Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peningkatan keterampilan mengajar guru madrasah diniyyah takmiliyyah melalui teknik menyimak, bermain, dan bercerita yang disingkat dengan teknik MATA. Penelitian dilaksanankan pada bulan oktober dengan menggunakan metode Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) dengan model analisis kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah guru madrasah yang berada di 18 diniyyah takmiliyyah yang berlokasi di wilayah kabupaten Bandung tepatnya di kecamatan Pangalengan desa Lamajang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan pemahaman guru setelah menggunakan teknik MATA, yakni meningkat rata-rata sampai pada angka 78,9 %, mengalami peningkatan sejumlah 23,3% dari kemampuan awal rata-rata berada pada 49%. Adapun kendala yang dihadapi, misalnya guru sulit mengkondisikan anak untuk tetap fokus, mencari strategi agar anak tetap semangat dan antusias dalam mengikuti pelajaran, dan penguasaan dan penerapan teknik MATA masih belum maksimal. Sedangkan dampak positif penerapan teknik MATA ini meningkatkan keaktifan dan kreatifitas guru dan mampu melibatkan seluruh siswa dalam pembelajaran. Adapun saran yang direkomendasikan dalam penelitian ini adalah hendaknya diadakan pelatihan-pelatihan lainnya bagi guru, kemudian diberikan contoh-contoh praktek pembelajaran yang lebih banyak dalam bentuk buku dan CD pelatihan agar diperluas kembali jangkauannya.

Contribution/Originality: The paper's primary contribution is finding why primary school teachers possess a wrong understanding of songs teaching methods for their students, which results in poor teaching performance. Through an action research approach, this research is trying to pioneer that a technology and media assisted methodology can change their understanding and result in better teaching performance. 1. INTRODUCTION Primary school teachers in one of districts in West Java, Indonesia, are accustomed to teach songs to students through traditional oral methods, though their singing skills lack adequate techniques, a strong pitch control and a stable singing tempo. Such an inadequacy in their teaching methodology has been there for a long time. Evidences prove that these methodological weaknesses have made a systemic impact on students' singing skills, techniques and pitch control. Their weaknesses are also reflected in the results of tests which show that an average of about 10% students in each class can sing well which is unfortunately not the result of teaching and learning in school, but because of their artistic discordancy, or pursuing art courses from outside institutions. It is expected that Indonesian students pursuing courses in singing and music under the guidance of school teachers should eventually acquire adequate singing skills. Their music or vocal education starts at primary school level (six years), then at

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Physics learning is expected to provide students with the provision to grow and improve critical thinking skills. Learning that is suitable for improving critical thinking is an active learning strategy that is integrated with e-learning. The results of previous studies indicate that college students’ critical thinking skills are in low category. This study aims to analyze the improvement of students’ critical thinking skills through active learning strategies. The active learning strategies used are Reading guides, Concept Mapping Strategy, and Information Search Strategy. The design of this study used posttest only control group design. Students’ critical thinking skills are measured using 6 essays and through student worksheets. The results showed that critical thinking skills of experiment group were higher than control group.

Forty percent of the total oil palm plantation area in Indonesia belong to the smallholder palm oil plantations. The productivity of smallholder oil palm plantations is still relatively low, only around 2-3 tons of CPO/ha/year under PBN dan PBS. The aim of this study is to identify internal dan external constraints that cause low productivity of smallholder oil palm dan the recommended solutions. This research was taken in Sanggau dan Sintang Regencies which are the largest areas of smallholder palm oil plantation in West Borneo. Data obtained were analyzed by SWOT. The results showed that there were four main strategies to increase productivity dan solve problems on oil palm plantation in Sanggau dan Sintang Regencies, namely, 1) intensifying technical training of oil palm cultivation to increase the farmers’ knowledge dan capabilities, 2) increasing the role dan ability of farmer institutions both farmer groups dan ‘koperasi’ in establishing cooperation with stakeholders dan in marketing fresh fruit bunch (FFB), 3) escalating the awareness dan understanding of farmers in using digital information technology to support their business activities on oil palm, dan 4) strengthening the government protection against middlemen.