Artikel ini membahas tentang peningkatan kemampuan mahasiswa semester lima Fakultas Sastra Universitas Darma Agung dalam menulis tulisan ilmiah dengan menggunakan media hening tanpa suara. Media hening diambil dari video berita Liputan 6 yang tayang pada sore hari dari saluran SCTV. Artikel ini diambil dari penelitian yang berbentuk tindakan kelas. Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra Program Studi Sastra Inggris Universitas Darma Agung yang terletak di Jl. TD. Pardede No 21 Medan. Hasil yang ditemukan dilapangan menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan media hening tanpa suara dapat meningkatkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menyusun tulisan ilmiah, khususnya proposal skripsi secara signifikan. Hal ini dapat dilihat bahwa hasil awal pada pre-test relative rendah 76.70, sementara hasil post-test setelah treatment pertama adalah 82.84 dan hasil post-test setelah treatmen kedua adalah 90.30.

How Teacher Performance Moderated by Teacher Competence to Improve Students' Achievement?. Objective The purpose of this study is to analyze teacher performance based on teacher competence which has an impact on student achievement at SMA Negeri 5 Pematangsiantar. Methods: The population in this study amounted to 30 people. The data analysis technique used is quantitative descriptive analysis. Findings:. Conclusion: The competencies There is a positive influence between teacher competence on teacher performance and there is a positive influence between teacher performance on student achievement. There is a strong and positive relationship between teacher competence and teacher performance and there is a strong and positive relationship between teacher performance and learning achievementpossessed by each teacher will show the real teacher. These competencies are manifested in the form of mastery of knowledge, skills and also professional attitudes in carrying out their functions as teachers.

Kepemimpinan adalah kemampuan untuk mempengaruhi orang lain atau kelompok untuk mencapai tujuan bersama artinya kepemimpinan merupakan suatu kemampuan dan kesiapan yang dimiliki oleh seseorang untuk dapat mempengaruhi, mendorong, mengajak, menuntun, menggerakkan dan mengarahkan orang atau kelompok orang untuk melakukan sesuatu sehingga proses yang dilakukan tersebut dapat membantu tercapainya tujuan yang telah ditetapkan oleh organisasi. Dalam setiap organisasi pasti memerlukan seorang

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of the competence and discipline on teacher performance at the State Junior High School 2 Siantar, both simultaneously and partially. This study was conducted by using literature review and field research. The population used by the authors in this study were 39 teachers of the State Junior High School 2 Siantar. The type of data used was qualitative and quantitative data. This study used primary and secondary data sources. The data collection was carried out by questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. The analysis technique used was a quantitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study can be summarized as follows (1) there was a positive effect of competence and discipline on teacher performance; (2) there was a high correlation between competence and discipline on teacher performance; (3) the results of the study was competence and discipline has a positive and significant effect on teacher performance, both simultaneously and partially.

Certification Competency test is one of the requirements of VHS graduates and the gap between theory and phenomenon in this test evaluation is rarely carried out. The objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation of Certification Competency Test of VHS. A thorough evaluative method with Discrepancy Evaluation Model (DEM) was implemented through observation, and document study. Then, a questionnaire was developed to collect the data from 13 VHS as the population and sample. The data analysed descriptively fell into some categories as the finding of this research such as design, installation, process, product shared very good achievement with score 31.53 (100%), 57.4 (88.51%), 39.64 (87.52%), and 43.87 (89.22%) respectively.  The overall score denoted very good category with average gained score 172.44 (91.32%). In conclusion, the certification competency exam requires more maximum improvement despite the recent achievement. Good cooperation is needed from all parties, such as the provincial level national exam implementers, schools, partner institutions, supervisors, parents/community and students so as to fulfill the gap so that the certification competency test results will be even better.