Berbagai faktor mempengaruhi hasil pencapaian suatu proses pembelajaran, baik secara internal maupun secara eksternal. Pentingnya mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pembelajaran menjadi modal penting dalam menentukan langkah-langkah dan strategi yang diambil untuk meningkatkan kualitas pembelajaran. Kemandirian dalam belajar berarti siswa memiliki kesadaran sendiri untuk belajar, mampu menentukan sendiri langkah-langkah yang harus diambil dalam belajar, mampu memperoleh sumber belajar sendiri, dan melakukan kegiatan evaluasi diri serta refleksi atas kegiatan pembelajaran yang sudah dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada pengaruh kemandirian belajar (self regulated learning) terhadap hasil belajar mahasiswa pada mata kuliah struktur aljabar semester genap tahun akademik 2015/2016. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data yaitu angket dan tes. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji regresi linier sederhana setelah sebelumnya dilakukan uji prasyarat analisis yaitu uji normalitas, uji heteroskedastisitas dan uji linearitas. Analisis data dilakukan dengan bantuan software SPSS 16.00. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada pengaruh kemandirian belajar terhadap hasil belajar mahasiswa.

Gaya belajar siswa merupakan salah satu unsur yang penting yang harus diperhatikan dalam proses belajar untuk mewujudkan tujuan pembelajaran matematika yang diharapkan. Bobbi DePorter dan Mike Hernacki dalam bukunya Quantum Learning mengatakan bahwa gaya belajar merupakan kunci untuk mengembangkan kinerja dalam pekerjaan, sekolah, dan dalam situasi antar pribadi, dengan begitu gaya belajar akan mempengaruhi seseorang dalam menyerap dan mengolah informasi sehingga akan mempengaruhi prestasi yang dicapai (DePotter, 1999:110). Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui adakah pengaruh signifikan gaya belajar terhadap hasil belajar matematika siswa kelas VIII SMPN 2 Banjarmasin tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penelitian ini termasuk jenis penelitian korelasional dan expost facto dengan pendekatan kuantitatif.Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh kelas VIII SMPN 2 Banjarmasin tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuesioner. Analisis data menggunakan SPSS. Hasil Penelitian yaitu Tidak Terdapat pengaruh signifikan  gaya belajar terhadap hasil belajar matematika siswa kelas VIII SMPN 2 Banjarmasin tahun ajaran 2015/2016.

The Determinant of Using Long Term Birth Contraceptive Method (LTBCM) on KB Acceptor. The main problem that Indonesia faces in demography is the high population growth. Efforts in realizing quality family has the main goal to control the population growth and to improve the quality of small size family which is indicated with the use of rational, effective and efficient birth control method, the long term birth control method (LTBCM). Kalirejo public health center in gaining LTBCM tended to decrease in the last two years from 10,87% to 10,62%. The pre-survey result in October 2016 showed reduced LTBCM of 377 fertile age couples (10,62%) from 3555 birth control acceptors. The objective of this research was to find out the determinants of a long term birth control method used in the birth control acceptors in Kalirejo public health center working area in Negeri Katon sub district of Pesawaran in 2017. This was an analytic research with cross sectional approach. The research population was all active birth control acceptors in Kalirejo public health center with 360 samples of acceptors of LTBCM and non-LTBCM. Primary data were collected with questionnaires and analyzed by using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. The research results showed that 75,3% respondents used non-LTBCM, 57,2% risks not to use LTBCM, 56,7% unemployed, 65,3% respondents were in risks to have more children, 83,6% respondents were supported by their couples. Bivariate analysis result found correlations of age (p=0,007), occupation (p=0,000), couple's support (p=0,000), to the use of LTBCM. Amount of child (p=0,208) did not correlate with the use of LTBCM. The researcher recommends that the local public health centers should conduct education of the active birth control acceptors to use the LTBCM as the role models for new acceptor candidates which in turn will enhance the coverage of the LTBCM services in their working areas.

The 21st century skills focus on scientific literacy competences in various urban and rural areas, one of which is Papua. Scientific literacy has competences to identifying scientific problems, explaining scientific phenomena, and utilizing scientific findings to solve problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the science literacy competences of IPA class VIII students of SMPN 5 Jayapura. Scientific literacy is competencies to understanding science, communicating science, and applying scientific conceptual to solve problems. A descriptive qualitative approach is used as this type of research. This research was conducted at SMPN 5 Jayapura. The sample selection used purposive sampling technique. There were 33 students who became respondents and teste in this study. The research instruments were documentation, observation, tests and interviews. The average percentage of competency aspects with indicators of identifying scientific problems, explaining scientific phenomena, and utilizing scientific findings is below 80%. The average percentage of aspects of knowledge about the concept of motion, with sub-concepts of regular motion, force, and Newton's laws is below 90%. The average percentage of human, animal and plant movement systems is below 70%. The highest score, average, median, mode, and lowest score of the cognitive scores of students' scientific literacy abilities were 100; 68.33; 75; 80; and 30. The scientific literacy competences of grade 8 students of SMPN 5 Jayapura are still low, which is shown in terms of the percentage of competence and is classified as moderate for the knowledge aspect. The conclusion of this study is that the scientific literacy competences of students at SMPN 5 Jayapura are in the sufficient category.