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This study aims to reveal the effectiveness of Blended Learning as an online and mixed learning strategy by analyzing various research studies related to Blended Learning obtained from the Google Scholar database. The method used in this study is a method with a library approach or what is known as a literature study from research articles for 2020-2022. Article selection is carried out through the process of identification, screening, and eligibility. So that 10 articles are relevant to the objectives and problems of the literature study. Based on the literature study that has been carried out, the results show that the use of Blended Learning by utilizing several digital technology-based applications as learning support can be said to be effective for increasing literacy skills, critical skills, problem-solving abilities, and cognitive learning outcomes of students.

This study aims to determine the relationship between motivation and learning outcomes of biology in class XI MIPA SMAN 1 Luhak Nan Duo, West Pasaman Regency. In the learning process, motivation plays an important role, especially student learning outcomes. This type of research is descriptive with quantitative research methods. The research was conducted at SMAN 1 Luhak Nan Duo, West Pasaman Regency with a population of 126 students of class XI MIPA enrolled in the odd semester of the academic year 2021/2022, with a sample of 94 students. The sampling technique was simple random sampling which was carried out randomly, using a significance of = 5%. The data collection in this study used a questionnaire containing statements of student learning motivation using a Likert scale, odd mid-semester exam scores for the 2021/2022 academic year. The results of the Pearson product moment correlation test are 0.611 (61.1%) on extrinsic motivation (X1) and intrinsic motivation (X2) of 0.505 (50.5)%, meaning that there is a fairly strong relationship between extrinsic motivation (X1) and intrinsic motivation. (X2) with the results of learning biology in class XI MIPA SMAN 1 Luhak Nan Duo, West Pasaman Regency. The results of the t-test showed that the t-count of extrinsic motivation (X1) was 7.410 and the t-count of intrinsic motivation (X2) was 5.618 indicating that there was a significant relationship. The coefficient of determination of extrinsic motivation (X1) is 37.4% and intrinsic motivation (X2) is 25.5%, this means that extrinsic motivation (X1) and intrinsic motivation (X2) contribute to student biology learning outcomes (Y).

This study aims to determine the external factors and internal factors that cause learning difficulties and their relationship with the learning outcomes of Biology class XI IPA MAN 3 Padang. The change in the online learning process to offline learning since the Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on external factors and internal factors that cause learning difficulties that affect student learning outcomes. This type of research is descriptive with quantitative research methods. The study was carried out at MAN 3 Padang with a population of 165 students of class XI science who were registered in the even semester of the academic year 2021/2022, with a sample of 33 students. The sampling technique is random sampling, which is done randomly, using an error rate of 5%. Data collection in this study used a questionnaire containing statements of external factors and internal factors of students' learning difficulties using a Likert scale, and documents on students' learning outcomes for Biology in the even mid-semester exams for the 2021/2022 academic year. From the results of the study, it is known that the level of learning difficulties for external factors obtained an average value of 3.52 in the high category, while the level of learning difficulties for internal factors had an average value of 3.26 in the high category. The results of the Pearson product moment correlation test using the SPSS 20 program obtained a value on the external factor of 0.073 which is strongly correlated and the form of the relationship is negative and the internal factor has a value of 0.910 which is perfectly correlated with the negative relationship between external factors and internal factors with Biology learning outcomes in students. class XI IPA MAN 3 Padang. The results of the t test showed that the external factor tcount was -1.853 and the internal factor tcount was -113 indicating that there was no influence of external factors and internal factors (X) on students’ Biology learning outcomes (Y).

Discharge planning needs to be implemented from the time the patient enters the hospital until the day of discharge. Providing effective information can increase the knowledge and skills of patients and families to carry out independent care at home which is assumed to be ready for discharge so that it is hoped that rehospitalization events will not occur. This study aims to see whether there is an influence of Discharge planning model five on readiness to go home and family. The research design used a quasi experiment with a two group pre and post test using a purposive sampling approach carried out on inpatient students. The research instrument used the Readiness For Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS) questionnaire. Data analysis used the Paired T test. The results of research on 30 respondents using the Independent T test on the average readiness to go home after (posttest) patients in the Intervention and Control groups obtained P value = 0.000 < ? (0.05) there was a difference in the average stress after (posttest) in the Intervention group with the control group. Based on this research, Discharge planning model five is able to increase patient readiness to go home and it is hoped that it can provide input to hospitals so that they can make Discharge planning model five as a method that can be given to patients when the patient is admitted until the patient wants to prepare to go home.

Dysmenorrhea is a physical disorder in women who are menstruating in the form of abdominal pain/cramping disorders. Benson relaxation is the development of a deep breathing relaxation method involving the patient's belief factor that can create a calm environment so that it can help patients achieve higher health and well-being conditions. This study aims to describe and analyze the application of Benson's relaxation technique in reducing the pain scale of dysmenorrhea in nursing students. The type of research used is descriptive with a case study approach. The subjects used were 2 people with criteria, namely students of STIKES Kesdam IV/Diponegoro Semarang, female students with dysmenorrhea pain, and female students who were willing to be given Benson relaxation measures. Pain measurement using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). Benson's relaxation intervention was carried out for 3 consecutive days. The results of the analysis showed that subject I experienced a decrease in the pain scale from the results of a scale of 4 (moderate) to II (mild), subject II from a scale of 3 (mild) to 0 (no pain). The results of the case study concluded that there was a decrease in the pain scale in female students with dysmenorrhea pain. Benson relaxation is recommended as a nursing intervention in pain management in female students who experience dysmenorrhea pain because it can reduce the pain scale significantly and is easy to do

This study examines the effectiveness of using audio media in improving the memorization of short surahs. This research employs a qualitative descriptive approach with data collection methods including observation, interviews, and documentation. The data sources consist of Islamic Education teachers, classroom teachers, and 33 students. Data analysis techniques were conducted through (1) data reduction, (2) data presentation, and (3) conclusion drawing. Data validity was checked through four steps: 1) Credibility, 2) Dependability, 3) Confirmability, and 4) Triangulation. The results show that the effectiveness of using audio media in improving the memorization of short surahs at Madrasah Tsanawiyah An-Nur Monano Gorontalo is significant. Teachers were able to provide good short surah memorization materials to students, enabling them to memorize the surahs perfectly and fluently. Additionally, teachers were able to impart the understanding to students that memorizing short surahs is beneficial. Besides the fact that many students liked the media, they felt helped in repeatedly reviewing the memorized short surahs fluently and correctly. Thus, audio media is considered effective in facilitating the memorization of short surahs, with a high degree of effectiveness, as evidenced by the following grades: A- 36.36%, B+ 54.54%, C 3.03%, and 6.06%.

Islamic religious education as a business process that contains uniqueness and characteristics, namely activating, increasing and strengthening norms, believe me, that is the spiritual-spiritual foundation of a person, in his attitude and behavior, his behavior is manifested in accordance with the rules. Religion I believe that human values ​​are behaviors that express the whole person, both externally and spiritually, and are the underlying drivers of behavior. Education is an absolute process of maturing through information and training in various skills and values ​​related to life activities that are in accordance with educational goals. Namely increasing the nation's intelligence and developing the Indonesian people as a whole, namely people who believe in and fear God Almighty. As well as creating human beings who are honest, healthy, knowledgeable and responsible. The inquiry method is a series of learning activities that emphasize critical thinking and analysis to find an answer. The thinking process occurs with the process of interaction between teachers and students. This method is also called the heuristic method, which comes from the Greek word found heuristic

This writing is motivated by the phenomenon from the observations in Nagari Mungo that tend to lead to the negative, such as dating behavior that has been done by many students even though they are still at school, fighting behavior that often occurs to solve problems between individuals that should be resolved in a good way and can be  reconcile well.  This is not in accordance with the concept of a spiritual attitude which shows one's thoughts, words, and actions that are always carried out based on divine values ​​or religious teachings.  This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach.  Collecting data in this writing the writer obtained through interviews, observation and documentation.  The data source for this writing uses the key informants of the Akidah Akhlak teacher, and the supporting informants are students.  Data analysis techniques that the authors do are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions.  Then the data validity technique uses Source Triagulation.  Based on the results of the study, it can be understood that the role of aqidah moral teachers in developing the spiritual attitude of students at the Al Munawwarah Li Binail Ummah Nagari Mungo Foundation, Luak District, 50 Kota District has an important role in developing students' spiritual attitudes, namely as role models, teachers, mentors, and motivators.

This study focuses on financial management in the field of education/agency at the Al Mubarok Baturaja Islamic Boarding School. Historically, financial management at the Al Mubarok Islamic boarding school was managed manually. Over time, financial management using the manual method is considered less efficient. Therefore, an application called Siske Sakti was created, which is a digital-based Islamic boarding school financial recording application, which has complete and simple features and design. This study uses the Field Research Method. While the Siske Sakti testing technique used beta testing which was carried out by distributing questionnaires via Google form to respondents, namely Al Mubarok students as many as 20 people using a Likert Scale. From the research that has been done, it is obtained that an average percentage of 80.36% is included in the "Strongly Agree" category. This shows that the Siske Sakti application helps in managing the finances of Al Mubarok Baturaja Islamic Boarding School students.

Education is a creative endeavor and an absolute necessity for human beings. character. This cannot be separated from the role of parents and teachers. parent first Teacher, character development is not only during childbirth, but during pregnancy uterus. Moreover, teachers, especially in primary schools, have the same obligations. in character building. In doing so, teachers must use brain-based characters Educational Approach (Neuroscience). The reason is the success of character building Start by changing the brains of your students. When brain-based character building is applied From an early age, Indonesian education is of higher quality, We can prepare high quality Golden Generation 2045. This survey uses qualitative research Based on a literature survey. Based on the results of research, this quality was established Education is an education that can shape the character of a student. Character Education is changing, so using a brain (neuroscience) approach is more effective Characters start by changing the brains of students.

Academic information systems are veritably important for schools, especially for academy and students. Still, the perpetration of the academy information system has not yet reached all educational institutions, for illustration at Bina Taruna Medan Middle School. Therefore, the author make an Android-based school information application, so students can view information about academy biographies, school facilities, school galleries, teacher names, subject schedules, and student grades through the application without having to go to academy. Therefore, in this study the authors used the Rest API (Application Programming Interface) method. The Rest API method is a software that allows developers to integrate and allow two different applications to connect to each other simultaneously. With the Android-based school application at Bina Taruna Medan Middle School, it is hoped that it will make it easier for students to get school information that is more accurate, effective and efficient, as well as make it easier for the school to collect information about student academic development. So from the results of black box testing, the results show that the system built can work well according to its function.

This study aims to determine whether there is a positive and significant effect of the Group Investigation type cooperative learning model on students' mathematical reasoning and communication skills in the Pythagorean Theorem sub-subject in class VIII SMP Negeri 1 Munte in the 2019/2020 Academic Year. The population in this study were all class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1Munte for the 2019/2020 Academic Year. While the sample in this study consisted of 2 classes of 38 students each in class VIII-1 as the experimental class and class VIII-3 as the control class. The experimental class uses the Group Investigation cooperative learning model consisting of 5 students per group, and the control class uses the Group Investigation type cooperative learning model consisting of 2 students per group. This type of research is an experiment. Prior to testing the hypothesis, the normality and homogeneity tests are tested first. Normality was tested using the Lilliefors technique and homogeneity using the F test. From the tests performed, it was found that both samples were normally distributed and homogeneous. There is a positive and significant influence of the Group Investigation cooperative learning model on the mathematical reasoning abilities of junior high school students. There is a positive and significant influence of the Group Investigation type of cooperative learning model on the mathematical communication skills of junior high school students because the average communication ability of students who are taught with the Group Investigation type cooperative learning model consisting of 5 people per group is higher than the average communication ability of students who are taught with the Group Investigation type cooperative learning model consisting of 2 people per group

The purpose of this study is to describe the results of the analysis of improving students' mathematical communication skills with Realistic Mathematics Education approach. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research using the library research method. The subject of this research is the most published articles in published journals about mathematical communication skills through Realistic Mathematics Education approach to junior high school students. Based on the findings from 5 journals, it was found that students' mathematical communication improved better in students who studied with Realistic Mathematics Education approach compared to students who studied with conventional learning. Realistic Mathematics Education approach can improve students' ability to describe, understand, and represent mathematical ideas contained in pictures, tables or diagrams. So, Realistic Mathematics Education approach is one approach that can improve students' mathematical communication skills at the junior high school level with effect size score of 1,158 in the large effect category.

The world of education today must be treated and managed professionally, because of the increasingly fierce competition. Madrasah with good assessment in the eyes of the community will have a good impact on the madrasa. This requires a strategy carried out by the Head of madrasah so that the madrasah he leads becomes a favorite. The purpose of this study is to explain the strategies used and the constraints faced in the strategy of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Mathlaul Anwar Tegal Waru Ciampea Bogor to increase the number of students. This research is a research using qualitative methods. This qualitative research method was chosen because the researcher intends to describe and analyze certain phenomena in depth and detail. Data collection methods used by observation, interviews and documentation. The results of research on the strategy carried out by MI Mathlaul Anwar Ciampea Bogor by applying two strategies. First, the intern strategy with two steps, 1) Improving the quality of students, 2) Improving infrastructure. Second, the external strategy is, 1) Brochure distribution, 2 Openings for Marawis and Tahfiz extracurricular activities. The obstacles faced by madrasah are; 1) the location of the madrasa is far from the city center 2) There is intense competition between educational institutions, 3) The Covid-19 pandemic situation forces online learning.

The ease of using Smartphones and the many functions that help with activities, make today's teenagers very familiar with Smartphones, including students at SMP Negeri 1 Tantom Angkola. Students tend to use Smartphones for various reasons, such as just wanting to play games and being too active on social media. The impact of Smartphone dependence, especially on student development, will have a negative impact from an academic point of view. The nature of dependence does not just happen, the influence of one another is certainly interconnected or correlated and forms a causal relationship. This paper aims to see how much influence Smartphone dependency has on the learning behavior of students at SMP Negeri 1 Tantom Angkola and which variables have the most influence on the learning behavior of SMP Negeri 1 Tantom Angkola Students. The method used in this study is the Path Analysis method. Path Analysis is a technique for analyzing causal relationships that occur when exogenous variables affect endogenous variables, not only directly but also indirectly. Path Analysis is used to determine the direct and indirect effects of exogenous variables on an endogenous variable which is reflected in the path coefficient. From the research results, it is obtained that the direct influence of social media variables  on learning behavior  = 44.9%, the large direct influence of online game variables  on learning behavior  = 40.7%, the direct influence of internet data package variables  on learning behavior  = 0.4%, the direct effect of school control variables  on learning behavior  = 85.2%. Then the variable that has the greatest influence on learning behavior is the school control variable with a value of 85.2%.

 The Independent Curriculum was determined by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Minister of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia has issued a decree number 347 of 2022 regarding guidelines for implementing the Independent Curriculum in madrasah. So the implementation of the Independent Curriculum at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah becomes a demand for madrasah. The research uses a library research. The data research related to the Independent Curriculum and the Decree of the Minister of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia number 347 of 2022 concerning the Independent Curriculum. The Analyzing data of this research using a way to describe the data in the study (content analysis). The Independent Madrasah Ibtidaiyah curriculum implements learning according to the abilities of students which gives more space to develop student’s basic character and competence. The Character abilities that support interactive learning is by developing abilities and having characters in the form of noble character, diversity, independence, critical and creative reasoning. Have a focus on essential learning and adapts to the abilities of the students. The Independent Curriculum at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah was developed in Indonesia with the aim to improve the quality of education. Its implementation is adjusted to the needs and characteristics of students which can facilitate the learning process without feeling burdened in the implementation of learning in Madrasahs. It is because the process of implementing the Independent Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Curriculum is more profound, fun and independent. Implementation of the Independent Madrasah Ibrtidaiyah Curriculum in accordance with KMA RI No. 347 Year 2022 is supported by the existence of the Independent Learning platform which is easily accessible. The Independent Curriculum application contains teaching tools needed by students and teachers to facilitate the learning process.    

This study aims to determine the effect of investment motivation and financial literacy on investment interest. The method used through a quantitative approach. This study used a population of students from the Faculty of Economics and Islamic Business at the State Islamic University of North Sumatra class of 2019 with a sample of 51 students. The results show that partially the investment motivation variable has no effect on investment intention, while the financial literacy variable has a positive and significant relationship to investment interest. Simultaneously there is an influence between investment motivation and financial literacy variables on investment interest. Furthermore, the value of the coefficient of determination shows 74.7%

School facilities are a very important tool in supporting learning in schools. Facilities will be needed by teachers and students in teaching and learning because the facilities will increase students' learning motivation, with complete facilities will also support the performance of teachers in delivering material to students. The purpose of this study is to observe school facilities, especially MTS Ali Imron and see the effect of students' learning if the school facilities are inadequate, especially in English subjects. The case study in this study was conducted at MTS Ali Imron Medan. The method in this study uses a qualitative method by observing schools and conducting interviews with English teachers at MTS Ali Imron Medan.

The increasing use of social media among students has raised concerns regarding its impact on academic performance and digital well-being. This study aims to examine the relationship between social media usage, student learning outcomes, and overall well-being in a digital environment. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected through surveys and in-depth interviews with high school and university students. The findings indicate that while social media can serve as a valuable tool for academic collaboration and resource-sharing, excessive and unregulated usage often leads to distractions, reduced academic performance, and negative effects on mental health. The study highlights the need for balanced social media engagement and the implementation of digital literacy programs to promote responsible usage. These insights contribute to the ongoing discussion on digital well-being and offer practical recommendations for students, educators, and policymakers.  

The development of student learning creativity is inseparable from the role of teacher competence as an educator in transferring effective learning, as well as in SKI learning. This paper aims to see how the four SKI teacher competencies are implemented at SD IT Hidayatul Jannah. This study used a qualitative approach with an analytical descriptive method. As for the results of the study: (1) There are aspects of pedagogic competence that have been fulfilled, it can be seen that the teacher has provided educational learning, can communicate and interact actively, (2) Aspects of personality competence as seen by the stability and personal integrity of a teacher, being fair, honest, objective, and also disciplined in carrying out assignments, (3) Aspects of professional competence that can be seen from the mastery of material, structure, and also scientific thinking concepts that support the subjects that the teacher already has, (4) Aspects of social competence of teachers who can accept the advantages and disadvantages of others, and are able to adapt to the environment, especially to students.