6th Asian Physics Symposium

The 11th National Physics Seminar (SNF 2022) is an annual meeting hosted by the Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Jakarta (UNJ). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SNF 2022 was conducted online (Virtual Conference) on June 25th, 2022, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The seminar’s scope includes but is not limited to material physics, instrumentation and computational physics, medical physics & biophysics, earth physics and space science, theory, nuclear and particle physics, energy and environmental physics, and physics education. The theme of this year’s seminar is “Innovations and Challenges in Physics for Stronger Recovery.”The seminar was divided into three sessions: the opening ceremony, the keynote speaker session, and the oral presentation. The first session, the Opening, started with the Report of the Chair, the Dean of FMIPA, the Chair of the Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI) Jakarta and Banten Chapter, and the Opening Speech from the Chancellor of Universitas Negeri Jakarta. In the second session, keynote speakers presented their phenomenal research, including discussion. The third is a parallel session with oral presentations from presenters, researchers, and lecturers for 15 minutes per presenter, including discussion. There are 12 virtual rooms designed for parallel sessions with an average occupancy of 14 presenters. A moderator and operator guide each parallel room. I want to thank the Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI) Jakarta and Banten Chapter for their support.As a scientific forum, 194 participants attended this seminar among students, lecturers, researchers, and practitioners who participated as both presenters and participants. We received 134 papers selected through the Morressier system and selected 92 papers to be published in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series with the scope of physics and related fields. Assessment by reviewers includes scope, novelty, originality, scientific impact, accuracy and correctness, and clarity of expression. We want to invite the participants back to participate in the 2023 SNF in the Universitas Negeri Jakarta-Physics Department.List of Editors, Conference Details are available in this pdf.

PrefaceThe UNNES Physics International Symposium, UPIS 2018 was held in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia on 3 May 2018 in Conjunction with 32nd National Seminar on Physics - Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI). In the symposium, the researchers from various area in Physics and Physics Educations presented their new findings from their latest works. The event was join-organized by Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia with Physical Society of Indonesia (PSI).The symposium consisted of plenary sessions and 14 parallel sessions which covers the following topics: Theoretical and Computational Physics, Advanced Materials, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Geophysics, Astrophysics, Instrumentation Physics, Laser and Optoelectronics, Energy and Environmental Physics, Physics Education and Interdisciplinary Physics. The plenary sessions were held in two sessions in which five keynote speakers from five countries shared their valuable knowledge and researches. We hope that this program will expand the mutual understanding and respect in stimulating research in Mathematics, Science, and Education; share research interest and information, and create a form of collaboration to build a trust relationship. We are delighted to be able to show the world what recent developments in the field of physics and its application through this fruitful program.Having been peer-reviewed, the selected papers from 112 papers presented in this forum have been published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Institute of Physics Publisher) indexed in some databases, including the Conference citation index, Scopus, Inspec, Chemical s Service, and Astrophysics Data System.List of International Scientific Advisory Board, Organizing Committee and Symposium Photographs are available in this pdf.

ABSTRACTThe aims of the study are to determine the application of higher order thinking skills and student self-regulated learning in the General Biology Course, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Medan. This research was conducted in the departments of Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Science and Computer Science. Sampling was done by random sampling, by taking 6 classes from different majors. The type of this research is descriptive-quantitative research. The number of higher order thinking skills tests was 15 items and self-regulated learning tests were 40 items. The test is validated first before being used as a research instrument, followed by a validity test of the instrument, a reliability test, a test of the level of difficulty and distinguishing power. The results showed that the application of students' higher-order thinking skills in the General Biology course at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was still in the low category. This can be seen from the results of the Mathematics Education class B, as much as 3% is in the perfect category, 28% is in the very good category, 7% is in the good category, and 60% is in the low category. In Physics Education class A, 38% are in the Perfect category, 38% are in the very good category, and 23% are in the low category. In the Biology A education class, 30% are in the perfect category, 5% are in the good category, and 65% are in the low category. In the Non-educational Chemistry class A, 28% were in the Perfect category, 17% were in the very good category, and 50% were in the low category. In IPA B class, 14% are in the perfect category, 28% are in the very good category, and 57% are in the low category. In computer science class C, 17% are in the perfect category, 33% are in the good category, and 50% are in the low category. Meanwhile, Self-Regulated Learning for Students of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the General Biology course is included in good categories, this is because the application of the KKNI curriculum accustoms students to be able to study independently through the assignment of six compulsory assignments for students. Keyword: higher order thinking skills, self regulated learning, general biology.

Tlagayasa Village, located in Bobotsari Sub-district, Purbalingga Regency, Central Java, is situated about 30 km from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UNSOED. Based on interviews with village officials, a water tourism destination with various attractions is currently being developed. However, despite progress in physical facilities, plans for proper tourism promotional media remain unprepared. The village government, in coordination with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UNSOED, identified limited knowledge of promotional strategies and the absence of a digital database as major challenges. To address this issue, village officials requested assistance in developing online promotional media. Considering the rapid advancement of information technology, digital platforms play a crucial role in supporting tourism promotion. Through community service activities, several stages were implemented, including socialization, training, mentoring, and evaluation. The initial stage involved data collection and website development using WordPress, followed by training for BUMDes Tlaga Pesona managers. Mentoring was then conducted to enable them to manage the website independently. Evaluation results showed that the website improved the managers’ digital literacy, sense of ownership, and responsibility for sustainable tourism promotion. This program demonstrates the tangible benefits of academic–community collaboration and provides a replicable model for technology-based tourism development in rural areas.

Preface: The 2017 International Conference on Mathematics, Science, and Education (ICoMSE 2017)The 2017 International Conference on Mathematics, Science, and Education (ICoMSE 2017) was held in Malang, East Java Indonesia on 29-30 August 2017. It is an international conference covering a wide range of subjects in mathematics and natural sciences. This Conference was organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, State University of Malang (UM) in collaboration with the Indonesian Chemical Society, Indonesian Physical Society, and the Indonesian Biology Consortium.Many people have enthusiastically participated in the preparation of this conference, including the Organizing Committees, the speakers, technicians, students, etc. Thank you all for your collaboration and extraordinary support. Thanks to all invited speakers: Prof. Dr. Hadi Nur (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia), Dr. Siriwat Soontaranon (Synchrotron Light Research Institute, Thailand), Prof. Dr. Oenardi Lawanto (Utah State Univesity, USA), Prof. Chokchai Yuenyong, Ph.D. (Khon Kaen University, Thailand), Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gereon Elbers (FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Prof. Akhmaloka (Institut Teknologi Bandung), that you accepted our invitation.The financial support from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, State University of Malang is gratefully acknowledged. ICoMSE 2017 is aimed at providing the scientific forum to encourage communication and interaction among distinguished scientists working in related fields in order to construct research collaborations and extending international research networking for the future. More than 500 authors from six countries have submitted their work to the conference. ICoMSE 2017 finally accepted 51 original research papers after a peer review process at least by two reviewers. During the conference, 10 parallel sessions were held in order to advance and contribute to specific research area in Mathematics, Science, and Education. Finally, special thanks to you, the delegates, for supplying the input needed for successful scientific conferences. We wholeheartedly welcome you and hope to find you in the next conference that is organized by our faculty.Chief EditorsNandang Mufti, MT. Ph.D

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Online learning has long been promoted by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMNS), State University of Medan (SUM). The online learning system (SIPDA) has been developed by Unimed as the backbone of online learning, but the number of lecturers using the system has not been as expected. The covid-19 has succeeded in forcing all lecturers to migrate from classroom face-to-face (offline) to online learning. This research was aimed to study the preferences of lecturers for available online learning media during the Covid-19 pandemic. The data were obtained using questionnaire that distributed online to all lecturers and students who were active in lectures for the even semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The data shows that all lecturers have implemented online learning to serve all classes. The majority of lecturers serve their class by using more than one online media. The order of the three types of online media which became the main preference of lecturers experienced a shift during the 3 months of observation, namely from WhatsApp (WA) - Email - Google Classroom (GC) in the first, to WA - GC - SIPDA in the second, and to WA - SIPDA - GC in the third month. It can be concluded that, although initially the lecturers’ main preference in learning was social media (WA), they have tried hard to make SIPDA as the main choice among the available e-learning media.

Plana Village located in Somagede District, Banyumas Regency, Central Java Province is about 25 km Southeast of the Universitas Jenderal Soedirman Campus. In this village, a small business group is engaged in freshwater fish farming under the names TIRTA LESTARI and GAPOKTAN PLANA JAYA fish cultivator groups. Based on direct observations, the group uses the Serayu River as the primary water source for their fish ponds. The position of the fish pond is around 10 meters higher than the river flow so the water lifting process is carried out using a water pump. The only solution for providing water is to use a machine-powered water pump. The group complained about this solution because they had to pay operational costs for engine fuel. As a result, the group's profits are not optimized. Considering these conditions, a water pump technology transfer activity with a waterwheel as the driving force is planned to develop the results of research and service carried out in the Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman. The goal of the operations that have been conducted is to address partner concerns regarding the provision of water supplies. Activities aimed at becoming an economically productive partner will prioritize key issues, including the implementation of green energy technology, such as hybrid water pumps powered by solar energy and river flow. The next step involves providing training and counseling sessions for the TIRTA LESTARI agriculture group and the merged PLANA JAYA farming group.

The success of college students is traditionally predicted by a standard assessment of academic, cognitive ability. However, there is much evidence that their success is strongly influenced by non-cognitive academic ability, one of which is a grit trait level. This study aims to provide an overview of physics and mathematics student teacher candidates’ grit trait level at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) who are taking Introductory Physics courses. This research is descriptive research with survey and relational model approach. The samples that participated in this study were 91 students consisting of 49 undergraduate students on physics education program and 42 students from mathematics education program. The grit trait level consists of two dimensions: “consistency of interest” and “perseverance of effort.” Grit trait data was obtained using a Short Grit (S-Grit) scale instrument that has been translated into Indonesian and has been tested for its validity and internal consistency. The results showed that student teacher candidates’ grit trait was at a moderate level (3.28). In the dimension of consistency is at a moderate level (2.88), while the dimension of perseverance is at a high degree (3.68). Also, there was a significant difference in the students’ grit trait level by gender factors. Female students tend to have a higher grit trait level than male students. However, there is no significant difference in students’ grit trait level from Physics Education and Mathematics Education.

Background. The reforms of universities in the early 19th century created a unique system of equal faculties: the previously preparatory faculty of philosophy divided into two faculties, one is history and philology and another one is physics and mathematics that changed the task from training future law and medical students to training staff for public service, primarily teachers for the developing network of schools. In 1828 the new statute of gymnasiums appeared, it was oriented towards the classical system that’s why the state needed mathematics teachers, but in the late 1830s physics and mathematics faculties were divided into departments of mathematical and natural sciences. This did not fit into the paradigm of school education, as there were no vacancies for science teachers in gymnasiums. The author proves the hypothesis about the school orientation of mathematics departments and the absence of it for the natural sciences departments. This hypothesis is also supported by the absence of state vacancies for natural sciences students. Purpose is to analyze the politics of the Ministry of Public Education in the sphere of training of pedagogical staff for secondary schools at the physics and mathematics departments of the universities of the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Materials and methods. The main research methods were historical-genetic and historical-comparative, which allowed to describe the studied phenomenon in its development and in the context of secondary school reforming. This research is based on statistical data extracted from archival documents and published in the Journal of the Ministry of Public Education, as well as opinion pieces on the organisation of teacher training at universities, which developed in the 1860s. Results. When physics and mathematics faculties appeared in the early 19th century, the Ministry of Public Education gave them the function of training teachers for the forming network of secondary schools, especially gymnasiums. However, the pedagogical institutes opened at universities had the task of training not only school teachers but also university teachers. By the end of the 1820s it was already clear that the pedagogical institutes could not cope with these broad powers, so the functions were divided and teacher training was entrusted to the renewed pedagogical institutes. University students, rather than graduates, were enrolled in them. An important role in the organization of pedagogical institutes under the statute of 1835 belonged to the new statute of gymnasiums of 1828, which made a turn to classical education. According to this law, gymnasiums did not need teachers of natural history, but only teachers of mathematics and physics. In this connection, the division of physics and mathematics faculties into departments of mathematical and natural sciences, adopted in 1836, entailed a division of functions: the mathematical departments were responsible for training teachers, while the natural sciences departments were deprived of such an opportunity. Apparently, the goal of training future economic managers such as landlords and public staff was envisioned for them. The pedagogical institutes were closed in the 1850s, and in 1860 they were replaced by pedagogical courses. The new statute of gymnasiums of 1864, somewhat oriented towards real education, did not last long and was finally replaced by the classical one in 1871. The victory of the classicist lobby in the ministry also affected the training of pedagogical staff at universities: pedagogical courses were closed in 1866, and the faculty of physics and mathematics was left without any pedagogical training at all. Classical gymnasiums allocated very few hours (2 hours per week during only one year) to natural science, and real education did not entitle graduates to enter universities. Even though natural sciences were included in the course of study of real schools in a larger number, they were more oriented to technical high schools. This created a kind of vicious circle: graduates of gymnasiums entered universities, but gymnasiums did not give a good preparation in natural science, which was studied at the natural sciences departments, graduates of these departments could count on vacancies not in gymnasiums, but in real schools and other types of schools, graduates of which were not admitted to universities without examinations.

Logistic regression is a statistical analysis that focuses on explaining the relationship between categorical scale response variables that have two or more categories and one or more predictor variables. Multinomial logistic regression is a logistic regression analysis where the response variable has more than two categories. The multinomial logistic regression method does not require a classic assumption test but only requires a non-multicollinearity assumption test. The aim of this research is to form a multinomial logistic regression model and identify factors that influence social media selection among students at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya. The sampling technique used is proportional stratified random sampling and the sample size was 100 undergraduate students of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya. The response variable consists of three categories, namely X (Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok, with category X (Twitter) as a reference. The results of partial parameter testing show that four variables give a significant effect in choosing Instagram over X (Twitter), namely gender, purpose of use, frequency of use, and influence of friends; meanwhile, three variables give a significant effect in choosing TikTok over X (Twitter), namely purpose of use, ease of use, and type of content. The model classification accuracy based on confusion matrix and 100% - APER value is 67%.

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics is committed to bringing its readers timely reviews in topics of interest to the nuclear and particle physics community, and an active programme of Topical Reviews is scheduled for future issues. Appropriate topics and authors are identified by the Editorial Board prior to invitation and commissioning of reviews, but any suggestions of suitable topics or offers of review contributions will be welcomed by the Board.

Brief Introduction of Physics Researches in Chinese Academy of Sciences

When Mary took up her appointment in the Institute's Education Department in June 1997, she indicated that she wished to return to teaching in two or three years. We have just heard that in September she will be joining the staff of the Science Department at Camden Girls' School, London.

This article presents evaluations and challenges in managing Research Groups in Higher Education: Studies at the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty, Sebelas Maret University (FMIPA UNS). Data were collected by an online survey conducted on FMIPA UNS lecturers included in the research group by filling a survey. The survey questions include 44 items classified into four groups, i.e. strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat. The questions were measured using the 5-point Likert scale. The obtained survey data were assessed using the Strengths, Weakness, Oppotunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis. SWOT analysis was conducted by determining the position of the quadrants. Analysis result was in the second quadrant, which showed that the research group required a diversification strategy to grow. These data could provide information on the management needed. There should be a policy on the performance improvement of the research group, and the obtained data could aid in making a decision and changing management to be used for further investigations.