This exploration study inspects the perspectives of Indonesian junior high school students towards learning courses amid Coronavirus (COVID-19). Secondary students were overviewed to discover their viewpoints about online training in Indonesia. The discoveries of the investigation featured that web-based learning cannot create wanted outcomes in immature nations like Indonesia, where a larger part of understudies cannot get to the web because of specialized just as money-related issues. The absence of eye-to-eye connection with the educator, reaction time and nonattendance of conventional homeroom socialization were among some different issues featured by advanced education understudies.

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis keterampilan dasar mengajar mahasiswa calon guru Biologi pada matakuliah Microteaching. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa prodi pendidikan Biologi FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta yang menempuh matakuliah Microteaching. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh mahasiswa yang menempuh matakuliah Microteaching pada semester genap tahun ajaran 2015/2016 sejumlah 190 mahasiswa. Sampel diambil secara purposif sehingga diperoleh tiga kelas sebagai sampel yaitu kelas A, B, dan C yang berjumlah 59 mahasiswa. Aspek keterampilan dasar mengajar yang dianalisis meliputi keterampilan menyusun skenario pembelajaran, membuka pelajaran, menjelaskan, bertanya, mengelola proses pembelajaran, mengadakan variasi, menggunakan media pembelajaran, memberikan penguatan, dan menutup pembelejaran. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan observasi yang dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan rubrik penilaian kinerja (performance assessment). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan analisis data diketahui bahwa skor capaian keterampilan dasar mengajar pada matakuliah microteaching mengalami peningkatan pada kedua tampilan latihan mengajar. Jika dilihat dari rata-rata capaian setiap aspek maka skor keterampilan menyusun skenario pembelajaran sebesar 71.65, membuka pelajaran sebesar 69.5, menjelaskan sebesar 71.9, bertanya sebesar 71.3, mengelola proses pembelajaran sebesar 70.7, mengadakan variasi sebesar 70, menggunakan media pembelajaran sebesar 73.5, memberikan penguatan sebesar 71.7, serta keterampilan menutup pelajaran sebesar 70.8. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, keterampilan dasar mengajar mahasiswa sudah cukup baik pada beberapa aspek namun, pada aspek keterampilan membuka pelajaran, mengadakan variasi, dan menutup pelajaran masih perlu dilatihkan lebih lanjut.Kata kunci: keterampilan dasar mengajar, microteaching, mahasiswa calon guru ABSTRACT Basic teaching skill of students' candidate Biology teacher on microteaching course. This study aims to analyze the basic teaching skills of preservice biology teacher in Microteaching courses. This research is a qualitative descriptive research with the subject of research is the student of Biology Education Department Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta who pursued the course of Microteaching. The study population is all students who take Microteaching course in the semester of the academic year 2015/2016 number of 190 students. The sample was taken purposively so that the three classes were obtained as class A, B, and C, which were 59 students. Aspects of basic teaching skills that are analyzed include the skills of developing learning scenarios, opening lessons, explaining, asking, managing the learning process, making variations, using instructional media, providing reinforcement, and closing the pursuit. Technique of collecting data with observation which is executed by using performance appraisal rubric (performance assessment). Based on the results of research and data analysis, it is known that t...

Samin watershed in Central Java is one of 282 Indonesian watersheds which are in critical condition. Nowadays, the sustainability of forest resources in the upstream of Samin watershed is threatened by exploitation of forest by people. As a result, erosion and sedimentation are occurring in this area that may pose a threat of flooding and landslide. Therefore, we need serious measures to maintain the function of Samin watershed, one of which is through the monitoring of vegetation in watershed. The purpose of this research was to analyze the structure and composition of vegetation in Samin watershed to support soil and water conservation. The survey of vegetation was conducted in 3 areas of Samin watershed based on geophysical conditions namely upstream, midstream, and downstream. At each sampling area, 37 sampling plots were randomly distributed in six observation stations. Vegetation analysis was carried out in both the lower crop community (LCC) and the tree. Results showed that the number of LCC species found in the upstream, midstream, and downstream areas were 21, 34, and 28 respectively. The species diversity indexes of LCC vegetation in the upstream, midstream, and downstream areas were 1.04, 1.34, and 1.23 respectively. Based on this result, LCC vegetation in Samin watershed was categorized in medium condition. The number of tree species found in the upstream, midstream, and downstream areas were 27, 18, and 12 respectively. The species diversity indexes of tree vegetation in the upstream, midstream, and downstream areas were 1.31, 1.15, and 0.97 respectively. Based on this result, the tree vegetation in Samin watershed was categorized in medium condition for the upstream and midstream areas, and low condition for the downstream area. Vegetation in Samin watershed must be preserved in order to maintain the sustainability of Samin watershed.

Teacher is one of the critical success factors of the learning process. Therefore, teachers need to master several categories realm of knowledge in order to carry out the study with either one of them Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). PCK is the knowledge of teaching for specific content.The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of simulation learning in student teachers develop PCK. PCK is important for student teachers of biology as a provision in order to conform to the characteristics of biology. The experiment was conducted in February until August 2015 at the Department of Biology Education FKIP UMS. This research is a measure that aims to determine the effectiveness of simulation in developing PCK student learning. The study population was all students who take a course in 4th semester Learning Strategy Biologi amounted to 140 students. Samples were taken by random sampling are two parallel classes totaling 75 students. PCK Data taken from the assessment of learning scenarios, learning simulations, and stuffing questionnaire adopted from Schmidt, et al. (2010). The questionnaire was given twice: before the pretest and posttest simulation after simulation. Data analysis was performed using analysis of normalized gain score average. The results showed that PCK scores of students have increased before and after the simulation study. Results of the analysis showed score gains normalized gain value by an average of 0.38 (medium) so that it can be said that the simulated learning effective enough to develop PCK students.

Tujuan penelitian ini antara lain: (1) mengetahui struktur dan komposisi vegetasi baik pohon maupun vegetasi penutup lantai (lower crop community-LCC) di lokasi kajian AMDAL kecamatan Ampel Kabupaten Boyolali; serta (2) mengetahui pengaruh indeks nilai penting dan indeks diversitas vegetasi terhadap kondisi lingkungan di sekitar lokasi kajian AMDAL kecamatan Ampel kabupaten Boyolali. Penelitian dilaksanakan di lokasi kajian AMDAL kecamatan Ampel kabupaten Boyolali pada bulan Juni sampai Juli 2013. Penelitian dilaksanakan dalam beberapa tahap antara lain: (1) survei (pene-litian pendahuluan; (2) penentuan area kajian (unit sampling); (3) pengambilan data lapangan; serta (4) analisis data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa untuk vegetasi pohon, diperoleh 46 spesies yang termasuk ke dalam 24 famili. Jenis pohon yang pa-ling banyak ditemukan adalah Capsicum frutescens (cabe rawit) yang berjumlah 3655 individu tiap 1600 m 2 . Kontribusi spesies pohon yang terbesar ditunjukkan oleh indeks nilai penting (INP) tertinggi adalah Capsicum frutescens. Indeks diversitas/keaneka-ragaman vegetasi pohon di lokasi adalah 0,9864 (rendah). Untuk vegetasi penutup lantai (LCC) ditemukan 80 spesies yang termasuk 27 famili. Cacah individu terbanyak adalah Wedelia montana sebanyak 3234608 individu per 400 m 2 . Indeks diversitas vegetasi LCC adalah 1,144822 (melimpah).