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“Early Exposure” Course and Its Affect in Post-graduate Students’ Teaching Ability Christian Anggraini; Lailatul Musyarofah; Kani Sulam Taufik
Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute February
Publisher : Budapest International Research and Critics University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birci.v5i1.4273

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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the post-graduate students at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo’s perceptions of the Early Exposure (EE) Subject for the academic year 2021/2022. The subjects of this descriptive qualitative method study were 20 students from Batch 7 of the Master of English Education (MPBI) program at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo in the academic year 2020/2021, who were in their third semester at the time of the research. As the research instruments, the adapted questionnaire and the open-ended interview were used. The total mean result showed that the mean score of each statement was classified as Agree (A) or Strongly Agree (SA). The total mean showed 3.78 (94.8%). As a result, the post-graduate students’ perception of the EE subject was classified as Strongly Agree (SA) on an interval scale and was positive attitude. It also demonstrated that the post-graduate students at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo were enthusiastic about the EE subject and had improved their teaching abilities. The post-graduate students who completed the EE subject confirmed that it was a positive experience that helped them improve their teaching abilities consent to take part in teaching practice at the university level, and they expressed gratitude for the opportunity. As a result, they place a high value on the role of the EE subject in their academic achievement.
Developing Item Analysis of Teacher–Made Test for Summative Assessment of Seventh Grade of SMPN 8 Komodo in Academic Year 2020/2021 Aloysia Moto; Lailatul Musyarofah; Kani Sulam Taufik
Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute February
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birci.v5i1.4237

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It was the goal of this study to improve the analysis of teacher-made English test items and to evaluate their quality. The researchers used the Research & Development (R&D) procedure to adapt the ADDIE model. @Aloytemsis, the development's product, became the answer as a result of a needs assessment. At SMPN 8 Komodo, the validity, reliability, index difficulty, and discriminating power of the summative test items were all graded. 43 students who had to take the summative test participated in the field testing. In case of validity, it indicated that 15 items (37.5%) were classified into ‘invalid’ due to the validity index were < 0.279. Meanwhile, 25 items (62.5%) were classified into ‘valid’ criteria regarding the value of validity index were > 0.279. Then, the items under consideration received a reliability index of 0.762. In other words, the “teacher-made English summative test items” were deemed “Good Reliable”. It was discovered that the tough category contained 22 items (55%), the medium category contained 18 items (45%), and the easy category contained just 0 items (0%). Lastly, it is found that the items test were 13 items (32.5%) were in the category ‘Poor’ items due to its value of discrimination index 0.00-0.19. Then, in the category ‘Enough’, there were 12 items (30%). On the other hand, there were 15 items (37.5%) were classified into ‘Good’ items. Unfortunately, there was no items into category ‘Very Good’ items.