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The research about the soil insect diversity in plantation area of Cot Kareung village, Kecamatan Indrapuri Kabupaten Aceh Besar, had been done from 04 May to June 2016. The purpose of this studyis to determinethe diversity ofsoilinsectsaroundthe plantationarea. The method that usedinthis research was descriptiveexploratorymethod, by utilizing the data sourcesin nature. Sample location was determine by usingstation methode, becausethe heterogeneous condition of sample population. The systematic samplingtechniqueby dividingthe location into threestation. Thesampling sitewas made3points. The results ofthis studyshowedthe numbers of the soil insect in station I, II and III are 381, 312 and 299 individual respectively. The data was found there are 5 order, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Heminoptera, BlattariaandDermaptera. Order that have the highest number of soil insect is Hymenoptera(957 individual). Groundinsectdiversityindexatstation Iis0.869, station IIis0.659andstation IIIis1.063with an average of2.591.Â

This article report students' perception on their teacher interpersonal behaviour and their attitude toward Biology based on gender in two Lower Secondary Schools (SMP Negeri 1 and SMP Negeri 6) in Banda Aceh. The data were collected using two questionnaires, there are, the Indonesian version of The Teacher Interaction (QTI) and Test of Biology Related Attitude (TOBRA). This study has been done from May to November 2015. A total sample of 243 Students in grade 8 and 9, responded to the questionnaires. The sample was chosen based on Krejcie-Morgan table. This result found that the questionnaires are valid and reliable. There are are no significant differences between male and female perception on teacher interpersonal behaviour, except on Students Responsibility and Admonishing. This study also confirmed that relationship between student perception on teacher interpersonal behaviour and their attitude toward biology is not occurred. Student enjoyment is not related to all scale, except on Strict. Based on regression analysis, it was found that the attitude of the teacher in QTI scales can not be used to predict the students' attitude toward Biology.