Tulisan ini mengkaji tentang pendidikan karakter. Pendidikan karakter perlu dikuatkan oleh pihak terkait, yaitu : Keluarga, instansi pemerintah dan masyarakat. Tanpa adanya pendidikan karakter akan menurunnya kualitas moral generasi muda Indonesia, seperti yang kita lihat di media cetak dan elektronik yang menampilkan moral karakter siswa-siswi kita yang sangat bobrok. Di stasiun televisi ditayangkan tindakan menyontek saat ujian, minum-minuman keras, merokok, narkoba, pergaulan dan seks bebas, tawuran antar pelajar, peredaran video porno di kalangan pelajar serta  tindakan kriminal dan aksi brutal lainnya menuntut diselenggarakannya penguatan pendidikan karakter. Salah satu pendekatan pendidikan karakter yang dapat digunakan adalah pendekatan pengembangan rasional, pertimbangan, klarifikasi nilai, pengembangan moral kognitif, perilaku sosial, dan penanaman nilai. Pihak terkait dituntut untuk memainkan peran dan tanggungjawabnya untuk menanamkan dan mengembangkan nilai-nilai yang baik dan membantu anak membentuk dan membangun karakter mereka dengan nilai-nilai yang baik. Pendidikan karakter diarahkan untuk memberikan tekanan pada nilai-nilai tertentu –seperti rasa hormat, tanggungjawab, jujur, peduli, dan adil– dan membantu anak untuk memahami, memperhatikan, dan melakukan nilai-nilai tersebut dalam kehidupan mereka sendiri. penguatan pendidikan karakter menjadi salah satu solusi untuk mengurangi merosotnya moral bangsa yang terjadi pada saat ini.

Critical thinking is an emphasis on the 2013 curriculum, as an activity in learning that must be done by the teacher for that it needs analysis to describe student abilities. This research uses descriptive quantitative research method with a sample of 318 elementary school students who are in public schools in the Tampan District, Pekanbaru, Riau Province. The results of the study found that out of 18 schools with a sample of 318 students there were 9 schools that received the 'not good' category, 9 schools that received the 'not good' category. Viewed from the critical thinking indicator, it turns out that the student's ability score reaches 23 with the category of underperformance or very low under the standard of mastery learning. It can be concluded that the ability of students in critical thinking is still very low and needs government attention to improve teacher learning.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penggunaan media diorama terhadap hasil belajar IPS tema daerah tempat tinggalku pada siswa kelas IV SD Negeri 193 Pekanbaru. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian Quasi Experimental Type One Group Pretest-Postest Design yaitu penelitian eksperimen yang dilakukan pada satu kelompok saja yang dipilih secara acak. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berupa tes. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan ada peningkatan penggunaan diorama media terhadap hasil belajar IPS tema daerah tempat tinggalku materi kegiatan ekonomi dan jenis-jenis pekerjaan yang menghasilkan barang dan jasa pada siswa kelas IV SD Negeri 193 Pekanbaru dengan penggunaan media diorama.Hal tersebut dapat dibuktikan dengan hasil perhitungan menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata post test lebih besar dari rata-rata pre test. Rata-rata post test sebesar 85,3 yang berada pada kategori sangat baik dan rata-rata pre test sebesar 63,3 yang berada pada kategori cukup. Hasil perhitungan N-Gain menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata kelas eksperimen 64,74 termasuk dalam kategori cukup efektif.

Growing awareness of students to love their own culture is not easy, there needsto be an effort to introduce. Culture-oriented learning supported by relevant teaching materials is an articative to the answer. The purpose of this research is the development of  IPS elementary teaching material  based on  Siak Malay songket weaving. It is expected that with the development of teaching materials students will develop a love for their own culture, especially about the weaving of Malay Siak songket and can also increase learning activities. Teaching material products  can be used in social studies learning for fourth grade elementary school students, especially on the theme of "The beauty of togetherness" with the sub-theme of "cultural diversity of my people". This research used research and development or R&D method with a 4-D model, which consisted of four stages, namely: (1) Define; (2) Design and; (3) Develop, and (4) Disseminate. The results showed that the development of teaching materials that have been developed are feasible to be used and are also practical. This was evidenced by the validity of teaching materials seen from: 1) the feasibility of the contents of 93.7 2) the language convention of 93.7 3) the presentation of 87.5 and 4) the 86 graphics, which obtained an average score of 90.2. while for practicality which was seen from the response of students obtained each statement was in the range of 75 to 93.75 which was included in the category of practical and very practical thus the practicality percentage of 87.5. Then it can be concluded that the development of teaching materials  is feasible and practical to be used for elementary social studies learning in grade IV primary schools.

This study aims to produce a folklore comic about the origin of the sungai sorai for fifth grade elementary school students and to determine the feasibility of the sungai sorai origin folklore comic for fifth grade elementary school students. This study uses the Research and Development (R&D) method or research and development using the Four-D model (Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate). Data collection techniques used are interviews, questionnaires and written tests. The feasibility of folklore comics was obtained from the results of validation, product trials and written tests. Validation is carried out by design experts, linguists and practitioners. The product trials conducted were limited to only 10 students. The written test used is in the form of objective questions to determine students' knowledge and understanding of folklore comics. The results showed that the validation of design experts obtained an assessment with a very valid category. In validation, linguists obtained an assessment with a very valid category. The next validation is practitioner validation with a very valid category. The product trial used is a limited product trial with the category of student response assessment which is very good. The student's written test in the form of objective questions about folklore comics received an assessment in the very good category. The results of this development research indicate that the folklore comic "The Origin of the Sungai Sorai" is very suitable for use for fifth grade elementary school students.

The implementation of this research was motivated by a lack of activity and student participation in lectures on elementary school social studies. Students tend to be silent without showing activity during lectures. This is certainly far from what is expected that in the lecture students should ideally participate actively in asking, answering, recording the essence of the lecture, presenting, and concluding the lecture material. The subject of the study was a student of the 2017 B class, which numbered 39 people. The formulation of the problem in this study is whether the application of effective discussion methods to increase the activeness of FKIP UNRI PGSD students in elementary school social studies. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the application of the discussion method in elementary school social studies lectures at the FKIP UNRI PGSD students. This type of research is descriptive with qualitative methods. Data collection techniques are observation and interview techniques. Based on the research data analysis shows that the activeness indicators ask questions, from the four active student meetings an average of 22 people 56. people (61.53%) and Activity Indicators present 26 people (66.66%).41%, indicators respond to questions or opinions, active students 22 people 56.41%, Activity Indicators discuss and work together active students 26 people (66.66%), Activity Indicators write material and summarize active student material 24  Based on the data that has been obtained, it can be concluded that the application of the discussion method in elementary school social studies lectures on PGSD students at FKIP UNRI effectively increases student activeness.

This study provides an overview of the validation results of teachers and media experts to assess the LIAA (Linguistic Intelligence Assessment Android) application, using the research and development method. This method is used to develop a product and tests its effectiveness. However, this article is just for developing and designing LIAA. The results of the study showed response proportion:  78% for the teacher's language use, 84% for ease of application,  75% for final clarity of assessment, 84% for the presentation, 72% for the average of the final assessment test. Validation from media experts to assess the appropriateness of using the LIAA application with an average of 88% (very valid category). So it is concluded that the LIAA application can be applied on a wide scale in measuring the linguistic intelligence of elementary school students.

This paper examines the models, approaches and techniques of educational supervision implementation in schools. In the world of education, supervision is an integral part of the efforts to improve learning achievement and school’s quality. Controlling or supervision is nothing but an effort to provide services to education stakeholders, especially teachers, done both individually and in groups in light of the improvement of the quality of learning processes and learning outcomes. Educational supervision is also defined as a process of monitoring and evaluation activities to ensure that all educational activities within educational institutions are carried out as planned and, at the same time, as activities to correct and improve in case of deviations that will interfere the process of objective achievement. In carrying out supervision, supervisors must understand the models, approaches and techniques of educational supervision as a provision of knowledge and skills to carry out their supervisory duties in schools. There are several models in educational supervision, namely: a) conventional (traditional) model, b) scientific model, (c) clinical model, and d) artistic model. The approaches that can be applied by the supervisors in conducting supervision, namely the directive approach, non directive approach and collaborative approach, while the techniques that can be used are two, namely individual and group techniques. Without considering the models, approaches, and techniques, the implementation of supervision might not run in line with the expectations.