The increase in the number of older people over the years lead to consequences that need to address, including the psychological well-being issues. Religious activities is one of the alternatives to prevent these problems. One of the religious activities that is participated frequently by Muslim in Indonesia, particularly in Solo, is pengajian. This research objective was to describe the benefits of older people's involvement in pengajian. The characteristics of the informans were individuals aged 60 years or older, engange to pengajian, and live in Solo. The data was collected using semi-structured interview. The results showed that the activities that were done on pengajian were listening to religious speech; reading Al-Qur'an (tadarus); learning As-Sunnah; learning tajweed; learning and discussing tafsir (the message on Qur'an); inviting and donating to orphans; and praying (dua). Older people who participated in pengajian did not only obtain spiritual benefit (having new religious knowledges) but also gained social benefits (maintaining good relationships wtih others, having more friends, and sharing the knowledge), as well as, received psychological benefits (being pleased). This study also emphasized that, for some informants, spiritual and social benefits also could lead to psychological benefits.

This study aimed to understand what activities could be done by older Indonesian who are physically sick and how those activities can make them feel happy. It was a qualitative study conducted in the Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. A total of 6 older people aged >60 years and suffering from the chronic disease were selected for this study. The data were collected by an in-depth interview. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis with the help of the NVivo 12 QSR program. Older people with chronic disease were still able to be active in worship, socializing with the surrounding environment, working, doing the daily chores, and doing older people gymnastic. The benefit of staying engaged in the activity, including the ability to feel happy, be motivated to get a reward, exchange ideas, and share experience, help others, be calm, and have good health. This study emphasized the importance of being engaged in activities for older people to achieve happiness even though there had poor health status.

This research aimed at improving the capability of singing the National Anthems of the students of class IV of SDN 111/I Muara Bulian by employing the Solfegio method. The results of the research are expected to be useful for the development of musical science (singing) in particular, to be a reference for the  next research and to be an additional information as well as consideration for either teachers or schools to employ the Solfegio method during learning musics (singing).This class action research employed Kemis and Mc. Taggart model using phases such as : planning, action, observing, and reflecting. The subject of the research was thirty four students of class IV SDN 111/I Muara Bulian. The data were collected through observation and dual analysis, i.e. the descriptive qualitative analysis and the simple statistics quantitative analysis. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that to improve the capability of singing the National Anthems of the Students of Class IV SDN 111/I Muara Bulian can be accomplished through carrying out the Solfegio method during class musics (singing) by practicing to sing: (1) the musical scale, (2) the interval tone, and (3) the melody.

The time-span of completing the minor thesis in Indonesian undergraduate programs has been one of the significant issues in higher education accreditation and quality insurance. Therefore, it is important to assess the possible determinants such as gender, research approach, and type of research, which might effect the students’ completion period of minor thesis (Skripsi). This study used quantitative approach and involved 719 university students. The data was collected from the Faculty database from 2014 to 2017 and Mann Whitney U test and Crosstab analysis were applied to analyze the data. The result of this study showed that gender and research approach did not significantly contribute to the students’ minor thesis completion period. Additionally, students who chose independent research, as their type of research, were able to finish their Skripsi faster than those who conducted joint research.

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