Perbandingan Korelasi Identifikasi Miskonsepsi Teori Evolusi dengan Hasil Belajar Mahasiswa Pendidikan Fisika dan Biologi

Miskonsepsi adalah salah satu fenomena pendidikan yang sampai saat ini menjadi masalah utama pada berbagai tingkat pendidikan di dunia. Masalah ini dapat menghambat proses asimilasi pengetahuan baru peserta didik. Salah satu materi yang rentan terhadap terjadinya miskonsepsi adalah teori evolusi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbandingan korelasi identifikasi miskonsepsi teori evolusi dengan hasil belajar mahasiswa pendidikan fisika dan pendidikan biologi. Data miskonsepsi didapatkan dari skor pada angket dan tes tertulis yang telah diisi oleh mahasiswa. Pada penelitian ini, angket beserta rubrik yang digunakan adalah Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE). Tes tertulis berupa essay yang penskorannya mengacu pada level kognitif C2 hingga C5 Taksonomi Bloom yang telah direvisi oleh Anderson & Krathwohl. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: 1) pada kelas pendidikan fisika, identifikasi miskonsepsi hanya memberikan sumbangan sebesar 16,2% dalam menjelaskan pencapaian hasil belajar, sedangkan sisanya dipengaruhi variabel-variabel lain yang tidak diteliti; 2) pada kelas pendidikan biologi, identifikasi miskonsepsi memberikan sumbangan sebesar 41,5% dalam menjelaskan pencapaian hasil belajar

The Effectiveness of a Group Motor Skill Intervention Program in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Program Frequency Matters.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two group programs on visual-motor integration, motor proficiency, gross-motor skills, and parental perception of motor difficulties in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). We compared whether the frequency of two programs (10 one hour sessions - once/week for 10 weeks verses 24 one hour sessions – twice/week for 12 weeks) produced different changes in motor skills. Methods: Children in the two programs were assessed before and after each program with the MABC-2, DCD-Q, BOT-2, Beery-VMI-6, and the TGMD-2 assessments. The emphasis of the programs was on group activities that required collaboration while performing skills that utilized upper-body coordination, balance, and fine-motor abilities. Results: After the 24-session intervention program, results revealed significant improvements in the Manual Coordination and Total Score of the BOT-2 (ps \u3c .05), and parents reported significantly higher scores for all categories of the DCD-Q (ps \u3c .05). No significant changes were observed after the 10-session once/week intervention program. Conclusions: We conclude that a (24 one-hour sessions- twice a week for 12 weeks) group intervention program can be an effective intervention method for improvement of motor skills in children with DCD. We recommend that allied health professionals consider the group intervention as a feasible way to promote more frequent sessions to children with DCD

Addressing the Antibiotic Resistance Problem with Probiotics: Reducing the Risk of Its Double-Edged Sword Effect

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health problem that requires our attention. Indiscriminate antibiotic use is a major contributor in the introduction of selective pressures in our natural environments that have significantly contributed in the rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant microbial strains. The use of probiotics in lieu of antibiotic therapy to address certain health conditions in both animals and humans may alleviate these antibiotic-mediated selective pressures. Probiotic use is defined as the actual application of live beneficial microbes to obtain a desired outcome by preventing diseased state or improving general health. Multiple studies have confirmed the beneficial effects of probiotic use in the health of both livestock and humans. As such, probiotics consumption is gaining popularity worldwide. However, concerns have been raised in the use of some probiotics strains that carry antibiotic resistance genes themselves, as they have the potential to pass the antibiotic resistance genes to pathogenic bacteria through horizontal gene transfer. Therefore, with the current public health concern on antibiotic resistance globally, in this review, we underscore the need to screen probiotic strains that are used in both livestock and human applications to assure their safety and mitigate their potential in significantly contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in our natural environments

In Praise of Autonomy

In Praise of Autonom

Seeking Consensus in a Post-modern and Agonistic World

Seeking Consensus in a Post-modern and Agonistic Worl

ANGELO DE LA CRUZ AND THE POLITICS OF VICTIMS

Ibana’s paper proposes an articulation of the noble aspirations of traditional cultures against the horizon of the monolithic grids of Western globalization. The case of Mr. Angelo de la Cruz, the truck driver whose life was saved by the Philippine government by withdrawing its troops from Iraq has shown that the intrusive powers of the global geopolitics can be thwarted by local cultures as long as the latter can justify their values within the broader context of the community of human persons. The withdrawal by the weaker party from the game of power can succeed only to the extent that such a withdrawal is premised on the affirmation of higher values

Becoming Useless as a Measure of Success

Becoming Useless as a Measure of Succes