bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Peningkatan Prestasi Belajar Baca Tulis Al Qur’an Materi Hukum Bacaan Mad melalui Metode Drill
Authors: Di Sura 
Published: February 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah metode drill dapat meningkatkan prestasi belajar materi hukum bacaan mad pada siswa kelas V SD Secang 3 Kecamatan Secang Kabupaten Magelang tahun 2012. Penelitian ini merupakan Penelitan Tindakan Kelas. Subjek penelitan adalah seluruh siswa kelas V yang berjumlah 42 siswa. Pengumpulan data menggunakan dokumentasi dan observasi. Test analisa data menggunakan teknik analisis kuantitatif sekaligus kualitatif. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dalam tiga siklus dengan langkah-langkah (a) menyusun rencana, (b) pelaksanaan tindakan, (c) observasi dan (d) refleksi. Akhir refleksi pada siklus ketiga menunjukkan bahwa tujuan telah tercapai sehingga penelitian dihentikan pada siklus tiga. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa metode drill dapat meningkatkan prestasi belajar pada materi hukum mad pada siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri Secang 3 Kecamatan Secang Kabupaten Magelang tahun 2012. Peningkatan prestasi belajar siswa pada siklus I dengan ketuntasan 74 % dengan rata-rata nilai 68,6, siklus II dengan ketuntasan 93 % dengan rata-rata nilai 80, dan siklus III dengan ketuntasan 100 % dengan rata-rata nilai 85. Penelitian ini bermanfaat untuk guru sebagai masukan agar dapat memperbaiki metode pembelajaran sehingga prestasi belajar siswa kelas V Sekolah Dasar Negeri Secang 3 Kecamatan Secang Kabupaten Magelang tahun 2012 dapat meningkat. This study aims to determine whether the drill method can improve learning achievement of mad materials in class V SD Secang 3 of Magelang regency in 2012 or not. It is a Classroom Action Research. The research subjects are all students of class V. The data collects by documentation and observation. The data analysis uses both quantitative and qualitative. This research was conducted in three cycles with the steps (a) plan, (b) action, (c) observation and (d) reflection. The end of the reflection in the third cycle indicates that the objective has been achieved so that the study was stopped in three cycles. The results showed that the drill method can improve learning achievement in materials of mad at State Elementary School Secang 3 students. The increase in student achievement in the first cycle with completeness 74% with an average score of 68.6, the second cycle with completeness 93% with an average score of 80, and the third cycle with the completeness of 100% with an average score of 85. This research is helpful for teachers as input in order to improve teaching methods so class V student achievement of Secang 3 Public Elementary School can be improved. Kata kunci: drill, mad, sekolah dasar
Peningkatan Prestasi Belajar Membaca al-Qur’an dengan Metode Yanbu’a
Authors: Choliyah Siti Ayamil , Mas'ud Muhammad 
Published: February 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pencapaian belajar dengan menerapkan materi Yanbu'a untuk membaca al-Qur'an dalam semester ganjil siswa kelas VII-D dan VII-E SMP Negeri 3 Salatiga tahun akademik 2014/2015. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian tindakan kelas. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara, dokumentasi, pengamatan, dan tes evaluasi. Indikator kesuksesan dalam studi ini adalah ketika nilai rata-rata kelas sebesar 65 kelas dan presentase ketuntasan belajar sebesar 75%. Penelitian ini didahului oleh tahap pra-siklus untuk mencari informasi tentang masalah dan apa penyebabnya. Berdasarkan permasalahan yang ada, diberikan solusi untuk masalah-masalah dalam siklus 1 dan siklus 2. Setiap siklus terdiri dari empat tahap: perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengamatan dan refleksi. Dalam siklus 1 dan siklus 2 diadakan masing-masing dua kali pertemuan. Nilai rata-rata penguasaan belajar klasik mencapai 60.78 dengan 36.84% sebelum melakukan tindakan. Pada tahap siklus 1 setelah langkah-langkah yang diimplementasikan nilai rata-rata siswa naik ke 73.70 dengan prosentase 73.68%. Kemudian dalam siklus 2 setelah evaluasi pelaksanaan langkah-langkah yang hasil siswa belajar telah meningkat 82.11, mencapai penguasaan 86.84% untuk belajar klasik. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa belajar dengan menerapkan metode Yanbu'a dapat meningkatkan pencapaian untuk membaca al-Qur'an untuk siswa kelas VII-D dan VII-E SMP Negeri 3 Salatiga tahun akademik 2014/2015. This study aims to determine the achievement of learning by applying the material Yanbu'a to recite al-Qur’an in the odd semester students of class VII-D and VII-E SMP Negeri 3 Salatiga in the academic year 2014/2015. This study uses a Classroom Action Research. Data collection methods used was interviews, documentation, and observation as well evaluation tests. Indicators of success in this study were an average of class 65 and classical learning completeness percentage of 75%. Based on the existing problems analyzed by the pre-test, the solution is given to the problems in cycle 1 and cycle 2. Each cycle consists of four phases: planning, implementation, observation and reflection and the meetings were held twice respectively. The average score on learning classical mastery is 60.78 with 36.84% before having action. In the cycle 1, after the treatment, the average learners’ score is 73.70 by 73.68% classical learning completeness. Then in cycle 2 after the evaluation, students’ learning outcomes has increased, reaching 82.11 to 86.84%. Based on the results, it can be concluded that learning by applying Yanbu’a method can improve students achievement to read al-Qur’an of VII-D and VII-E class of SMP Negeri 3 Salatiga in the academic year 2014/2015. Kata Kunci: Yanbu’a method, al-Qur’an, Prestasi
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Free of Charge, Method Initiation, and Abortion Rates in Finland
Authors: Gyllenberg Frida , Juselius Mikael , Gissler Mika , Heikinheimo Oskari 
Published: February 2018

Objectives. To evaluate whether a public program providing long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods free of charge increases the LARC initiation rate and reduces the unintended pregnancy rate in the general population. Methods. Since 2013, all women in Vantaa, Finland, have been entitled to 1 LARC method free of charge. With time-series analysis between 2000 and 2015, we assessed whether this public program was associated with changes in steady-state mean rates of LARC initiation and abortions. Results. The initiation rate of LARCs (1/1000 women) increased 2.2-fold from 1.9 to 4.2 after the intervention (P < .001). Concomitantly, the abortion rate (1/1000 women) declined by 16% from 1.1 to 0.9 in the total sample (P < .001), by 36% from 1.3 to 0.8 among those aged 15 to 19 years (P < .001), and by 14% from 2.0 to 1.7 among those aged 20 to 24 years (P = .01). Conclusions. The LARC program was associated with increased uptake of LARC methods and fewer abortions in the population. Public Health Implications. Entitling the population to LARC methods free of charge is an effective means to reduce the unmet need of contraception and the need for abortion, especially among women younger than 25 years.
Contraceptive Method Use During the Community-Wide HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative
Authors: Sanders Jessica N. , Myers Kyl , Gawron Lori M. , Simmons Rebecca G. , Turok David K. 
Published: February 2018

Objectives. To describe a community-wide contraception initiative and assess changes in method use when cost and access barriers are removed in an environment with client-centered counseling. Methods. HER Salt Lake is a prospective cohort study occurring during three 6-month periods (September 2015 through March 2017) and nested in a quasiexperimental observational study. The sample was women aged 16 to 45 years receiving new contraceptive services at health centers in Salt Lake County, Utah. Following the control period, intervention 1 removed cost and ensured staffing and pharmacy stocking; intervention 2 introduced targeted electronic outreach. We used logistic regression and interrupted time series regression analyses to assess impact. Results. New contraceptive services were provided to 4107 clients in the control period, 3995 in intervention 1, and 3407 in intervention 2. The odds of getting an intrauterine device or implant increased 1.6 times (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.5, 1.6) during intervention 1 and 2.5 times (95% CI = 2.2, 2.8) during intervention 2, relative to the control period. Time series analysis demonstrated that participating health centers placed an additional 59 intrauterine devices and implants on average per month (95% CI = 13, 105) after intervention 1. Conclusions. Removing client cost and increasing clinic capacity was associated with shifts in contraceptive method mix in an environment with client-centered counseling; targeted electronic outreach further augmented these results.
Legume Cover Crops and Tillage Impact Nitrogen Dynamics in Organic Corn Production
Authors: Liebman Alexander M. , Grossman Julie , Brown Matthew , Wells M. Scott , Reberg‐Horton S. C. , Shi Wei 
Published: February 2018

Core Ideas
Reduced tillage of legume cover crops releases significant amount of N coupled with corn N uptake.Roller crimper termination of legumes releases nitrogen at similar total amounts to disking.Increased experimentation needed to improve corn population and yields in roller crimped stands.
Cover cropping and reduced tillage are two management practices that increase ecosystem services in agroecosystems. However, their interactive effects on N dynamics and cash crop yield are underexplored. In this study, four different termination approaches, employing no‐till and tillage, and organic and conventional techniques were used with four winter annual leguminous cover crop species to investigate the combined effect on plant‐available nitrogen (PAN) and subsequent organic corn (Zea mays L.) yield. Termination treatments included roller‐crimping, flail‐mowing, disking, and herbicide application with cover crops of Austrian winter pea (Pisum sativum L. subs. arvense, AWP), hairy vetch (Vicia villosa var. AU Early Cover, HV), balansa clover [Trifolium michelianum Savi ssp. balansae (Boiss.) Ponert, BC] and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum var. Dixie, CC). Plant‐available N (NO3− and NH4+) was determined using biweekly soil inorganic N extractions and resin probes. Cover crop biomass, cover crop C/N ratio, and cover crop total N were measured prior to termination. Nitrogen was most available from AWP and HV across termination methods at 6 to 10 wk after termination. Disked HV contributed highest levels of N across all 16 cropping by termination combinations. Highest biomass N was found in HV (226 kg ha−1), followed by AWP (189 kg ha−1) and CC (181 kg ha−1). Corn yield ranged widely, from 0.23 Mg ha−1 in 0 N control to >9 Mg ha−1 in HV and AWP treatments. Cover crop species plays an important role in N dynamics, frequently influencing soil processes to a more significant degree than termination approach.
Validation of Predictive Equations of Pre‐Harvest Forage Nutritive Value for Alfalfa–Grass Mixtures
Authors: Wood Shane , Seguin Philippe , Tremblay Gaëtan F. , Bélanger Gilles , Lajeunesse Julie , Martel Huguette , Berthiaume Robert , Claessens Annie 
Published: February 2018

Core Ideas
Predictive equations can help producers determine when to harvest their forage fields.Equations developed in New York State could be used to predict aNDFom, ADFom, RFV, and RFQ in Quebec.Equations developed in New York State cannot be used to predict NDFdom in Quebec.
Predictive equations of pre‐harvest nutritive attributes of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)–grass mixtures using simple plant or climate data were developed in New York State for the spring growth, but they must be validated before being used outside their development area. Our objective was to validate these predictive equations for their use in Quebec, Canada. Samples (n = 679) of alfalfa–grass mixtures were collected during spring growth at three sites for 2 consecutive years and analyzed for several nutritive attributes. Alfalfa maximum height, the most mature stage of development of alfalfa, growing degree days, grass proportion, and grass maximum height were also measured and used as input in several existing predictive equations. Predicted values were then compared with laboratory‐determined values using several validation statistics. The most promising predictive equations of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber concentrations, relative feed value, and relative forage quality had coefficients of determination (r2) of the linear regression between observed and predicted values between 0.74 and 0.81, and an index of agreement (d) between 0.87 and 0.93. Several equations were, however, significantly biased as indicated by slopes and intercepts of the regressions. The NDF digestibility was not predicted satisfactorily with the New York State equations. Among all equations evaluated, an equation for NDF concentration has the most potential for use to predict the spring growth pre‐harvest nutritive value of alfalfa–grass mixtures in Quebec.
Chinese and Greek ancient urban hydro-technologies: similarities and differences
Authors: Zheng Xiao Yun , Angelakis A. N. 
Published: February 2018

Abstract
The ancient civilizations of China and Greece, in the east and the west, have both subsequently deeply influenced other civilizations, regionally and across the world. Water management played a significant role in both civilizations and evidence demonstrates that many principles and technologies were generated by them, throughout both civilizations' long histories. As a result, they significantly influenced the ancient world broadly, some of which are still functioning up till this present time. This study comprises the following: methodology, hydrogeology, aqueducts and water impounds, water and wastewater mains, runoff management, agricultural irrigation, as well as the use of water for recreation purposes. Usually, urban hydro-technologies reflect a progressive situation in water management. Thus, both civilizations have also achieved urban water management. Therefore, for the purpose of understanding the role of water management in ancient civilizations and their similarities and differences beyond their geography, a comparison of urban hydro-technologies was selectively developed through the long history of the ancient Chinese and Greek civilizations, which also features the basic principle of water management in the human societies beyond these two civilizations.
THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF CORPORATE TAXPAYER IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF TAX LAW REFORM IN INDONESIA
Authors: Sinaga Henry Dianto Pardamean 
Published: February 2018

Abstract:The raise of tax evasion by corporation has been detrimental of state revenue, so it is required to ascertain the persona in crime and formulation of in absentia investigation of the corporate taxpayer crime in Indonesia. This legal descriptive-comparative-analytical research generates that corporate an/or human can be accounted for either jointly or individually in tax crime undertaken of the corporate taxpayer. Furthermore, in absentia investigation of the corporate taxpayer crime could be filed as long as fulfilling formil and material requisite. It is expected the affirmation of any person definition and corporate taxpayer crime categories in the future tax reform framework. Intisari:Maraknya penggelapan pajak oleh badan hukum sangat merugikan pendapatan negara sehingga perlu untuk mengetahui pertanggungjawaban pidana dan formulasi penyidikan in absentia pidana yang dilakukan Wajib Pajak Badan di Indonesia. Penelitian yang bersifat deskriptif – komparatif - analitis ini menghasilkan bahwa badan hukum dan/atau manusia dapat dipertanggungjawabkan baik bersama-sama atau sendiri-sendiri dalam pidana yang dilakukan Wajib Pajak Badan. Selain itu, penyidikan in absentia dalam pidana Wajib Pajak Badan di Indonesia dapat diberkaskan dengan tetap memenuhi syarat formil dan materiil. Dalam kerangka pembaharuan hukum pajak diharapkan terdapat penegasan dalam undang-undang perpajakan terhadap unsur setiap orang dan kategori pidana Wajib Pajak Badan.
Secondary student teachers' personal values and perceptions of Teaching as Inquiry
Authors: Vermunt Jenny 
Published: February 2018

This ongoing Doctor of Education study explores the personal and professional values of a sample of four secondary student teachers in the Masters of Teaching and Learning degree at the University of Otago, New Zealand. The study aims to understand student teachers’ personal and professional values when learning to teach, and provides insights into their thinking and practices in relation to Teaching as Inquiry. The study is framed by the interpretive paradigm, uses social constructivist theory and case study methodology. Data are gathered through individual semi-structured interviews and journal writing, and are analysed using the constant comparative method.
Findings show that student teachers in the sample vary in their motivation and capacity to implement Teaching as Inquiry, since they are influenced by uniquely converging priorities, processes, and practices encountered in their university and school contexts. However, their core personal values guide the sense they make of Teaching as Inquiry, and the extent to which it is an individual professional priority or not. For some, Teaching as Inquiry is a university assignment to be completed by stitching together classroom events. For others, Teaching as Inquiry makes professional sense, and despite contextual challenges, it underpins their teacher identity and practice.
Navigating the tides of globalisation and neoliberalism: Possibilities for transformation and democracy in 21st century tertiary education.
Authors: Brian Terri 
Published: February 2018

Over the past few decades, the world has experienced a period of major social, economic and political change. Globalisation has placed increasing pressure on our work, families and communities and is continuously transforming the way we live in the 21st century. Internationally, despite renewed and intensified calls for freedom and equality, social and economic inequities continue to increase. In Aotearoa, New Zealand, these forces have had a large impact on our society, our economy and on our tertiary education system. In an uncertain, 21stcentury world, it is our responsibility as educators to prepare learners for participation in the free market economy. It is also necessary however, to encourage the skills and attributes that will ensure a sustainable and democractic future. To achieve and balance these ideals, requires the creation of humanistic learning environments that promote a culture of self-awareness and critical reflection. This article suggests that, by resisting and reshaping the constraints of the current tertiary education system, it is possible to nurture principles of social equity and justice and to encourage self-determination, transformation and personal freedom.
Early Childhood Education and Biculturalism: Definitions and Implications
Authors: Jenkin Chris Joyce 
Published: February 2018

My doctoral research concerned implementing bicultural curriculum in mainstream early childhood centres in Aotearoa New Zealand. While I explored these ideas from an appreciative inquiry standpoint, some troubling aspects related to the notion of biculturalism occurred. In this article, definitions of biculturalism are examined, as is the relationship between bilingualism and biculturalism, as well as the growing move to replace power sharing implied by biculturalism, with multiculturalism. In addition to perusing the literature, data were collected through a survey of 76 early childhood respondents, in 2003. Generally, respondents had a positive definition of biculturalism. However, when considering whether bicultural practices were a positive expression or not academic literature was divided. What was interesting in Aotearoa New Zealand was overall those promoting biculturalism were Pākehā and those opposed were Māori. One conclusion I draw is that the term Tiriti-based better captures the intention of partnership than biculturalism.
Challenging constraints or constraining challenges: Preservice primary music education across the Tasman
Authors: Trinick Robyn Margaret , Joseph Dawn 
Published: February 2018

Tertiary music educators are faced with challenges associated with the enactment of curricula in pre-service education courses within time constraints. As a result, considered choices need to be made regarding content and pedagogical approaches based on what they deem to be valuable, memorable and transferrable. Using narrative methodology, two tertiary educators across the Tasman share their views about what they prioritise in their music education courses and how these choices are informed. Both authors face similar challenges, and share the view that the teaching of music goes far beyond entertainment. They uphold that music education provides a rich context to develop not only knowledge, skills and understandings about music itself, but also to address social, cultural, linguistic, cognitive and affective domains of learning, to name a few. This article looks at some of the ways the authors effectively support beginner teachers to address the music components of their respective national curriculum statements. While constraints of time in teacher education programmes is not a new phenomenon, the intention of this article is to highlight the benefits of music education, and encourage other educators to critically reflect on choices made in their own teaching contexts under challenging constraints.
Revisiting Mediation in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Authors: Figueredo Aurelio José , Garcia Rafael Antonio , Cabeza de Baca Tomás , Gable Jonathon Colby , Weise Dave 
Published: February 2018

The process of mediation is of critical importance to the social and behavioral sciences and to evolutionary social psychology in particular. As with the concept of evolutionary adaptation, however, one can argue that causal mediation is in need of explicit theoretical justification and empirical support. Mainstream evolutionary social psychology proposes, for example, that organisms are “adaptation executers”, and not “fitness maximizers”. The execution of adaptations is triggered by fitness-relevant ecological contingencies at both ultimate and proximate levels of analysis. This logic is essentially equivalent to what methodologists refer to as the process of mediation; the adaptations to be executed (or not, depending upon the prevailing environmental circumstances) causally mediate the effects of the ecological contingencies upon the fitness outcomes. Thus, the process of mediation can be generally conceptualized as a causal chain of events leading to a given outcome or set of outcomes. If a predictor variable operates through an intervening variable to affect a criterion variable, then mediation is said to exist. Nevertheless, it does not appear that some psychologists (particularly evolutionary-social psychologists) are sufficiently well-versed in the fundamental logic and quantitative methodology of establishing causal mediation to support such claims. In the current paper, we set out to review the ways researchers support their use of mediation statements and also propose critical considerations on this front. We start with more conventional methods for testing mediation, discuss variants of the conventional approach, discuss the limitations of such methods as we see them, and end with our preferred mediation approach. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v04i1_figueredo3