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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%.

Growth occurs from an early age to adulthood. The Progress cannot be measured, but it can be felt. Growth is progressive, systematic and continuous. The objective of research is to overview the achievement of child growth. This type of quantitative research with a descriptive research design. The total population is 33 children, the sampling technique uses total sampling where the total population is equal to the number of samples. The results showed there were 13 people who had appropriate developmental achievements, 19 people had doubtful developmental achievements, and 1 person had possible deviations from developmental achievements. Therefore it concluded most of the children in PAUD Pembina of Lekabalo district have dubious developmental achievements of 19 people. Suggestions for parents to deeply pay attention to the children growth at every age. For the school to help or provide stimulation to children to achieve child growth according to the child's age because the growth according to age is very important for children.  

Pondok Pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus merupakan pondok pesantren yang memiliki konsep dengan memfokuskan terhadap Tahfidzul Qur’an, hal yang menjadi permasalahan di dalam program Tahfidz Al-Qur’an tersebut adalah dalam proses pembelajaran, terlihat dari belum sesuai metode yang digunakan dalam manajemen pembelajaran Tahfidz Al-Qur’an. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui latar belakang Pondok Pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus, perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan, pengawasan, faktor pendukung dan penghambat, serta hasil yang di capai dalam strategi pembelajaran Tahfidz Al-Qur’an. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskritif-kualitatif yang digunakan melalui teknik wawancara, observasi dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini di peroleh kesimpulan bahwa, pondok pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus merupakan Boarding School yang berbasis pada program tahfidzul Qur’an. Perencanaan dilakukan dengan empat tahapan seleksi, pengorganisasian dengan menentukan tugas dan mekanisme dalam proses pembelajaran, pelaksanaan ditandai dengan adanyan proses belajar mengajar, pengawasan dengan melakukan pemantauan melihat buku setoran santri dan mengabsen santri, dan Keberhasilan yang diraih Pondok Pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus dapat dilihat dari hasil prestasi dengan mengikuti perlombaan Tahfidz Al-Qur’an berbagai tingkatan dan kejuaraan.

Pondok Pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus merupakan pondok pesantren yang memiliki konsep dengan memfokuskan terhadap Tahfidzul Qur’an, hal yang menjadi permasalahan di dalam program Tahfidz Al-Qur’an tersebut adalah dalam proses pembelajaran, terlihat dari belum sesuai metode yang digunakan dalam manajemen pembelajaran Tahfidz Al-Qur’an. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui latar belakang Pondok Pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus, perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan, pengawasan, faktor pendukung dan penghambat, serta hasil yang di capai dalam strategi pembelajaran Tahfidz Al-Qur’an. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskritif-kualitatif yang digunakan melalui teknik wawancara, observasi dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini di peroleh kesimpulan bahwa, pondok pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus merupakan Boarding School yang berbasis pada program tahfidzul Qur’an. Perencanaan dilakukan dengan empat tahapan seleksi, pengorganisasian dengan menentukan tugas dan mekanisme dalam proses pembelajaran, pelaksanaan ditandai dengan adanyan proses belajar mengajar, pengawasan dengan melakukan pemantauan melihat buku setoran santri dan mengabsen santri, dan Keberhasilan yang diraih Pondok Pesantren MA Ma’ahid Kudus dapat dilihat dari hasil prestasi dengan mengikuti perlombaan Tahfidz Al-Qur’an berbagai tingkatan dan kejuaraan.

The purpose of this paper is to (1) describe the concepts of literacy in elementary schools, (2) describe the implementation of literacy activities in elementary schools, (3) describe the problems of literacy movement in the field in elementary schools. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach. The method used in this research is literature review and observation. The results showed that literacy activities at SD Negeri 2 Palangka were implemented in three stages, namely the habituation stage, the development stage and the learning stage. However, the implementation of the literacy movement program in schools, especially in SD Negeri 2 Palangka, is not free from various problems. Based on observations, these problems come from 2 factors, that is called internal factors and external factors. The internal factors that cause problems in the literacy movement in SD Negeri 2 Palangka include the readiness of students, infrastructure and availability of funds. Meanwhile, the external factors that cause problems in literacy movement activities in SD Negeri 2 Palangka include community support and government support.

Computer-based test (CBT) is one of evaluation ways to develop the current curriculum because it deals with the demand of ICT development which students have to be able to gain their knowledge by using the advanced of technology. Besides, the current curriculum is intended to provide learners with a broad range of learning experiences in order to help them develop better attitudes, abilities, and knowledge. It is also the most important factor that helps learners become more capable and effective as citizens of the world.  Thus, this study aims at investigating teachers’ and students’ perceptions on applying CBT toward the implementation of curriculum used in SMKN 11 Bandung. Descriptive qualitative design was employed using a 20-item Likert-scale questionnaire and an interview guideline as the research instruments. The findings showed that teachers and students agreed that the assessment for the final test applying CBT in their school already implemented the current curriculum and it could be used to evaluate the learning condition in the school. Meanwhile, in conclusion, teachers mostly agreed that the questions written on CBT were already appropriate with their teaching during the learning process.

This research aims to determine the role of literacy activities, obstacles, and efforts made by schools in increasing elementary school students' interest in reading. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with the research subjects being the principal, teachers and students of grade 5 SD Islam Terpadu Al Ghazali Palangka Raya. Data collection techniques through interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusions. Based on the data obtained, it shows that: (1) The literacy culture applied in schools plays an important role in students' interest in reading, (2) The lack of infrastructure owned by schools is an obstacle in literacy activities.

The purpose of writing this article is to provide information related to the concept of literacy that has been implemented in learning activities in schools. How literacy activities are carried out in accordance with the concept that has been understood and whether the concept of literacy is in accordance with the actual concept. Secondly, this article will also contain information about the understanding of the concept of literacy based on the results of the literature review. In addition, this writing will provide the results of studies and analyses, how the implementation of literacy activities in schools, and how the impact is in improving the literacy skills of students, especially in elementary schools. The writing of this article is based on a literature review and observation results by conducting interviews and direct observation of literacy activities carried out, the data obtained from various sources is then analy kozed and discussed descriptively exploratively. From the data obtained, information is obtained that, there are already literacy activities carried out in elementary schools, literacy activities carried out are in accordance with the concept of literacy, but the main concern is that literacy activities carried out are not optimal and not sustainable, so they are less able to build a culture of literacy in schools.

This research was conducted at Dj Arie Public Speaking and Boardcasting School Bandung. The problem contained in the formulation of the problem is how the role of public speaking training in fostering student confidence at Dj Arie Public Speaking and Boardcasting School Bandung. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of public speaking training in fostering student confidence at Dj Arie Public Speaking and Boardcasting School Bandung. This research uses qualitative methods and is a field research. The research data was obtained through direct observation to the field, interviews involving students and tutors who became informants, and documentation studies from books and other materials related to the subject matter. The results of this study indicate that the role of public speaking training is very large in fostering students' confidence which is one of the supports and provisions when speaking in public such as appearing at events and can be a provision for students in carrying out certain public speaking activities.    

Character education has been rolled out since 2010 and is still valid today. In character education there are several values, one of which is responsibility. The character of responsibility is very important so that the school becomes a self-development institution to achieve success. Depletion of awareness and even loss of the character of responsibility in students which hinders learning activities so that this should not happen (Kamila, 2013). This study focuses on definitions, benefits, and strategies in learning to improve the character of student responsibility in schools. The results of this study include: 1) character refers to a series of attitudes, behaviors, motivations, and skills, while the character of responsibility is the attitude and behavior of a person to carry out the duties and obligations that he should do to yourself, society, environment (natural, social, and cultural), the State and God Almighty; 2) the benefits of the character of responsibility are that it can improve the quality of learning in the classroom and can improve school quality standards; 3) the character of responsibility can be done with a mind mapping strategy, inquiring mind what to know, CRH, NHT, and Quiz Team. This study concludes that the character of responsibility and learning must be carried out as one of the character education in schools through several strategies.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance English test in school examination in Indonesia education system through students’ perception. The school examination is a test to determine whether students can pass and continue to higher education. The goal held in the school Examination English test is a measure of success or failure of students in academic performance. research describe is closely related to the performance of 3rd graders of senior high school  in performing English test in the school examination. Overall the students showed their performance in the English language test of school examination according to their intellectual ability. It consists of 15 students (4 males and 11 females) at Annida Al Islamy Junior High School  who were passed school examination in 2021-2022 academic years. The participants were selected through convenient (availability) sampling procedure. This study was designed as qualitative study.  In collecting the data, the writer used online questionnaire to identify students’ perception on English school examination in Indonesia education system. The findings show that the writers get some students’ perception on performance English test in school examination of school students in three aspects.  They are psychologies and social domain, behaviour domain, and cognitive domain. In psychologies and social domain showed 13% the participants disagree, 54% the participants agree, and 33% the participants strongly agree that performance English test in school examination is able to measure ability in writing. There are 80% the participants also agree and 20% the participants strongly agree that  performance English test in the texts of monologue such as narrative, recount, descriptive, report are very important as a student.

This research aims to determine the effectiveness of using scrabble game in students’ vocabulary mastery in seventh grade of junior high school. The study was carried out at SMPN 1 Gudo Jombang. Pre-experimental research techniques and a quantitative research design were used in this study. A one-group pretest-posttest design was adopted by the researcher. Thirty students from class VII-H of SMPN 1 Gudo made up the sample for this study. Tests were utilized by the researcher to gather data. The findings of this study suggest that playing scrabble can help students learn more vocabulary. The significant value obtained from the data analysis utilizing the paired sample t-test and normality test in SPSS version 25 statistics supports this. From normality test a significance result of 0.106 > 0.05, indicating that the data are normal. The paired sample t-test additionally displays a significance value of 0.000 0.05, indicating that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Given that the scrabble game has a considerable impact on students' vocabulary knowledge, it is advised that it be used to help students learn vocabulary.

This study aims to analyze the initial needs of learning strategies in increasing motivation and learning outcomes of Mathematics for class V Elementary School (SD). The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with research instruments in the form of observation, questionnaires, interviews, and assessment document analysis. The data analysis technique used includes three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Based on the results of the initial instrument data analysis, it was found that the motivation and learning outcomes of the fifth grade students at SD Negeri Songgom 01, SD Negeri Songgom 02, SD Negeri Songgom 04 and SD Negeri Songgom 05 in learning mathematics were still low. The average value of student learning motivation is only 62 with the highest score being 82 and the lowest score being 50. While the average score of student learning outcomes is 66.7 in the low category while the highest score is 85 and the lowest score is 45. Low motivation and student learning outcomes are caused by the condition of the learning environment that is not conducive, lack of facilities and infrastructure, lack of support from parents, and the difficulty of using appropriate learning strategies in learning. This research can be used as an initial analysis of the need for appropriate learning strategies in Mathematics learning materials so that students' motivation and learning outcomes can increase.

Exercise has many physical benefits, including reducing stress. People who exercise regularly tend to appear more relaxed and cheerful, making them more resilient to physical and emotional stress. This is especially relevant for students who may experience stress due to the change in learning style from junior high school to higher education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between exercise habits and stress levels in the community of area X. This study used a cross-sectional design and used two basic instruments: the Exercise Habits Questionnaire and the DASS-42. This questionnaire was specifically intended for all adults aged 25-55 years, totaling 96 people and respondents were sampled and analyzed using the Chi Square test. The results showed that 38 respondents (39.6%) exercised regularly, while 58 respondents (60.4%) did not exercise. A total of 57 respondents (59.4%) reported normal stress levels, while 9 respondents (9.4%) reported mild stress levels, 13 respondents (13.5%) reported moderate stress levels, 12 respondents (12.5%) reported severe stress levels, and 5 respondents (5.2%) reported very severe stress levels. The Chi Square test produced a p-value of 0.144. The results showed that there was no significant correlation (p=0.144) between exercise habits and stress levels among residents of Village X.

Critical thinking is a process of solving problems based on good judgment and experiences that are by facts. A thought process of solving problems in learning is said to be achieved and can improve critical thinking skills in solving problems during the learning process if the implementation is student-centered. To improve critical thinking skills, improve the quality of education, and produce quality learning outcomes, the government made a breakthrough by holding the School Literacy Movement (GLS) program. Namely a mass movement to foster a love of literacy to meet the need for information and reading for this nation's generation. Literacy is the ability of individuals to read, write, speak, calculate and solve problems at the level of expertise required in work, family, and society. Good literacy and followed up by giving assignments or recitations, can hone skills to make students able to think critically, creatively, innovatively and develop student character.

Background: Social welfare is highly correlated with health because poor health can cause a decrease in the level of social welfare and vice versa. Some of the indicators used to measure the level of community welfare include; Life Expectancy (AHH), Average Years of Schooling and Per-Capital Expenditures from the community. This is consistent with the results of research by Erwin Ndakularak, et al (2013) who concluded that household expenditures for food, education and health simultaneously have a significant effect on the welfare of the people of districts/cities in the Province of Bali. From the description above, it is deemed necessary to analyze the benefits of the KBS program in improving the welfare of the people of Badung Regency..

For students in primary schools, there are still numerous nutritional issues to be solved. There has been an increase in the prevalence of overweight and underweight children in the Malang City area, particularly in the Puskesmas Mojolangu working area. One location where these dietary issues occur is SDN Tasikmadu 1. This is a result of the absence of educational resources for understanding balanced nutrition. The goal of this study is to create a balanced nutrition four card instructional media and evaluate its viability and efficacy as a tool for balanced nutrition education. The study follows the define, design, create, and disseminate framework while using a research and development approach. Due diligence was performed by media and material experts utilizing the BNSP evaluation tool with an average score of 87.50%. The effectiveness test was carried out at SDN Tasikmadu 1 on 30 students using pre-test and post-test instruments. Analysis using paired t-test showed that the tool and its accompanying materials were declared "appropriate" and provision of Balanced Nutrition Quartet Card media was effective in increasing students' knowledge, with an average pre-test score of 55.06 and an average post-test score 87.73 and the result of the paired t-test is P=0.000.

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.

This study aims to determine the impact of full day school on student learning concentration at SMA Negeri 4 Pariaman. This type of research is descriptive qualitative research where researchers use observation and interview methods. It appears that students are not effective in adjusting themselves to extra hours throughout the day. One of them is the lack of school during the day, students are very tired. Schools that carry out full day school programs have an impact on students, namely physical exhaustion, mental fatigue, and emotional exhaustion. Students also feel bored and bored, bored in learning and arise boredom and fatigue resulting in a lack of student learning concentration during the learning process. Students who usually go to school in the afternoon now go home in the afternoon, plus the assignments or homework given by the subject teacher are too excessive, this has an impact on students being unable to concentrate and forget easily. At the beginning of the full day school program at school, many students complained, were tired, several weeks of full day school, many students did not attend due to illness and some were absent without explanation, each class must have been absent every day, more than five people . So the conclusion is that full day school has an impact on student learning concentration at SMA Negeri 4 Pariaman.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak full day school terhadap konsetrasi belajar siswa di SMA Negeri 4 Pariaman. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dimana peneliti menggunakan metode observasi dan wawancara. Dilihat siswa tidak efektif dalam menyusaikann dirinya sendiri pada jam tambahan selama full day. Salah satunya kekurangan sekolah sepanjang hari ini siswa banyak kelelahan. Sekolah yang melaksanakan program full day school berdampak pada siswa yaitu kelelahan secara fisik, kelelahan mental, dan kelelahan emosional. Siswa juga merasa jenuh dan bosan, jenuh dalam belajar dan timbul rasa bosan dan lelah mengakibatkan kurangnya konsetrasi belajar siswa saat proses pembelajaran berlangsung. Siswa yang biasanya sekolah pulang siang sekarang pulang sore, di tambah lagi tugas atau pr yang diberikan guru mata pelajaran yang terlalu berlebihan hal ini berdampak tidak mampu siswa berkonsetrasi dan mudah lupa. Awal berlangsungnya program full day scool di sekolah banyak siswa yang mengeluh, lelah, beberapa minggu dilaksanakan full day school banyak sekali siswa yang tidak hadir dengan alasan sakit dan ada juga yang absen tanpa keterangan, setiap kelas pasti ada yang tidak hadir setiap harinya diatas lima orang. Jadi kesimpulan bawah full day school berdampak pada konsetrasi belajar siswa di SMA Negeri 4 Pariaman.