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Personality is one of the important variables for predicting student academic success. The purpose of the research is to examine the Big Five personality test as a predictor on the academic achievement of State Islamic Senior High School students in Indonesia. This research used a quantitative method which used a survey of the Big Five Personality Test and learning achievement on 5 subjects. The subjects of this study were the 2145 sample students of 23 State Islamic Senior High School of Insan Cendekia (SISHS-IC) around Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that all dimensions of Big Five Personality traits; openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability have a significant effect as predictors of students' academic achievement. While in parts of each dimension, the most significant predictor of students' academic achievement is the emotional stability and openness to experience. These findings are very important for teachers and schools to pay much more attention to emotional stability and openness to experience as predictors of student academic achievement.

This study demonstrates the use of the multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) to investigate the internal structure of a construct exploratively and confirmatively. Based on data from 657 Islamic university students (65% female) spread across Indonesia, MIRT was used to examine the factor structure of the items measuring student engagement. The MIRT results supported the multidimensional structure of the scale. Most notably, the comparison of the investigated models supported the within-item multidimensional structure in which almost all items fit 3-factor loadings among all measured domains (cognitive, behavioral, and social). Furthermore, vector depictions of the items in a 3-dimensional space are offered to give the reader a vivid picture of their multidimensionality. The paper ends with an overview of MIRT in scale development and dimensionality assessment to didactically enhance readers’ awareness of its usefulness as a psychometric tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Genealogy as a system is generally used to preserve a tradition, culture, thought, science, or power. However, in the Raudhatul Muttaqin Mosque, Kotaraja East Lombok and Al-Bayani Mosque, Gondang, North Lombok, this system is actually used to determine the imam, which in Islam and the government there are no rules regarding the obligatory prayer imam from certain descendants. The purpose of the research is to identify how the descendants of Sheikh H. L. Abdurrahman and Amiq Sahabuddin communicate with the community in implementing the genealogical system of mosque imam in Kotaraja and Gondang. The research method used is a qualitative type of a case study and data were collected through observation, documentation, and interviews with the generations of Shaykh H. L. Abdurrahman and Amiq Sahabuddin as mosque imam, community leaders, and villagers. The study concluded that the main actors of persuasion to the community are the descendants of the imam who are supported by the power of the message, media, argumentation, psychological appeal, credibility, and legitimacy of the community. The persuasion process of the descendants of the imam displays convincing expressions and contains various values, both religious, customary, social, and educational values, so that the community can accept it well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]