Student’s school well-being is one of the factors that determine the extent to which the quality of education can be felt effectively by all individuals in it. The concept of wellbeing arises because of the overall collaboration and mutual support among the elements of education in schools. One of the factors that contribute to the student’s school wellbeing is academic integrity. Academic integrity refers to the tendency of students to behave as the values of truth that they believe in and in accordance with the demands of the environment. This study aims to examine the influence and contribution of academic integrity to the well-being of students at school. The quantitative research design by testing of regression assumptions was carried out in this study. The subjects involved in this study amounted to 186 participants by being selected based on the random sampling method. The results of the study indicate that academic integrity moderately influences the well-being of students at school. This assumes that personal factors such as academic integrity are needed to support the quality of effective learning, because learning outcomes depend on how the mental and psychological conditions of the students themselves.Abstrak Kesejahteraan siswa di sekolah menjadi salah satu faktor yang menentukan sejauhmana kualitas pendidikan itu bisa dirasakan efektif oleh seluruh individu yang ada di dalamnya. Kesejahteraan muncul karena adanya kolaborasi yang menyeluruh dan saling mendukung di antara elemen pendidikan di sekolah. Salah satu faktor yang ikut berperan terhadap kesejahteraan siswa di sekolah adalah integritas akademik. Integritas akademik mengacu kepada kecenderungan siswa untuk bersikap dan bertingkah laku sebagaimana nilai kebenaran yang mereka yakini dan sesuai dengan tuntutan lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh dan kontribusi integritas akademik terhadap kesejahteraan siswa di sekolah. Desain penelitian kuantitatif dengan pengujian asumsi regresi dilakukan dalam penelitian ini. Subjek yang terlibat dalam penelitian berjumlah 186 partisipan dengan dipilih berdasarkan metode random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa integritas akademik secara moderat mempengaruhi kesejahteraan siswa di sekolah. Hal ini mengasumsikan bahwa faktor personal seperti integritas akademik dibutuhkan dalam menunjang kualitas pembelajaran yang efektif, karena hasil belajar itu tergantung pada bagaimana kondisi mental dan psikologis siswa itu sendiri

The success of learning in school is determined by the ability to find and use effective and creative learning strategies. Creativity is not only an important element in solving problems, but also an indicator that individuals have higher levels of excellence functions. Creativity character is one of the issues that has not been widely discussed and actualized in the context of education, especially in the focus of creating an effective learning process. A systematic review was used to examine previous research on creativity in the context of education. This study reviewed 450 scientific papers based on the analysis of the three experts who participated in the study. The results show that creativity has a specific model based on aspects of definition, characteristics of creative subjects, supporting factors, inhibiting factors, domain of creativity and creative strategies in school. Creativity is also a very important character and has a particular model both for students and teachers, and for the principals.

The urgency of Merdeka Belajar policy is certainly a challenge for teachers to carry out the learning process in schools. This policy makes teachers have to independently find methods and ways of learning that suit the situation in school. This study aims to explore teachers' perceptions regarding Merdeka Belajar policy that will be applied today. A mixed research design was used in this study by involving thematic content analysis to get an overview of teachers' perceptions about the implementation of Merdeka Belajar policy at schools. Then the researcher tested the extent of the teacher's readiness to use a portfolio instrument which was an implementation of Merdeka Belajar. This study involved 30 teachers who received a set of open-ended questionnaires, conducted the FGD process, and filled out a portfolio assessment questionnaire. The results showed that the majority of teachers considered Merdeka Belajar policy to be an effective alternative in providing instruction to students in accordance with the resources owned by the school. However, technically, teachers feel the need to be given structured socialization, clear guidance, and freedom based on the abilities and personalities of teachers in schools. In addition, the percentage of portfolio instruments usage seems to have been widely practiced in learning activities.

Kahoot is one of the most popular evaluation methods used as an effective instrument in the learning process. As a platform of digital-based media, there are many advantages that can be gotten by using it, such as making easier and faster for teacher and lecturer in getting assessment results, reducing of the cost in making and duplicating a couple of questions, and psychologically improving students' attention in understanding material actively and openly. This is a preliminary study which is conducted using experimental design toward 60 of psychology students who attended the research methodology and psychometric courses. The purposes of this study are to explore the psychological factors that might happen during learning Kahoot media and to identify the effect of Kahoot learning in improving student achievement and creating a critical thinking character. The results of this study show that there is a significant difference between pretest and posttest score during the experimental period. Therefore, this preliminary study gives important information about the effectiveness of using Kahoot in the learning process.

Character education is an inseparable part of the program of strengthening and improving the quality of education in various aspects of life. Character education is manifested in a variety of activities and conditions that allow each school to be able to optimize the cognitive abilities of children in addition to strengthening their morals and character as a whole. Each school has advantages and good mechanisms that support the implementation of the character education program the study was conducted to explore and obtain a picture of best practices carried out by leading schools implementing the character education strengthening program (PPK). Qualitative research with a collective case study design is used in this study. There are 3 excellent schools that become research locus with 18 respondents who involved as research participants selected using purposive sampling. Exploration was implemented using the interview method, focus group discussion, and direct observation. The results showed that the implementation of character education conducted at the three schools was very effective because it was supported by various policies, concrete actions, and the consistency and seriousness of the school in supporting the program. The best practices that might be used as a model by other schools include praying together, conducting joint worship routines, rotating cults, conducting environmental love programs, literacy, and cultural love programs

This study aims to look at how families manage their resources for their children's education in primary schools who do not have permanent jobs and are classified as low-income. The sample of 300 people was obtained through a random technique with data collection using a questionnaire and interviews. Research analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of the Lisrel 8.70 program. The results showed that the management of family resources is one of the variables that have a significant positive effect on the education of elementary school students. The findings recommended that the government aggressively campaign for the importance of children's education throughout the country, as well as continuously implement various policies issued, improve the leadership abilities of school principals, provide learning facilities, assist with school funding needs, provide textbooks, and others.

Self-efficacy is regarded as one of the important aspects that could help teachers to achieve their learning goals and optimal work performance. However, in daily practice, there is only limited research that explores the importance of selfefficacy in the education process, especially for science teachers in Indonesia. This research aims to explore the relationship between science teachers' type of personality, self-efficacy, and work performance Indonesia. A total of 123 science teachers were chosen using purposive technique sampling to fill in the questionnaires as a form of self-report. The result shows that the type of personalities such as Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience significantly correlate to Selfefficacy. In accordance with this result, Self-efficacy also has a positive and significant correlation with the dimension of Task Performance and Contextual Performance. However, Selfefficacy has a negative correlation to the Counterproductive Work Behavior. Therefore, the higher the three personalities possess by a teacher the higher the self-efficacy and the work performance they have. This result asserts that there is a number factor that should be considered by science teachers to achieve the best work performance. The further discussion and the limitation of this research will be explained deeper in this paper.

Optimization of virtual learning is not only supported by the availability of adequate facilities but also through developing student potential in the aspects of creativity and critical thinking. Both of these aspects are absolutely needed by students to adapt to the learning process, one of which will also affect their learning achievement improvement. This study aims to look at the relationship between creativity, critical thinking, and student academic performance during online learning. The quantitative research design used in this study involved 168 student respondents who attended online lectures and were selected using purposive sampling technique. The results showed that creativity has a significant and linear relationship with critical thinking disposition, where the higher a person's creativity, the higher their critical thinking and vice versa. Besides that, simultaneously creativity and critical thinking can be one of the factors that determine student academic performance. Thus, this study shows that by considering these three variables in learning, it is expected to be able to produce optimal learning outcomes, especially in virtual learning.