Jatinangor – 5 siswa SMP Al Ma’soem Bandung berhasil mendapatkan beasiswa pendidikan dari Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan setelah berhasil menjadi finalis dalam Lomba Penelitian Siswa Nasional (LPSN). Lomba yang mempertemukan puluhan pelajar dari seluruh nusantara ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan mionat para peserta didik kepada dunia sains.
SMP Al Ma’soem diwakili oleh 5 orang siswa anggota ekstrakurikuler KIR – ASIC Al Ma’soem yang tergabung dalam dua tim menampilkan penelitian dalam bidang IPA dan Lingkungan dengan inovasi mereka; Kalori Meter dan Panci hemat Energi. Berikut adalah kelima orang siswa SMP Al Ma’soem yang berhasil mendapatkan beasiswa dari Kemendikbud:
Dengan dua hasil penelitian yang mereka kembangkan Kemendikbud memberikan beasiswa dengan total sebesar Rp. 20 juta, beserta piagam penghargaan. Menurut salah satu siswa, Ragilby Izza peserta yang berhasil masuk di babak final LPSN 2017 ini berjumlah 30 tim, dan dengan kreatifitas dan inovasinya masing-masing.
“Ada sekitar 30 tim yang penelitiannya berhasil masuk ke babak final, dan dua penelitian dari KIR – ASIC SMP Al Ma’soem berhasil masuk menjadi finalis. Walaupun belum bisa mendapatkan juara tapi kami semua merasa bangga bisa masuk dan mendapatkan beasiswa dari pemerintah,” ungkap Ragilby disela-sela kegiatan Sosialisasi dan Diseminasi SMP Al Ma’soem Senin lalu.
by Siti Suwarni - A Report of the Pearson Workshop
Pearson Indonesia conducted a teacher training session on Saturday, February 20th, 2016 in Golden Flower Hotel. The participants were English teachers from many schools in Bandung. Al Ma’soem Elementary and Junior High School English teachers attended the workshop, too.
Mr. Julius C. Martinez was a speaker and had given an amazing subject about how to engage the English class. As multidimensional concept, classroom engagement in an English class should receive the utmost understanding as well as applications by the parties involved. Teachers as classroom designers should be the first to engage in the preparation and execution of a teacher session.
How to engage our English class?
Mr. Julius opened the session by asking the participants to write as much as they could the using of rubber bands. It’s really a good opening activity to make sure the participants’ involvement. Then, he explained or reminded all teachers that there are four questions the students/learners usually ask to determine their involvement in the English class. Those questions are;
How do I feel?
Am I interested?
Is this important?
Can I do that?
Moreover, he emphasized that to get the engagement of the students, the teacher should be able to apply effective strategies.
What strategies could the teacher use to make the students feel positive in class?
Feeling positive is an important thing. If the students do not feel positive in class, it means they will not engage. There are some aspects of learners’ emotions that affect their engagement. They are students’ energy levels, teacher’s personality, and students’ perceptions of acceptance by teachers and peers. The strategies can be used:
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