Senin, 15 Desember 2008

TELEVISION AND STUDENT'S PSYCHOLOGY

In this period of time, television is one of an electronics mass media which is able to quickly spread so many information and it makes people pay attention to watch this. There are various kinds of programs shows on television, started by infotainments, entertainments, advertisements, news, even cinemas and films that have negative unsure on the action. It makes the viewers, like children, teenagers, parents and absolutely students, spend their time just to watch television. There are so many cases that more students are interested to spend their all day time just to watch television better than to study or spend their time with family. They even almost forget their lunch time because very enjoy the television programs. Don't we realize that it is one of our problems today?
We can't deny that by television, we can get a lot of benefits, where we can quickly get the recent information that is happened in this whole world all whole day.
If we learn more about this, actually television mass media hes the prime function. They are informative function, educative, recreative, and as a medium to socialize some new and old values and comprehension.
But now we can see the real situation and condition in our surroundings, that television has more function on informative and recreative only, and less on educative ones. Whereas in my opinion, the educative programs is the most important message to tell to the viewers (students).

Rabu, 10 Desember 2008

WHEN THE STUDENT IS CONFRONTED WITH PROBLEMS ON LINEAR EQUATION

If a studebt is confronted with some problems on linear equation and he masters the material, absolutely he will very emnthusiasme to solve it. but sometimes a student will be bored because related to Lewin Theorem with his famous psychology theorem that is medan theorem or field theorem, there said that if there are too many replies happened will cause a bored situation on it.
But it's gonna be different if the student is not mastering enought the material. he maybe confuse, unhappy to face that thing, and maybe uninterested with the subject.
here they are some feelings that maybe in the student's mind that time :
1. happy
2. emnthusiasm
3. motivated
4. satisfied
5. unhappy
6. sad
7. angry
8. lazy
9. confuse
etc

According to motivation theorem from http://www.psb-psma.org/content/blog/teori-teori-motivasi, here they are something that affect the somebody’s motivation :
1. His perception of his self
2. His hope
3. His needs
4. His dreams
5. Surroundings situation and condition


In my opinion, mastery of the material, good facility, friend's motivation, and motivation from the teacher play big role for the student's motivation. To be success, a student not only must have enough ability to solve the problems, but also good skills, creative strategy, good spirit for survive on trial and error.
So, what would happened on a student when he found a trouble? In my opinion, here they are the probability :
1. They will ask to the teacher
2. They will ask to the other friends
3. They will make a group of discussion
4. They will read more book
5. They will search the answer on internet

In this topic, LINEAR EQUATION, usually students have errors on calculating the value of the variable. The other error's probabilities are in determining the certain place of x area. Area here means place/field/region.
BY substituting just any value of x we can determine whether the area of x is in the right side of the limit (value of x) or in the left side of it. But here we have the easier way to determine the side area of x.
If x > t , the area of x is bigger than the value of t, so it is in the right side of t
If x < t , the area of x is smaller than the value of t, so it is in the left side of t.

Senin, 08 Desember 2008

HOW TO BE A GOOD MATHEMATICS TEACHER?

Beside have a good professional and academic competency, for me, a good mathematics teacher must have other criteria. Here, I grouped 3 criteria of a good mathematics teacher. At least, an idol mathematics teacher can :
First, master the mathematics material. A mathematics teacher is properly master its material. What the world say if a mathematics teacher does not master the material?
In order to help on mastering the material, teacher must keep learn and study. Education has no end. They have to wish to increase knowledge from everywhere they can get. Do not satisfy by the knowledge that they have had. Do not proud of their self for the length of time they exist on "the teaching world". Simply, they wish to fix their self.
Second, to be the best mathematics teacher, they have to master the way to teach the material to the students. They must be able to invite his students to enjoy the learning process, relax and fun. To do that job, they need to master and practice a various kinds of learning approaches to deliver the material in effective way, that we realized, everyone have his/her different ability. Teacher must understand how the students learn mathematics. And don't ever forget that mathematics is part of human life.
Generally, students love a mathematics teacher who cares for his/her students and knows how to explain things so the student understands, being able to explain an idea in different way, take difficult concepts and make them simple and fun, tend to be caring and open for questions, use slight humor and are always easy to understand, doesn't rush over the material and willing to give lots of extra tutoring. Preferably, they give plenty of examples for each concept going step-by-step.
The third criteria to be a good mathematics teacher is having a sincerity. A word that easy to say, but difficult to be done. Sincerity here means that learning activity that the teacher do is needed to be based as the aim to do the religious service (praying). By this aim, teacher and students will enjoy the learning process. And be a mathematics teacher, will be the most wonderful job in the world and hopefully in the beyond after. Amien
So, the meaning of readiness to be a mathematics teacher is not just comply with a request of competency, but they must do the best for their students.
In this paper, I feel that I'm ready to teach mathematics in english even though there are still many lacks that I have. Nobody's perfect. But I will always try to be the best, the best that I can be.

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC COMPETENCY OF MATHEMATICS TEACHER

a. Professional Competency Of Mathematics Teacher
The basic nature of mathematic education is to help the students having a critical thought, effective and efficient logical reasoning, scientific attitude, discipline, have a good responsibility, self confidence, and also good religious. Because of that reason, mathematics teacher have a job to help the students understand the mathematic principles, and its value. So that arise a good thought, and logical reasoning, critical, creative, intelligent, open attitude and curiosity of the students.
That job will be a very good job if it is helped by a professional competency. according to Bambang Aryan on website : http://rbaryans.wordpress.com., professionally, a mathematics teacher must have skills and ability as the explanation below :
1. Able to develop a creative and innovative thought on mathematics learning
2. Able to understand student's psychology development
3. Able to enlarge communication ability and mathematics communication
4. Having a large knowledge and insight, comprehension and professional attitude on problem solving
5. Able to develop educational profession appropriate to the period of time

b. Academic Competency Of Mathematics Teacher
Academically, a mathematics teacher is expected to have skills and ability, such as :
1. Able to help the students to develop their comprehension about mathematics principles
2. Able to build logical reasoning, critical, creative, intelligence, open attitude and curiosity of the students
3. Do the mathematics process
4. Teach mathematics as a fun teaching learning
5. Choose the exact methods and relevan technique related to the students physic and psychology development
6. Able to make a good lesson plan
7. Well-skilled on class management
8. Exact on making lesson assessment and can accept the learning reflection result that have been done on the follow up of the program

Source :
rbaryans.wordpress.com
wikipedia.org
www.able2know.org
www. Tsbvi. Edu
etc

ME AND MATHEMATICS


My name is Ratna Indrayani. In this paper, I want to talk about my "love story" on english and mathematics lesson. Started by the beginning of it's introduction (english introduction in my life) until finally I can say that now I'm ready to teach mathematics in english (related to my study program –Mathematics education).

The first time I was acquainted with english lesson is when I was in the first class of Lower Secondary School. Maybe it's sounds foolish that the first thing that made me be interested in english lesson is not on it's content, but more on the similarity of my teacher's name with me. We have the same nick name, "Ratna". I don't know why, that similarity made me always enthusiastic on learning english lesson. My enthusiasm was proven by my english lesson mark that often higher than the other students that time. My self confident became increase more and more, and made me be the best student who had the highest mark on english lesson of School Test Graduation on my Lower Secondary School that time.

When I was on the first class of Upper Secondary School, there were more number of competitive students who had the high skills on english. So that I was no more "special" on that lesson anymore. I was just an ordinary student who had an ordinary skills on it. But in the middle of semester, there was held a competition test for some lesson. I participate and choose english lesson as my choice. Through the selection to selection, it was out of my mind that I was accepted on that competition class. That incident was enough to getting up my spirit on learning english lesson again.

In the second class, there was held the same test again. But this time I choose mathematics as my choice, and I was accepted.

Mathematics and english, I exactly love both of them. It was proven by my test graduation mark of Upper Secondary School, they are 10.00 for mathematics mark, and 9.60 for english one. I'm satisfied for that.

When I wanted to continue my education to university degree, I was confuse on choosing the study program, between mathematics and english. Both of it became the most favorite class in Yogyakarta State University. My parents more support me to choose mathematics because according to them, I have more skills for that subject. And after I think about it, if a choose mathematics, and I have skills in english too, maybe someday I can teach mathematics in english. It's mean that I hope I can be a good international mathematics teacher.

Today, I have already teach english lesson in an informal forum on my village. In this forum, I was chosen to be an english teacher for the first class of elementary school until the third class of lower secondary school. Not the wage I looking for, but more on it's experience. I use that chance as an exercise media to develop my teaching ability. I'm glad because I can get this valuable chance so that I can learn a lot of new thing from it.

As the other proof of my love on mathematics and english, here I have a poem that I made by my self. This poem is about mathematics.

MATHEMATICS

Mathematics doesn't teach us awaken, but awaken strength…

Mathematics doesn't teach us we scorn our self, but exhale gallantry…

Mathematics doesn't to demoralize, but to raise the spirit…

Mathematics comes to people which still have them although expectation have been disappointed…

To which still have them although trust have been betrayed…

To which still to try although they almost surrender…

And to them which still have confidence and bravery that they can do it!

Don't ever say goodbye if you still wish to try!

Don't ever surrender if you still ready to!

Don’t ever tell you don't want to try if you still not earned it yet!

Because mathematics is the spirit of human life…

Ratna Indrayani

25-05-2008/09:52 am

Selasa, 02 Desember 2008

my first

alhamdulillah,,, it my first time to open my blog,,,, hope we can share about everything as the way to know more in this world... i wish we can get lots of beneficials from here. amien,,,,