This paper discusses the rise of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education reform in the United States and Asia. As shown in the results of international tests such as PISA and TIMMS, secondary school students in Asia do better than their counterparts in the U.S. Nevertheless,...

This paper is a concept of management training in motivation and entrepreneurship in the Tinggi Raja Society of Asahan Regency. Through this program, it is expected that Tinggi Raja Society knows the importance of motivation and entrepreneurship in improving community empowerment. The method that will...

The purpose of this research is to describe effectiveness of the Village Donation Allocation Program that has been implemented by Deli Serdang Government In Percut Sei Tuan District. The type of this research is descriptive by using qualitative approaching. The effectiveness analyze of Village Donation...

Teaching material are all forms of material used by teachers in teaching. Teaching material need to be developed. Today, the mastery of information is important. Learning literacy can be used to make students learn to master information through reading, writing and critical thinking. This study aims...

This study aims to develop a portfolio-based teaching model as an early childhood social emotional development strategy. The specific objectives of the study are (1) to identify the achievement of social emotional development of children, (2) to design learning with portfolio-based teaching as a strategy...

Inquiry becomes the right choice to form a good concept. The advantage of an inquiry-based module that improves students' motivation because students can learn by themselves and lessons are divided more equally. This study aims to determine the feasibility of the development of teaching materials to...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between work motivation with the performance of kindergarten principal in Medan City. This research method is survey research with correlation technique, this research population is Kindergarten principal of Medan City. Data collection through...

The quality of leadership of Madrasah principles are greatly determine the quality of learning in Madrasah.The purpose of this study is to answer the problems surrounding the influence of the organizational culture on the discipline of the head of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah in Deli Serdang. This study is a...

This study is concerned with a politeness in children's language when they play. The results of this empirical study of Langsa children's language in playing, focusing on their use of politeness phenomena. The data were obtained from students of kindergarten in Langsa. The children used as participants...

This article contains local wisdoms of Karonese, it covers some proverbs that refers to leadership model. It is based on discourse analysis that scrutinizes some selected local wisdoms of Karonese. It aims to find the description of leadership model in local wisdom of Karonese and how they are implemented...

Science process skills are closely related to science. One of way to practice science process skills to students is laboratory experiments. Its main activity involves various student activities such as designing experiments, assembling and using equipments, analyzing and predicting data. This study aims...

In the new paradigm, teaching and learning process depends on learning model, media and strategy used by teacher. The aim of this research is to know the significant differences of student achievement and motivation that taught by PBL model integrated into macromedia flash compared to teaching treatment...

This research is a continuation of previous research. The result of previous research was character education model in Unimed. This research studied about the effectiveness of the model. Validity of components of the character education model including accompanying instruments for data gathering were...

Responsibility of a lecturer does not only do teaching and complete all the tasks well, on the contrary, character building of a student gets less attention. Whereas the lecturer's example is an important part to develop student's character. Although the student needs molding to be not only a smart and...

This research was done in SMA Negeri 2 Kabanjahe, which aimed to develop, standardize, and test the chemistry module on the topic of solubility and solubility product (Ksp). The research was began by choosing sylabus of curriculum 2013, and then analyzing chemistry book on the topic of solubility and...

The lecturers problem has been criticized by many people including academics, practitioners, and government. They questioned a number of lecturers performance with various problem in the university. The formulation of the problem in this research is there anyeffect of organizational culture on the performance...

This study's aim is to look into design of model national character building through manners education based on regional culture. National character building role is to enhance positive behavior for learners to interact with their environment. Manners education should be able to establish the identity...

The public trust and recognition on accreditation is so high that the recognition of the quality of higher education is determined by its accreditation status and rank. In order to realize the transparent public accountability, higher educations must actively build an internal quality assurance system...

Utilization of internet sites is needed to improve the ability to listen. The goal is the learner can listen directly to native speakers through the program presented at one of the discussed sites of France. The 7 Jour sur la planèt program features videos, sounds, texts and exercises that learner use...

The purpose of this study is to know the magnitude of the influence of lecturer competence on the productivity of lecturers of Private Colleges in Aceh. The population of this study were lecturers at eight private universities in Aceh, namely University of Gajah Putih Takengon, Al Muslim Bireuen University,...

student self-efficacy. The population of this study is the second semester students STMIK Royal Kisaran which amounted to 512 people. The sample was obtained by using cluster random This research problem is caused by the low interest of students in following discrete mathematics lectures. The purpose...

Internal quality evaluation and audit did not contribute effectively to the implementation of quality assurance at University of Sumatera Utara (USU). The purposes of the research were: to investigate the implementation of the internal quality assurance system, to evaluate the quality commitment as well...

This research aimed to analyze: the effect of problem based learning model on student's problem solving ability; the effect of creative thinking ability on student's problem solving ability and interaction between learning model and creative thinking ability in increasing student's problem solving ability....

Cooperative integrated reading and composition (CIRC) is a comprehensive approach to instruction in reading and composition/language arts. Thus, this research is aimed to find out the implementation of CIRC strategy in improving the students' ability in reading comprehension. In constructing this research,...

This study was aimed to find out: 1) problem-based developed module met the criteria of National Education Standard Board (BSNP), 2) the implementation of problem-based learning model supported by developed module could improve student learning outcomes, 3) the students' learning outcomes which used...

The teacher' satisfaction is shown by the attitude in working or in teaching. If the teacher feels satisfaction with the situation that can influence them, so they will work or teach well. The purposes of this research was to find out the correlation between principal supervision and teachers' satisfaction;...

Develop mobile devices in Indonesia have penetrated the society of adults to children. Various mobile applications continue would be developed so that the use of mobile devices continues to grow rapidly. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets other than as a communication tool can also be developed...

This research is conducted to contribute in improving students' achievement in Mathematical Representation Ability (MRA) and their performance in solving MRA problems. Those involved as samples are 316 students from Public Junior High School (PJHS) 1, PJHS 2, and PJHS 4 District Deli Serdang, and PJHS...

Training evaluation was critical to the competence and quality of training, evaluation was not only carried out at the end of the training but also carried out during the training process from the beginning of the training plan, the middle of training implementation, the end of the training implementation...

This development research aims to produce the character-based an authentic assessment instrument on the skill domain of students in primary school. Subjects of this study are: (1) primary school teachers; (2) primary school students; (3) Eight experts for validation of assessment instruments are expert:...

This study aims to find out the effect of problem posing learning model and cognitive style on mathematics learning outcomes. This study used a quasi-experimental research designs. The population consisted of 68 grade 5 students in Deliserdang. The sample consisted of 46 students that were divided into...

The research is an Experimental Research at the First Year Students of Junior High School (SMP Negeri 1 Syamtalira Aron). The problem faced by students were they lack of vocabuary. They also did not know the spelling of word. The objective of the study were to know whether Inside Outside Circle Strategy...

One of factors that determines the product quality is a person who work with full of dedication and has high profesionalism. The objective study is to find out the relation of individual characteristic and work place condition and worker statisfaction. The sample in the research are 32 workers. The method...

This study expected to provide inputs for decision makers in setting policies for improvement of lecturer performance. The purpose of this study was to know the effect of individual characteristics and organizational characteristics on the lecturers'performance. The study design was a descriptive analytic...

Higher Education is a formal educational institution has a goal to produce Human Resources (HR) quality that has the knowledge, skills and technology needed by the world of work. Therefore, universities have a mission to achieve the goals of national education. The purpose of this research was to described...

Learning Mathematics with understanding is essential. Grasping it absolutely needs reasoning for every conclusion drawn, one draw it deductively. Many report either formerly or recently revealed the lack of upper secondary students' mathematical reasoning skills (MRS). Concerning this case, the paper...

Fairy tale is one of the local wisdom of society that can be used as media of character education values of character in children since early age. Important character education is instilled from an early age because in this, golden period is the most effective time in providing knowledge and understanding...

The objectives of this research are (i) to develop a model for managing staff assignments in an institution that organizes various events oftraining; and (ii) to propose a method for determining an optimal policy for the staff assignments.Two preliminary results are obtained. First,an analytical approach...

Clinical Supervision was a service system to assist in improving the quality of teachers' trust, that there was significant progress in carrying out his professional duties as a teacher. The unwillingness of teachers to be clinically supervised by school supervisors became a fundamental problem at the...

Based on the theory of constructivism learning the application of Problem-Based Learning model is directed to the activities and actions of a person, each knowledge controls an interaction with experience. Without interaction with objects, one cannot construct knowledge. In this case learning as an operative...

This study aimed to determine the state of the implementation of Early Childhood Education (ECE) curriculum with the quality of education in Kuntum Bumi Kindergarten of Rantauprapat Labuhanbatu regency. ECE conditions that developed in the community today were increasingly mushrooming, competing, and...

Innovative human resource management models in schools are used to manage the human resources of educators and education personnel in order to have quality. The main advantage of this model lies in the phase that directs educators on improving competencies that can produce competent graduate. The purpose...

The ability of school to fulfill its operational needs is supported by resources availability in the school. One of the school's efforts to get resources including financial and physic is gathering school fee from its pupils. The existence of free school i.e. School of Masjid Terminal is enlightening...

The library as a learning resource and all at once as information sources for students related to reading activity started from the primary school level. A media is really needed to easen the students on reading study since the initial until more graduated at the school library. The library service media...

This study aims to determine the differences in the effectiveness of the use of HOTS-based learning model using e-learning and HOTS-based learning model by using interactive multimedia in ICT learning. This research method using quasi experiment with research population is all student of study program...

This study aims to produce a character-based learning model with a multicultural scientific approach with historical education materials and know the feasibility and effectiveness of the learning model to be able to improve the learning outcomes of history education. This type of research is a research...

The changes of educational paradigm that occur continuously should be responded by educators and education practitioners. This study aimed to develop a character-based instructional model through constructivism approach with the application of lesson study to improve student ability in instructional...

Teacher development is one of the main tasks of school supervisors. In practice, teacher training has not been implemented optimally. One of the causes is the untapped use of media in supporting the implementation of teacher development. The purpose of research and development is to develop teacher development...

In this paper discussed how to improve the metacognitive knowledge of physics student of Institute of Teachers' Education (Lembaga Pendidikan Tenaga Kependidikan: LPTK) using transformative learning theory. Physics student of LPTK have difficulty increase metacognitive knowledge of physics, due to the...

Numbered Heads Together (NHT) model used a series of delivery of materials by using groups as a container in unifying students perceptions/ minds to questions asked or asked teachers, which will then be accountable by students in accordance with the teachers request number each group. This research aimed...

Media and digital technology are shaping contemporary approaches to teaching and learning. Teachers must be able to develop and utilize learning media in order to achieve learning outcomes. One of the efforts to help teachers improve the ability to create media is through academic supervision by demonstration...

The economic growth in one region is influenced by local government policy and other factors that can affect the rate of economic growth such as local revenue, capital expenditure and balancing funds. Fixed assets such as infrastructure that can support economic activity is needed to stimulate economic...

This research integrates Sumang Gayo values into guidance and management model. Sumang gayo are the valuaes that govern the behavior the Gayo highland community. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to develop a guidance and counseling management model on based of sumang gayo. The method used in...

This research is a qualitative descriptive research. Data analysis has been used is Miles and Huberman Methods. The result of the research shows that: the level of ability of mathematical creative thinking is at the level of 'medium' creative thinking ability; at the preparatory stage, students have...

The purpose of this study to see the effect of learning achievements Civic Education, cooperative behavior and the use of modeling learning strategies in students of class VII SMP Negeri I Labuhan Deli, Deli Serdang District of North Sumatra Province. The population in this study was 380 students and...

Presupposition has been studied by many linguists. Presupposition is the speaker's/ writer's assumption before saying something. The paper aims to analyze the way of presupposition triggers of an author's writing through triggers that asserts implicit or explicit meaning in sentences, clauses, phrases...

This study aims to analyze: the dominant factors that affect the academic administration management system, the weight of the dominant factors towards the continuity of academic administration management system as well as the unique factors which significantly influence the continuity of academic administration...

Petroleum is a material contained in the study of chemistry. The materials of petroleum are memorizing and boring as all in the form of theories that require deep understanding. Efforts made to facilitate students in the learning process of chemistry is to create teaching materials that provide a more...

Teaching materials is a device that occupies the most important position in learning that is used to facilitate the course of learning activities. Teaching materials allow students to learn a competence coherently and systematically so that the accumulative able to master all the competencies as a whole...

This quasi experimental study aims to investigate effect of Problem-based learning model and mathematical ability into student's learning outcome in Evaluation Course of Chemistry Education. About 2 classes of chemical education students in 2015 were involved in this study as total sample. They were...

Properly, learning can prepare human resources that have competition power. However, the fact in the field is the graduates of Office Administration, who must have capability in writing Indonesian and English correspondence, do not conduct correspondence well. The low skill of vocational high school...

Learning strategy is used by an educator in delivering the material to achieve the learning objectives. Musical intelligence includes a person's ability to be sensitive to non-verbal voices. The purpose of this research is to know the difference of learning result of Harmony I course between group of...

In this research describes the implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) to improve student learning outcomes of grade XII Vocational School (SMK) Tritech Informatika Medan. This research aimed to know the improvement and the achievement of mathematics learning outcomes of students through problem...

This study aimed to contribute to the empowerment of the leadership of the principal characteristics of the professional competence of teachers, as well as obstacles in the empowerment of the characteristics of the professional competence of teachers Junior High School (SMP) in Gandapura. The research...

The objectives of this research was to determine the effect of learning strategies (blended learning and expository learning) and creative thinking on information communication and technology (ICT) outcomes. This research conducted at SMA Methodist Tanjung Morawa, North Sumatera during September to November...

A strong mathematics mastery of an early age is required to equip students with logical, systematic and creative analytical skills. Reasoning ability in understanding is required in learning mathematics. This study aims to determine student mathematics learning result by using cooperative learning model...

Role playing is one of the learning models that can make the students active in teaching and learning process. The aim of this research was to determine : is that effective to learn mathematics using Role Playing Model On Social Arithmetics matter which can be seen from four indicators namely: learning...

Numbered Heads Together is a coperative strategy that can improve student's mathematical communication ability. Mathematical communication is one of the mathematics' standard process that must be mastered by students. The purpose of this study is to determine whether students' mathematical communication...

This research was aimed to develop innovative learning module on the teaching of acid–base titration based on curriculum 2013. It is essential to develop the standard and good module based on curriculum to address the requirement on student's competence in curriculum 2013. The description analysis of...

This research study is research and development learning devices. This study aimed to describe how the validity, practically, and effectiveness of learning devices oriented of problem based learning which is developed and knowing about increase students' combinatorial thinking in mathematical problem...

The formulation of the problem in this research is whether there is influence of human resources and job opportunities to economic growth in North Sumatera. This study uses secondary data where the human resource was measured through components is; Welfare, education, productive age, and environmental...

In an effort to improve the quality of human resources, it is necessary that learning to write in educational institutions can realize the optimal writing ability. However, the reality shows that the ability to write descriptive text of the students of Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program...

The purpose of this research is to develop learning device on mathematics learning using realistic mathematics learning in Class XII SMK, with this tool is expected to change the paradigm of learning "centered on teacher" to "student-centered". This research is a research development (Reasearch and Development)...

Problem formulation in this research is 1). Whether the learning model " learning start with a questions" can improve the effectiveness of mathematics learning in the seventh grade of Junior High School Muhammadiyah 57. 2). Whether by using the learning model " learning start with a questions can improve...

This research aimed to analyze the partially and together effect of population, education and unemployment on poverty in Bengkulu Province. This research is a kind of association explanation research and using multiple regression analysis. The dependent variable in this research is poverty, while the...

This study was conducted to determine the use of Java language in the community. Individuals function as part of a harmonious family or group. Men and women have differences in speech. Culture is also bound in the distinction, in a Javanese society known for its low voice level and the use of a phrase...

Writing is a productive skill, where the students should produce a product in written form. Teaching writing cannot stand alone to improve the students writing achievement. It should be integrated with students' style in learning. This research tries to find out whether the students' writing achievement...

Economic growth, unemployment rate and the number of students in vocational schools have an important role in influencing poverty alleviation in North Sumatra Province. This study aims to determine the effect of economic growth, unemployment rate and the number of students of vocational secondary school...

Students' poor academic reasons in the background of their thesis have been a big concern among the supervisors. A good thesis background presents previous research findings as the conceptual foundation of the study and the preliminary data to show the gap, both are composed in a well-structured composition...

Innovation learning material with problem based approach is beliefed to be applicable to improve students' competence as required by the Implementation of Indonesian National Qualifications Framework (Kerangka Kualifikasi Nasional Indonesia, KKNI) curriculum on the teaching of Physical Chemistry. This...

teachers must effort to actualize the significance of learning. Learning's motivation has a role in students' achievement and performance. This study aims to see the significant differences as well as the correlation between students' learning outcomes that learned with the model of guided inquiry and...

This research aims to analyze the effect of scientific inquiry model with adobe flash cs6 media and scientific attitudes to the students science process skills, to analyze whether the science process skills of students with a higger scientific attitude is better than students with a lower scientific...

This study was intended to identify student conceptualization about basic concept of ecology by outdoor learning with school ground as media This was conducted by mix method that included to quantitative experiment and qualitative by analyzing student answers. The sample encompassed 63tenth grade students...

The Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) approach is a reality-based approach, works in small groups and presents a model to help students build problem solving and get students to apply an understanding of the mathematical concepts which they have learned. The main adventages of MEAs to develop student's...

Scientific approach is intended to provide insight to students in recognizing, understanding the various materials using a scientific approach, that information can come from anywhere, at any time, do not rely on the information in the direction of the teacher. This study aimed to investigate the difference...

The learning model of cooperative learning type Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) is one of the most simple cooperative learning models. The main advantages of this model lies in activity and interaction among students to motivate and help each other in mastering the subject matter, understanding...

The napier rod props were discovered by a nobleman from Scotlandian John Napier in 1550-1617. This calculation tool is designed to simplify the heavy duty in multiplication of multiplication by using a napier rod with multiplication transformation into a matter of addition. As for the formulation of...

Problems in this research is students' difficulty within solving conceptual understanding problems. It is caused by teachers are still using many conventional methods and Discovery Learning model used by teachers is not in accordance with the expected procedure. This research is quasi-experimental in...

This research aims to know the training program, the quality of the coaches, the circumstances of the organization, the facilities and infrastructure, and the funds used in North Sumatera wushu development. This research used descriptive qualitative method with sample of North Sumatera Wushu provincial...

This study aims to formulate a suitable model in developing the capacity of entrepreneurs in informal sector at Medan City. More specifically, the research conducted through several steps including 1) to identify the condition of human capital, social capital and organizational capital within informal...

Problem based learning model is a way constructing and teaching course using problem as a stimulus and focus on student activity. The purpose of this research is to know the implementation of problem based learning model on geography subjects in motivating studens. The research used is qualitative is...

Recreational sports is a physical activity done in leisure time to bring joy, recovery of physical and mental strength and preserve and enhance the cultural richness of the region so that through recreational sports can improve physical fitness, prioritize the values of pleasure or satisfaction, positive,...

Some students face difficulties in calculating multi-digit multiplication operation, moreover students only familiar with the certain method to solve multiplication operation. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of Lattice Method on students' multiplication test score achievement. The research...

In teaching practice in school, there is unintelligible pronunciation of some students. Intelligible pronunciation is essential during a listening process, clear and correct pronunciation makes a conversation more comfortable for both the speaker and the listener and even helps to avoid misunderstanding....

This study aims to : 1) Get learning materials mathematics with model eliciting activities who meet the criteria are effective; 2) Describe the improvement of mathematics representation ability of students using the learning materials developed. The research is development research by using four – D...

This research is conducted because there are problems of student difficulty learning outcome in capital market subject in accounting department of economics faculty, Universitas Negeri Medan. Learning outcome is related to knowledge and technical skills in executing stock trading transactions. To overcome...

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of learning model to improve the learning achievements of biology. The subjects of this study were students in grade XI of State Senior High School 1 of Binjai. This study used the quasi experimental method of pretest-posttest and used the t-test analysis....

Language accommodates as a sender of message to reader as the target information. It is how to transfer message like ideas, thoughts, needs, purpose and others. There are three functions of language which are called as metafunction of language. There are three types of Theme, namely ideational/topical...

The aim of this research was to analyze types of language styles used by an English lecturer of Postgraduate School, State University Medan. It was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. The data of this research were the utterances of a lecturer of Teaching English as Foreign Language subject...