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Evaluasi Penerapan Ujian Akhir Sekolah Dasar Berbasis Standar Nasional, Djemari Mardapi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan penelitian adalah mengevaluasi penerapan ujian akhir sekolah berbasis standar nasional (UASBN) untuk sekolah dasar. Sampel adalah lima dari 33 propinsi yang dipilih secara purposive, kemudian 20 sekolah dipilih dari kelima propinsi tersebut. Responden adalah Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Nasional Propinsi terpilih, 20 kepala sekolah dasar, 60 orang guru, 800 orang siswa, dan 800 orang tua siswa. Data kuantitative dikumpulkan mengunakan angket dan dianalisis secara deskriptive statistik. Data kualitatif dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dan dianalisis dengan kategori. Hasil penelitian adalah sebagai berikut: (1) Semua kantor dinas pendidikan propinsi dan kabupaten/kota dan sekolah telah mempersiapkan secara baik pelaksanaan UASBN, (2) penulisan butir soal, …

Perpaduan Pcl Dan Pelatihan Metakognitif Dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Memecahkan Masalah Matematika, Sintha Sih Dewanti

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan memperoleh data empiris mengenai: (1) keefektifan Problem-Centered Learning (PCL); (2) ketuntasan belajar klasikal; dan (3) sikap siswa terhadap pembelajaran pemecahan masalah matematika menggunakan perpaduan pendekatan PCL dan pelatihan metakognitif. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen semu dengan desain tes prasyarat dan tes awal - tes akhir dengan tiga kelompok eksperimen. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas X SMA Negeri di Kota Yogyakarta. Sampel diambil secara acak bertingkat. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan tes kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan skala sikap dan dianalisis dengan statistik deskriptif dan inferensial dengan Anakova dua kovariat dilanjutkan dengan uji Tukey's HSD, sedangkan ketuntasan belajar dianalisis …

Hubungan Model Penskoranterhadap Estimasi Skor Sesungguhnya Berdasarkan Teori Respons Butir, Musmuliadi Musmuliadi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan: 1) karakteristik tes UN mata pelajaran matematika tingkat SLTP tahun 2007/2008, 2) karakteristik distribusi skor sesungguhnya hasil estimasi beberapa model penskoran, 3) hubungan antara skor kemampuan dan skor tampak dengan skor sesungguhnya, dan 4) implikasi penerapan model penskoran terhadap estimasi skor sesungguhnya. Data penelitian ini berupa respons siswa SMP/MTs terhadap tes Ujian Nasional (UN) mata pelajaran matematika tahun 2007/2008 di Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Analisis dilakukan dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa tes UN mata pelajaran matematika tahun 2007/2008 tingkat SMP/MTs pada kategori sulit, memiliki rerata daya pembeda baik, tetapi rerata indeks pseudo-guessing kurang …

Psikologi Kognitif Sebagai Dasar Pengembangan Tes Kemampuan Dasar Membaca Bidang Sains, Ani Rusilowati

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) menguji psikologi kognitif sebagai dasar pengembangan tes kemampuan dasar (TKD) membaca sains; (2) menentukan karakteristik TKD membaca sains yang dikembangkan; (3) menentukan kriteria penilaian dan cara menginterpretasikan hasil TKD. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan. Populasi penelitian adalah siswa SD kelas 5 di kota Ungaran, kabupaten Semarang. Sampel ditentukan secara clustering random sampling, dengan ukuran 549 siswa. Instrumen berupa tes kemampuan dasar membaca, bertema Sains, berbentuk tes objektif 3 pilihan, sebanyak tiga buku tes. Analisis dilakukan dengan bantuan software microCat ITEMAN, BILOG, dan LISREL. Hasil penelitian berupa: (1) tiga buku tes TKD-membaca yang …

Pengembangan Tes Dan Analisis Hasil Tes Yang Terintegrasi Dalam Program Komputer, Suwarto Suwarto

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengembangkan program basis data untuk bank soal, membuat tes, dan menganalisis hasil tes secara terintegrasi. Lima paket tes matematika yaitu MAT-SK1, MAT-SK2A, MAT-SK2B, MAT-SK3A, dan MAT-SK3B dikembangkan dan kemudian diujicobakan kepada 1648 siswa dari delapan SMA di kabupaten Sukoharjo. Hasil ujicoba dianalisis dengan Bilog 3. Soal-soal tes tersebut kemudian dimasukkan ke basis data bank soal dan dibuat buku panduan untuk diujicobakan tahun berikutnya. Program komputer basis data bank soal yang dikembangkan memberikan beberapa keuntungan. Pertama, secara efektif dan optimal dapat memisahkan tabel-tabel kecil satu dengan yang lain. Kedua, proses entry data TrKerjaw dapat dilakukan secara acak …

Bnp Paribas Consolidated Financial Statements, Bnp Paribas

Documents

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“Make It Happen With Momentum”, Stavros Michailidis

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

The “Make it Happen with Momentum” workshop is a 90 minute interactive experience developed for the 11th Annual European Conference on Creativity and Innovation.  It was first presented on October 29, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium by Stavros Michailidis and Donald M. Drost, Phd.  The workshop was well received and selected amongst the best workshops of the conference.

The purpose of the workshop is to introduce participants to the Momentum Framework, developed by Stavros Michailidis to diagnose and nurture the successful implementation of creative works.  Work to date includes a formula for momentum, a diagnostic tool for assessing momentum and basic …

Behavioural Aspects Influencing The Performance Of Turkish Fund Managers, Omar Masood, Bruno S. Sergi

Economic and Business Review

Using original survey data collected by the authors in 2005 we investigate the determinants of Turkish fund managers’ performance as measured by the number of clients that a fund manager has, the number of investment funds that the manager is responsible for and the size of the manager’s portfolio. All three measures of Turkish fund manager performance systematically vary with fund manager characteristics. This is consistent with Chevalier and Ellison’s (1999) finding for the USA that some managers are better than others. Further, the number of training courses attended by a manager and years of experience (in a particular organisation …

Solutions Of A System Of Integral Equations In Orlicz Spaces, Ravi P. Agarwal, Donal O'Regan, Patricia J.Y. Wong

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

We consider the following system of integral equations Ui(t) = ∫1gi(t,s)fi(s,u1(s),u2(s),...,un(s))ds, a.e. t [0,1], 1 ≤ i ≤ n. Our aim is to establish criteria such that the above system has a solution (u±,U2,... ,un) where uiLφ (Orlicz space), 1 < i < n. We further investigate the system Ui(t) = ∫1gi(t,s)fi(s,u1(s),u2(s),...,un(s))ds, a.e. t [0,1], 1 ≤ i ≤ n. and establish the existence of constant-sign solutions in Orlicz spaces, i.e., for each 1 ≤ i ≤ n, Oui > 0 and ui G L

Reference Database Usage Statistics 2008-2009

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Statistics on the use of online reference databases at the University of Rhode Island during the period from July 2008 through June 2009. Includes COUNTER-compliant data on sessions, searches, turnaways, full text articles downloaded, cost per search, and other metrics.

Modelling The Impact Of Urbanization On Groundwater Using System Dynamic Technique. A Case Study Of Arusha Municipal Well Field In Northeastern Tanzania, Nimzihirwa Kashimbiri

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

This paper is concerned with the impact of urbanization in aquifer well-system located in the Municipal area of Arusha city, Tanzania. A system dynamic (SD) model was built under VENSIM PLE workbench from twenty-five years (1978-2003) physical and non-physical data to simulate their interactions and relations. This involved use of mathematics ideas and concepts in studying the physical and non – physical components separately, and finally putting them together in new form (model) and study their relations. After model was found to be structurally complete and simulate properly by using the model and unit check tool of VENSIMPLE, parametric calibration …

Masthead

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Back Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Historically Black Colleges Advance Reverse Academic Diversity, L. Darnell Weeden

City University of New York Law Review

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Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track And Field Academic Award Winners, Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Track and Field

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An Application Of Human Factors Analysis And Classificationi System To Identify Organizational Factors In Maritime Accidents, Wenzheng Wu

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Front Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering October 1, 2009 To December 31, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Get Outdoors Nevada

• The number of records in the volunteer database decreased by 14% over last quarter. The database now contains 5,996 records.
• Website activity increased, recording an average of 121,918 hits per month, an increase of 8% from last quarter, with an average of 9,686 pages viewed per month.
• Volunteer fall training has been completed.
• One hundred and twenty-seven people attended the Volunteer Recognition Event.

Joint Fire Science Program – Lake Mead National Recreation Area Revegetating Burned Arid Lands: Identifying Successful Native Species Using Trait And Competition Analysis: Quarterly Progress Report, Time Period: October 1 — December 31, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Fire Science

• Article accepted for publication in Journal of Arid Environments.

• Recharged irrigation gel packs for outplanting and watered seed plots at Goodsprings site.

• Completed full year of seed granivory trials at Goodsprings site.

• Presented information on this Task Agreement to 4th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress.

• Maintained nursery plots and added installment of nitrogen treatment.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area Monitoring And Evaluation Of Sensitive Wildlife: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Ending December 31, 2009, Margaret N. Rees

Wildlife Monitoring

Project 1. Relict Leopard Frog Monitoring, Management, and Research

• All milestones and deliverables are on schedule
• Fall surveys at all sites have been completed
• Mark-recapture surveys scheduled for fall were completed
• Short-term habitat improvements at two sites were conducted
• RLFCT meeting was hosted
• Draft annual report was written and presented at the RLFCT meeting

Project 2. Bald Eagle Winter Monitoring and Evaluation

• All milestones and deliverables are on schedule
• An annual project review presentation was given to Clark County
• A draft final report was written and submitted to Clark County
• All data for this project was transferred to the County …

Planned Growth As A Determinant Of The Markup: The Case Of Slovenian Manufacturing, Nina Ponikvar, Maks Tajnikar

Economic and Business Review

The paper follows the idea of heterodox economists that a cost-plus price is above all a reproductive price and growth price. The authors apply a firm-level model of markup determination which, in line with theory and empirical evidence, contains proposed firm-specific determinants of the markup, including the firm’s planned growth. The positive firm-level relationship between growth and markup that is found in data for Slovenian manufacturing firms implies that retained profits gathered via the markup are an important source of growth financing and that the investment decisions of Slovenian manufacturing firms affect their pricing policy and decisions on the markup …

Detection Of Psilocybin Mushroom Analogs In Chocolate: Incorporating Current Events Into The Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory, Brandon Huskins, Christopher Dockery

Faculty Articles

In this experiment, tryptamine is used as a psilocin analog and is dispersed onto a Fisher brand cellulose laboratory sponge to simulate dehydrated mushrooms. The resulting “mushroom” material is ground, molded into chocolate, and presented to student groups for real-world and applied analyses. Students isolate the tryptamine from the chocolate using their knowledge of drug chemistry, solubility, pH, extractions, etc. Qualitative analysis is conducted by comparison to standards (Thin Layer Chromatography or Gas Chromatography) and quantitative analysis is conducted by Gas Chromatography using the method of internal standards.

Ship Recycling In The International Regulatory Regime Of The Marine Environment : Selected Legal And Practical Issues And Implications, Ying Fang

World Maritime University Dissertations

Ship recycling is considered to be a safe and green solution to the disposal of ships reaching the end of their operational lives. It has become an issue of grave concern mainly due to the deteriorating records of work safety and environmental pollution associated with this activity. Therefore, international regulatory measures are needed to effectively control ship recycling activities taking into account the important factors of environmental protection and socio-economic development. The discussion in this dissertation revolves around the co-existence and effectiveness of two regulatory conventions relating to ship recycling, namely, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements …

Climate Protection And Ocean Acidification : The Case For Immediate Action In International Law & Policy Negotiations, Carolyne Okeijn

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation discusses ocean acidification as an emerging priority in international climate protection processes within the UNFCCC and the IMO. It provides discussion in an area where there is currently a gap between ocean acidification science and corresponding action in law and policy processes. It builds the case for substantial, immediate action on CO2 within the context of negotiations at UNFCCC for the post-Kyoto climate regime. This dissertation contains an examination of the available science publications on ocean acidification and submissions made by leading ocean acidification experts at COP-15; references to “ocean acidification” in the IMO MEPC meeting protocols and …

Tonnage Measurement Of Ships : Historical Evolution, Current Issues And Proposals For The Way Forward, Aji Vasudevan

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Highly Nitrated Cyclopropanes As New High Energy Materials: Dft Calculations On The Properties Of C3H6−N(No2)N (N=3–6), Aloysus K. Lawong, David W. Ball

Chemistry Faculty Publications

As part of a continuing study of new potential high energy materials, here we present results of calculations on cyclopropane molecules with three or more nitro groups. DFT calculations suggest that all molecules can exist as minimum-energy stationary states. Energy calculations indicate that some nitrocyclopropanes have a specific enthalpy of decomposition in excess of 8kJg⁻¹, suggesting that they be explored as new potential high energy materials.

Differential Cross Sections And Spin Density Matrix Elements For The Reaction Γp→Pω, M. Williams, Gerard P. Gilfoyle, Et. Al.

Physics Faculty Publications

High-statistics differential cross sections and spin-density matrix elements for the reaction γp → pω have been measured using the CEBAF large acceptance spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab for center-of-mass (c.m.) energies from threshold up to 2.84 GeV. Results are reported in 112 10-MeV wide c.m. energy bins, each subdivided into cos θ^ω_c.m. bins of width 0.1. These are the most precise and extensive ω photoproduction measurements to date. A number of prominent structures are clearly present in the data. Many of these have not previously been observed due to limited statistics in earlier measurements.

Partial Wave Analysis Of The Reaction Γp→Pω And The Search For Nucleon Resonances, M. Williams, Gerard P. Gilfoyle, Et. Al.

Physics Faculty Publications

An event-based partial wave analysis (PWA) of the reaction γp → pω has been performed on a high-statistics dataset obtained using the CLAS at Jefferson Lab for center-of-mass energies from threshold up to 2.4 GeV. This analysis benefits from access to the world’s first high-precision spin-density matrix element measurements, available to the event-based PWA through the decay distribution of ω → π ⁺π ⁻π⁰. The data confirm the dominance of the t-channel π⁰ exchange amplitude in the forward direction. The dominant resonance contributions are consistent with the previously identified states F₁₅(1680) and …

Equalization Of Loudspeakers And Enclosed Sound Fields, Xi Chen

Theses and Dissertations

Equalization of loudspeakers and enclosed sound fields has been a topic of considerable interest for decades. Confusion has often arisen among audio professionals regarding the feasibility of simultaneously equalizing a loudspeaker and the enclosed field (i.e., the “room”) it excites. Because of frustrations encountered in such efforts, some have advocated abandoning simultaneous equalization altogether. This dissertation discusses the drawbacks of this approach as well as traditional in situ equalization methods. It demonstrates that many problems with traditional equalization stem from the use of measured acoustic pressure at a discrete point in a sound field as the system output. The dissertation …

A High-Yield Synthesis Of Chalcopyrite Cuins2 Nanoparticles With Exceptional Size Control, Aaron Thurber, Alex Punnoose

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

We report high-yield and efficient size-controlled syntheses of Chalcopyrite CuInS₂ nanoparticles by decomposing molecular single source precursors (SSPs) via microwave irradiation in the presence of 1,2-ethanedithiol at reaction temperatures as low as 100◦C and times as short as 30 minutes. The nanoparticles sizes were 1.8nm to 10.8 nm as reaction temperatures were varied from 100◦C to 200◦C with the bandgaps from 2.71 eV to 1.28 eV with good size control and high yields (64%–95%). The resulting nanoparticles were analyzed by XRD, UV-Vis, ICP-OES, XPS, SEM, EDS, and HRTEM. Titration studies by ¹H NMR using SSP 1 with 1,2-ethanedithiol …