Mimbar Sekolah Dasar

Number 3, 2018

125-130
The Impact of Social Media on Communication Politeness: A Survey of Prospective Primary School Teacher Students

Authors: J. Julia,Dadang Kurnia, and Ali Sudin

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The presence of social media in our daily life gives both its positive and negative impact to communication manners. This impact also occurs in schools’ environment or even in campus. This paper aims to analyze students’ politeness in communicating through the social media. The study was conducted by providing a survey to 147 students (ages between 19-24 years). The results of the study prove that communication through social media give an impact on students to be more eager to communicate with anyone. However, their communication politeness has decreased, as the survey shows that the ethics of communicating through social media are nor good or polite. Therefore, it can be concluded that the social media has influenced the communication politeness between students and students and between students and lecturers.

131-137
Elementary School Childrens Development Viewed from The Children’s Health Perspective: An Integrative Review

Authors: Pearl Ed G. Cuevas

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This study aimed to ascertain the development of elementary school children in the digital age from their health perspective. This integrative review is aimed at creating a health program for elementary school children in order to guide health workers in creating meaningful, focused, and structured activities that will address their health needs in the digital age. The integrative review as a methodology provides a synthesis of knowledge and the applicability of results of significant studies into practice. Its objective is to present the phases of children’s health in an integrative review so that relevant aspects of the literatures will be taken into account when using this methodological resource. As the influence of digital technology-- and especially the internet—has increased, the debate about its effect on elementary school children’s development has grown louder. We wonder, is the internet a threat to their over-all health and well-being? Digital dependency has shown to have a possible impact on brain development and cognition of elementary school children. In conclusion, the digital technology has already changed the world—and as more and more children go online around the world, it is increasingly changing childhood (UNICEF, 2017).

138-144
Religious Songs on Youtube: The Impact on Students

Authors: Tedi Supriyadi and J. Julia

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Beginning in 2018 Indonesian people are treated to religious songs from Sabyan Gambus group whose vocalist Nissa Sabyan. The songs sung by Nissa Sabyan echoed almost in every layer of the society. One of the media that made it easy for people to enjoy various songs from several Nissa Sabyan albums is YouTube. This paper was aimed to analyze the YouTube's role of students' religious dimension. The method used in this research is a survey with a qualitative approach. The survey was conducted on 147 students. The results of the study prove that YouTube as an Internet-based audio-visual media is an effective medium for spreading religious nuances. The majority of students feel to be religious by listening to Nissa Sabyan's songs, even though they don't understand the contents of the lyrics. Thus, it can be concluded that YouTube has a significant role in fostering a religious sense of students.

145-154
Validity of Teaching Materials for Writing Poetry Based on Creative Techniques in Elementary Schools

Authors: M. Habibi, Chandra Chandra, Ritawati Mahyuddin, and S. Hendri

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One form of literary literacy in elementary schools is that students are able to write poetry. But in reality, students tend to have difficulty making poetry with certain themes. The reason is because teaching materials used were not able to lead students to carry out poetry writing activities well. Therefore, this study aims to develop teaching materials for writing poetry that is valid. The use of various creative techniques is expected to help students in expressing their ideas and imagination into verses of poetry. The research design uses Research and Development with the ADDIE development model. This model consists of the stages of Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Data to determine the level of validity of instructional materials obtained by expert validation and practitioner validation. Validation aspects of teaching materials include: (1) content feasibility aspects, (2) language aspects, (3) presentation aspects, and (4) graphical aspects. Research findings show that teaching materials for poetry writing based on creative techniques are declared valid with an average score of 3.59. Specifically, the scores obtained for each aspect are: (1) content feasibility 3.59, (2) language 3.45, (3) presentation 3.61, and (4) graphical 3.68.

155-161
The Ability of Prospective Elementary School Teachers to Develop Student Worksheets on Context-Based Science Learning

Authors: Ghullam Hamdu and Ade Yulianto

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The use of student worksheets (LKS, Lembar Kerja Siswa) can assist teachers in developing and implementing the learning process in the classroom. Prospective elementary school teachers need to be equipped with the ability to develop innovative LKS so that they can be used for learning process. This study aims to identify the ability of prospective elementary school teachers in developing worksheets on context-based science learning through debriefing programs. The stages of the debriefing program consist of: giving initial assignments and understanding, implementing design, and workshops, reviewing/reflecting the design results (group discussions and presentations), and making improvement. This debriefing program was attended by 80 college students from preservice elementary school teacher level four at one university in the West Java region, Indonesia. LKS products before and after debriefing are described based on several aspects and then analyzed to determine the effect of the debriefing program on improving college students' ability in developing LKS. The results show that the debriefing program can lead to the college students' ability to develop LKS on context-based science learning. The improved ability is related to: clarity in the use of written language, concept stages, context use, showing the authenticity of the task and the use of learning media.

162-173
Students’ Social Literacy in their Daily Journal

Authors: Hafni Resa Az-Zahra, Sarkadi Sarkadi, and Ishak Gary Bachtiar

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This study was aimed to determine the students’ social literacy in their daily journals at grade four of Al-Fauzien Islamic elementary school in Indonesia. The ability of social literacy is the capacity of a person to be able to live and contribute to his or her community, which involved intellectual skills, social skills, cooperative skills, and attitudes and values. The student's daily journal is a collection of student writings whose contents expose students' skills in reflecting experiences, findings, critical thinking, connecting ideas, exploring and expressing their knowledge. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with qualitative content analysis techniques. The data of this study are the sentences taken from students 'daily journals, which were then reduced, coded based on students' social literacy aspects that appeared and analyzed, then triangulated. The results of the study revealed the ability of students’ social literacy as follows: intellectual skills 34.1%, social skills 12.6%, cooperation skills 14.7%, and social attitudes and values 38.5%.

174-185
The Development of Disciplinary Control Book for Elementary School Students

Authors: Puji Rahmawati, Mohammad Adam Jerusalem, Aprilia Tina Lidyasari

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This study was aimed to create a disciplinary control book for elementary school students to control student discipline. This research is a developmental research based on the developmental model of Borg and Gall. Product feasibility was obtained through validation activities from material and media experts. The validation results of media experts showed an average score of 3.75, and material experts showed an average score of 3.15. This score was classified in good category, so that the disciplinary control book products were worth testing for elementary school students. Product feasibility trials were carried out through initial trial and limited field trials. While the assessment of product effectiveness was carried out through extensive field test activities. The results of the initial field trial, small group trial, and field test showed that students' discipline increased after being controlled by using disciplinary control books with a good average score category. Thus, it can be concluded that the disciplinary control book of elementary school students is feasible and effective in controlling elementary school students’ discipline.