Learning innovation is an effort to improve the quality of learning. One form of innovation is the integration of brain gym learning techniques and various learning models, including the Children Learning in Science (CLIS) model.  However, so far, there has never been a study of learning innovations through the integration of brain gym techniques with the CLIS model. This study aims at finding out the optimizing of the Children Learning in Science (CLIS) models with brain gym to empower students' human circulatory conception. This study is quasi-experimental research of pretest-posttest Nonequivalent control group design. The population of this study was the students of class XI MIA SMA Negeri 7 Kupang, which consisted of 173 students. The sample of this study were students of class XI MIA1 and XI MIA 2, which consisted of 61 students. The instrument used was a test of human circulatory conception developed by Andriani (2017). The results showed that the increase in students' human circulatory conception in CLIS learning combined with a gym is 40.61% higher than the increase in students' human circulatory conception in CLIS learning. It can be concluded that the application of brain gym can optimize Children Learning In Science (CLIS) potential in empowering students' human circulatory conception.

Gender equality is one of the important topics that need attention in learning. This study aims at finding out the cognitive learning outcomes of the equality of male and female students in Children Learning in Science (CLIS) that was combined with a Brain Gym. This study is a a comparative research. The population of this study were the students of grade XI MIA SMA Negeri 7 Kupang in the academic year of 2018/2019 and the sample of this study were the students of grade XI MIA 1. The instrument used was a test of cognitive learning outcomes. The data obtained were analyzed using Anakova. The results showed that by combining CLIS and Brain Gym technique, the equality of cognitive learning outcomes for male and female students can occur. Providing the same opportunities, the same tasks, and the same responsibilities during CLIS combined with a Brain Gym learning, can minimize the differences in characteristics between genders so that the learning outcomes obtained are equivalent.

This research was conducted to obtain an overview of the oral communication skills of teacher candidates in Screencast O Matic-based lectures. This research is quantitative descriptive. The research subjects were 25 students of the Biology Education Study Program at the University of Timor who programmed basic teaching skills courses. The instrument used was an observation sheet and an oral communication skill rubric developed by Pramudiyanti (2019). The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the oral communication skills of teachers candidate during the implementation of Screencast O Maticbased lectures were in the proficient category. This is due to the potential for Screencast O Maticbased lectures in maximizing the active involvement of prospective teachers during lectures. However, among the four indicators of oral communication skills, indicators of voice clarity, material clarity, and response to the audience are in the proficient category, while the calm category is still in the basic category. The recommendation from this research is that Screencast O Matic-based lectures can be combined with other strategies that support the optimization of teacher candidates' oral communication skills.

One of the software for compiling a bibliography automatically can take advantage of the facilities of the Mendeley Desktop application. Mendeley Desktop is a reference management software that helps organize scientific articles, namely in creating citations and bibliography. With this software, writers can manage reading sources that are used as references in compiling their writings. The use of Mendeley Desktop can also be integrated with Microsoft Word, so it can be more easily for writers for each scientific paper. The purpose of holding this training activity is to help the teachers of SMP Swasta Gita Surya Eban in order to utilize of the facilities provided by the software and the citations and references on the Mendeley Desktop so that scientific writing can be done more easily, quickly, and efficiently. From the training results, it was found that the training carried out could add knowledge and solutions to the use of Mendeley Desktop with the evaluation results increase significantly. The writers hope that by holding this training, teachers at SMP Swasta Gita Surya Eban can apply the citation / reference software from Mendeley Desktop in writing scientific papers.

Think Pair Share (TPS) as one of cooperative learning has been reported to be potentially used in the empowerment of students’ metacognitive skills. But the report has not been linked to gender differences. The purpose of this study was to analyze the potential use of TPS in the empowerment of metacognitive skills of male and female students. This study was conducted in the first semester of 2015/2016 academic year. The research subjects were the students of class X of State Senior High School 6 Malang. The instruments used were an essay test and a rubric of metacognitive skills. The data obtained were then tested for the normality and homogeneity of the data, and further analyzed using Ancova test. The analysis showed a significance value of p = 0.785 or > 0.05 which means the TPS learning has equal potential in empowering metacognitive skills of male and female students. The implementation of TPS learning can provide equal opportunities for male and female students to be involved in learning and provide the same demands to explore learning material.

Guru adalah pendidik profesional dengan tugas utama mendidik, mengajar, membimbing, mengarahkan, melatih, menilai, dan mengevaluasi peserta didik pada pendidikan anak usia dini jalur pendidikan formal, pendidikan dasar, dan pendidikan menengah. Dalam melaksanakan tugas keprofesionalan, guru berkewajiban merencanakan pembelajaran, melaksanakan proses pembelajaran yang bermutu, serta menilai dan mengevaluasi hasil pembelajaran. Tugas pokok guru dan tanggung jawab guru yang demikian berat dan menentukan dalam mencapai tujuan pembangunan bangsa dan negaranya. Oleh karena itu maka layaklah jika guru mendapatkan imbalan yang layak bagi kemanusiaan dan layak memenuhi kebutuhan hidup dan keluarganya. Namun usaha untuk memperbaiki kesejahteraan guru memang sudah dilakukan seperti kenaikan pangkat yang bisa dilakukan cukup 2 tahun tidak harus menunggu 4 tahun, juga tak terbatas hanya sampai Golongan IV a/Pembina saja, namun bisa sampai golongan IV e/Guru Utama asal dipenuhi syarat-syarat yang ditentukan. Pada umumnya guru masih banyak yang kesulitan naik pangkat dan golongan IV a/Pembina ke IV b/Pembina Tingkat I keatas yang kendalanya adalah pembuatan karya tulis ilmiah yang disyaratkan harus dipenuhi angka kredit minimal 12 dari unsur pengembangan profesi yang antara lain meliputi melakukan kegiatan karya tulis/karya ilmiah dalam bidang pendidikan. Berkaitan dengan masalah di atas, pengenalan dan pelatihan karya tulis ilmiah merupakan solusi yang diharapkan dapat membantu guru-guru menulis karya ilmiah. Metode yang dilakukan dalam pengabdian ini adalah pemberian informasi dan pengetahuan bagaimana seorang guru mampu menghasilkan karya tulis ilmiah, mensitasi sumber bacaan, dan cara untuk mempublikasikan karya tulis.

This research was conducted with the aim of obtaining an overview of the use of Screencast O Matic in empowering oral communication skills of students of the Biology Education study program, University of Timor. This research is quantitative descriptive. The research subjects were students of the Biology Education Study Program at the University of Timor who programmed the Teaching and Learning course. The instrument used is an open questionnaire containing five questions. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that empowering the oral communication skills of students of the Biology Education study program at the University of Timor could not be carried out optimally. The reason is the low readiness and awareness of students to take part in new lecture patterns, including lectures based on Screencast O Matic.

The teacher is a party that has great responsibility in achieving learning goals. One of the competencies that must be possessed by teachers is pedagogical competence. This research was conducted with the aim of uncovering the problems of teacher pedagogical competence in learning, as well as alternative solutions that can be done to overcome these problems. The method used in this research is literature analysis. The literature is a scientific article that discusses the problems of teacher pedagogical competence. The results of the study show that the problem of teacher pedagogic competence is the lack of the teacher's ability to plan, implement and evaluate the learning that is carried out. Planning, implementation and evaluation are related to all aspects of learning, be it objectives, materials, methods or evaluation. Alternative solutions that can be implemented are increasing teacher awareness of the importance of self-motivation, maximizing the function of the LPTK (Educational Personnel Providing Institution) in preparing competent teacher candidates and maximizing the function of teacher competency development programs.