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Problem solving skills are important for students to overcome various problems related to learning and community life. This involves students actively exploring, observing, trying, and investigating using the knowledge and abilities they have. Problem solving is the main focus of developing students' higher order thinking skills in mathematics. This research was conducted by means of observation, interviews, and post-test methods on the 4th grade students of SD Negeri 7 Gondosari. In the results of the discussion, there are 10 data from 31 students which can describe a good level of problem solving. Some students experienced difficulties in implementing the problem and re-examining the results of the solution. Therefore, it is important for students to continue to hone their problem solving abilities using the Polya procedure and to re-check the correctness of the solutions that have been done.

Community Partnership Program (PKM) activity partners are people who are not economically productive (general/ordinary community) Posyandu Cadre Ibu Sadar 2 is located in Wonorejo Village, Gondangrejo District, Karanganyar Regency, which is located. In RW I Wonorejo, there are problems with the large amount of garbage scattered around the settlements due to the unavailability of waste collection and processing facilities, many sick children who have to go to the hospital due to the lack of cleanliness in environmental conditions, therefore it is necessary to empower posyandu cadres in managing community-based waste. The objectives of this community partnership program (PKM) are: 1) improving the skills, knowledge and attitudes of partners in treating waste, 2) motivating partners to always be creative and innovative in managing waste through the 3 R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), 3) encouraging partners improving and maintaining waste management in the environment so that a healthy, comfortable, peaceful and prosperous atmosphere is obtained and 4) for universities as a form of implementing MBKM based on the second and third Main Performance Indicators (IKU), namely students and lecturers active outside campus. The methods to be used in achieving the above objectives are outreach to community leaders and partners, imparting knowledge and skills through lectures, field practice, discussions, and assistance in making useful items from waste and planting fruits and vegetables in pots. The output targets of this community partnership program are: 1) Posyandu cadres as partners can become pioneers in community-based waste management 2) are able to make goods from waste that have economic value, 3) have the skills and knowledge to make organic fertilizer from the waste used to meet their needs in growing fruits and vegetables in pots, and 4) publication through a national journal with ISSN in the Adi Widya Journal with ISSN 2598-2273 (print media) and ISSN 2598-2281 (online media) which have been indexed by Sinta and mass media online as well as YouTube

The aim of this community service is to identify the problems of the partner, Copper Crafts Muda Tama Gallery, Tumang, Boyolali and provide scientific solutions. The service team identified that the number of craftsmen was starting to decline due to the tendency of the younger generation to prefer to pursue business as marketers. The team uses the extension method to share knowledge with partner communities. Human Resources Management can be carried out in several ways apart from continuing to maintain good direction efforts at each stage of production, establishing controlled production procedures, evaluating employee work results, and developing employees in terms of reward and punishment; The service team proposed that the company collaborate with several vocational schools with a concentration in arts and crafts. This is important so that this skill does not become extinct, and in fact so that it can grow in terms of manufacturing and the number of craftsmen. The result of this activity is an increase in the understanding of partners (owners of Muda Tama Gallery) in managing human resources so that there is no shortage/loss of craftsmen. Another output is an article in this journal

The problems faced by partners are in the form of teacher Civic teachers in Pacitan Regency had difficulties in preparing individual learning tools. Therefore, the Citizenship Learning and Education Research Group conducted a workshop on developing Learning Objective Flows and Teaching Modules with the help of Assessment Applications. The purpose of the service is to improve the teacher's ability to develop learning designs. The service method used is in the form of a workshop with a blended learning model. Implementation is carried out in five stages, namely identifying the characteristics of workshop participants, preparing materials, creating digital classes and the necessary platforms, carrying out offline and online workshops, evaluating workshop results. The result of the service is that after attending the workshop, the teacher can make ATP and modules according to the criteria. while additional outputs are in the form of publications in online media and community service videos.

Learning as a process of organizing the environment around students might meet the National Education Standards. Most educators in Surakarta City had minimal understanding of the assessment of learning outcomes. How was the technique of preparing the right assessment tool in measuring student learning achievement? Based on the situation analysis, the partner's problems were found, including the lack of understanding of educators in the form and technique of preparing appropriate assessment tools, as well as the limited ability of educators to translate assessment techniques into digital form. The proposer's solution was through training, namely first training, designing the preparation of good item items, and providing strategies for composing good item items by paying attention to validity, level of difficulty, discriminating power, and reliability. The second training is monitoring the preparation of item items as well as strengthening the concepts and skills of item analysis techniques as well as assessment tool techniques with the assistance of digital media. The result of the implementation was that the activities run in an orderly manner according to the plan and according to the targets set. From this activity, it could be concluded that there was an increase in the competence of educators in developing digital-based assessments of learning tools after being given training.

Community Reading Center (TBM) as a means for children to learn is one of the programs formulated by the government to build a learning community by increasing children's interest in reading. However, it isn’t all TBM are able to support this purpose due to existence of conditiions facing it, as experienced by TBM Al Bayun in Bandasari Village. Therefore, in the Unpad’s PKM (Integrated KKN-PPM) activity, it is generally intended to assist the village government in carrying out one of its tasks, while specifically intended to help the management of Al Bayun TBM to become a child learning facilities. The Model chosen for the implementation of its activities is the quadruple helix collaboration. While the method of activity is in the form of assistance, counseling to the community related to literacy, and technical guidance in managing TBM. PKM can be held as planned and generally, the set of activities in TBM management can be carried out properly. This is inseparable from the collaboration between the government, universities, publishing business actors, and civil society.  The four collaborating parties can play their respective roles so that the aims and objectives of PKM activities can be achieved. This success also shows that with collaboration, the problems faced are more likely to be handled and all limitations can be completed

Marginalized children in the Seroja Surakarta Women and Children Empowerment Institution (PPAP) have a background of various factors, including poverty, difficulty getting a job, no longer having parents or disabled, no place to live, and low education. Seeing these problems, what is needed by marginalized children is how they can get welfare in the present and in the future, especially in the economic aspect. Therefore the Slamet Riyadi University PKM Team carried out training activities on using the Tiktok application to help these marginalized children to be able to work even if they only used cellphones. Marginalized children will be given knowledge about using the Tiktok application, training to become Tiktok Sellers, namely how they can have an online shop on Tiktok, Host Live Tiktok Shops, namely how they can do live, sell, and Tiktok Affiliate so they can get sales commissions without the need to have prior capital. With this training, children can work even if only at home.

Garbage banks have the potential to increase people's income. Where the waste bank can turn waste into useful items. Products made by waste banks are diverse, both in the form of accessories and crafts. The production of product waste is already good and useful. The member of the waste bank can make attractive products to fulfil the demand of the public. But in terms of selling their products, the waste bank doesn't really understand what kind of attraction is suitable to make their products sell. To overcome these problems, direction is needed using product photography which can increase the selling value of the product. This training aims to improve the community's ability to manage their products with product photography that can increase selling power. The method in this service is the mentoring method. The mentoring was conducted at the Gulon Asri Garbage Bank, Jebres, Surakarta. This training focuses on fostering the creativity of residents to make product photography with smartphones so that it is hoped that it can help residents sell their work from the Gulon Asri Waste Bank to become more attractive through social media.

UMKM play an important role in the economy in Indonesia. UMKM can play a role in improving people's welfare as a means of equalizing the economic level of the common people, a means of alleviating poverty and a means of earning foreign exchange for the country. Despite the importance of the contribution of UMKM to the national economy, it turns out that this sector still has many problems, one of which is the weakness of UMKM in marketing their products. The purpose of community service is to provide assistance to UMKM related to the use of digital technology to increase product sales, especially to UMKM Eshan.id_. Ehsan.id_ UMKM is a business in the field of knitting handicrafts, which in 2022 has achieved an income target of only 63.05%, so it is necessary to determine the right strategy in marketing its products, such as through digital marketing. The assistance is intended so that UMKM can take advantage of social media to increase sales by creating social media content on Instagram and Tiktok. The result of this activity is the giving of meaning and philosophy to the logo to meet the requirements for making IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) and also a company profile that can be used by UMKM in conducting product marketing. In addition, UMKM owners also receive education regarding the theory of digital product marketing through social media that is effective and right on target

Elderly people are those who have reached the age of 60 years or more who need activities to avoid experiencing dementia, the elderly have socio-psychological problems related to stress, loneliness and mental problems. So the PKM-PM team at Slamet Riyadi University, Surakarta, provided an activity to make the elderly productive through skills activities at the Widhi Asih Nursing Home, Surakarta. The methods applied in this activity include: (1) providing information related to the skills activities carried out (2) preparing the main materials and skills framework, (3) making craft skills from plastic spoons, used cardboard and flannel, (4) process final completion of skills and monitoring with the elderly. The result of the service is that seniors are able to participate in craft skills activities from start to finish with enthusiasm. Skills activities can fill the elderly's free time thereby suppressing dementia. Activities can be developed with creativity, new skills according to the abilities and desires of the elderly. This service has achieved the expected results and the sustainability of this program continues to be carried out through monitoring pattern.  

This research applies a qualitative descriptive method with the aim of describing and analyzing the issues found. This qualitative approach is based on collecting primary and secondary data. Primary data in this research was obtained through observation, interviews, and documentation, while secondary data was obtained through books, previous research, and articles relevant to this research. The data source in this research is interview transcripts obtained from a number of respondents called research informants. The informants were selected based on a certain method because their abilities or positions were deemed to be able to describe the problem that would be the object of research. The informants for this research were four people consisting of one head of the human resources division and three non-human resources division staff. The main objective of this research is to understand the employee work environment at the Female Daily Network company, including what factors influence the employee work environment and how the Female Daily Network creates a positive work environment. The results of this research show that respondents responded to the questions asked by researchers regarding the work environment. When interviewed by researchers, employees revealed that they noted differences in room arrangements at Female Daily Network, which also led to a lack of a sense of togetherness between various departments. This indirectly hinders social interaction and communication between employees from different departments within the company. This finding is strengthened by interview results which show that when problems arise in an unhealthy work environment, differences in room arrangements are one of the factors that play a role. The different room arrangements are carried out with the aim of limiting interference between divisions, so that employees can focus more on carrying out their duties.

This research is based on problems regarding students who are less interested in participating in extracurricular activities, students in the process of participating in extracurricular activities are less enthusiastic about following directions, and lack the ability to focus. With this, the problem can be formulated from this, namely what are the factors that influence students' interest in choosing extracurricular activities at SMPN 4 Bukit Barisan District. The aim of this research is to reveal the factors that influence students' interest in choosing scout and tahfidz extracurricular activities at SMPN 4, Bukit Barisan District, 50 City District. This type of research uses field research which is descriptive quantitative using factorial analysis. The key informants were class VII students and class VIII students, as well as supervising teachers in extracurricular activities. To collect data, the authors conducted interviews and questionnaires (questionnaire). After the data is collected, it is processed and analyzed. The result of the research is that students' interest in choosing extracurricular activities at SMPN 4 Bukit Barisan District. Factors that influence student interest are intrinsic factors which include ability, temperament, character, physical structure, teachers, facilities, peers, habits. . The results of the analysis obtained are the matrix component values ​​for the ability variable (0.852), temperament variable (0.727), physical structure variable (0.835), teacher variable (0.849), facility variable (0.816), peer variable (0.851), parents (0.821 ), habit variables (0.812). From the results of this research it can be concluded that the variables are willingness, needs, motivation, family support, school environment. So the researcher concludes that the most dominant factor influencing students' interest in choosing extracurricular activities is the factor that has the highest value, namely ability variable (0.852). This shows that most students' interest in choosing extracurricular activities is influenced by the students' own abilities, so teachers should always arouse students' interest in choosing extracurricular activities through developing the factors that influence them in each extracurricular activity, especially the students' abilities.

The aim of this research is to determine the office equipment at PT Pertamina Kota Central Jakarta which includes the various equipment used and the condition of the equipment. This research uses a qualitative method with a descriptive approach, namely by describing and analyzing the problems found. The subjects of this research are four employees of PT Pertamina Kota Central Jakarta in the accounting, general and service departments. Qualitative research is based on primary data and secondary data. Primary data in this research was obtained by conducting observations, interviews and documentation, while secondary data was obtained through books, previous research and articles related to research. From the results of this research, it can be seen that the PT Pertamina City Central Jakarta office has equipped various types of equipment ranging from computers, printers, photocopy machines, telephones, and small equipment such as hvs paper, pens. With all the machine equipment, there are only a few pieces of equipment that are damaged, such as computers and printers, this can have an impact on employee performance. Apart from that, complete office equipment also really supports employee comfort in working, not only employees but also every guest or member of the public who visits will feel comfortable too.

This research is motivated by the phenomenon of children's lack of ability to read the Qur'an in this age of technological development. Based on these problems, we were moved to conduct research at MI Al-Khoiriyah 2 Semarang where this Madrasah featured a program namely Tahsin al-Qur'an. The purpose of this research is first, to find out how the application of tahsin program to improve the ability to read the Qur'an class 1 MI Al-Khoiriyah 2 Semarang. Second, to find out the supporting and inhibiting factors of the implementation of the tahsin al-Qur'an program at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. Third, to find out how the influence of tahsin program to improve the ability to read al-Qur'an of grade 1 students in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. This type of research is qualitative research with observation and interview methods. The data source of this research is the interview result from the companion teacher of tahsin program of grade 1 of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Al-Khoiriyyah 2 Semarang. The results of this study indicate that the application of the tahsin program at MI Al-Khoiriyah 2 Semarang has a significant influence on improving children's ability to read the Qur'an from an early age. In the learning process the teacher uses the reading and listening method. The teacher also models the correct reading and justifies the wrong reading to the students.

The purpose of this research is to find out the process, obstacles, and solutions of career planning at PT XYZ. This research uses a qualitative method, namely by analyzing and interpreting the problems found in a narrative manner. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The data collection techniques used in this research consist of primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained by conducting observations, interviews, and documentation, while secondary data was obtained through books and previous research journals related to the research. The data analysis techniques used in this research are data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and verification and conclusion drawing. The results of this study indicate that PT XYZ has implemented career planning for employees through assessment and career development once a year. In addition, there are also obstacles that occur in employee career planning, namely the lack of seriousness of employees in participating in career planning activities on the grounds that time clashes with deadlines for employee tasks. The solution carried out by PT XYZ is to continue to provide a mindset for them to be a good employee and organize a more effective employee career planning schedule.

This research aims to investigate the influence of product quality and brand image on consumer purchasing decisions for contemporary beverage products, Haus! in the Karawang area. The three main problems that are the focus of this research are: consumer preferences that are more inclined towards contemporary beverage products other than Haus!, lack of optimization of promotions for Haus! compared to other competitors, so that the brand image of Haus! not yet well known among the public, and changes in consumer tastes due to innovations in similar contemporary beverage products, which reduce the tendency to buy Haus! in the Karawang area. This research was conducted using a quantitative approach with a sample size of 247 respondents. The instrument used by researchers is a questionnaire. Quality testing of the instruments used by researchers is validity and reliability testing. The data analysis method in this research uses multiple linear regression with the help of the SPSS application. The test results show that respondents strongly agree that product quality and brand image have a significant influence on purchasing decisions. The conclusion of this research is that product quality and brand image influence the decision to purchase thirst drink products! In Galuhmas Karawang.

This type of personnel expenditure is one of the plans that needs to be calculated carefully because in personnel expenditure problems often occur minus or surplus budgets at the end of the year which result in not achieving proper reporting. The purpose of this analysis is to carry out an analysis of the occurrence of minus budgets in personnel spending and strategies to solve these problems using SWOT analysis. This analysis was carried out using a qualitative approach. The types of data used in this study are primary data types, namely observations and interviews during the Forum Group Discussion and secondary data types, namely documents, journals, financial reports and other data related to the problem being analyzed. The results of this study are as follows: 1) the placement of personnel expenditures for all work units in a district/city area is in the Secretary General's DIPA which can break the chain of minus budget problems evenly so that it makes it easier to solve problems, 2) the problem of adding tasks to the finance section can be done by improving the performance management of the financial section. Conclusion: the completion of the minus budget can be used by placing the employee budget in one work unit, 3) pathology in bureaucracy conducted in readiness of employee and lack of reward. Placement of the budget in a work unit must be followed by the consequences affected by the transfer so that it does not cause problems.

Learning media can stimulate students to remember what they have learned. Currently, technology sophistication delivers information and knowledge quickly. This has a big impact on educational progress. However, based on observations and interviews with the Principal of  SDN Tamberu 1, information was obtained that most teachers were unable to use technology wisely even though the school had 6 laptop units,  wifi to support the learning process. Technology is only limited on telephone, WhatsApp, or other applications such as TikTok. The partner problems is the lack of teacher competence and the use of technology-based learning media. The aim of this service is to provide solutions and assistance in creating technology-based media, especially at SDN Tamberu 1 Pamekasan. The targeted output are (1) An increasing in partners' knowledge about technology-based media (2) Implementation of technology media in learning (3) articles in accredited national journals and electronic media, (4) videos in electronic media

Old age is said to be the final stage of development in the human life cycle which experiences various health problems and is at high risk of dangerous diseases. Health problems that occur in the elderly in general are a decrease in organ function, changes in lifestyle, diet and physical activity which are often the main factors in degenerative diseases including hypertension which disrupts blood flow. This hypertension often occurs in the elderly where the blood pressure is at the upper limit ( Systole) is more than 140 mmHg and lower limit blood pressure (diastole) is more than 90 mmHg. One non-pharmacological treatment that can improve the flow of oxygen in the blood is laughter therapy. The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of laughter therapy using comedy videos on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at the Tiban Baru Community Health Center, Batam City. The Batam City Health Service noted that hypertension occurs more frequently in elderly people aged 60-70 years and over with the highest number being 9,282 people at the Tiban Baru Community Health Center, Batam City. This research uses a quasi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design without control. The sample provided used the purpose sampling method with a total research sample of 20 respondents. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is an effect of laughter therapy on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension.

This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach, namely by describing and analyzing the problems found. Qualitative research is based on primary data and secondary data. Primary data in this research was obtained by conducting observations, interviews, and documentation, while secondary data was obtained through books, previous research, and articles related to research. The aim of this research is to determine the performance at PT XYZ which includes performance factors, obstacles and solutions in building good performance. From the results of this research, it can be seen that employee performance at PT XYZ tends to decline due to lack of enthusiasm and work motivation. However, overall work implementation continues to be carried out well in accordance with applicable regulations and SOPs. Employee performance at PT XYZ is good, especially in the human capital division. The performance of employees in the human capital division is relatively good. This can be seen from the achievements of the Human Capital team which has succeeded in increasing sales of the company's products, as well as introducing these products to the general public. The high quality of work and dedication of the Human Capital team has helped the company achieve success in this regard.