumentation and critical thinking skills on students’ concept understanding in different learning models
Authors: Hasnunidah Neni , Susilo Herawati , Irawati Mimien , Suwono Hadi
Published: August 2021

We investigated the correlation between argumentation and critical thinking skills simultaneously on students’ understanding of basic biology concepts in classes taught by Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) and conventional learning models. This study involved 180 pre-service science teachers (18-19 years old) who undertook the basic biology course in the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung. Argumentation skills were measured using the Argumentation Skill Test and critical thinking skills were measured using the Critical Thinking Test, whereas understanding of basic biology concepts was measured using the Concept Understanding Test. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed prospective effects of argumentation and critical thinking skills to support students’ understanding of basic biology concepts. In addition, the strong correlation between predictors simultaneous to the criteria found in ADI compared to conventional learning models. The lecturers should consider the empowerment of argumentation and critical thinking skills of students through the application of appropriate learning models.
“It’s not a waste of time!” Academics’ views on the role and function of academic reading: A thematic analysis
Authors: Miller Kirsty , Merdian Hannah
Published: August 2021

The role of academic writing in the development of academic literacy in university students has been considered in some depth in the literature. However, the view of lecturers as to the role and value of academic reading is notably less explored and warrants further exploration. Academic staff from a broad range of subject areas were invited to participate in a survey on the role and function of academic reading. Using an explorative approach, the study investigated academics’ views about reading behaviour with regards to the students’ academic journey, their own academic development, and its incorporation into their teaching. All comments were thematically analysed, resulting in a number of elicited themes and subthemes. The paper highlighted the key role of academics in the modelling, rewarding, and teaching of academic reading and discusses practical implications for Higher Education, particularly with regards to academic teaching and students’ skills development.
Outsiders looking in? Challenging reading through creative practice
Authors: Abegglen Sandra , Burns Tom , Middlebrook David , Sinfield Sandra
Published: August 2021

Becoming well read, especially in academia, is key to being part of the university - and of society. Academic reading is ‘tricky business’ especially for those widening participation students not necessarily familiar with the forms and processes of Higher Education. To foster these students’ academic literacies and practice, rather than the decontextualised teaching of ‘skills’, we create empowering social spaces for authentic collaborative reading. To facilitate this, we present text ‘differently’: text as scroll. A textscroll can be made by taping article or chapter pages together, side-by-side. Textscrolls open up the contested bookspace and make the written word accessible. They foster dialogic and multimodal interaction with texts and, if woven into a developmental embodied sequence of learning activities, help develop an understanding of academic reading as a wider social practice. Student and staff feedback show that scrolls are liberating. Scrolls, in embodied ways, make university reading meaningful and can authentically scaffold entry into epistemic communities. Scrolls help learners access the written word - and enjoy reading.
Building knowledge to ease troublesomeness: Affording theory knowledgeability through academic reading circles
Authors: Cowley-Haselden Susie
Published: August 2021

Academic reading for knowledge building is under-researched in the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP); a field that foregrounds academic writing above all other skills. Alongside this dearth of literature, a relative wealth of literature exists which identifies the ‘troublesomeness’ of academic reading. This paper argues that reading for knowledge building is one way to ease the troublesomeness of academic reading within the field of EAP, with a focus on reading to build knowledge of theory and theory use. This paper reports on findings from a study which explores how taught postgraduates on a pre-sessional course acquire the threshold concept of ‘theory knowledgeability’ (Cowley-Haselden 2020) through reading and discussion. ‘Theory knowledgeability’ can be defined as not just acquiring knowledge of how to use theory in academic practice, but also acquiring knowledge of particular theory/ theories themselves. This knowledge is one key to unlocking success in postgraduate level education. Through the analysis of knowledge practices within academic reading circles performed by postgraduate pre-sessional students from a range of disciplines within the social sciences, it is argued that acquiring the threshold concept of theory knowledgeability allows students to emerge as a more legitimate knower in the UK higher education context.
Changes in teaching and learning practice in an undergraduate logistics and transportation course using problem-based learning
Authors: Guimarães Leovani , Lima Renato
Published: August 2021

This research paper presents the outcomes of a change in the teaching and learning practices from a traditional lecture-based method to a Problem Based Learning (PBL) curriculum in the undergraduate Logistics & Transportation (L&T) course at the Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Brazil. Detailed PBL practices adoption and the perception by the students of the PBL process are explored in survey research using a mixed-methods approach. The data was collected in two subsequent semesters of the L&T course, with different PBL scenarios and students, gathering quantitative and qualitative data. It was demonstrated that aligned with the theory on PBL, the majority of the students, over 91%, appreciated the benefits of the PBL-based practices in all course dimensions, with a strong perception of L&T teaching and learning improvements. Researchers and faculty involved in university teaching and learning can use PBL detailed practices, including problem scenarios and theoretical framework to design their own PBL classes to improve student learning and can also use the questionnaire structure and statistical tests for adoption in future implementations. The study is one of the few to provide a change in teaching and learning practices, associated with a valid and reliable two-stage survey covering the course concepts and learning objectives modelled by Factor Analysis, and, going beyond to provide PBL process impact and adaptations due to COVID-19 pandemic.