Elementary school students' achievement in natural science in the academic year of 2015/2016 at Cluster V, Buleleng regency, Bali province was considerably low. An early observation also revealed low motivation, negative attitudes towards teachers, low self-esteem and low confidence in self-capability. Therefore, a breakthrough approach was urgently required to improve the students' performance in natural science learning. The current article aimed at investigating the effects of the (Nature of Science) NOS-oriented cooperative learning model with the Numbered Head Together (NHT) on the elementary school students' achievement in natural science. The study was a quasi-experimental research adopting the post-test only control group design. The research conducted in elementary schools in Cluster V Buleleng sub-district, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia. The research subject was 137 students in Grade 5 consisting of six classes from 5 elementary schools. The hypothesis was examined using an inferential statistics, the t-test. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the learning results of natural science between the students taught with the NOS-oriented cooperative learning model with the NHT type and those with the conventional learning model (t count = 7,048 >t table = 2,000). The students taught with the NOS-oriented constructive learning model with the NHT type achieved better than those with the conventional learning model. Therefore, it concluded that the NOS-oriented cooperative learning model with the NHT type gave positive effects on the fifth year students' achievement in natural science learning.

The purpose of this peneitian is to know the influence of constructivism approach to learning in the learning activity biographical text on eighth grade students at SMP Harapan Nusantara. To determine the effect of using constructivism approach to the learning outcomes in learning biography text in class VIII in SMP Harapan Nusantara. To determine the effect of using constructivism approach to the activities and achievement in learning biography text in class VIII in SMP Harapan Nusantara. Collecting data in this study conducted by the method of observation and testing methods / giving tasks to create a text biography. Observation methods used to assess student learning activities and testing methods used to assess student learning outcomes. In the test methods exist in the form of the initial test or pre-test, in the form of tests made text biography and post-test method is given at the end of the study. Final test or post-test given immediately after the students are given learning biography text using constructivism approach the experimental class and the control class conventional model. Based on test results obtained multivariate statistical values Pillai, Strace Wilk's Lambada Hotelling's Trace, and Roy'sLargest Root each with Fhitung = 50, 720 with significance = 0.05 dba = 2 and obtained Ftabel dbd = 80 = 3, 232 at the 5% significance level. From the data obtained by analysis of F larger than F table, the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. From the analysis of the data to test the hypothesis using multi-variate statistical variance of the activity and student learning outcomes can be concluded using kosntruktivisme approach has a significant effect on activity and learning outcomes in learning biography text in class VIII in SMP Harapan Nusantara.

The development of tourism in North Bali is indebted to literary writers and works, but their contributions are rarely realized. Lovina Beach which was the center of the growth of North Bali tourism was originally introduced in the 1970s by writer Panji Tisna, later by Sunaryono Basuki who wrote several stories set in Lovina. This article analyzes the novel Aku Cinta Lovina (I Love Lovina, 2017) by Sunaryono Basuki to show aspects of the story that promote North Bali tourism. The novel is examined with a literary approach to tourism, with a focus on how the novel portrays the tourist attraction of Lovina and the relationship between the host and guest. The results of the analysis show that the novel Aku Cinta Lovina shows the strong reciprocal relationship between literature and tourism, where writers promote tourism, at the same time writers get inspiration from tourism. Besides being intense in promoting North Bali tourism, this novel also portrays a harmonious relationship of host and guest that reinforces Balinese hospitality which is an important attraction of Bali tourism. Keywords: North Bali, host and guest, Lovina, literary tourism, hospitality

Permasalahan yang dibahas dalam penelitian ini yaitu: (1) Bagaimanakah aspek bahasa dalam poster hasil kreativitas siswa kelas VIII A SMP Negeri 3 Singaraja?, (2) Bagaimanakah aspek isi yang terdapat pada poster hasil kreativitas siswa kelas VIII A SMP Negeri 3 Singaraja?. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) menganalisis bahasa dalam bentuk penggunaan kalimat efektif pada poster hasil kreativitas siswa, (2) menganalisis aspek isi yang terdapat pada poster hasil kreativitas siswa. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah poster hasil kreativitas siswa kelas VIII A SMP Negeri 3 Singaraja . Objek dalam penelitian ini adalah bahasa dan isi poster. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat beberapa ciri-ciri penggunaan kalimat efektif dalam poster hasil kreativitas siswa yaitu: (1) kesepadanan, (2) ketegasan, (3) kehematan. Terdapat aspek isi yang mengacu pada (1) menarik perhatian pembaca, (2) komposisi dasar, (3) kesesuaian gambar dengan pernyataan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) sebanyak 23 siswa yang berhasil menggunakan kalimat efektif dalam bentuk kesepadanan, 27 siswa yang berhasil menggunakan kalimat efektif dalam bentuk penekanan dan 20 siswa yang berhasil menggunakan kalimat efektif dalam bentuk kehematan. (2) Sebanyak 23 siswa yang berhasil menulis poster dikriteria menarik, 24 siswa berhasil dalam komposisi poster dan 29 siswa yang berhasil mengaitkan gambar dengan pernyataan.

This study aims at finding intertextuality of Balinese writers' works in reinterpreting culture, finding intertextuality of Balinese writers' works in comprehending tradition. Sociologically, the works of those three writers were reviewed to know the narrative construction. Textually, intertextuality of the three Balinese writers' works was reviewed in comprehending the tradition. Participatory, the Balinese writers could be involved in the socio-cultural interaction through textual narration in form of novel. This study used qualitative research design in form of cultural studies, especially review of tradition. The research subjects were Ni Rawit Ceti Penjual Orang (1935), Sukreni Gadis Bali (1936) by Panji Tisna; Putri I, and Putri II (2004) by Putu Wijaya; Kenanga (2003), and Tarian Bumi (2004) by Oka Rusmini. Most of the collected data were in form of qualitative data. The data were analyzed through some steps namely data reduction, data presentation, interpreting data, and concluding. Some conclusions can be drawn from the intertextual relation of the three novels from the writers: Panji Tisna, Putu Wijaya, and Oka Rusmini. Woman characters in the texts of those three writers show strong interrelation in interpreting tradition and struggling into ideal which do not restrain its supporting community. Woman characters in the texts reinterpret the community role which is considered as symbol of establishment, the source of politeness and morality establishment such as puri and geriya. There is significant relation in emphasizing karma phala philosophy to be spirit which bases every behavior of Balinese people in real life.