Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran

The Impacts of Education Level on Financial Literacy and Financial Behaviours: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs

Fitriaty Fitriaty — 2023-09-27

Financial literacy is a person's ability to understand and manage personal finances effectively. High education and financial literacy will certainly influence financial behavior. Women entrepreneurs are a crucial group in the economy of a country, especially in Indonesia. The research objective was to examine the effect of education level on financial literacy and financial behavior of women entrepreneurs in Jambi. This research was quantitative research by using primary data in the form of a questionnaire given to female entrepreneurs in Jambi as respondents using the accidental sampling technique and Slovin's formula that obtained a total of 100 respondents. The data were analyzed using Smart PLS. The results obtained in this research, the education level had a significant positive effect on financial literacy and financial behavior. Furthermore, financial literacy could mediate between the education level and financial behavior of women entrepreneurs in Jambi.

The Contribution of Self-Concept, Independence, and Creativity to the Literacy Competency of the Fourth-Grade Elementary School Students

I Gusti Ayu Wira Puspita Dewi — 2023-07-01

This research is quantitative with an ex-post-facto design. It aims to determine the contribution of self-concept, independence, and creativity to the literacy competence of fourth-grade elementary school students in Gugus IV, Abiansemal District. The population of this study was 131 students, while the sample was 97 students, and was determined by using the Proportional Stratified Random Sampling Technique. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and a test. All in all, the results showed: 1) there was a significant contribution of self-concept to students' literacy competence with a contribution of 51.9% and an effective contribution of 25.38%, 2) there was a significant contribution of independence to competence student literacy with a contribution of 43.5% and contribution of 23.51%, 3) there was a significant contribution of creativity to students' literacy competence with a contribution of 41.5% and contribution of 20%. 4) Simultaneously, there was a significant contribution of self-concept, independence, and creativity to students' literacy competence with a contribution of 68.9%.

The Implementation of the Main Duties and Functions of the School Principal for the Computer-Based National Assessment

I Nyoman Riawan — 2023-07-01

A principal is a teacher who is given the additional duty of being the highest leader in an educational institution and has to be responsible for everything related to the smooth running of the school for the realization of the school's goals. Furthermore, the main duties and functions of the principal are the primary obligations of a person who serves as a school principal to achieve national education goals, especially the ANBK [Computer-Based National Assessment] implementation at the elementary school level. This research aimed to analyze and describe the implementation of the main duties and functions of the school principal in the 2021 ANBK in Gugus V SD Kediri District, Tabanan Regency. This research used a qualitative method. In collecting data, the researcher used observation, interviews, and documents. The research results showed the main duties and functions of the school principal for the ANBK are managerial, entrepreneurial, and supervisory.

The Determination of the Principal’s Leadership Style, Teachers’ Work Motivation, and Mind-set of the Performance of Elementary School Teachers

I Putu Grantika Yasa — 2023-07-01

This research aimed to find out and analyze the partial determination of leadership style, work motivation, and mindset on teachers’ performance and to know the simultaneous influence of leadership style determination, teachers’ work motivation, and mindset on the performance of elementary school teachers in Marga District. The population was all 320 elementary school teachers in Marga District. For the total sample taken, the researchers used the Slovin technique to obtain 76 teachers using a simple multi-stage random sampling technique. The data collection technique in this research is a questionnaire. In analyzing the research data, the researcher used linear regression analysis and multiple linear regression with the help of the SPSS program. From the research results, the principal's leadership style variable has a significant effect on the performance of elementary school teachers in the Marga District with a sig value of 0.000 <0.05. The teachers’ work motivation variable also has a significant effect on the performance of elementary school teachers in Marga District with a value of sig. = 0.001 <0.05. The principal's leadership style variable also has a significant effect on the performance of elementary school teachers in Marga District with a sig value of 0.000 <0.05. Simultaneously, the three independent variables have a relationship with the dependent variable, namely the performance of elementary school teachers in Marga District, as indicated by a coefficient of determination (R-Square) of 0.650. It means that simultaneously, the magnitude of the coefficient of determination (R-Square) of 0.650 has an effect of 65% on the performance of elementary school teachers.

The Authentic Materials for Teaching English to Young Learners: Teachers’ Perception

Dian Erlina — 2023-06-30

This qualitative research aimed to find out the teachers' perception toward the use of authentic materials in teaching English to young learners at the Islamic elementary schools in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The participants of this research were English teachers from several Islamic elementary schools in Palembang. They were selected through the implementation of a purposeful sampling technique. The research data were obtained through one-on-one interviews with open-ended questions. This research utilized thematic analysis procedures to analyze the interview data and member checking to validate the accuracy of the findings. The results indicated that the teachers had a positive perception toward the use of authentic materials in their English classroom activities and tasks. Using authentic materials helped improve the students’ language ability and their enthusiasm for learning English. However, the teachers still faced several difficulties in selecting the appropriate existing authentic materials for their students. It implied that teachers need to make some adaptations to using existing authentic materials to attain greater appropriateness from the materials to suit their students’ specific needs and characteristics to facilitate effective English learning.

The EFL Students’ Anxiety in an Online Public Speaking Class at an Indonesian University

Annisa Indira Sulistyowati — 2023-06-30

One of the main challenges for English as Foreign Language (EFL) students in the public speaking class was Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA). Due to COVID-19, the public speaking class must be conducted online. This study aimed to examine the level of FLA in online public speaking classes and discovered the impacts on students' feelings upon joining the online public speaking class. This research used a quantitative research approach. The research was conducted in the online public speaking classes for fifth-semester students at Sanata Dharma University. The researchers took 50 students from the total population of 159 students in batch 2019. The level of FLA was investigated through the Modified Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (MFLCAS), and the impacts of FLA were explored using Modified Foreign Language Virtual Classroom Anxiety Scale (MFLVCAS). The results showed that students experienced a moderate level of FLA with a mean of 3,00 by three dimensions; Communication Apprehension (CA), Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE), and Test Anxiety (TA). There were no adverse impacts from online public speaking classes related to FLVCAS. The online classroom setting did not bring another source of anxiety to the students.

The Cohesion Analysis of Students’ Multimodal Text Creations

Ika Anggraeni — 2023-07-02

Examining cohesion of students’ compositions (e.g., students’ thesis writing, narratives) has been conducted by many researchers, yet cohesion of students’ multimodal text creations (a picture with captions) is still paucity. Therefore, this study aims to fill the research gap by examining the cohesion of students’ multimodal text creations using grammatical cohesive devices proposed by Halliday and Hasan (2014a) and inter-semiotic cohesive devices proposed by Liu and O’Halloran (2009). The students’ caption text analysis showed that students use three cohesive grammatical devices: references at 49%, conjunctions at 46%, and substitution at 5%. The most frequent types of them used by the students are personal references at 76%, additive conjunction at 63%, and clausal substitution at 67%. In addition, the analysis of inter-semiotic cohesive devices shows that parallel structure is hardly found in multimodal texts. Still, surprisingly, inter-semiotic polysemy is utilized by students to create co-contextualize relationships between language and images and experiential convergence. The study concluded that students in the twelfth grade of Nurul Huda Vocational High School lack using various cohesive devices. Nonetheless, they complement their caption with inter-semiotic cohesive devices embedded in the images. This study implies that the students still need more time allocation to study the subject at hand and go through the writing process as professionals do to create a better text for more elaboration and characteristics of written language with accuracy and consistency.

The Effectiveness of Pictionary Games as a Tool to Teach Vocabulary for Senior High School Students

Amelia Yustina Fatmawati — 2023-06-30

This study investigates the effectiveness of Pictionary games as a tool to teach senior high school students vocabulary. In order to accomplish this purpose, this study was conducted in the 10^th grade of a senior high school in Banten Province, Indonesia. The data used a quantitative research methodology by implementing a quasi-experimental research design. The population in this study was students of class a senior high school in Banten Province, Indonesia, and took 72 students as a sample divided into two classes. Cluster random sampling was used to select the class, and the result of random cluster sampling was obtained with 10 MIA 2 as the experimental class and 10 IIS 2 as the control class. The pre-test and post-test were selected as the research instrument to know the effectiveness of Pictionary games. The researchers used Normality and Homogeneity tests to analyze the study's data. After collecting the students’ pretest and post-test, the researchers measured the results to determine the effects on students’ vocabulary mastery between experimental and control groups. The post-test average of the experimental group is higher than the control group (8.392 > 5.054). It can be concluded that the Pictionary games effectively teach vocabulary in the 10^th grade of a senior high school in Banten Province, Indonesia. It recommends that teachers significantly apply Pictionary games when teaching English to increase the student’s vocabulary mastery.

The Positive Effects of Mind Mapping Strategy Integration on Improving EFL Learners’ Writing Skill

Kristian Florensio Wijaya — 2023-06-30

The ever-changing nature of modern L2 writing enterprises has added incremental challenges for worldwide EFL learners to continue their productivity, participation, and commitment in this long-lengthy process as they are required to become more proficient L2 writers. Concerning this issue, this study aimed to investigate the positive effects of mind mapping strategy integration in elevating EFL learners’ writing skills. Thus, the researcher reviewed the research results taken from 25 mind mapping strategy studies with the help of a thematic analysis to generate more robust and reliable research results. After analyzing the prior research results forming in 25 previous mind mapping strategy studies, the researcher subsumed them into some main specific themes to ascertain the comprehensibility of the targeted data. Two major specific themes were stipulated namely: (1) Mind mapping strategy enables EFL learners to become more organized L2 writers and (2) Mind mapping strategy transforms EFL learners into more avid L2 writers. It was revealed that mind mapping strategy can potentially elevate EFL learners’ writing motivation, confidence, autonomy, and skills.