This research was aimed to analyze the effect of interaction between guided inquiry learning and cognitive style on students' science learning achievement. This study was a quasi-experiment with a 2×2 factorial design. The study was done with the fifth grade students in Singaraja City. The sample was selected using multi stage random sampling and 4 elementary schools were selected for the experimental group (n=132) and another 4 for the control group (n = 107). The experimental group used guided inquiry learning and the control group used conventional teaching model. The study used science learning achievement test and MFFT cognitive style test as the instruments for collecting the data. The result of hypothesis testing showed that: 1) there is a significant difference in science learning achievement between those who learned with guided inquiry learning model and those who learned with conventional teaching; and 2) there is a significant effect of interaction between guided inquiry learning model and cognitive style on students' science learning achievement. Guided inquiry learning is more optimal in increasing students' learning achievement if it is implemented to students with reflective cognitive style than to those with impulsive cognitive style.

Self-assessment as one of authentic assessments has been currently implemented in EFL teaching pedagogy as to give more opportunity to the students to reflect on their own learning and progress. This study aims at investigating the effect of selfassessment on students' independence and writing competence. In the present study, two groups of junior secondary school students in Indonesia were investigated in their learning of English due to the use of self-assessment towards their independence and writing competence of three genre texts. The research used a post-test only control group design in which one group was given an experimental treatment using self-assessment, while the other received a conventional assessment utilizing teacher's assessment. There were two types of instruments used, questionnaire of students' independence and writing competence test which underwent validity and reliability testing beforehand. The data were analyzed using a one-way ANOVA and MANOVA. Before the inferential statistics analyses were conducted, the data were pre-requisitely tested in terms of normality, homogeneity, and multi co-linearity. The results prove that self-assessment has an effect on the students' independence and writing competence. Thus, teachers are recommended to promote the use of self-assessment to improve the students' independence and writing competence.

Penelitian ini didasari oleh hasil analisis kebutuhan yang dilakukan melalui Focus Group Discussion dengan melibatkan 20 guru-guru bahasa Inggris SMP dari seluruh Bali. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa para guru memerlukan bantuan untuk penyediaan berbagai jenis instrumen asesmen otentik yang bisa dipakai dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris di kelas. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan berbagai jenis instrument asesmen otentik untuk membantu guru melaksanakan profesinya dengan baik.. Desain penelitian adalah Research and Development dimana prototype produk diuji kualitasnya melalui uji ahli (expert judges) dan uji pengguna (user judges). Berdasarkan Uji Ahli, validitas instrument asesmen otentik dinyatakan memiliki validitas yang tinggi. Sementara itu, berdasarkan Uji Pengguna, instrument asesmen otentik memiliki kualitas yang sangat bagus. Produk ini akan diuji lebih lanjut pada penelitian tahun ketiga dalam desain eksperimen di kelas bahasa Inggris di SMP se Bali.

This study aimed at finding out the effect of Treffinger creative learning model with RME principles on creative thinking skills by controlling numerical ability. This study was conducted to the fifth grade students of elementary schools in Manggarai regency using post-test only control group design of experiment. This study involved 101 fifth grade students as sample who were selected by using random sampling technique. The instruments were numeric ability test and creative thinking skill test. Data were analyzed by using ANCOVA aided by SPSS 23.0 program. The results showed that 1) the creative thinking skill of the students who learned mathematics Treffinger creative learning model with RME principles was higher than those who learned mathematics through conventional model, 2) the creative thinking skill of the students who learned through Treffinger creative learning model with RME principles was higher than those who learned through conventional learning model, after controlling numeric ability, 3) numeric ability gives a 33,2% contribution to the students' creative thinking skill. These findings show that Treffinger creative learning model with RME principles has a significant effect on the students' creative thinking skill. Mathematics teachers are suggested to employ this model in developing students' creative thinking skill.

This research aimed at (1) describing authentic assessment preparation according to Curriculum 2013 by grade seven teachers in SMP Negeri 4 Singaraja, (2) describing authentic assessment implementation according to Curriculum 2013 (3) describing obstacles experienced by teachers in implementing authentic assessment according to Curriculum 2013 This research is descriptive qualitative study. The data were gaining by study documents, observations, and interview. The result shows that (1) the conformity of authentic assessment preparation based on Curriculum 2013 by the teachers in is 53.97% which category is sufficient. (2) Conformity of authentic assessment implementations by the teachers is 44.4% which category is sufficient. (3) Obstacles experienced by teachers are in terms of students’ number and lack of time in the authentic assessments implementation. In conclusion, authentic assessments implementation already measured the competence of knowledge, attitudes and skills of the students according to Curriculum 2013.

Effect of Asset Ownership, Availability of Infrastructure, and Education on Incomeand Well-being of Poor Households. The purpose of this research is to know 1) the influenceof asset ownership, infrastructure availability, and education on poor household income;2) Influence of asset ownership, infrastructure availability, education, and income to poorhouseholds ' welfare; 3) indirect influence of asset ownership, availability of infrastructure, andeducation to prosperity through poor household income. The study uses primary and secondarydata with Path analysis methods. The study took 81 samples in the East Bali development area,a sample withdrawal per district in the East Bali development area is each of 27 samples. Theresults concluded that asset ownership was positively influential but insignificant to revenues.The availability of infrastructure has no effect on revenue, while education is positive andsignificant towards revenue. This reflects that the development of human capital througheducation is a crucial determinant to lower the number of poor households. Variable assetownership does not affect welfare, the availability of infrastructure positively affects the welfare,education and income positively and significantly to the welfare.

Teacher assessment literacy (TAL) refers to the ability of a teacher to conduct valid assessment and make use of assessment results to promote learning. As the 2015 PISA's report indicates that Indonesian students' achievements in three basic subjects (Reading, Science, and Math) are very low, then, a pivotal question is whether those teachers are literate enough in conducting valid assessment particularly classroom, authentic assessment. In response to such situation, this study aimed at knowing English as a Foreign Language teacher assessment literacy (EFL TAL) through investigating teachers' authentic assessment implementation in EFL classrooms in some Senior High Schools in Bali, seeing discrepancies which occured among the types of authentic assessment across three phases of assessment implementation (planning, executing, analyzing and reporting). Data were collected through document analysis and observation. Interviews were conducted afterwards. Findings include, 1). discrepancies found in the implementation of types of assessment ranged from moderate to high, where the highest discrepancy occurred in the practice of portfolio assessment; 2). discrepancies found across phases of assessment implementation also ranged from moderate to high, where the highest discrepancy occurred in analyzing and reporting phase. The findings imply that EFL TAL might be the source of the discrepancies.

Melihat pentingnya kegiatan untuk melakukan kajian terhadap ketahanan pangan di Kabupaten Badung,  maka dapat dirumuskan tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah: 1)Untuk menganalisis peran ketersediaan air untuk irigasi, biaya pajak bumi dan bangunan, harga produk pertanian, tingkat kecepatan dalam memperoleh penghasilan, dan ketersediaan saprotan terhadap konversi lahan pertanian di Kabupaten Badung; 2)Untuk mengkaji pengaruh konversi lahan pertanian dan pertumbuhan penduduk terhadap ketahanan pangan khususnya beras di Kabupaten Badung; 3) Untuk mengidentifikasi langkah-langkah yang diambil selama ini oleh pemerintah daerah Kabupaten Badung dalam menjaga ketahanan pangan khususnya beras. Untuk menjawab tujuan penelitian, akan dilakukan penelitian di KabupatenBadung dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 50 orang petani yang telah mengkonversi atau menjual tanah pertaniannya untuk kegiatan ekonomi lainnya, dengan rincian masing-masing 10 orang di setiap kecamatan. Metode pengambilan sampel yang digunakan baik untuk responden petani maupun bagi para informan (seperti dari Bulog) adalah purposive sampling yang dikombinasikan dengan accidental sampling. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan ada berbagai metode yaitu observasi, wawancara, dan wawancara mendalam. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah kombinasi teknik statistik deskriptif baik distribusi frekuensi tunggal maupun tabulasi silang dan teknik statistik asosiatif yaitu teknik regresi linear berganda. untuk melihat pengaruh variabel independen terhadap variabel dependen.Selain itu juga dilakukan analisis kualitatif atau deskriptif berdasarkan hasil indepth interviewyang diperoleh dari informan maupun responden. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan :1) Ada 3 variabel yang berpengaruh signifikan terhadap konversi lahan pertanian yaitu ketersediaan air yang memiliki pengaruh negative yang berarti semakin tinggi ketersediaan air maka semakin rendah konversi lahan, persepsi tentang PBB berpengaruh positif yang berarti semakin tinggi persepsi tentang PBB maka semakin tinggi pula kemungkinan konversi lahan yang dilakukan, dan kecepatan dalam memperoleh penghasilan berpengaruh negative.2) pertumbuhan penduduk dan konversi lahan berpengaruh terhadap ketahanan pangan; 3) banyak usaha yang dilakukan oleh Kabupaten Badung untuk menjaga ketahanan pangan seperti program intensifikasi dan ekstensifikasi.             Beberapa saran yang dapat disampaikan antara lain: 1) Melakukan pengendalian pertumbuhan penduduk di Kabupaten Badung; 2) keringanan dalam pembayaran pajak PBB, dan pemerintah daerah dapat membantu meringankan beban mereka; 3)  Ketersediaan air untuk irigasi sawah para petani menjadi hal yang sangat penting mengingat dari hasil penelitian ketersediaan air berpengaruh negatif signifikan terhadap konversi lahan pertanian, sehingga perbaikan irigasi seperti yang telah dilaksanakan oleh pemerintah daerah harus tetap dipertahankan.   Kata kunci: penduduk, pangan,  konversi, lahan pertanian