AbstractThis study aimed to find out the gene inheritance pattern of the gembel hair in afamily in Solomerto Village, Solomerto District, Wonosobo Regency, to design alocal phenomenon based module for genetics learning, and to investigate thereadability of the learning module. This study was based on the data of the familytree map of a family with the gembel hair inheritance that could be traced to threegenerations so that this fulfilled the requirements to trace the gene inheritance. Thedata on the gembel hair inheritance were collected through observations andinterviews. The data were then analyzed to find out the characteristic inheritanceby making a map of the family tree and determining the genotype possibility ofeach family member. To investigate the readability of the module, 20 students ofSMA Negeri 8 Yogyakarta were selected as the sample. The data were analyzedusing the qualitative descriptive technique. The results of the study on the basis ofthe family tree map showed that the gembel hair gene inheritance was determinedby the recessive autosomal gene. The students gave positive responses to the localphenomenon based learning module in terms of the material coverage, the materialexplanation, the number of test items, the item difficulty level, the instruction, andthe key answers.Keywords: genetics, local phenomenon, learning module, gembel hair

AbstractPoverty eradication is one indicator of the success of the development attempts.Poverty is a complex and multidimensional problem. Attempts to eradicatepoverty that have been made so far are not successful because they focus only oneconomic aspects, not on empowerment and involvement of the local people byestablishing local societal institutions. Autonomous PNPM is a program toeradicate poverty that is based on empowerment through learning by (1) creatingan atmosphere accommodating values of universal humanitarianism, societalprinciples and sustainable development (2) strengthening local societal institutions,(3) strengthening potentials through funding, training, and environmentaldevelopment, and (4) protecting the certainty of the programs for the poor.Keywords: poverty, empowerment, autonomous PNPM

AbstractIn his two novels, Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, Dan Browndescribes the clash of the Illuminati Order and Priory of Sion against the VaticanChurch. These secret societal groups are described as secret groups having thecommon roots and both are presented in the two novels although they are not themain theme. However, these two secret groups have the common relation to thestarting point of the development of religions in Europe. These groups are theagents of the emergence of residual paganism through Kabbalah and Old Egyptoccultism in Europe recently. They are known as Freemason, their ideology focuseson materialism and secular humanism, and atheism becomes their important faith.Although only fictional works, Brown’s two novels have taken part in thecontestation of religiosity struggle in Europe as a discourse.Keywords: religiosity struggle, Vatican Church, paganism, atheism

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate effects of Indonesian children’s songs, Javanesechildren’s songs, and Western classical music as the musical backgrounds for thelearning environments in the kindergartens on the students’ achievement. Thestudy was conducted in the area of Sinduadi with a population comprising 45students of TK ABA Kutu Asem, 35 students of TK Pertiwi Sinduadi, and 55students of TK Tunas Muda Kutu Dukuh. The students were asked to listen to thetree types of songs, each for one month and were then given a test. To investigatethe effect of each treatment, the pretest and posttest data were employed. Thepretest was administered as a control before the treatment was given and theposttest to find out the effect of the treatment. The tests were administered tomeasure the students’ thinking ability and skills and the questionnaire to collect thedata on the students’ environmental characteristics. The students’ achievementscores, the time to finish the pretest and posttest, and their characteristics wereanalyzed by (a) the paired-samples t-test at p < .05 using SSPS 12.0 for Windows tofind out the effect of the treatment, and (b) the description of the students’characteristics to interpret the meanings. The results of the study showed thatIndonesian children’s songs and Javanese children’s songs had positive effects andWestern classical music had negative effects. This showed that there was acorrelation among the students’ musical environment, the musical treatment effect,and the students’ achievement. The treatment with music that the students werefamiliar with had positive effects or made them learn with comfort so that theywere able to improve their achievement, but that with music that they wereunfamiliar with made them unable to concentrate so that their achievement wentdown.Keywords: music, concentration, students’ achievement

AbstractThis study aimed to: (1) investigate the readiness of Vocational High School(VHS) students, the schools, and the industry to implement the industrialpracticum, (2) describe the implementation of the industrial practicum, and (3)describe the result of the industrial practicum implementation. This study was anevaluation research study using the Countenance Model. The research populationcomprised all teachers and principals of VHSs, all the industrial practicuminstructors, and all Year III VHS students of the building engineering expertiseprogram in Makassar City. The sample was selected using the proportionatestratified random sampling technique. The results showed that VHS students wereready to carry out the industrial practicum. This was supported by theirknowledge, basic skills and ability and socialization by the schools. VHSs wereready to implement the industrial practicum. Large- and middle-scale industrieswere ready to implement the industrial practicum. However, only 75% of smallscaleindustries were ready to do so. Cooperation between industries, especiallysmall ones, and vocational schools was less satisfactory. A few middle- and largescaleindustries, on the other hand, were quite good. The students’ activities in theindustrial practicum ran well because they were supported by their ability to adaptthemselves with the industrial environment. Their basic practical skills were poor.The teachers were also good, indicated by the intensity of their visits to theindustries during the industrial practicum. Such visits improved the students’motivation and supported them. The instructors also performed the activities well,especially in guiding the students during the industrial practicum. The instructorscontinuously provided guidance to the students before accomplishing assignmentsand checked the results. The final assessment by the instructors included students’attendance, discipline, motivation, work quality, initiative, creativity, attitudes, andperformance. In the final achievement, most students were in the very satisfactorycategory and only a few were in the moderate category.Keywords: program evaluation, industrial practicum

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between students' social interactions and their Indonesian language learning achievement in Madrasah  Ibtidaiyahs in Gorontalo Regency. Students' social interactions included parents' upbringing patterns, the peer interaction, and the teacher-student interaction in the learning process. This study was an ex post facto study involving parents' upbringing patterns, the peer interaction, and the teacher-student interaction as the independent variables X1, X2, and X3, respectively. The intervening variable was the learning motivation (X4) and the dependent variable (Y) was the Indonesian language learning achievement. The research population comprised all Year V students in 25 Madrasah Ibtidaiyahs in Gorontalo Regency. The sample was selected by using the multi-stage sampling technique and it consisted of 9 Madrasah Ibtidaiyahs involving 101 Year V students. The research instruments included a questionnaire to measure the independent and intervening variables. The data were analyzed using the multiple regression and path analyses at p < 0.05. The results of the research data analysis showed that the direct and indirect effects of the parents' upbringing patterns (X1) on the learning achievement through the learning motivation (X4) were 0.177 and 0.0458. The direct and indirect effects of the peer interaction (X2) on the learning achievement through the learning motivation (X4) were 0.277 and 0.0717. The direct and indirect effects of the teacher-student interaction (X3) on the learning achievement through the learning motivation (X4) were 0.266 and 0.0689. The direct and indirect effects of all independent variables as an aggregate on the learning achievement through the learning motivation were 0.678 and 0.1756. The peer interaction was the one with the strongest direct effect, namely 0.277, on the Indonesian language learning achievement among other variables in the study.Keywords: social interaction, parents' upbringing patterns, peer interaction, teacher-student interaction, learning achievement

AbstrakManfaat Word Concordance bagi Guru Bahasa. Sampai saat ini analisis corpusdan mesin concordance sudah banyak digunakan di negara-negara penggunabahasa Inggris, meskipun di Indonesia belum banyak dikenal dan digunakandalam pembelajaran bahasa dan penelitian linguistik. Artikel ini membahasmanfaat analisis concordance dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris atau bahasaasing lainnya, terutama bagi pembelajar Indonesia. Manfaat yang dapat diambildari analisis ini adalah bahwa pembelajar dapat mengetahui bagaimana sebuahkata digunakan dan membandingkan penggunaan kata tersebut olehnya denganpenggunaan oleh penutur asli. Dengan cara ini, pembelajar dapat mengetahuiapakah penggunaan kata tersebut sudah alamiah dan tepat atau belum. Denganbantuan analisis ini, belajar struktur kalimat, frasa, kolokasi, dan diksi menjadilebih mudah dan tepat karena rujukan yang diambil adalah penggunaan bahasayang nyata. Untuk pengembang bahan pelajaran, cara ini menyediakan data untukpemilihan kata yang sesuai, daftar kata yang paling sering dipakai oleh pengguna,dan cara penggunaannya.Kata kunci: corpus analysis, concordance

AbstractThe Relevance of the Standards of Competence and Basic Competence inNatural Science Subjects to the Development of Ideational Learning in Year VII ofPilot International Standard Junior High Schools in Yogyakarta Special TerritoryProvince. This study aims to investigate the relevance of the standards ofcompetence and basic competence to the development of ideational learning inPilot International Standard Junior High Schools (PISJHSs). This study wasconducted in Yogyakarta Special Territory Province and employed a surveymethod involving 36 teachers of Year VII of PISJHSs. The survey instrument was aquestionnaire that the researchers developed. The results show that all standards ofcompetence and basic competence for Year VII students in semesters 1 and 2 arecapable of developing ideational learning. Therefore, it is not necessary to add newstandards of competence and basic competence to develop ideational learning.However, it is still necessary to add indicators leading ideational learning to thebasic competence in the syllabus of the school-based curriculum in PISJHSs.Keywords: standards of competence, basic competence, ideational learning

AbstractDeveloping the Quality Culture through the Application of ISO 9001:2000 inYogyakarta State University. One achievement that Yogyakarta State University(YSU) has attained in an attempt to be a world class university is that it hasreceived the ISO 9001:2000 certificate, a standard certification for the quality of auniversity’s work units. The meaning of quality management according to ISO9001:2000 is a management system to direct and control an organization in terms ofquality. The certification is carried out to develop an organization’s cultureconducive for quality development, called a quality culture. Such a culturecomprises values, beliefs, and expectations owned and developed by members ofthe organizations in terms of quality products and services. A strong qualityculture will support YSU’s competitive excellence in the long run.Keywords: quality management, quality culture

AbstractAquatic Learning for Preschoolers. This article discusses an appropriate andfun method in aquatic learning for preschoolers and provides a guideline toimprove the process of aquatic learning for them. This article is based on literatureon aquatic learning for preschoolers. The process of preschool aquatic learningdeals with the development of children’s potentials through three aspects: basicpsychomotor skill, basic attitude, and basic understanding. The basic psychomotorskill consists of: (1) water entry, (2) buoyancy, (3) leg action, (4) balance in thewater, (5) arm action, and (6) breath control. The basic attitude consists of (1)bravery, (2) facility sharing, (3) respect for the rules, (4) attention to instructions,and (5) willingness to participate. The basic understanding consists of (1) classprocedures, (2) swimming pool rules, (3) playing rules, (4) instruction language,and (5) mechanics. The aquatic learning program should also consider cognitiveand affective aspects, besides the psychomotor aspect.Keywords: aquatic learning, preschool

AbstractSports and Physical Fitness in Early Age Children. Sports activities areimportant for early age children. Through such activities they can improve theirphysical fitness and the quality of their organs, including the heart, lungs, bloodcirculation, energy metabolism, growth hormones, immune system, and secretionsystem. The improvement will result in the higher quality of their physical andspiritual conditions. Characteristics of good sports activities for early age childrenare that: (1) they provide a variety of movements (multilateral training) in the formof games and competitions, (2) they stimulate the development of all the fivesenses, (3) they develop imagination, and (4) they follow a rhythm/song and astory. Early age children’s physical fitness can be controlled by taking account oftheir body composition, namely by maintaining the balance between the foodintake and the physical activities.Keywords: early age children, sports, physical fitness

AbstractImproving Analytical, Synthetic, and Evaluative Skills through Problem-Solving Learning. This study aims to improve high-level cognitive abilities of thestudents of SMKN 2 Wonosari through problem solving. This study was an actionresearch study conducted in two cycles. The subjects were 32 Year 2 students ofAutomotive Mechanical Engineering of SMKN 2 Wonosari. The instrument was theresearcher, equipped with teacher observation sheets and student and teacherfeedbacks. The data were analyzed by the quantitative descriptive technique,supported by the qualitative technique. The study showed that the atmosphere wasmore conducive for learning, indicated by the improvement of students’ activenessin asking questions, the decrease of off-tasks, and the decrease of one’s dependenceon others. The level of class disturbance tended to decrease, indicated by thedecreasing number of relaxed and noisy students. There was an improvement oflearning mastery although it was relatively small. The improvement of students’cognitive abilities was high, indicated by their scores that tended to increase andtheir work reports after learning.Keywords: analytical, synthetic, and evaluative skills, problem solving

AbstractEffectiveness of Picture Stories in Value Education and Language Skills inIndonesian Language Learning. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness ofpicture stories to improve learning achievement in value education (honesty,patience, and religious worship) and language skills (listening and reading) inIndonesian language learning. This study was a quasi-experimental studyemploying the pretest-posttest control group design. The population comprised all114 Year II students of MIN Tempel Sleman Yogyakarta. The sample, selected bythe random sampling technique, consisted of 70 students, divided into theexperimental group and the control group. The results show that (1) the learningachievement in value education of the students in the experimental group is higherthan that of the students in the control group, and (2) the learning achievement inlanguage skills of the students in the experimental group is higher than that of thestudents in the control group. It can be concluded that the use of picture stories iseffective for value education and Indonesian language skills.Keywords: picture stories, value education, language skills

AbstractEffects of the Contextual Teaching and Learning Approach on the LearningAchievement in Indonesian Language Reading Comprehension of Year IV Studentsof Elementary Schools. This study aims to investigate effects of the ContextualTeaching and Learning (CTL) approach on learning achievement in Indonesianlanguage reading comprehension of groups of students based on their learningmotivation. This study was an experimental study employing a 2x2 factorialdesign. The independent variable had two levels, i.e. the CTL approach and theconventional approach. The population comprised all 61 Year IV students of SDNSidoarum and SDN Krapyak. The instruments consisted of an achievement test anda learning motivation questionnaire. The data were analyzed by means of a twowayANOVA and the Scheffe test. The results show that (1) there is a difference inlearning achievement between the students in the experimental group and those inthe control group, (2) there is a difference in learning achievement betweenstudents with high motivation in the experimental group and those in the controlgroup, (3) there is a difference in learning achievement between students with lowmotivation in the experimental group and those in the control group, (4) the CTLapproach is more effective than the conventional approach, and (5) there is nointeraction between approaches and learning motivation.Keywords: learning achievement in reading comprehension, CTL approach,learning motivation

AbstractDeveloping a Model of Authentic Assessment in Language Learning. Thisstudy aims to produce a guidebook to authentic assessment in language learning,conducted in three years. In the first year, a field survey was conducted to obtaininformation about learning and assessment from Indonesian language teachers ofjunior high schools in Yogyakarta Special Territory and from researcher colleagues.The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, documents, trainingand assistance, and focus group discussion. The data from the questionnaires wereanalyzed by percentage and other data by the qualitative descriptive technique.The survey shows that (1) generally teachers have not understood andimplemented authentic assessment in language learning, (2) strategies to empowerteachers are implemented through training, workshop, and assistance on designingand implementing authentic assessment, (3) teachers and researcher colleaguesexpect that the guidebook contains concepts of authentic assessment to measurelanguage competence, uses simple language, is easy to follow, and providesconcrete examples, and (4) the guidebook can accommodate the expectations.Keywords: authentic assessment, guidebook, CTL

Abstract: Character Education for Chemistry Students Through PracticumsLaden with Life-Skills. This study aims to build chemistry students’ charactersthrough Physical Chemistry I and II practicums laden with life skills. This actionresearch study consisted of four steps, i.e. planning, action, observation andreflection and involved students joining Physical Chemistry I and II laboratorywork. The study focused on psychomotor and affective aspects. The instrumentswere observation sheets and questionnaires. The data were analyzed using thequalitative descriptive technique. The results show that Physical Chemistry I and IIlaboratory work activities laden with life skills can build students’ characters. Theycan develop such characters as discipline, responsibility, obedience, thoroughness,thriftiness, truthfulness, gentleness, tolerance, initiative, creativeness, and wisdom.Keywords: life skills, character building

Abstract: Challenges in the Implementation of Character Education at School.This article discusses challenges in character education at school by integrating itinto every lesson. The integrated character education in every lesson in every levelof education can be implemented in the instructional materials, processes, andlearning evaluation. During the implementation, the selection and synchronizationof materials and types of characters to be developed are required in order toprevent the discrepancy or redundancy. In integrated character education, there areinternal and external changes. The former come from the curriculum, mindset,teachers, principal, or even bureaucracy. The latter mainly come from the growthand advance of the information technology which can be directly accessed by thestudents. Due to all of those challenges, two approaches to facing them can betaken. The internal approach can be in the form of improving the understanding ofcharacter education by conducting a training/workshop, sharing ideas with others,and synchronizing the policy in education. The external approach can be adoptedby placing character education experts in the regulation sector and the mass-mediasupervisory board in general.Keywords: character education, implementation, challenges

Abstract: School Counselor Roles in Character Education. Character educationwas one of the focuses in the system of national education. Therefore, educatorsmust not neglect this. A school counselor, as one of the educators, has to play a rolein character education. Referring to guidance and counseling responsibilities inrelation to students’ personal, social, academic, and career aspects, a schoolcounselor must not escape from the main duties. Considering that charactereducation is the responsibility of all parties, a school counselor can, independentlyand in collaboration with all school components, play a role in character education.Individually, a school counselor can provide services, such as individual services,individual planning services, and responsive services. In collaboration with otherparties, a school counselor can make a synergy in character education programs.Keywords: school counselor, character education

Abstract: Art Education as a Basis of Multicultural Character Education. Thisarticle discusses art education as a basis for multicultural character education inIndonesia. As a multicultural nation with a variety of cultural backgrounds,Indonesia has been faced with conflicts, violences, clashes, and riots resulting fromsuch differences. Education is deemed to be responsible for such problems and onecause of its failure to solve them is that it does not focus on character building.Character building is necessary in order for the students to appreciatemulticulturalism and it can be integrated into art education.Keywords: multiculturalism, character education, art education

Abstract: Revitalization of Roles of the Learning of Social Studies in the Nation’sCharacter Building. Revitalization of roles of the learning of social studies needs tobe made as soon as possible, because so far the learning implementation is notrelevant to its objective and purpose. The learning of social studies has animportant role in character education. Therefore, it is necessary to makeimprovement and upgrade steps. The curriculum design and competence standardof graduates should be based on student reality and humanity values, and shouldemphasize not only on materials mastery. The approach of essentialism has to bechanged into the social reconstruction theory. The learning process is developed asa cultural transaction process which becomes an inseparable part of studentcharacter development. The learning model emphasizes more on active andparticipative learning. Besides, in order to strenghten roles of the learning of socialstudies in developing character education, a good environment condition,including the political will from the government, is needed.Keywords: revitalization, character education, learning of social studies