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The impetus driving this investigation is fundamentally that a trilingual curriculum is essential to prepare students for global competitiveness due to their mastery of English. and Arabic. This research aims to explore the execution, evaluation, and find out the difficulties and obstacles in the trilingual program based on holistic education at Daarul Huda Islamic Boarding School Sukoharjo. This research method is descriptive qualitative. This study employs various data gathering methods including interviews, observations, documentation, and surveys. The technique for analyzing data entails three phases: data reduction, data representation, and conclusion drawing. The findings of this research reveal that the execution of the trilingual program manifests as the use of English in English classes. The assessment of the bilingual program, based on a holistic educational approach, incorporates practice, training, and enrichment activities. Challenges and hurdles faced include students’ incomplete comprehension of the learning process conducted in English. This research concludes that the execution of a holistic education-oriented bilingual program is achieved through the application of three distinct curricula featuring diverse methodologies, the recruitment of educators proficient in English, and the incorporation of mixed languages during instruction. Teacher evaluations are performed through monthly meetings organized by school administration, while student evaluations occur through daily assignment reviews, mid-term exams, and final examinations. The challenges encountered include varying student capabilities, diverse family support levels, and some students’ lack of understanding regarding the advantages of language education.

Cooperative learning is an approach that has been proven effective in increasing student engagement and collaboration skills. Although it offers many advantages, its implementation often faces various challenges faced by both teachers and students. These challenges include differences in ability between students in a group, lack of active participation from some students, dominance of certain students in discussions, and difficulties in evaluating learning outcomes fairly. In addition, low student motivation and limited time and technology are also obstacles in implementing cooperative learning. To overcome these problems, it is important for teachers to manage groups well, develop leadership skills among students, and implement fair assessments both individually and in groups. Effective use of technology and ongoing training for teachers are also essential to support the success of cooperative learning.

This research aims to develop an interactive web learning media called Mathventure based on Google Sites, with a focus on improving the math problem solving skills of third grade elementary school students in multiplication material. The background of this research is driven by students' low understanding of the concept of multiplication and the lack of interesting and contextual learning media. The approach used in this research is the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model involving five stages: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The resulting product has been validated by material and media experts with excellent results. The pilot test was conducted in two elementary schools involving pretest, posttest, and student response questionnaire. The test results showed a significant increase in problem solving ability, with an N-Gain value of 0.6612, and a practicality level of 82%. This media is considered effective in creating learning that is fun, interactive, and able to motivate students in understanding the concept of multiplication. The implication of this research shows that web-based digital media can be an innovative solution to overcome math learning difficulties in elementary schools and has the potential to be further developed for other materials and levels.

The background that encourages this research is that basically the trilingual program is needed to equip students to have global competitiveness because of their proficiency in English and Arabic. The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation, evaluation, and find out the difficulties and obstacles in the implementation of the bilingual program based on holistic education at Al-Azhar Islamic School Sukoharjo. This research method is descriptive qualitative. This research uses data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observations, documentation, and questionnaires. While the data analysis technique includes three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of the trilingual program is in the form of using English in English subjects. Evaluation of the bilingual program based on holistic education includes exercise, practice, and enrichment. The difficulties and obstacles faced are that students do not fully understand the learning process using English. The conclusion of this study is that the implementation of a holistic education-based bilingual program is carried out through the implementation of three curricula with different approaches, recruitment of teachers who have English language skills, and the use of mixed language in the implementation of learning. Evaluation of teachers is conducted through monthly meetings by the school management. Meanwhile, evaluation for students is carried out through daily assignment assessments, mid-semester exams, and end-of-semester exams. Difficulties and obstacles encountered are the different abilities of students, the different carrying capacity of each family, and the existence of students who do not understand the benefits of language.

This research aims to increase the focus on slow learner students, especially at MIM Sraten. The root of the problem found from observations with teachers is that slow learner students show behavior that is difficult to read. The problem found at MIM Sraten was that there were 19 students who were slow in reading. Method This service activity takes place at MIM Sraten from early August to early September 2024. Assistance is provided for 120 minutes at each session, with a focus on students who experience learning difficulties. The success of this program shows that a private approach that is personal and tailored to the needs of each child can be an effective model to be applied in other educational settings. This program also emphasizes the importance of ongoing training for teachers as well as collaboration between schools, parents and the community. It is hoped that this effort can have a positive and sustainable impact on literacy and intellectual development

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of using e-learning in accounting education at SMK Tulungagung. The research method employed is qualitative, utilising in-depth interview techniques with teachers and students to collect data on experiences and challenges in implementing e-learning. The findings indicate that e-learning provides beneficial flexibility in time and place, especially during the pandemic. However, there are obstacles in understanding complex accounting concepts and technology access disparities among students. Student responses varied, with some feeling enthusiastic and others encountering difficulties. Teacher support, interactive materials, and regular feedback proved crucial in enhancing the effectiveness of e-learning. To maximise the benefits of e-learning, there needs to be improved technology access, integration of interactive teaching methods, and direct teacher support. This study suggests strategies to overcome challenges and leverage e-learning as an effective tool in accounting education

The mathematics learning results of grade IV students of SDN Dukuh Kupang II/489 Surabaya were initially still relatively low, there were still many students who had difficulties with the concept of presenting bar chart data. For this reason, the researcher conducted a study with the aim of finding out the improvement of student learning results by using the Teaching at The Right Level (TaRL) approach in grade IV mathematics learning at SDN Dukuh Kupang II/489 Surabaya. This research uses the type of Classroom Action Research (PTK). The subject of the study was 28 students in class IV. In the 1st cycle stage, only 32.2% of students achieved the completeness of learning results, this percentage then experienced a significant increase to 82.1% in the 2nd cycle. Based on this study, it can be concluded that the Teaching at The Right Level (TaRL) approach can improve student learning results in mathematics subjects, especially data presentation materials in grade IV of SDN Dukuh Kupang II/489 Surabaya.

The article titled “Tuntaskan hambatan belajar dengan Pemberian Asesmen DCM di SMA NEGERI 2 TUALANG” discusses effective strategies for addressing learning obstacles in that school. The main focus of this article is on the implementation of the DCM as a tool to understand, identify, and address students’ learning difficulties at SMA NEGERI 2 TUALANG. The research demonstrates that using DCM can enhance students’ motivation toward the material and reduce learning challenges. The research methodology involves data collection through observation, interviews, and analysis of test results before and after DCM implementation. The findings indicate that students who receive DCM assessments show significant improvement when provided with group counseling services. The article provides practical recommendations for teachers and schools to utilize DCM assessments as a tool to enhance learning quality and reduce learning barriers within the school context.

  This paper reviews the challenges encountered by second language learners in the  acquisition  and  utilization  of  collocations,  which  are  crucial aspects of proficient language use. Collocations refer to the habitual pairing or grouping of words  that  occur  together  frequently  in  natural  language.  The  research synthesizes findings from various studies conducted in the field, highlighting common difficulties experienced by learners across different proficiency levels and linguistic backgrounds. Key factors contributing to these challenges include differences  in  first  language  structures,  inadequate  exposure  to  authentic language use, limited awareness of collocational patterns, and difficulties in achieving  native-like  fluency.  Additionally,  pedagogical  implications  and effective  instructional  strategies  for  enhancing  collocational competence are discussed,  is to inform language instructors and curriculum developers in building more targeted and effective language learning materials and activities.This  research  is  divided  into  three  sections;  section  one  presents  the preliminaries   of   the   study.   Section   two   explains   the   meaning,   types, characteristics, and importance of the study. Section three will apply a test of collocation on the 4th stage of the college to know their weakness points in collocation. Finally, the conclusion is the research.

  This paper reviews the challenges encountered by second language learners in the  acquisition  and  utilization  of  collocations,  which  are  crucial aspects of proficient language use. Collocations refer to the habitual pairing or grouping of words  that  occur  together  frequently  in  natural  language.  The  research synthesizes findings from various studies conducted in the field, highlighting common difficulties experienced by learners across different proficiency levels and linguistic backgrounds. Key factors contributing to these challenges include differences  in  first  language  structures,  inadequate  exposure  to  authentic language use, limited awareness of collocational patterns, and difficulties in achieving  native-like  fluency.  Additionally,  pedagogical  implications  and effective  instructional  strategies  for  enhancing  collocational competence are discussed,  is to inform language instructors and curriculum developers in building more targeted and effective language learning materials and activities.This  research  is  divided  into  three  sections;  section  one  presents  the preliminaries   of   the   study.   Section   two   explains   the   meaning,   types, characteristics, and importance of the study. Section three will apply a test of collocation on the 4th stage of the college to know their weakness points in collocation. Finally, the conclusion is the research.

study aims to improve students' learning outcomes in understanding geometric shapes, particularly in surface area and volume, through the use of cube and rectangular prism teaching aids. Sixth-grade students at UPTD SD Negeri 3 Bakam often struggle with this topic, primarily due to difficulties in grasping multiplication concepts and related formulas. The method used in this research is a cooperative learning approach with teaching aids designed to facilitate student comprehension. The study was conducted in two cycles. In the pre-cycle phase, only 33.33% of the 21 students scored above the minimum passing grade (70), while 66.67% scored below it. After applying the method in Cycle I, learning mastery increased to 61.33%, with 12 students achieving a score of 70 or above. In Cycle II, learning outcomes improved significantly, with 95.33% of students achieving mastery. Additionally, the teacher's teaching effectiveness improved, with an average score of 82.38, categorized as good. The results indicate that the use of cube and rectangular prism teaching aids can enhance students' understanding of surface area and volume concepts, contributing significantly to their academic performance improvement

This study aims to describe the application of the Cooperative Learning Model Can Improve the Learning Outcomes of Class X Students of DKV SMK Teknologi Plus Padang. This type of research is classroom action research. This research was carried out in 2 cycles with the stages of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Data were collected through observation, literature studies, tests and documentation. The data was analyzed using a percentage formula.  The results of the study show that the Cooperative Learning learning model with teachers as a direct example can improve learning activities and student dance learning outcomes. The average percentage of student learning activities in the first cycle was 58.5% with the criteria of Not Good. After making improvements in the second cycle, the average student learning activity became 86% with good criteria. Students who were previously less enthusiastic and only silent when moving become active, students who are shy in making movements become confident, students who disturb other students and just play become serious or focused in doing the assigned tasks, students who help each other when experiencing difficulties when practicing with a group. The use of the Cooperative Learning learning model in dance learning in class X DKV also has an impact on the average student learning outcome score. The average score of completeness of student learning outcomes in cycle I was 37.5%. Because it has not reached the KKTP, which is 75, it was carried out again in the second cycle and managed to reach a score of 87.5%.    

The development of interactive education as learning in education generally has several influencing factors, such as teachers who teach experiencing difficulties in keeping up with developments in information technology, learning media support tools for teaching in institutions are still limited in their use, only a few teachers use information technology in learning media because they have the knowledge to apply it to the teaching process, then from the problems that occur, the objectives include this research, designing an application interface display concept as an innovation in the use of learning technology according to needs, then creating an augmented reality learning application about the solar system according to the design created, after knowing the objectives What will be carried out in this research is implementing the use of an augmented reality application for the solar system using the marker based tracking method, where there is 3D object scanning of each planetary object in the solar system, while testing the application on 50 students of SDN Kebon Jeruk 15 Pagi, both classes VI A and B uses the user acceptance model (UAT), from the explanation explained if it is analyzed it produces an augmented reality application that has been created regarding the Android-based solar system so that it can be concluded that the testing process can be categorized as good or not in terms of AR applications and 3D object marker flashcards for students at school.

This study aims to analyze the application of the Problem Based Learning method in Islamic Jurisprudence learning at MAN 1 Solok, and to identify supporting and inhibiting factors in its implementation. The research method used is a qualitative approach with a case study research type. Problem Based Learning is applied to improve students' creativity in thinking and building solidarity in making decisions. The results of the study indicate that the application of the Problem Based Learning method is able to form students who are creative, critical, able to solve problems through decision making based on various opinions, and respect differences. This method is also effective in increasing students' activeness, collaboration, and understanding of Islamic Jurisprudence material. Supporting factors for the implementation of this method include the availability of facilities and infrastructure, teacher creativity, and a conducive learning environment. The inhibiting factors found are students' difficulties in expressing ideas, differences in levels of understanding between students, and time constraints in the learning process.

Most children are very unenthusiastic about learning mathematics. This service is carried out so that the children of the GMIT Logos Kilakawa Congregation are motivated so that the children are more enthusiastic in learning mathematics so that they are no longer afraid of mathematics and they don't even experience difficulties. The methods used are tutoring and playing. The result of this activity is that the children are very enthusiastic and want to learn more about mathematics.

Beginning writing is a skill that is taught to students at the initial stage, namely in class I. This research is motivated by the difficulties faced by students in the Indonesian language subject of learning to start writing in class I. This research aims to describe the difficulties of learning to start writing and identify factors -factors causing difficulties in learning to write at the beginning of class I at UPTD SDN Banyuajuh 2. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods. The subjects of this research were 4 class I students with difficulty in beginning writing. Data collection techniques used were observation, interviews and documentation. Based on research results, several writing difficulties experienced by class I students include: not being able to write their full name or nickname, not being able to write the letters of the alphabet correctly, not being able to copy words and not being able to write on the right lines. Then the factors that influence initial writing difficulties are internal factors including students' low fine motor skills, students' low visual abilities, study habits and low learning interest and motivation. Meanwhile, external factors for students include a lack of parental attention and guidance towards students.

Students who experience difficulties in learning are the teacher's responsibility to overcome the problems faced by students. One of the actions that teachers can take to help students with learning difficulties is through providing remedial activities. The purpose of this research is to find out the steps, obstacles and solutions to the problems of class V-C teachers in implementing remedial activities for students who experience difficulty adding and subtracting mixed fractions at SDN Rangkah I Surabaya. This research uses a method with a descriptive qualitative approach. This research uses data collection techniques using observation, interviews and documentation techniques. The results of this research are 1). The teacher's steps in implementing remedial activities are that the teacher analyzes the results of the diagnosis of student difficulties by referring to student test scores that are below the KKTP score of 60. Next, by planning remedial activities, the teacher arranges the day, date, time, method, media and prepares the questions that will be created for the activity. remedial. After everything has been carefully planned for remedial activities, the next step is for the teacher to carry out remedial activities for four students who are experiencing difficulties. Next, after carrying out the remedial activities, the teacher assesses the results of the remedial work for each student who took part in the remedial activities. 2). The obstacles for teachers in implementing remedial activities are that they require quite a long time, the physical condition of students is not enthusiastic and the differences in the characteristics of students' comprehension abilities. 3). The teacher's solution to the obstacles in implementing remedial activities is that the teacher maximizes the time for remedial activities, the teacher always provides encouragement in every implementation of remedial activities and the teacher explains again to students who do not understand the explanation individually.

IPAS (Social and Exact Science Education) is a subject in the Kurikulum Merdeka. This subject invite student to recognize natural anomalies by facts. However, results of the researcher's observations on the interest of 4th-grade elementary school students in learning science showed that 93.75% of students experienced difficulties in learning science, especially in the matter of changes in the state of matter and energy forms. So, based on the results of the theoretical formulation and potential problems, the researcher is interested in proposing the development of a simulation video product. This type of research is Research and Development (R&D) based on 7 stages, namely, potential and problems, data collection, product design, design validation, design revision, product testing, and product revision due to limitations of materials, time, and manpower. After the prototype product is completed, the researcher validates the content, media, and language with 9 experts, with each having 3 validations: (Content validators, Media validators, Language validators) The test results show that 86% of the material validation, 92% of the media expert validation, and 96% of the language validation, it can be concluded that the simulation video product is very feasible to use with minor revisions. Furthermore, the researchers carried out a teacher and student readability test on the simulation video media. The scores obtained were 91,2% for teachers and 89,2% for students. So that simulation video products able as media supplements in learning.

The drill method is serious repetitive activities do the same thing to strengthen or hone skills and make it permanent. The aim of this research is 1) To find out how to apply the drill method in mathematics lessons in class 4 at SDN 039 Air Terbit, 2) To find out whether the drill method is able to overcome students’ difficulties in understanding mathematics lessons, 3) To increase students’ learning motivation by applying the drill method in mathematics lessons in class 4 at SDN 039 Air Terbit. The method in this research uses classroom action research.. PTK is an approach to improving education through change by encouraging teachers to think about ttheir own practice so that they are critical of these actors an teachers want to change them. The results of this research are that students’ learning motivation is increasing. This can be seen from the results of the initial test. Learning engagement increased from 30% to 45% at the end of cycle 1 test and increased again at the end of cycle 2 test to 80%.  So from the test result above it can be concluded that learning using the drill method can increase students’ learning motivation in mathematics lessons, the material on operations for calculating fractions can be seen from the increased learning result, so student motivation also increases.

The objective of this research to identify the faced by the seventh grade students’ at MTsN Tanjung Balai, to identify the causes of students' difficulties in improving vocabulary mastery of seventh grade students at MTsN Tanjung Balai in the 2023/2024 academic year. The population was 54 students and the researcher took a 2 class random sampling design, namely: control class and experimental class to carry out pre-test post-test. Material about describing something. In collecting data, researchers used tests to apply the song mnemonic method for several weeks and compared the pre-test and post-test to determine the effect of applying the song mnemonic method. Then the data obtained was analyzed through five stages, namely normality test, homogeneity test, hypothesis test, effect size test and statistical hypothesis. Finally the researcher found that it showed that the value of the T-test was 7.659 and the degree of freedom (df) was 54 (df-2;54-2=52). The value of T is significant 5% of T-table of db= 2.00. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. It can be concluded that the influence of using the song mnemonic method has an influence on increasing students' mastery of English vocabulary. So the suggestion is that teachers must be more creative in developing appropriate learning methods to be taught to support effective learning activities in the classroom.