Setiap kurikulum merupakan produk zaman, sehingga keberadaannya senantiasa merepresentasikan semangat zaman ketika kurikulum tersebut dikembangkan. Untuk mengetahui relevansi teori dan praktik [praksis] kurikulum dengan tuntutan semangat zaman diperlukan adanya evaluasi kurikulum. Melalui evaluasi kurikulum dapat diketahui apakah kurikulum mampu berkontribusi mempersiapkan peserta didik bertaha…
Matematika adalah mata pelajaran yang diajarkan dari jenjang pendidikan dasar sampai pendidikan menengah. Selain mempunyai sifat yang abstrak, pemahaman konsep matematika yang baik sangatlah penting karena untuk memahami konsep yang baru diperlukan prasarat pemahaman konsep sebelumnya. Dalam proses belajar mengajar guru mempunyai tugas untuk memilih model pembelajaran berikut media yang tepat s…
This research examined effective ways of giving examples of problem posing related to the graph theory. The ways are 1)the lecturer makes learning groups. Each group consists of 5 students with heterogeneous capability. 2)the lecturer talks about examples of problem posing in an information sheet followed by question-answer activities. 3)the lecturer assigns each group to the discussion fo find…
This paper focuses on discource analysis, particularly persuasive discourse, using pragmatics and rhetoric in a combined way, called by Pragma-Rhetoric. It can be said that this a cognitive approach to both pragmatics and rhetoric. Pragmatics is essentially Gricean, Rhetoric comes from a reading of Aristotle's Rhetoric, extending his notion of discourse to meso and micro-discources. Two kinds o…
This paper focuses on pronoun, methaphore, and metonymy, and cadency to Bush's discource, arguably one of the most compelling and contentious issues in rhetorical analysis. it explores the relathionship between language and concepts of ideology and power in the linguistic practices of contemporary society through a critique of a critical discource analysis [CDA] approach to linguistic enquiry, …
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengevaluasi program SMP Standar Nasional berdasarkan tingkat pencapaian Standar Nasional Pendidikan [SNP]. Metoide yang digunakan adalah survai dengan populasi semua SMP Standar Nasional sedangkan metode pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah simple random sampling dengan teknik analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari sampel yang diambi…
Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan, mengimplementasikan dan membuat perangkat asesmen berbasis kelas yang valid, praktis, dan efektif untuk menilai pemhaman konsep, kemampuan pemecahan masalah, penalaran, komunikasi, serta koneksi mahasiswa dalam pembelajaran Sistem Pemindah Tenaga [SPT] di jurusan Teknik Otomotif FT UNP Padang. Perangkat asesmen dirancang guna menunjang pelaksanaan asesmen…
In politics, press has a crucial role not only as a catalyst, but also play a role in political campaigns. As an exception as one of the pillars of democracy, press has power to oversee the way of the government wheels, to shape public opinion, to influence political decisions and law, and to responsible in communication ethics law on the work of an intelligent journalism. This paper seeks to e…
Daily Newspapers Riau has cooperated with the Pekanbaru goverment in news coverage in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] since 2006, especially in related with the development programs, such as low education quality and redresses the impact of urban development land. The research aims to identify the changes in news coverage of Daily Newspapers Riau Pos reporting bias toward the go…
Attention so desire to put human based on purpose main of agriculture development problems, claims the development experts and social researcher developed returns to relevant paradigm as community development model. This way important to make approach and acurated communication strategies in overcome problems crusial development which has not sided of farmers and answers various local requisiti…