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Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Matematika Materi Himpunan Menggunakan Pendekatan Kontekstual Untuk Siswa Mts Al-Ishlahuddiny Lombok, Mulhamah Mulhamah

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan langkah-langkah pengembangan dan menghasilkan perangkat pembelajaran matematika materi himpunan menggunakan pendekatan kontekstual untuk siswa MTs Al-Ishlahuddiny Lombok, yang valid, praktis, dan efektif. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan, yang mengembangkan perangkat pembelajaran meliputi silabus, rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran, lembar kegiatan siswa, dan tes hasil belajar. Model pengembangan dalam penelitian ini adalah model 4-D dari Thiagarajan, Semmel, dan Semmel yang telah dimodifikasi sehingga hanya memuat tahap pendefinisian, perancangan, dan pengembangan. Penelitian ini menghasilkan perangkat pembelajaran matematika yang menggunakan pendekatan kontekstual yang meliputi silabus, Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran (RPP), dan Lembar Kegiatan Siswa (LKS) yang berkualitas dan layak. Hasil …

Determinants Of The Strength Of Auditing And Reporting Standards: A Cross-Country Study, Pran Krishansing Boolaky, Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti, Ariful Hoque

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Our study addresses the research gap regarding the absence of an empirical cross-country study on the determinants of the strength of auditing and reporting standards (SARS). Using data on 133 countries at various stages of development, we examine the role of environmental factors that influence a country’s strength of auditing and reporting standards. Our empirical results confirm that institutional infrastructure, financial market development and higher education and training jointly influence a country’s strength of auditing and reporting standards. We obtain qualitatively similar subsample results when we partition countries on the basis of economic development.

Pengembangan Model Penelitian Perspektif Gender, Nuril Huda, Aliyah A. Rasyid, Pujiati Suyata, Sumarno Sumarno

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1. menggambarkan dan merancang prosedur pengembangan model penelitian berperspektif gender, 2. mengembangkan dan menghasilkan model pe-nelitian berperspektif gender, dan 3. menghasilkan karakteristik model penelitian berperspektif gender. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian pengembangan mengadaptasi model penelitian pe-ngembangan dari Borg dan Gall. Prosedur pengembangan dilakukan melalui sepuluh tahapan, yaitu: 1. studi pendahuluan, 2. perencanaan model, 3. pengembangan model awal, 4.uji coba model awal, 5. revisi model awal, 6.uji coba scope terbatas, 7. revisi uji coba scope terbatas, 8. pengujian model akhir, 9. revisi model akhir, 10. diseminasi dan implementasi. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara …

Microfinance: A Tool For Financial Access, Poverty Alleviation Or Gender Empowerment ? - Empirical Findings From Pakistan, Ghazal Mir Zulfiqar

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

In just 30 years microfinance has transformed from a credit-based rural development scheme that has claimed to reduce poverty and empower poor women, to a $70 billion financial industry. In the process, the traditional NGO-led model has given way to commercialized institutions, resulting in an increased emphasis on profitmaking. This has also led to confusion in the sector around its mission: is it to alleviate poverty and empower poor women or simply to provide the "unbanked" with access to formal sources of finance? This research considers the main debates in microfinance with regard to its mission and presents empirical evidence …

Pengembangan Multimedia Pembelajaran Matematika Sma Untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Dan Prestasi Belajar Matematika Materi Logika Matematika, Muhammad Istiqlal, Dhoriva Urwatul Wutsqa

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menghasilkan multimedia pembelajaran matematika yang berkualitas baik dan layak untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran matematika dan mendeskripsikan seberapa baik kualitas perangkat pembelajaran matematika yang dihasilkan. Kriteria kualitas yang digunakan mengacu pada kriteria Nieveen, yaitu valid, praktis dan efektif. Materi yang dikembangkan adalah materi Logika Matematika. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian pengembangan (Development research). Penelitian ini mengembangkan perangkat pembelajaran matematika dengan menggunakan model pengembangan yang diadaptasi dari model pengembangan Borg & Gall. Tahap-tahap yang dilalui sampai diperoleh multimedia pembelajaran matematika yang valid, praktis dan efektif adalah analisis kebutuhan dan perumusan tujuan, desain/pengembangan produk, uji coba, …

Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Geometri Smp Dengan Strategi Pembelajaran Kolaboratif, Mira Marlina

PYTHAGORAS : Jurnal Matematika dan Pendidikan Matematika

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan perangkat pembelajaran geometri SMP dengan pembelajaran kolaboratif yang valid, praktis, dan efektif. Model pengembangan diadaptasi dari model pengembangan Dick & Carey. Tahap-tahap pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran meliputi analisis kebutuhan dan perumusan tujuan, rancangan/pengembangan produk, uji coba, revisi dan kajian produk akhir. Produk berupa perangkat pembelajaran yang meliputi silabus, rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran (RPP), lembar kegiatan siswa (LKS), dan tes hasil belajar (THB) telah memenuhi kriteria valid, praktis, dan efektif. Kevalidan produk ditunjukkan dari hasil validasi ahli yang menunjukkan produk telah memenuhi kriteria sangat valid. Kepraktisan produk terlihat dari hasil penilaian guru yang menunjukkan bahwa produk memenuhi kriteria …

“Doing Business:” The Changing Shape Of Grass Roots Ngos In Haiti, Jessica Covell

Open Access Dissertations

This study provides an in-depth look at a NGO in Haiti that is attempting to generate some of its own revenue as opposed to relying solely on donor support. This case may prove to be a watershed and represent a new paradigm in development. The creation of micro-businesses and support for the state show signs of creating a more long term, sustainable solution to sanitation needs in Haiti. While the success or failure of this venture falls outside the scope of this study, it identifies emerging trends that may support the venture. The study concludes that while there is a …

Desarrollo Y Acceso A Telecomunicaciones, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

No abstract provided.

Benchmarking Structural Transformation Across The World, Era Dabla-Norris, Alun H. Thomas, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Yingyuan Chen

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Presentation given at the IMF's Jobs and Growth Seminar on December 13, 2013, based on the IMF Working Paper No. 13/176 with the same name

An Examination Of The Role Of Fundraising In Divisions Of Student Affairs At Seven Four-Year Public Universities In The Midwest, Danielle Nicole Miller-Schuster

Theses and Dissertations

With higher accountability standards, divisions of student affairs must find alternative ways to balance the rising costs of college with the survival and growth of the programs and services expected. This study examined one such alternative, fundraising in student affairs, to further develop the profession's understanding of engaging in or growing development efforts. As more divisions become involved, it becomes important to learn from colleagues in the profession who are engaging in development activities. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which divisions of student affairs were involved in fundraising activities at seven 4-year public universities …

Social Withdrawal During Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood, Julie C. Bowker, Larry J. Nelson, Andrea Markovic, Stephanie Luster

Faculty Publications

Peer relationships are of central importance for healthy psychosocial development and functioning during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Peers provide unique opportunities for social-cognitive growth and the development and maintenance of social skills. They also serve as important sources of emotional and social support, can foster positive feelings about the self and others, and function protectively against the effects of interpersonal stressors (Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker, 2006). Without peer relationships, individuals might miss out on developmentally formative opportunities and experiences, such as acquiring certain socially competent skills and behaviors and forming intimate best friendships (Rubin, Coplan, & Bowker, 2009). It is …

Achieving The Dream: Extending Immigration Reform To Administrative Case Closure, Tory E. Smith

San Diego Law Review

This Comment compares DACA to administrative case closure and argues that Congress or the President should grant employment authorization to individuals whose cases have been administratively closed. Part I describes the current interpretation of the employment authorization regulation and provides the background of administrative case closure. Part I highlights the disparate treatment that the regulation affords to undocumented immigrants facing deferred action and administrative closure—offering employment authorization to only deferred action recipients. Part II examines the history of deferred action in immigration cases and uses DACA as a framework to show how the scope of the employment authorization regulation should …

Niyamgiri- Peace And Conflict In Natural Resource Based Development In Transition Economies, Subhasis Ray

Journal of Emerging Technologies and Business Management

This case highlights the challenges of natural resource based industries, like mining, while operating in developing economies like India. It elaborates stakeholder perceptions around Vedanta’s Niyamgiri Mining Project at Orissa that brought international attention to the issue of Dongria Kondhs, ethnic tribal groups staying at the Niyamgiri mountains. The conflict is not only about industrialization in poor states like Odisha but also understanding the nuances of human capital, corporate social responsibility ana' a holistic approach to development.

A Phenomenological Exploration Of Superintendents’ And Principals’ Experiences In A Shared Professional Development Process, John R. Severson

Dissertations

For this qualitative study, I explored and described how superintendents and principals interpreted and experienced a sustained professional development process focusing on instruction and student learning, a form of Elmore’s Superintendents in the Classroom (SITC) Network. Specifically, I examined how the addition of principals in the SITC learning model experience changed the superintendents’ and principals’ knowledge and beliefs as well as their behavior in three areas: their individual experiences, the working relationship between superintendent and principal, and the way they now think about and encourage student learning.

For this phenomenological study, superintendents and principals were selected and individually interviewed from …

A Brief Exploration Of The Development Of The Japanese Writing System, Brianna Jilson

Anthropology

This paper is an introductory look at the development at of the Japanese writing system. I will explore the development of kanji, katakana and hiragana from their first introduction to Japan until modern times. My primary focus is on the mixed use of katakana, hiragana, and Chinese characters. I will also explore how the specific symbols used in the two kana syllabaries were developed. My goal is to provide a brief, general overview of the writing system’s development as a basis for further study.

The Effect Of Music Training On Emotion Perception In Childhood, Emese Maroti

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Numerous studies found evidence that music training can enhance cognitive abilities both for children and adults. However, no evidence was found yet, whether music training can enhance abilities in emotion perception. I tested 8-9 year-old children on emotion perception in visual and musical contexts. The tests did not show significant difference between the musically trained and non-trained group neither in visual nor in musical context, however, when emotion scores were analyzed separately for each piece of music, musically trained children's responses reflected stereotypical modes of approaching emotional meanings in music, moreover, musically trained children's judgments were more uniform as there …

The Role Of Gap-43 Phosphorylation In Axon Behavior In The Developing Zebrafish Visual System, Jennifer Forecki

Theses and Dissertations

Developing neurons extend processes to specific targets and establish connections that are essential for future function of the nervous system. One of these processes, the axon, has a motile tip called a growth cone that rearranges its membrane-associated actin cytoskeleton to turn toward or away from environmental guidance cues. Growth associated protein 43 (GAP-43) is one of the most abundant proteins associated with axonal growth cone membranes and is known to modulate the formation and stability of the actin cytoskeleton during axon guidance. Protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation of GAP-43 on serine 42 regulates its interactions with actin. Phosphorylated GAP-43 …

Development And Evaluation If Best Management Practices For Highway Runoff Pollution Control, Tian C. Zhang, John S. Stansbury, Massom Moussavi

Nebraska Department of Transportation: Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Coupled Fluid And Colloidall Particle Transport Model, Scott Ripplinger

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A colloidal system usually refers to when very small particles are suspended within a solution. The study of these systems encompasses a variety of cases including bacteria in ground water, blood cells and platelets in blood plasma, and river silt transport. Taking a look at these kinds of systems using computer simulation can provide a great deal of insight into how they work. Most approaches to date do not look at the details of the system, however, and are specific to given system. In this study a program called OpenFOAM is used as a basis to build a computer simulation …

Neutron Dosimeter Development Based On Medipix2, Mohd Amir R. Othman, Marco Petasecca, Susanna Guatelli, J. Uher, Damion Marinaro, Dale A. Prokopovich, Mark I. Reinhard, Michael L. F. Lerch, J. Jakubek, S. Pospisil, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

Michael L.F. Lerch

A novel neutron dosimetry system for avionics and space applications is described. The new dosimetric system is based on Medipix2, a high density silicon based pixilated detector with integrated readout and digital interface circuitry. Real time dose equivalent response to fast neutron fields with flattened energy response is achieved through the coupling of a structured variable thickness polyethylene (PE) over layer with the high density pixilated detector. Experimental results obtained to 14 MeV D-T and Am-Be neutron fields are described along with a comparison to results obtained with GEANT4 simulations.

Development Of A New Detector Module For Use In Positron Emission Tomography, Michael Lerch, Robert Ward, Philip Simmonds, Steven Meikle, Anatoly Rosenfeld, George Takacs, V Pervertailo, G Taylor

Michael L.F. Lerch

No abstract provided.

Molecular Events In The Cell Types Of The Olfactory Epithelium During Adult Neurogenesis, Paula M. Heron, Arnold J. Stromberg, Patrick Breheny, Timothy S. Mcclintock

Physiology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Adult neurogenesis, fundamental for cellular homeostasis in the mammalian olfactory epithelium, requires major shifts in gene expression to produce mature olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) from multipotent progenitor cells. To understand these dynamic events requires identifying not only the genes involved but also the cell types that express each gene. Only then can the interrelationships of the encoded proteins reveal the sequences of molecular events that control the plasticity of the adult olfactory epithelium.

RESULTS: Of 4,057 differentially abundant mRNAs at 5 days after lesion-induced OSN replacement in adult mice, 2,334 were decreased mRNAs expressed by mature OSNs. Of the …

La Croissance Élevée Récente De L’Afrique Subsaharienne Est-Elle Soutenable?, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

No abstract provided.

Cultural Industries And Cultural Policy: A Critique Of Recent Discourses In Regional Economic Development, Chris Gibson, Natascha Klocker

Natascha Klocker

The cultural industries (sometimes referred to as 'creative industries') are an increasingly common component of urban and regional economic development discourse, connected to an acknowledgement of the contribution of creativity to economic performance and, more generally, their power to transform images and identities for places. Such discourses have become more pervasive with a set of key books - most notably Charles Landry's The Creative City (2001), and Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class (2002) - that have become popular among both economic development planners and cultural policy makers. This paper seeks to intervene in the discourses established by these …

The 'Cultural Turn' In Australian Regional Economic Development Discourse: Neoliberalising Creativity?, Chris Gibson, Natascha Klocker

Chris Gibson

Regional economic policy-makers are increasingly interested in the contribution of creativity to the economic performance of regions and, more generally, in its power to transform the images and identities of places. This has constituted a 'cultural turn', of sorts, away from an emphasis on macro-scale projects and employment schemes, towards an interest in the creative industries, entrepreneurial culture and innovation. This paper discusses how recent discourses of the role of 'creativity' in regions have drawn upon, and contributed to, particular forms of neoliberalisation. Its focus is the recent application of a statistical measure - Richard Florida's (2002) 'creativity index' - …

The 'Cultural Turn' In Australian Regional Economic Development Discourse: Neoliberalising Creativity?, Chris Gibson, Natascha Klocker

Natascha Klocker

Regional economic policy-makers are increasingly interested in the contribution of creativity to the economic performance of regions and, more generally, in its power to transform the images and identities of places. This has constituted a 'cultural turn', of sorts, away from an emphasis on macro-scale projects and employment schemes, towards an interest in the creative industries, entrepreneurial culture and innovation. This paper discusses how recent discourses of the role of 'creativity' in regions have drawn upon, and contributed to, particular forms of neoliberalisation. Its focus is the recent application of a statistical measure - Richard Florida's (2002) 'creativity index' - …

Zebrafish: An In Vivo Model For The Study Of Human Diseases, Bibhas Kar, Sivamani Subbiah

Emily Scott

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a powerful model organism for the study of vertebrate biology, being well suited to both developmental and genetic analysis. More recently, the rapid progress of various zebrafish genomics infrastructure initiatives is facilitating the development of zebrafish models of human disease. Genome organization and the pathways involved into control of signal transduction appear to be highly conserved between zebrafish and humans and therefore zebrafish may be used for modeling of human diseases. This review will highlight and describe the utility of zebrafish in the study of human diseases.

Escaping The Resource Curse: The Sources Of Institutional Quality In Botswana, Angela Gapa

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Botswana has recently garnered analytic attention as an anomaly of the “resource curse” phenomenon. Worldwide, countries whose economies are highly skewed towards a dependence on the export of non-renewable natural resources such as oil, diamonds and uranium, have been among the most troubled, authoritarian, poverty-stricken and conflict-prone; a phenomenon widely regarded as the “resource curse". The resource curse explains the varying fortunes of countries based on their resource wealth, with resource-rich countries faring much worse than their resource-poor counterparts. However, Botswana, with diamond exports accounting for 50percent of government revenues and 80percent of total exports, has achieved one of the …

Recent Highlights In The Development Of Isatin-Based Anticancer Agents, Kara L. Vine, Lidia Matesic, Julie M. Locke, Danielle Skropeta

Danielle Skropeta

Isatin (1H-indole-2,3-dione) and its derivatives are responsible for a broad spectrum of biological activities. Among these the cytotoxic and antineoplastic properties have been the most widely reported. The synthetic versatility of the isatin, due to its privileged scaffold, has led to the generation of a large number of structurally diverse derivatives which include analogues derived from either mono-, di-, and trisubstitution of the aryl ring A, and/or those obtained by derivatisation of the isatin nitrogen and C2/C3 carbonyl moieties. These compounds inhibit cancer cell proliferation and tumour growth via interaction with a variety of intracellular targets such as DNA, telomerase, …

Measuring The Impact Of Transport In The Developing Economies, Ylber Limani, Ermal Lubishtani

UBT International Conference

This paper discusses the correlation between transport and the economy. The rationality of doing this research lies on the need for a clearer definition of transport to economic development and for the economic growth of a country or a region. The developing economies should plan their transport based on their economic projections and they should avoid the policies based on infrastructure development and transport resources. In order to discuss this assumption in this paper have correlation analysis is used to observe the transport growth and GDP growth in developed and in developing countries using the data from official bureaus and …