This study aims to describe: (a) Indonesian students’ reading skills in the internationallevel, (b) their skills in solving literary and non-literary test items, and (c) factors affectingtheir problem solving skills. This study employed the exploratory descriptive approachand document analysis. The data source was the database of IEA Program PIRLS 2011taken from PIRLS-almanac and TPIRLS-item released. The results of the study are asfollows. First, the average attainment of Indonesian students’ reading skills is lower thanthe international median. Second, their problem solving skills improved from 2006 to 2011,especially in the high, moderate, and low levels, but there was no improvement in theexcellent level. Third, the problem solving skills are affected by: (a) a tendency to answerquestions by guessing, (b) the poor construction of stems and options, (c) poor qualitydiscourses, (d) reading competence development which is not maximum, (e) inadequatereading habit development, (f) inappropriate literary theories taught, (g) answers whichare varied according teachers and students, and (h) test items that do not usually appearin the national examination.Keywords: reading skills, national examination, literary and non-literary test items

AbstrakPenelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui pelaksanaan penilaian pembelajaran, problema guru dalam melaksanakan penilaian pembelajaran, dan langkah guru dalam menyiasati problema pelaksanaan penilaian pembelajaran Kurikulum 2013 di SD Negeri Ungaran dan SD Negeri Serayu.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan jenis studi kasus.Subjek penelitian enam guru kelas IV yaitu tiga guru SD Negeri Ungaran dan tiga guru SD Negeri Serayu. Instrumen utama penelitian ini adalah human instrument. Instrumen pendukung menggunakan, pedoman wawancara, alat rekam, dan pedoman observasi. Teknik analsis data yang digunakan adalah analisis interaktif Miles Huberman (pengumpulan data, reduksi, display, dan verifikasi/membuat kesimpulan).Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) pelaksanaan penilaian pembelajaran Kurikulum 2013 belum sesuai standar. Enam guru yang menjadi informan, hanya satu guru yang berhasil melaksanakan sesuai standar yakni GS3, (2) problematika pelaksanaan penilaian pembelajaran Kurikulum 2013 meliputi; waktu, pemahaman guru, produktivitas guru, kepedulian guru dan mindset guru, (3) bentuk siasat guru dalam mengatasi problematika yaitu siasat kolektif dan individual. Kata Kunci: pelaksanaan penilaian pembelajaran, dan Kurikulum 2013 Miles & Huberman (data collection, reduction, display, and verification/conclude 'understanding, teachers' productivity, teachers' awareness and teachers' mindset, (3) the teachers strategy in addressing the problem is the teacher collective and individual strategy. Problems of Implementing Learning Assessment of Curriculum 2013 Abstract This study aimed to investigate the implementation of learning assessment of Curriculum 2013, the teachers' problems in conducting learning assessments of Curriculum 2013, and teachers steps in negotiating the problems encountered in the implementation of Curriculum 2013 learning assessment in primary schools Serayu and Ungaran.This was a qualitative research with a case study. The subjects of the research were six teachers of grade IV, three of Ungaran and three of Serayu Elementary Schools. The main instrument was the human instrument. While supporting instruments used interview guid, tape recorder, and observation sheet. The data were analysed using interactive analysis

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperkenalkan media pembelajaran online Google Sites pada siswa kelas V SD. Dari penelitian sebelumnya, media Google berbasis web ini dinilai sebagai media pembelajaran sederhana yang mudah digunakan dan dipahami oleh guru dan siswa. Secara khusus memberikan kemudahan bagi siswa untuk memahami materi selama pembelajaran online dengan menghadirkan materi yang inovatif. Penelitian ini menganalisis bagaimana proses pembelajaran online menggunakan Google Sites, materi yang disajikan adalah materi bahasa Inggris untuk kelas V SD. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sample pada penelitian ini adalah 10 siswa kelas V yang mempunyai smarthone pribadi. 10 siswa tersebut terdiri dari 7 murid peremuan dan 3 murid laki-laki, sasaran penelitian ini pada siswa kelas V SDN Palumbonsari 3. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu (1) Google sites berpengaruh pada pembelajaran online, mudah digunakan oleh siswa kelas V SD (2) Menurut hasil pengamatan pembelajaran, dan hasil wawancara siswa tertarik dengan media Google Sites karena media ini sangat praktis (3) Ada hubungan antara Google Sites dengan minat siswa dalam mempelajari mata pelajaran bahasa Inggris, siswa lebih nyaman belajar menggunakan Google Sites yang dapat menyajikan materi dalam bentuk teks berwarna, gambar, video, dan audio.

Character Education through Literature Learning. One of the importantaspects in appropriate literature learning is character education. Based on theresults of several studies, some conclusions can be drawn. First, essentiallyliterature is a medium of mental and intellectual enlightenment, the mostimportant aspect in character education. Second, there are a variety of literaryworks that need appreciating as they are important in the character development.Third, literature learning relevant to the character development is one that enableslearners to develop their awareness of reading and writing as importantprerequisites for the character development. Fourth, literary books relevant to thecharacter development are those with beautiful language capable of making thereaders moved, containing high humanistic values, and encouraging the readers totreat other people and creatures well.Keywords: literature, literature learning, character education

This article is about a study on what basically a lesson book is and how acontextual teaching strategy is applied in writing a lesson book of the languagecalled Bahasa Indonesia. In involving students in language learning and literaryactivity, a competency to be developed is related to how to guide them so that theyare motivated to learn through the lesson book. A basic principle to be paidattention to is that students are able to build up experiences in language and literaryactivities on the basis of their initial experience.The study indicates the following results. First, a lesson book is ahandbook for students at a level of formal education and used as an instructionalmedium related to a certain subject matter (such as Bahasa Indonesia). Second,such a book occupies a very important position as a store of knowledge of variousaspects of life, has a meaningful role in students’ learning achievement, andconstitutes a source of reference for the teacher. Third, that book should contain afoundation for a clear and contemporary viewpoint, materials that are adequate,systematically and gradually composed, presented via methods and means able tostimulate students to read books with interest, having enough depth providingthem with help in solving academic problems, and enabling them to have a chanceto ponder what they have learned, and also evaluation instruments enabling themto know the competency they have achieved. Fourth, the curriculum containsinformation of only the main competencies to be achieved and these still have to beinterpreted, clarified, broken down, completed, enriched, and put together througha lesson book. Fifth, the students, teacher, teaching materials, ways of presentingthem, and exercises are the important components of learning to be accommodatedin a lesson book. Sixth, contextual teaching employs a strategy oriented to effortsof aiding and inspiring students by linking a standard of competency with a realworldsituation. Seventh, the basic principles of a contextual teaching approach areproblem-based learning, context-based learning, difference-based learning,learning based on individuals, learning based on groups, and learning based onauthentic evaluation. Eighth, a contextual teaching strategy could be manifested ina lesson book of Bahasa Indonesia by providing such activities as investigation,exploration, inquiry, model making, construction, and reflection. Ninth, anapplication of such a strategy should be in a concrete form to enable students tobuild up effective new experiences.Keywords: lesson book of Bahasa Indonesia, contextual dimension, contextualstrategy165