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Developing An Assessment Instrument Of Junior High School Students' Higher Order Thinking Skills In Mathematics, Samritin Samritin, Suryanto Suryanto

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This study is a research and development study. It aims to produce an instrument for assessing junior high school (JHS) students' higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in mathematics. Its procedure consists of nine steps: (1) Constructing the test specification; (2) writing test items; (3) analyzing test items; (4) conducting the first tryout; (5) analyzing the results of the first try out; (6) revising the test; (7) assembling the test; (8) conducting the second tryout; and (9) analyzing the results of the second tryout. The instrument content validity was obtained through the focus group discussion (FGD) forum, and Delphi technique. The …

Developing A Model Of Soft-Skill Teaching For Civil Engineering Students, Azwar Inra, Sukamto Sukamto, Z. Mawardi Effendi

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

An observation shows that civil engineering students' soft skill is still low. It is characterized by their poor sociability and low positive attitude toward dealing with problems and challenges of life. For students to have various aspects of soft skill, a study was conducted to develop a model of soft-skill teaching that would meet the criteria of validity, effectiveness, and practicality. The research and development referred to Richey & Klein approach, which is: (1) developing a model; and (b) validating a model. The validation process was conducted in two phases, namely internal validation and external validation. The internal validation of …

Front Matters, The Editors

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No abstract provided.

Back Matters, The Editors

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Pengembangan Instrumen Diagnostik Kognitif Pada Mata Pelajaran Ipa Di Smp, Yuli Prihatni, Kumaidi Kumaidi, Mundilarto Mundilarto

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) menghasilkan instrumen diagnostik kognitif pada mata pelajaran IPA materi kalor berdasarkan learning continuum, (2) menemukan karakteristik instrumen diagnostik kognitif pada mata pelajaran IPA materi kalor, berdasarkan learning continuum. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode pengembangan tes diagnostik. Penelitian didahului dengan penyusunan learning continum, kisi-kisi tes, hierarki materi prasyarat dan spesifikasi item pada materi IPA konsep kalor yang ditelaah melalui Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Uji coba dilaksanakan dengan subjek uji sebanyak 484 siswa kelas VII SMP di Kabupaten Sleman. Seleksi butir tes untuk mendapatkan fit tes menggunakan program Quest dan Program M Plus untuk …

Front Matter (Cover, Foreword, Table Of Content), Na Na

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

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Model Asesmen Autentik Untuk Menilai Hasil Belajar Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama (Smp): Implementasi Asesmen Autentik Di Smp, Badrun Kartowagiran, Amat Jaedun

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan kondisi guru yang melaksanakan penilaian dan mendeskripsikan kualitas pelaksanaan asesmen autentik di SMP yang berada di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY). Penelitian tahun pertama ini termasuk penelitian survei dengan rancangan crossectional survey. Penelitian dilaksanakan di 15 SMP yang ada di DIY. Semua instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data, yakni: daftar dokumen, panduan wawancara, lembar observasi, lembar telaah, dan kuesioner termasuk katagori valid dan reliabel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kondisi guru yang melaksanakan asesmen autentik masih memerlukan perbaikan dan kualitas pelaksanaan penilaian autentik di SMP yang berada di DIY belum baik. Hal ini ditengarai dengan belum …

Paradigma Pendidikan Agama Dalam Masyarakat Plural, Ju'subaidi Ju'subaidi, Noeng Muhadjir, Sumarno Sumarno

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkap paradigma yang mendasari pelaksanaan pendidikan agama di sekolah pluralistik, dan menghasilkan paradigma pendididikan agama yang lebih relevan dengan masyarakat Indonesia yang pluralistik. Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif eksploratif dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif intepretif fenomenologi. Pengumpulan data dengan wawancara mendalam didukung dengan observasi dan dokumentasi. Analisis data menggunakan analisis interaktif yang meliputi reduksi data, display data dan kesimpulan. Di samping itu, juga menggunakan Interpretive Phenomenolgy Analysis. Hasil penelitian adalah Pelaksanaan pendidikan agama konvensional di sekolah yang pluralistik belum mengikuti Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 55 Tahun 2007 dan PERMENAG Nomor 16 Tahun 2010 tentang Pengelolaan Pendidikan Agama …

Validitas Konstrak Instrumen Evaluasi Outcome Lembaga Pendidikan Guru Vokasional, Nurhening Yuniarti, Soenarto Soenarto

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan bukti validitas konstrak dari instrumen yang digunakan untuk kegiatan evaluasi outcome dari lembaga pendidikan guru vokasional. Instrumen ini terdiri atas 3 jenis instrumen. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Kriteria yang digunakan untuk melihat kecocokan model adalah: p-value, normed Chi-square (X²/df), RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation), RMR (Root Mean-square Residual), GFI (Goodness-of-Fit Index), NFI (Normed Fit Index), Non-Normed Fit Index (NNFI), dan CFI (Comparative Fit Index). Bukti validitas instrumen dapat dilihat pada besarnya faktor loading dan t-value. Jika loading factor lebih besar dari …

Aplikasi Analisis Kelas Laten Untuk Mendeteksi Karakteristik Unik Pada Konstruk Efikasi Guru Dalam Mengajar, Wahyu Widhiarso, M. Noor Rochman Hadjam

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi adanya kelompok-kelompok unik berdasarkan atribut yang terukur pada efikasi mengajar guru untuk memunculkan tipe-tipe unik efikasi guru. Penelitian ini melibatkan 142 guru yang diminta mengisi Skala Efikasi Mengajar. Analisis kelas laten yang dilakukan memunculkan empat tipe guru berdasarkan responsnya. Dua kelas menunjukkan tipe kategori yang berjenjang (efikasi tinggi dan rendah) dan dua kelas menunjukkan kategori unik (efikasi terkait dengan interaksi dengan siswa dan terkait dengan persiapan mengajar). Adanya dua kelas unik tersebut menunjukkan bahwa dimensi-dimensi efikasi guru dalam mengajar tidak bersifat homogen. Ada guru yang dominan pada satu dimensi akan tetapi tidak dominan pada dimensi …

Model Of Affective Assessment Of Primary School Students, Amir Syamsudin, Budiyono Budiyono, Sutrisno Sutrisno

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

This study aims to develop an instrument of affective assessment to measure the social competence of elementary school students in the learning process in schools. This study used the development model of Borg & Gall's approach which was modified into five phases, including the need analyses, developing draft of the product conducted by experts, developing an affective assessment instrument, trying out the affective assessment instrument conducted by teachers of primary education in Yogyakarta, and the dissemination and implementation of the developed affective assessment instrument. The subjects were elementary school students whose school implemented Curriculum 2013 in the academic year of …

Determining Standard Of Academic Potential Based On The Indonesian Scholastic Aptitude Test (Tbs) Benchmark, Idwin Irma Krisna, Djemari Mardapi, Saifuddin Azwar

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education)

The aim of this article was to classify The Indonesian Scholastic Aptitude Test or Tes Bakat Skolastik (TBS) results for each subtest and describe scholastic aptitudes in each subtest. The subject of this study was 36,125 prospective students who took the selection test in some universities. Data analysis began by estimating testees' ability using the Item Response Theory, and benchmarking process using the scale anchoring method applying ASP.net web server technology. The results of this research are four benchmarks (based on cutoff scores) on each subtest, characters which differentiate potential for each benchmark, and measurement error on each benchmark. The …

The Doctoral Comprehensive Examination In Counselor Education: Faculty Members’ Perception Of Its Purposes, Katie Kostohryz

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

This research focused on faculty members’ perceptions of the comprehensive examination in counselor education doctoral programs. A between-within repeated measure analysis of variance was computed to evaluate significant differences in perceptions of faculty toward five stated purposes of the comprehensive examination related to their current format of the comprehensive examination. Findings showed significant differences in perceptions within the five stated purposes of the comprehensive examination. There was no significant mean difference between faculty’s perceptions of the stated purposes and the current format of the comprehensive examination; however, a significant interaction was found between the format and purposes of the exam. …

Level Of Democratic Educational Practices Among Health Faculty From Students Perspective In Northern Border University, Saud R. Alrwaili

International Journal for Research in Education

This study examined level of democratic practices among Health Faculty from students’ perspective in Northern Border University. In addition, the study aimed at uncovering the significant statistical differences in level of democratic educational among Health Faculty from students’ perspective in Northern Border University based on the gender variable, the faculty and grade. The study used the descriptive analytical methodology. A questionnaire has been conducted on (226) students (males and females), and its validity and reliability have been assured. The study concluded with the following results:

- Level of democratic practices among Health Faculty from students’ perspective in Northern Border University …

Introduction-Preface, Editor-In-Chief - Ijre

International Journal for Research in Education

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Using Dif To Monitor Equivalence Of Translated Tests In Large Scale Assessments: A Comparison Of Native Speakers In Their Primary And The Test’S Source Language, Jorge Carvajal Espinoza

TAPESTRY

This study utilized a Differential Item Functioning (DIF) methodology for examining translated tests wherein all the examinees have the same native language -the target language of the translation- in order to provide information about the psychometric equivalence of the original and translated versions of the tests at item level. This study has also found possible explanations for translation DIF in certain types of items.

Language Policy And The Preparedness Of Mainstream Teachers For Serving Els In K-12 Classrooms, Laureen A. Fregeau, Robert D. Leier

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English language learners (ELs) numbers are increasing steadily in classrooms across the United States. Some southeastern states have seen more than a 200% EL student increase in recent years (Migration Policy Institute, 2010). Since the inception of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and especially since Title I “flexibility” revisions, responsibility for educating ELs has shifted from ESOL and bilingual teachers to primarily mainstream teachers. States that have opted out of NCLB under flexibility revisions are no longer as accountable to the U. S. Department of Education for the education of ELs. States and school districts are no longer required to …

Book Review, Nooshan Ashtari

TAPESTRY

Text: Nutta, J. W., Mokhtari, K., & Strebel, C. (2012). Preparing every teacher to reach English learners. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

An Esol Curricular Model: Infuse Esol Standards In Teacher Education, Deborah L. Wheeler, Jane M. Govoni

TAPESTRY

Florida approved teacher preparation programs provide coursework in English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) based on a mandate that began for graduates in 2004; however, there are few studies on the effects of an ESOL integrated model. The data show that an ESOL-infused program effectively prepares teacher candidates in demonstrating ESOL standards. The data were applied to a Likert scale and the results revealed that the program ranked between the ranges of average and exceeds expectations. The results will foster further research on a larger scale on ways to effectively prepare teacher candidates to work with English learners (ELs).

Accommodations And English Learners: Inconsistencies In Policies And Practice, Florin M. Mihai, N. Eleni Pappamihiel

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This article outlines the results of a survey of all the large-scale testing accommodations used with English learners across the United States, addressing the increasing challenge of integrating this population into a state’s accountability system in a valid and reliable manner. This examination of accommodation policies used in standardized content area assessments reveals that there is little consistency across states with regard to testing accommodations for ELs in providing accommodations when ELs are tested in academic content areas.

Editors' Note, Tapestry Staff

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Editors' Note of the Special Issue, 2014

Acknowledgement Note, Tapestry Staff

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A Thank You Note from the editorial team

Book Review, Joe Terantino, Susanne Kelley

TAPESTRY

Stanley, G. (2013). Language learning with technology: Ideas for integrating technology in the classroom. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press.

Literacy In Our Lives, Past, Present And Future: Exploring Digital Stories By Uae Pre-Service Teachers, Patience A. Sowa

TAPESTRY

The purpose of this research study was to examine how pre-service teachers in a college of education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) used multimodal digital storytelling to explore their language and literacy learning experiences in Arabic and English. Twenty-one pre-service teachers participated in this qualitative study. Drawing on the digital stories, reflection papers and open-ended surveys as data, the study explored the pre-service teachers’ bilingual literacy language experiences and how they created their digital stories. Emerging themes included early experiences in language and literacy learning at home and at school, and expanded notions of literacy. The memoirs offered a …

Toward Integrative Call: A Progressive Outlook On The History, Trends, And Issues Of Call, Kasumi Yamazaki

TAPESTRY

With the advancement of technology now allowing complex and intricate simulation gaming and virtual reality (VR), current trends and issues in language learning extend their research on the topic of digital literacy, aiming to find the ways in which the use of technology fosters, or perhaps hinders, overall performance of language learning. While there have been many published articles that claim the successful utilization of technology and digital media into the classroom, there are considerably few that deliver a successful integration of theory into practice. To address this issue, this paper provides a historical review of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), …

Problems And Possibilities: Emergent Bilinguals And Multimodalities, Kathy Marie Bussert-Webb

TAPESTRY

This commentary and review focuses on my teaching and research experiences with Mexican-heritage youths in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, alongside Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Most of these youths were emergent bilinguals of poverty. I argue that high-stakes testing environments limited their experiences in diverse sign systems, including technology, in and out of school. These youths engaged in entertainment and friendship uses of technology outside of school, even though most had access to up-to-date digital tools at home for more higher-order technology use. They did not appear to have mentors or teachers who taught them to use …

Multiliteracy In Three English As A Second Language (Esl) Middle School Classrooms, Elena Andrei

TAPESTRY

This study investigated the teaching of multiliteracy in three middle school English as a Second Language Arts classrooms. The research question was: How are English learners (ELs) developing multiliteracy - defined as critical literacy, electronic literacy, and socio-cultural literacy, if at all, in middle school ESL Language Arts classrooms? Collected data consisted of classroom observations, transcribed teacher and focus student interviews; copies of teacher and student artifacts such as handouts and student notebooks. The findings of the study suggest that teachers did not teach all aspects of multiliteracy and the students seemed to be developing mostly electronic literacy, but not …

Microblogging: Using Digital Literacies To Engage Middle School English Learners, Carolyn J. Stufft, Susan Casey

TAPESTRY

As a result of the changing technologies associated with the 21st century, the definition of literacy has changed and expanded (Antonacci & O’Callaghan, 2011) to encompass e-books, text messages, blogs, and even videogames and the peripheral literacies associated with gaming. These new literacies have demonstrated promise for engaging students in literate practices (Gee, 2007; Gerber, 2009). One practice in particular, microblogging, provides a way to engage English learners in writing and responding to text. Microblogging is a participant web technology that allows users to interact and share information in succinct online posts (Hricko, 2010). For middle school English learners, microblogging …

Exploring New Paths To Academic Literacy For English Language Learners, Mayra C. Daniel, Dong-Shin Shin

TAPESTRY

This article discusses a revised paradigm for understanding the role of technology in learning in today’s 21st century’s digital world. We propose that the digital literacy that is an integral part of learners’ daily lives requires a concentrated examination. We argue that appropriate selection and incorporation of current technologies in instruction can improve today’s schoolhouse and raise the academic achievement of English language learners. This commentary addresses the ways teachers prepare to use technology effectively in literacy education for collaborative learning, for multi-modal authoring, and for the virtual classroom. Specific applications are considered and recommended for classrooms with English learners.

Editors' Note, Tapestry Staff

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Editors' Note of the Special Issue, 2014