This study aims to examine the effects of digital science scrapbook on students’ science visual literacy. Digital science scrapbook was designed to teach junior high school students, and the instrument was designed to measure the level of visual literacy before and after the treatment. This study employed a quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The population was junior high school students. The convenience sampling method was chosen to carry out the pilot study on 25 students in SMP 9 Salatiga. The visual literacy course was based on the ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards. The differences in visual literacy levels were measured through 30 items of the visual literacy test. After conducting paired sample t-test on the data, differences between pretest and posttest were found. From the findings, significant differences in pretest and posttest scores were found. It can be concluded that digital science scrapbook is effective to train digital literacy in science. The novelty of this research is the use of digital science scrapbook on students’ science visual literacy.

Science Education Seminar course aims to develop the communication skill of students. The materials and assignments are given to train how to communicate effectively both written and orally. The tasks consist of the scientific papers analysis, conceptual article draft, and other assignments. It took longer time to assess those assignments with only pencil and paper methods therefore a web-based alternative assessment was designed to assess the assignments. Web-based alternative assessment (e-assessment) can facilitate students and lecturer in the process of collecting and assessing tasks. The validation score by the assessment expert of the four aspects resulted 94,64%, 92,86%, 91,07%, and 92,86% meanwhile the score of expert information systems was 90, 63%. Thus the product can be said as valid in very feasible category with the average score of 81.5%. The percentage of positive responses of students was 84,43% that indicates the product is effective to help students and lecturers in the assessing students' assignment and performance. Therefore, it can be said that the research has met the indicator of feasibility to result a valid and effective product.

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengembangkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menyusun perangkat pembelajaran berpendekatan saintifik. Penelitian dirancang dengan metode penelitian tindakan kelas. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah diperoleh, dapat disimpulkan penerapan critical review terhadap buku guru IPA kurikulum 2013 dapat mengembangkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menyusun perangkat pembelajaran berpendekatan saintifik.The research to develop students ability to formulate scientific approach learning. The study was designed with the method to action research. Based on the results that have been obtained, can be concluded the application of the critical review of the 2013 book science teacher curriculum can develop students ability to formulate scientific approach learning.

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This study intended to examine the effectiveness of science uno card-assisted CIRC method on solar system topic to classification and scientific communication skills. This is experimental research whose samples are consisted of two classes; one as an experimental group and the other as a control group. The data of students' classification skills were gathered from posttest score on cognitive learning outcomes arranged based on four indicators. Observations were carried out in three-time learnings to obtain the data of scientific communication. The analysis of t-test of the total score of classification skills resulted in tcount=2.29 and ttable=2.00, meaning that the experimental group's classification skills were better than the control group. A Mann Whitney differential test of the total score of scientific skills resulted in Zcount=4.83 and Ztable=1.69 meaning that there was a difference of communication skills between the two classes. Based on the research results, it could be said that science uno card-assisted CIRC method on solar system topic was effective in improving classification and scientific communication skills.

Tantangan yang harus dihadapi dalam mengajar Bahasa Inggris di pada mahasiswa selain jurusan Bahasa Inggris adalah tingkat pemahaman kosakata yang rendah. Hal tersebut berpengaruh pada pemahaman materi mereka, berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut metode schoolyard inquiry digagas untuk membantu meningkatkan pemahaman mereka dalam memahami science vocabulary sebagai metode alternative untuk membantu mereka belajar. Schoolyard inquiry adalah metode belajar kosakata secara mandiri di luar kelas. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman science vocabulary mahasiswa Pendidikan IPA FMIPA Unnes mengingkat secara signifikan dan mencapai tingkat tinggi pada level pemahamannya. Melalui metode ini mahasiswa juga dapat mengintegrasikan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris dengan metode saintifik. Mahasiswa juga memberikan respon positif terhadap metode schoolyard inquiry ini.The challenge that should be faced of teaching English for non English department students is the low level of students vocabulary mastery. It affects their comprehension of material, therefore to help students to master the science vocabulary schoolyard inquiry method was proposed to be used as alternative method to improve students vocabulary mastery. Schoolyard inquiry is a method of independent learning that is conducted outside the class. The result showed that the students science vocabulary mastery improved significantly most of students reached high level of science vocabulary mastery. Through Schoolyard Inquiry method Students were be able to learn English by applying the scientific skill. The students also gave positive responses of learning vocabulary by using alternatif method of schoolyard inquiry.

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Activities with service journal managers as research targets aim to increase managers' knowledge about management and journal articles' substance quality. Manager's knowledge which is the focus of activities, refers to the accreditation assessment of national journals. The main target of community service activities is the manager of the university service journal in Semarang. The method of mentoring activities is carried out online, divided into two forms: for management and article substance. Evaluation of activities was carried out through analysis of the value of pre-test and post-test questions on journal management and article substance and questionnaire analysis of participants' feedback. The average pre-test score is 65, and the post-test is 84, indicating an increase in knowledge on the target activities. From the mentoring in publishing service journals that have been carried out, the journal manager (the target of the activity) has had broader knowledge about the management and substance of the article. The accreditation simulation in the mentoring process has provided an authentic experience for managers to be more prepared to propose accreditation and reaccreditation of service journals.