The Contribution of Reading Abilities to the Writing Quality of Expository Text Structure in Hebrew Speaking Elementary School Children

The present study tested the effect of a school-based physical activity (PA) program on quality of life (QoL) in 540 elementary school children. First and fifth graders were randomly assigned to a PA program or a no-PA control condition during one academic year. QoL was assessed by the Child Health Questionnaire at baseline and postintervention. Based on mixed linear model analyses, physical QoL in first graders and physical and psychosocial QoL in fifth graders were not affected by the intervention. In first graders, the PA intervention had a positive impact on psychosocial QoL (effect size [d], 0.32; p < .05). Subpopulation analyses revealed that this effect was caused by an effect in urban (effect size [d], 0.38; p < .05) and overweight first graders (effect size [d], 0.45; p < .05). In conclusion, a school-based PA intervention had little effect on QoL in elementary school children.

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Elementary school children’s decisions about paragraph organization

Written Language & Literacy ◽

10.1075/wll.13.2.04dav ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 260-273

Author(s):

Amira Dávalos ◽

Mónica Alvarado

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Children ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

Expository Text ◽

Written Discourse ◽

Written Responses ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Way

The main purpose of the present paper is to explore children’s abilities to introduce punctuation in Spanish texts. In this context, sixty Mexican elementary school children (ages 8–11) were asked to edit an expository text. The children’s written responses were analyzed from a pragmatic perspective following Nunberg (1990) and Figueras (2001). The result of this exercise led to some hypotheses on the relation between the discursive connectors and punctuation, and also on the semantic criteria that lead children to delimit certain textual units. From the way the children delimited units we observed a tendency to progress from identifying text sentences to defining them with punctuation in expository written discourse. Children differentiated in their use of punctuation, using commas for serial units and upper cases and full stops for text sentences beginning with explicit subjects. Therefore, we follow that explicit subjects might be a key starting point in the development of those criteria that help to differentiate the structures of text sentences and serial units, at least when revising someone else’s text.

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Relationship between Child Occupational Self-Assessment and Quality of Life in Elementary School Children

Journal of Occupational Therapy Schools & Early Intervention ◽

10.1080/19411243.2019.1604287 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 7-18

Author(s):

Katsushi Yokoi ◽

Shigeki Kurasawa ◽

Miyoko Utsumi ◽

Nobuyuki Miyai

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Elementary School ◽

School Children ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

Self Assessment

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Pengembangan model permainan bolatangan untuk anak usia sekolah dasar kelas atas

Jurnal Keolahragaan ◽

10.21831/jk.v4i1.8136 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 60

Author(s):

Muhamad Abdurrochim

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Children ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

Large Scale ◽

Upper Class ◽

Small Scale ◽

Game Model ◽

Ball Game ◽

Three Phase

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan model permainan bolatangan untuk anak sekolah dasar kelas atas. Produk yang dihasilkan CD dan buku. Penelitian ini mencakup tiga tahapan yaitu tahapan validasi kesesuaian dan kualitas model oleh ahli, tahap uji coba skala kecil, dan tahap uji coba skala luas. Penelitian ini dilakukan SD Negeri 1 Petir, SD Negeri 2 Petir, SD Negeri Kembangsari dan MI Sananul Ula, Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner kesesuaian model dan respon siswa terhadap permainan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa para ahli dan guru menilai produk telah sesuai. Pandangan siswa, 100% permainan dapat dilakukan, menyenangkan dan dapat membuat anak menjadi senang bergerak, 90,82% memberikan tanggapan bahwa permainan mudah dilakukan, 96,94% dapat memahami peraturan dengan baik, 93,88% siswa taat pada peraturan yang berlaku, 10.20% siswa mengalami kesulitan, 98,98% siswa merasa suka dengan peralatan yang digunakan, 95,92% dapat melakukan kerjasama, dan 6,74 % merasa takut melakukan permainan yang diajarkan.Kata Kunci: Pengembangan, Bolatangan, Sekolah Dasar Kelas Atas DEVELOPMENT OF HANDBALL GAME MODEL TO UPPER CLASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDRENAbstractThis research aimed to develop a hand ball game model to upper class elementary school children. The product result is form guide and CD. This research included of three phase were stability and quality of the model by expert phase, small-scale phase, and large-scale pahse. This research conduct in elementary school 1 petir, elementary school 2 petir, elementary school kembangsari and MI sananul Ula. The instruments that use were the suitability of the model and the response of students to the game questionnaire. The results showed that the experts and teachers assess product matches. 100% the game can be done, fun and can make children be happy moving, 90,82% provide responses that the game is easy to do, 96, 94 % can understand the rules very well, 93,88% Students obedient to regulations, 10. 20% students have difficulty, 98,98% students feel a liking equipment used, 95. 92% cooperation can do and 6,74 % feared the games taught.Keywords: development, handball, elementary school upper-class

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Durasi dan kualitas tidur hubungannya dengan obesitas pada anak sekolah dasar di Kota Yogyakarta dan Kabupaten Bantul

Jurnal Gizi dan Dietetik Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics) ◽

10.21927/ijnd.2013.1(2).93-101 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 93

Author(s):

Dewi Marfuah ◽

Hamam Hadi ◽

Emy Huriyati

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

School Children ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Short Sleep Duration ◽

Short Sleep

ABSTRACT Background: The prevalence of obesity in Indonesia is expected to continue to increase each year. Many factors contribute to obesity, one of which is the duration and quality of sleep. Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality lead to increase energy intake and increase sedentary lifestyle that will have an impact on obesity in children. Objective: To examine the difference in duration and quality of sleep between obese and non-obese children, and to examine whether short sleep duration and poor sleep quality were risk factors of obesity in elementary school children in City of Yogyakarta and Bantul Regency. Methods: This was a case control study. A random sample of 244 obese and 244 grade-matched non-obese elementary school students were selected form a cross-sectional survey previously done in the City of Yogyakarta and Bantul Regency. Information of sleep quality was collected using sleep self report questionnaires, sleep duration using recall of physical activity during the last week, nutrient intakes using a food frequency questionnaires and socio-economic using structured questionnaires. Results: There was a signiﬁ cant relationship between sleep duration and obesity. The odds of being obese was 1.7 (OR=1,74, 95%CI: 1.06-2.84) times higher in children who slept <10 hours/day and those children who slept ≥10 hours/ day. Children with low quality of sleep was 1.9 (OR=1.88, 95% CI:0.95-3.71) times more likely to be obese than children with good quality of sleep. However, the association was not statistically signiﬁ cant. Conclusion: Short sleep duration was associatied with increased odds of being obese in elementary school children. KEYWORDS: sleep duration, sleep quality, obesity, elementary school children. ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Prevalensi obesitas di Indonesia diperkirakan akan terus meningkat setiap tahunnya. Banyak faktor yang berkontribusi terhadap obesitas, salah satunya adalah durasi dan kualitas tidur. Durasi tidur yang pendek dan kualitas tidur yang buruk menyebabkan peningkatan asupan energi dan peningkatan gaya hidup yang akan berdampak pada obesitas pada anak-anak. Tujuan: Menguji perbedaan durasi dan kualitas tidur antara anak obesitas dan non obesitas, dan apakah durasi tidur yang pendek dan kualitas tidur yang buruk merupakan faktor risiko obesitas pada anak sekolah dasar di Yogyakarta. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kasus kontrol. Sampel diambil secara acak sebanyak 244 anak SD obes dan 244 anak SD non-obes yang sebelumnya telah dipilih menggunakan metode cross-sectional yang dilakukan di Kota Yogyakarta dan Kabupaten Bantul. Data kualitas tidur diperoleh menggunakan kuesioner catatan tidur, sedangkan durasi tidur dengan recall aktivitas ﬁ sik selama satu minggu, asupan gizi dengan food frequency questionnaire, dan sosial ekonomi dengan kuesioner terstruktur. Hasil: Terdapat hubungan yang signiﬁ kan antara durasi tidur dengan obesitas. Anak yang tidur <10 jam/hari kemungkinan mengalami obesitas 1.7 (OR=1,74, 95% CI: 1.06-2.84) kali lebih tinggi dibandingkan yang tidur >10 jam/hari. Anak dengan kualitas tidur yang buruk kemungkinan mengalami obesitas 1.9 (OR=1.88, 95% CI: 0.95-3.71) kali dibandingkan dengan yang kualitas tidurnya baik, namun secara statistik tidak signiﬁ kan. Kesimpulan: Durasi tidur yang pendek berhubungan dengan peningkatan kemungkinan untuk mengalami obesitas pada anak sekolah dasar. KATA KUNCI: durasi tidur, kualitas tidur, obesitas, anak SD

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