Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan Indonesia Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026) publishes 7 scientific articles addressing various issues in education. The topics include the influence of teachers’ basic teaching skills on student learning outcomes through learning engagement and the effectiveness of an empathy-based Project-Based Learning model in improving students’ advertisement text writing skills. Other articles examine the development of Big Book media for landslide disaster mitigation in Integrated Science and Social Studies (IPAS) learning, the psychosocial impacts of bullying on elementary school students, and the use of game-based Wordwall media for English vocabulary learning. The issue also includes research on internal and external factors contributing to reading difficulties among elementary school students, as well as the development and validation of a computational thinking instrument for computer systems learning.

The articles are authored by researchers and academics affiliated with 4 higher education institutions: Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa in Serang, Banten; Universitas Hasyim Asy’ari Tebuireng in Jombang, East Java; Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya in Surabaya, East Java; and Universitas Negeri Semarang in Semarang, Central Java. The diversity of research topics and approaches reflects the journal’s contribution to advancing educational practices, addressing student-related challenges, developing innovative learning media, and strengthening assessment instruments for measuring educational competencies.