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An experiment on retail film packaging system was conducted to compare the atmospheric composition within sealed packs containing rambutan fruits. This research was done in order to study the effect of packaging films with different permeability on the some of physicochemical properties of rambutan during storage at 10 °C. The films used were 0.090 mm low density polyethylene (LDPE), 0.040 mm polyprophylene and 0.057 mm LDPE compared unwrapped fruits. Fruits were evaluated every 5 days for changes in moisture content, total sugars, vitamin C, hardness and color. Unwrapped rambutan had severe browning after 10 days. Sealed packages especially the LDPE had delayed the development of the browning for 20 days of storage and had the lowest weight loss.

This study aims to determine the perceptions of students in physics education department, faculty of teacher training and education - Universitas Syiah Kuala who have just learned (novice learners) using the blended learning approach during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is quantitative research with data collection using the form of questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaire to measure novice learners’ perceptions used a semantic differential scale. The indicators measured consist of 5 aspects, including: technology, classroom management, instructors, interaction, and instruction. The population of this study was all students of the Physics Education Department, faculty of teacher training and education - Universitas Syiah Kuala. Purposive sampling technique was used to select sample and obtained 250 novice learners of blended learning approach. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis through the process of data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results of this study indicate that the perception of novice learners of the blended learning approach is positive at 87.92%. However, there is still a negative perception on each indicator with a different percentage value. The Indicator of technological at 14.52%, class management at 11.32%, instructors at 10,99%, interaction at 11,70%, and instruction at 12.60%. The results of the research are expected to be of concern for lecturers in the physics education department to find out the obstacles of students in distance learning during the pandemic period and can be used as a reference for improving and developing distance learning using a blended learning approach to make it better.

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Teaching is a diverse performance and requires a variety of knowledge and several skills including soft skills. But soft skills are more difficult to do and to teach. Therefore, the internship is an alternative way to practice these skills to physics students in teacher training and education faculty. Thus, this study aims to identify the contribution of internship value to students’ soft skills competencies. The study applied a descriptive survey method. A total of 36 students from a public university in Banda Aceh were selected using a purposive sampling method. Instruments used for data collection were multiple-choice test questions related to students’ soft skill competencies and apprenticeship data. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS through product-moment correlation test and correlation coefficient formula. The results showed that the contribution of apprenticeship value to students’ soft skills competencies is 0.48% with a correlation coefficient of 0.022 (very weak). Hence, it is suggested that the learning process should be emphasized in direct practice so that more competencies can be developed by students graduating from physics education department.