The STEM learning environment is the practice of students’ class solving problems. They use two or more STEM disciplines to solve the problem. The study aims to analyze the perceptions and implementation skills of the STEM learning environment in science education students before and after teaching internships. Perceptions and implementation skills of STEM in prospective teachers or initiatives about STEM are essential in shaping prospective teachers’ characters in facilitating their students as the 21st-century generation. This research used a qualitative approach with descriptive statistical analysis. The data had been retrieved since 2019, then in 2020 after teaching internship. The total of students in this study was 86 from the 2018 class. The students came from three Islamic State Universities in Indonesia. Data collection was carried out through interviews, surveys, and pictures of perceptions and the implementation skill of STEM. The STEM learning environment instruments used were based on integration, personal experience, realistic problems, multiple representation, collaboration, student-centered instruction, and the engineering design process. The results of this study indicated that there is a significant increase in the perception and implementation skill of the STEM learning environment in science education students after teaching internship, indicated by the result of the paired sample t-test were the Asymp Sig.α<5 for each indicator. Perceptions and skills of implementing STEM learning environments in students’ science education increased from before and after the teaching internship. It shows that the curriculum of the science education study program must be designed with a STEM learning environment approach to have good teaching skills. Curriculum design that leads to increased understanding has pedagogic and professional courses, especially pedagogical courses which include strategic subjects, learning models, learning media, and learning tools.

Bahan ajar keterampilan menggambar bagi anak tunagrahita sedang Kelas IV. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menghasilkan bahan ajar keterampilan menggambar yang diperuntukkan oleh siswa tunagrahita sedang di kelas IV. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode Research and Development dengan model atau desain dari Dick dan Carey. Instrumen yang digunakan berupa observasi, angket, dan uji coba produk, dengan hasil pengembangan bahan ajar keterampilan menggambar sangat valid digunakan untuk siswa tunagrahita sedang kelas IV.

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Keefektifan Permainan Playdough Terhadap Kemampuan Motorik Halus Autis. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis adanya pengaruh permainan playdough terhadap kemampuan motorik halus siswa autis. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode eksperime dengan rancangan penelitian single subject reseach (SSR). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya pengaruh penggunaan permainan playdough terhadap kemampuan motorik halus anak autis.

This study aims to facilitate the identification of students in elementary school who have specific learning dissability. This study employs a qualitative approach to the literature review process. The study collected data from books and articles that discuss identifying specific learning dissability. The data collection technique is based on a literature review of scientific books and journals and interviews with professional practitioners and academics, subsequently validated. The findings of this study are presented in the form of a draft identification guide for elementary school-aged children with specific learning dissability. Teachers and parents can easily use the draft guidelines for identifying children with specific learning dissability because they are presented concisely and clearly that refers to the theory and validated by four validators, including psychologists, special education lecturers, and inclusive school and special education teachers. The identification guideline draft for children with specific learning dissability in elementary school-age includes procedures for identifying children with specific learning dissability in general and instruments for identifying children with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. This procedure was proposed to assist teachers and parents in identifying children with specific learning dissability in elementary school.