Background: Traditional basketball instruction often emphasises isolated technical drills with limited game-based participation, which may reduce student engagement and hinder skill development. Despite growing interest in game-based learning (GBL), there is limited evidence on structured GBL models in higher education contexts, particularly in Indonesia. Objectives: This study aimed to develop and evaluate a game-based learning model to improve basketball skills and student engagement in physical education. Methods: A research and development (R&D) approach, adapted from Borg and Gall’s model, was employed, encompassing needs analysis, model design, expert validation, and field trials. The model’s effectiveness was assessed using a one-group pretest–posttest design with purposively sampled physical education students. Data were collected through standardised basketball skill tests (dribbling, passing, shooting), questionnaires, and interviews. Quantitative data were analysed using paired-sample t-tests (p < .05), while qualitative data were examined using thematic analysis. Results: In the small-scale trial (n = 30), students’ performance improved by 23.9% from pretest to posttest, with statistically significant differences and large effect sizes. The large-scale trial (n = 60) further confirmed the model’s effectiveness, showing significant improvements in basketball skills (t = 12.44, p < .001). Students also reported highly positive perceptions (M = 4.68, SD = 0.41), indicating strong engagement and acceptance of the GBL approach. Conclusion: The developed GBL model effectively enhances basketball skills, engagement, and learning experiences among physical education students. These findings support the integration of game-based approaches in sports instruction and highlight their potential for broader application in physical education contexts. Future research should examine long-term effects and applicability across different sports settings.
The purpose of this study is to categorize and identify the challenges that students at different educational levels have when learning mathematics. By examining papers that were indexed in the Scopus database, this study used a systematic literature review methodology, guided by the PRISMA protocol and the PICO framework. 37 chosen publications that were published in English and made available through open access were the outcome of the four-stage review process, which included identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion. According to the results, from elementary school through secondary school, pupils typically struggle to comprehend mathematical ideas and procedures, especially arithmetic. . The main causes of these difficulties include inadequate knowledge of foundational ideas, poor abstract reasoning abilities, and inefficient teaching strategies. The findings highlight how crucial it is to identify mathematics learning challenges early on, particularly in primary school, in order to lay a strong basis for understanding increasingly complex mathematical ideas. In an attempt to reduce students’ learning challenges, this study suggests improving teaching methods and reinforcing fundamental math ideas.
Poverty remains a major issue in Indonesia. Various government efforts to meet the basic needs of the community have not yet been optimally implemented to create long-term economic self-reliance, such as the Family Hope Program (PKH), Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT), Integrated Prosperous Housing Assistance (RST), Social Granaries, Remote Indigenous Communities (KAT), and Social Rehabilitation Assistance (ATENSI). This study aims to analyze the government’s efforts in poverty alleviation through the perspective of Yusuf Qardhawi, particularly regarding the optimization of zakat as an instrument of economic empowerment based on the maqashid of Sharia. This study employs a qualitative approach using the library research method. The data utilized are secondary data, consisting of books, journals, official government reports, and previous study findings. Data analysis was conducted descriptively through data reduction. The results indicate that the low effectiveness of poverty alleviation through social assistance and zakat is influenced by suboptimal zakat management, a lack of Islamic financial literacy, and a predominantly consumptive distribution of zakat. The government requires a more comprehensive approach by integrating social assistance (government) with Islamic economic instruments, namely zakat. Keywords: Poverty alleviation, Zakat, Economic empowerment
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses in vocational higher education often face challenges related to relevance, curriculum alignment, and student engagement. These challenges are more visible in under-researched fields such as Animal Husbandry. This study presents a curriculum-oriented design of project-based English tasks for first-semester Animal Husbandry students and examines students’ project outputs as evidence of learning. Using a qualitative pedagogical research design, the study documents the implementation of Project-Based Learning (PjBL) through poster projects based on real practicum activities, including pregnancy checking using ultrasonography and silage production. Data were collected from student-generated artifacts, such as posters, short written texts, vocabulary lists, and reflections. The findings show that project-based tasks helped first semester students use English in a functional way to describe procedures, explain processes, and communicate discipline-related knowledge. The student posters also show meaningful integration of language and content, as well as positive student engagement. This study suggests that curriculum-aligned project-based tasks can make ESP instruction more relevant, visible, and meaningful for vocational higher education students, particularly in Animal Husbandry study programs.
This study aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility of the Trigonometric Wheel manipulative as an interactive learning medium to improve students’ mathematical problem-solving ability in trigonometry topics. This research employed the Research and Development (R&D) method using the ADDIE development model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation), carried out through the Implementation stage. The research subjects consisted of 30 eleventh-grade students at a public senior high school in Majalengka Regency during the 2024/2025 academic year. The instruments used included expert validation sheets, teacher and student response questionnaires, and a mathematical problem-solving ability test based on Polya’s indicators. The results of media expert validation showed an average score of 76.5% (Valid), while material expert validation reached 85.97% (Highly Valid). Teacher and student responses also indicated highly practical categories, with percentages of 90.54% and 88.61%, respectively. As part of the implementation phase, an embedded pre-test and post-test assessment was conducted, revealing an improvement in students' mathematical problem-solving ability with an average N-Gain score of 0.79 (high category). These findings indicate that the Trigonometric Wheel is valid, practical, and shows strong potential as an innovative learning medium that helps students understand trigonometric concepts visually and interactively while enhancing their problem-solving ability.
