Service quality is a key factor in the public service section and is the main barometer in measuring the success of a leader in mobilizing and directing all the potential within the organization. This study aims to describe the quality of public services for administrative services at the Mataram City...

The metric dimension is one of the problems in graph theory which is interesting to study until now. The metric dimension has many applications such as image processing. However, not all graphs have been obtained for the metric dimensions such as a bridge graph. A bridge graph is a graph obtained from...

Problems in learning and teaching are closely related to teachers and students. In this case part of the learning problem is influenced by the method used by the teachers. The present study aimed at describing the effectiveness of Tasks Based Approach in teaching English speaking. This is an action research...

Quality management of secondary education units is a quality assurance system implemented by all components in the education unit. Quality management in private high schools needs to be studied and resolved so that the quality of the process and learning outcomes of students can be on par with other...

This research aims to determine the difference between the application of photographic picture and video in student learning outcomes on Natural Science at Class VIII of Junior High School 23 Mataram in academic year 2017/2018. A randomized factorial design was used in this research. The population was...

This study explored senior students’ challenges when presenting their research proposal and thesis in English. This study was conducted in the English Teacher Education Department of the University of Nahdlatul Wathan Mataram. Five students who did their final project and five lecturers who were involved...

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University Mataram (FKIP Unram) has participated in SEA Teacher program – a student teacher exchange initiative between Southeast Asia countries – since 4th batch in 2017. In order to better organize the program in the future and to get the upmost achievable...

The focus of this study is to know students’ perceptions on English in order to give some feedbacks to improve their ability in learning English. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to investigate the students’ perceptions on English as a medium of instruction, to know some factors influencing...

Initially, the complexity of communication is mainly considered on the transmission of the message from senders to recipients and this can be affected by a range of things. One of them is cultural situation particularly for people from different cultural backgrounds and social groups involved in intercultural...

This study was aimed at analyzing the influence of the Village Fund (DD) and Village Fund Allocation (ADD) on the level of poverty of people in isolated areas in Batulanteh District. The data used in this research were the Poverty Rate, Village Fund and Village Fund Allocation, in which the data were...

This paper discusses the use of social media for students at SMAN 1 Jonggat in completing their take-home English tasks. This is related to industry 4.0 that focuses on the use of internet and social media. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods as it uses a quantitative and descriptive...

This paper discusses the prospects and challenges in accessing learning in Education 4.0 era in English classes. The study is qualitative as it uses descriptive survey which wasused to discover and describe the prospects and the challenges faced by English teachers and students in accessing learning...

One of the most researched topics in education 4.0 is the learning process which is dramatically different from traditional approaches. Since the learners and teachers are suggested to acquire the 21st century skills, robotic utilizations are needed. This paper discusses the usage of smartphone for students...

In this digital era, the use of internet has become more popular to teachers and students. This paper aims at identifying varieties of and accessibilities to online materials for oral and written English skills. This study uses qualitative method. In collecting the data, the downloaded materials are...

This paper discus about the use of Fun English Learning to heal the trauma of the earthquake victims’ students in Lombok and this is the second phase of the first successful treatment. This study is a mixed-method in nature as it uses pseudo/quasi experimental method. The data were collected by using...

This study aims at finding strategies and problems or challanges that teachers face in teaching English vocabulary to young learners. This study is qualitative in nature trying to describe in larger detail of the phenomenon under specific circumstances. In collecting data, this study utilized observation...

It is acknowledged that elementary school students’ thinking skills are within the concrete operation. As a result, teaching of geometrical concepts must be in line with their way of thinking in which students are faced with suitable physical manipulation of concrete objects. Building concepts through...

During the last two decades, character education policy has become a major issue in Indonesia. To implement the policy properly, principals are required to be able to integrate character education into curricular, intra-curricular and extra-curricular activities in schools. These ideal conditions, however,...

This paper discusses the effect of skimming and scanning strategies for English language teaching and learning. It has a good effect on students’ reading comprehension skills, especially on computer-based text. The study is quasi-experimental research as it applies one group pretest-posttest design based...

This study was aimed at examining the effectiveness of Question-Generation (QG) Strategy in improving the reading ability of the undergraduate students and at finding out the students’ perceptions of the use of QG strategy in reading. To these ends, this study adopted a mixed method which employs the...

The purpose of this study was to develop learning devices for the Brain Based Learning (BBL) model by using valid, effective, and practical scientific approach. To develop the learning devices, this study adapted Plomp development model, consisting of five stages: (1) preliminary investigation stage,...

This research departs from the existence of a legal vacuum in the international law concerning remote sensing. Therefore, there are no legal instruments that can protect the sensed countries, particularly least-developing and developing countries. The purpose of this study is to develop a legal concept...

This explorative study aims at analyzing the students’ thinking process in solving linear algebra related problems based on four levels of thinking which are Recall, Basic, Critical and Creative. To gain the data, the study was conducted in a state university in Mataram, Indonesia. The participants were...

This study aims at developing a valid, practice and effective set of mathematics learning materials based on Numbered Heads Together (NHT) model with peer-assessment to enhance students’ conceptual understanding and achievement. To fulfil the goal, the research was carried in research development setting...

This study aims to describe the students’ difficulties in solving geometry problems and type of scaffolding that will be beneficial to support them. The scaffolding is expected to enhance students’ level in solving problem based on SOLO Taxonomy. To achieve the goal, the descriptive design study was...

The present study aims at identifying students’ creative thinking in applying various representations to solve mathematical problems. This descriptive study was done in a senior high school in Makassar, Indonesia. The subjects were two selected students with high spatial-visual intelligence taken from...

Being independent in learning or usually be called as having self-directed learning ability is important to determine the success of study in higher education. However, based on the observation in the previous academic semester, it was found that the students in mathematics education study program tend...

Problem-solving skills are required to understand and find the solution of problems related to physics concepts. This research intended to analyze students’ problem-solving skills in the temperature and heat topics. The study was done by using descriptive design method with 31 students of a high school...

The study aims to determine the effect of the implementation of local wisdom-based practicum towards students’ attitudes, science literacy and learning outcomes. The research was a quasi-experiment using a Pretest-Posttest Control Group design. The population was 130 second grade high school students...

The present work is a descriptive study aims to describe the students’ mathematical investigation based on their mathematical abilities. In general, there are four cognitive steps in mathematical investigation, i.e. Specializing, Conjecturing, Justifying and Generalizing. The data were gathered from...

The present descriptive study aims to analyze the misconceptions among prospective mathematics teacher on geometry using three-tier diagnostic tests. The research subjects were 52 students of mathematics education study program in a university in Mataram, Indonesia. The data were collected from students’...

This descriptive study aims to describe how reflective students solving the linear programming related problems. The data were gathered from cognitive style test called Matching Familiar Figure Test (MFFT), linear programming problem solving test and interview. The participants were 22 students in a...

Educational game is one of the media that can be used to support students’ learning in mathematics. Several previous studies have shown that educational games can improve students’ competencies. However, educational games are under-utilized in schools. The purpose of this survey study was to describe...

Character education in the formal school can be implemented by developing the important skills of students, including their self-efficacy. The present study aimed to examine the impact of learning achievement and schools’ accreditation toward the students’ self-efficacy, especially the students in junior...

Every tribe or region has a traditional game with different characteristics and the game itself becomes the own characteristics of each region or tribe. Some of the games are used in a learning strategy that adapted to certain theme of learning and its effectiveness depends on the ability of teachers...

The current trend of veils being used at these days is the veil with long clothes, loose, and closed clothes that much resemble those worn by women in the old times. The changes not only occur in the veil model, but also buying behavior of consumers. The phenomenon that occurs today is consumers buying...

The increasingly fierce competition in higher education is marked by the emergence of a variety of new tertiary institutions which certainly influences the decision of prospective students to choose a quality tertiary institution. Tertiary institutions must be able to provide a quality and meaningful...

Protecting children, women and marginal groups is one of the national development priorities and in compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the pillars of social development. Through Presidential Decree No.57 of 2017 concerning Implementation of SDGs Achievement, each region synergizes...

This study aimed at describing the historical traces in Tere Liye’s novels. The research method used is descriptive qualitative in the form of historical traces in the novel by Tere Liye. The data of this research are in the form of discourse in four Tere Liye novels. The primary source of the data is...

This study aimed at describing the integration of character education programs into the learning of Basic Mathematics in the digital age. This research is a qualitative descriptive type that follows the model introduced by Miles & Huberman. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. The process...

One of the main sources of inflation is volatility in food prices. This study aims to analyze the effect of food commodity availability on volatile foods inflation in Nusa Tenggara Barat province. Food commodities analyzed in this study include chili, rice, and chicken meat. We use the linear regression...

This study aims to analyze the effect of Theory Acceptance Model (TAM) on Purchase Intention. The analysis technique used in this study is the Structural Equation Model (SEM). With a total of 200 respondents. The results showed that the perceived ease of use influences customer’s perceived usefulness,...

This study aims to develop teaching materials in the form of module for the Research Methodology course. The module material developed is associated with surrounding facts and problems as a basis for students to raise research themes. Explanation of the material was developed in the “mind mapping” model,...

The objectives of this study is to map the model of family education and divorce prevention efforts in Sasak tribe people, in Lombok Indonesia. The research approach used is qualitative research with survey method. The results show that the model of family education programs proposed by the society was...

Hoaxes and their spread in social media have led various politicians led to legal issues and a few of them have born legal jail or financial consequences due to hoaxes and other fake news. These should have been avoidable if the fake news makers have understood two essential points. Firstly, understanding...

This paper evaluates the use of English materials on a recently booming online learning platform in Indonesia named Ruang Guru. It analyzed the contents of the materials for instructional purposes and evaluates whether they are worth purchasing by English learners from financial points of view. The study...

The 2019 Presidential Election is one of the general elections considered as the noisiest so far. This is because of the increasing strength of polarization that occurs between groups of people that are fighting due to limited choices of candidates led by applying of presidential threshold that reaches...

This study aimed to explore how reflective learning helps in character education in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 for teacher candidates. This research used descriptive qualitative research. Data collection techniques were carried out using the FGD (Focus Group Discussion) method. This qualitative...

This paper discusses about type of code switching, the function of code switching, and the use of code switching to represent Elites’ character in Social Media. The study is qualitative method. The sources of the data were taken from any social media of Elite and collected by using observation and documentation....

Learning English to EFL learners must always be challenging since it requires not only the willingness for learning, but also students’ awareness of the phonological differences between the students’ mother tongue on one hand and English as the target language on the other. One of the potential problems...

The majority of the members of the old generation have acquired psychological, cultural and mental benefits which could not be enjoyed anymore by the current generations. Such benefits result from the positive nurturant effect of the survival of storytelling tradition in the traditional communities practiced...

This paper examines the use of online materials that students can explore independently to improve their English competency. This paper focuses on how those online materials that students can find globally help them to communicate fluently in English. The study is qualitative in nature as it uses descriptive...

This paper discussed teachers’ corrective feedback (CF) sent via WhatsApp application on students’ narrative text. The purposes of this study were to (1) identify types of corrective feedback used by the teachers in correcting students’ narrative text, and (2) describe teachers’ reasons in giving the...

This study aims to develop valid, reliable, and practical HOTS-based assessment instrument for primary school. The Assessment Instrument developed is in the form of multiple-choice test which consists of 25 questions and it was developed based on the competencies of the fifth-grade elementary school...

This study aims to analyze the use of smartphones towards students’ interaction at senior high school. This descriptive qualitative research was carried out at one of the senior high schools in Pangalengan, Bandung with observation and interview techniques. It shows that smartphones can change the interaction...

This study was aimed to find out whether there was a positive correlation among online resource and students’ self-confidence, learning motivation, and speaking. The method of the research applied correlation research. The population of this research consists of one class, the first grade of SMAN 1 Woha...

This study aimed to reveal the reasons and forms of bullying committed by male students to female students as well as understanding gender equality in senior high school students in the city of Mataram. This study employed a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data collection was done through...

This study aims to determine the level of critical thinking tendencies (CTT) for primary school teacher candidates. This research is a descriptive study with a total of 118 research subjects at Primary School Education Program at the faculty of teacher training and education Universitas Mataram which...

This study aimed at examining the effectiveness of the inquiry learning model (ILM) to develop students’ skills in carrying out experiments on the material of temperature, heat, and heat transfer. This study involved 21 students of class XI IPA-1 at SMAN 1 Kediri in the 2017/2018 Academic Year. The skills...

This research aims to determine the effect of multimedia-based learning on the students’ concept understanding at the fourth-grade of elementary school in Kediri district. This research is quantitative in nature with a quasi-experimental design. The cluster random sampling was used and there were 22...

This paper aimed at identifying and organizing any dysphemism lexical items used by people in disseminating hate speech expressions through Social Media posts and also teaching the political correctness to the students in order to avoid the use of hate speech items in their daily encounters especially...

The 21st century learning process is not only based on the use of the textbook as the source, but it also can be referred to the use of other sources, such as traditional games. In the traditional games, there are many character values that the students can learn. It is in line with the government program...

The purpose of this research is to identify the forms of passive voice in Rempung language and to investigate whether the appearance i-prefix –form in the Rempung. This research was conducted at Rempung village. The design of the research is descriptive qualitative. The data collection method used is...

This study aims to determine the effect of the Mind Mapping-based model on students’ understanding in social studies in primary school. The study was conducted using quasi experimental design. The populations were the second semester students of Primary School Education Program, Universitas Mataram....

The existence of diatoms greatly affects the life in the water as it plays some important roles as a source of food for various organisms in aquatic ecosystems. In addition, the diatoms existence is commonly used as an environmental bio-indicator. The purpose of this study was to determine the diatom...

This qualitative research aims to describe the challenges and strategies applied by primary school teachers in Mataram in conducting classroom management. This study was designed with a narrative approach to express the teacher’s experience in conducting the classroom management. Data were collected...

The present study aimed at analyzing the understanding of metaphor as an important aspect in dakwah (religious speech) and understanding the effect of using metaphor in delivering a dakwah. The subject of the research is a dakwah from Emha Ainun Najib’s (Cak Nun). This is a library research because the...

This research aimed to examine the factors that cause code mixing and to describe the language forms used by teacher and students in daily communication. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative design. The data are the sentences that contain code mixing in teacher and students’ daily...

The inquiry on leadership communication is one of the most frequent research topics on leadership. Studies of leadership have become both appealing and demanding subjects since the act of leaders, their strategies will determine the future development of a state or country. Leadership is a behavior carried...

This study aims to determine the impact of School Operational Assistance towards the challenges of community participation at Madrasah Tsanawiyah in Central Lombok. The case study in the form of qualitative research was used in this research. Subjects of the study include the madrasah principle, teachers,...

The 21st Century skills considered being able to strengthen social and intellectual capitals commonly abbreviated as 4C: Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking and problem solving, and Creativity and innovation. Operationally, this 4C can be described as a way of thinking, including: creating,...

This paper is a part of a larger study which aimed to design a learning trajectory in pre-algebra. As a design research, it follows three steps of Preliminary Studies, Teaching Implementation and Retrospective Analysis. To enhance the quality of learning, we adjusted the socio-mathematical norms in the...

This study aims to analyze the types of code switching and code mixing frequently uttered by students of Islamic school, particularly at junior high school and senior high school in East Lombok, Indonesia. This paper is qualitative research, in which the result was analyzed by descriptive analysis using...

The study entitled The Use of Online Slang for Independent Learning in English Vocabulary. It aims to analyze the types of slang words, the media that influence the learners to use slang words. This study also investigates the reason why the learners used slang words. This study used Elisa Mattielo (2008)...

This study aims to analyze the differences in the science process skills between students learning with problem-based learning models with character education and students who learn by direct learning models. The type of research is a quasi-experimental study design with non-equivalent pre-test and post-test...

This study aims to investigate the types of work, gender inequality and patterns of women workers empowerment in the tourism service sector at Mandalika Special Economic Zone Lombok, Indonesia. This study employed survey methods by using groups as a unit study. The results indicate that the tourism service...

This study aims to describe the validity of text-based language learning evaluation instruments developed by the Alumni of Indonesian Language Education Program of Mataram University who teach at Senior High Schools throughout West Lombok Regency in order to reconstruct the character evaluation instrument...

The implementation of the 2013 curriculum has caused restlessness for the sustainability of local language teaching because in the structure of the 2013 curriculum there is no local language subject. The local language subject is embedded with Art and Culture, Crafts, and Physical Education subjects....

This research aims to determine and compare the impact of the application of problem-based learning and direct instruction on students’ critical thinking skills in solving mathematical problems. This research is quantitative research with a quasi-experimental research type. This study is the Nonequivalent...

The 2013 curriculum mandates that English teachers in junior high schools can use scientific approach learning models, such as Inquiry-based Learning, Project-based Learning, Discovery Learning and Problem-based Learning, through various learning activities in the classroom. To support this policy, the...

This study aims to implement collaborative learning of multicultural social science with lesson study patterns to strengthen student character education. The approach used is descriptive qualitative research. The data were collected by using observation, questionnaire, and documentation. The subjects...

Tolerance is one of the characters that must be taught early to students. This study aims to describe the methods used by schools in developing tolerance attitudes between religious people in SDK Maranatha, Kedungadem Bojonegoro. This type of research was descriptive qualitative. Data collection was...

Communication accommodation between Bima students in Mataram is a research that aims to find out the ways to accommodate communication between Bima students in Mataram. This research used qualitative descriptive design. The samples of this research are Bima students in Mataram. The data were collected...

This study aims to examine the influence of inflation and interest rates on the distribution of working capital credits for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB). The study was conducted at Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) and Bank Indonesia (BI) in West Nusa...

The Economic performance of a region can be seen from the Gross Regional Domestic Revenue or economic growth. The economic growth of the regions has an important role in creating prosperity, increasing the standard of living and providing employment. Village fund Allocation is a stimulant fund to encourage...

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the economic sector that has the best resilience. The ability of MSMEs needs to be empowered and developed continuously by trying to reduce existing obstacles. This research was conducted at MSMEs in the City of Bima for seven months. The method of this...

This study aims to analyze the government’s role and the performance of small and medium enterprises in increasing product value that mediated by entrepreneurship orientation in Bima City. This research used a quantitative approach, with a total sample of 100 respondents. The analysis technique used...

Lakey Beach is a famous beach because of its beautiful sand and waves. However, the development of this beach as major tourists destination is hampered by several factors such as lack of promotion by local government. limited facilities and accommodation, and lack of English skills from human resources...

This study aims to find out the effect of distributive and interactional compensation justice to employee job satisfaction in one of the private hospitals in Bima City. This study is an associative research that used quantitative approach and all variables are measured using Likert scale. The total population...

The purpose of this research is to find the effect of the work atmosphere on career commitment at Regional Personnel Agency office in Bima Regency. In this research, the dependent variable used is career commitment while the independent variable is work atmosphere. This type of research is causal associative....

This study aims to produce standard Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) evaluation tools on algebra materials. HOTS criteria are based on Bloom’s Revised Cognitive Domain. The subjects of this study were seventh grade junior high school students in the odd semester of the academic year 2019/2020 at State...

This study aims to examine whether the learning methods that have been used are appropriate to teach about natural disaster mitigation. Audio visual based learning method was being used to discuss learning materials about landslide and tsunami. The research subjects were students of State Primary School...

The Indonesian government has provided several teachers’ professional development programs for the last few years. Those programs are provided to enhance teachers’ competencies. Teachers’ community (MGMP, henceforth) is one of them. This study aims at describing: 1) the teachers’ perceptions about their...

Public health center (Puskesmas) is a first-level health service unit plays an important role in improving community health status. Decent puskesmas are a demand in community health development. This study aims is to analyze feasibility of pukesmas in Moyo Hilir sub-district based on social and cultural...

Dryland farmers have local wisdom knowledge on food crop-based agricultural system for generations. This research aims to learn local wisdom of traditional rainfed agricultural system by small farmers in rainfed dryland. The research is done from January to February 2019 in Pelat Village, Unter Iwes...

Cattle Insurance is an effort to protect cattle farmers from business losses caused by livestock death or loss so that farmers can continue their business. The purpose of this study was to determine farmers’ perceptions and interests in cattle insurance in Sumbawa Regency. The method of determining the...

The chain of regional development in the context of development in rural areas is start by using a database that includes data approach one village one product (OVOP). The purpose of this research is to analyse the value chain top products based (OVOP) village. in this study have identify the value chain,...

Every region in Indonesia has different tribes, customs, races and cultures. Mbojo tribe which is in a part of West Nusa Tenggara Province has a Rimpu culture. This is a local wisdom of the area in dressing by using the traditional cloth of Bima. This research aims to analyze the influence of culture,...

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) are one of the foremost advancements of economic development. MSME is one of the fields in employment which is very significant. At the time of globalization in which competition is increasingly fierce, many companies will go bankrupt if the company does not...

This study aims to determine the description and causes of opportunism and internal conflicts from the executive and legislative sides in planning and budgeting. The phenomenon of this research is based on previous interviews related to issues including planning and budgeting formed in a regional budgeting...