Ready to Learn: The Impact of the Morning Blast Physical Activity Intervention on Elementary School Students

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an aerobic exercise intervention programme on elementary school students’ math learning and daily physical activity. Methods: This mixed-methods study included 7 educators and 83 students (n=90). The students were all children who were enrolled in Grades 3, 4, and 5 in a semi-rural elementary school in the United States of America. Data were collected through focus-group interviews, surveys, quantitative analysis of step counts, and from quasi-experimental research design. Results: Students in the experimental group were found to have: (1) increased scores on math standard score, (2) greater confidence in their academic ability, and (3) had more accumulated steps compared to students in the control group. Students in the experimental group also reported that they were more “ready to learn” after completing the physical activity intervention. This finding was also confirmed by their teachers. Conclusion: This study demonstrates how an increase in physical activity during the morning time has positive benefits for students throughout the school day.

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The effects of implementing a gratitude development program on the quality of life and happiness of upper elementary school students

Život i škola ◽

10.32903/zs.66.1.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 23-31

Author(s):

Josipa Erdeši ◽

Željka Mendek Ocelić ◽

Gorka Vuletić

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Development Program ◽

Well Being ◽

Control Group ◽

School Students ◽

The Impact ◽

Experimental Group

The aim of this paper is to test the impact of the implementation of gratitude development program on the quality of life and happiness of sixth, seventh and eighth grade elementary school students. The total of 79 students of one elementary school from a rural part of Eastern Croatia participated in the research, divided into experimental (N = 39) and control (N = 40) groups. The gratitude development program was conducted once a day for a period of four weeks. The Personal Well-Being Index for School Children and the Subjective Happiness Scale were administered before and after the program. The results were processed by a two-way analysis of variance with repeated measurements on the first factor. There was a significant increase in the level of overall quality of life and specific quality of life domains in the experimental group in comparison to the control group. There were no significant changes in happiness level in the experimental group after the program. The findings contribute to a better understanding of the relationship of gratitude, the quality of life and the experience of happiness. Also, the results indicate the importance of using psychological interventions that can improve the quality of life of students in the educational context. The paper extensively discusses the usefulness of this research and its implications for future research.

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EFEKTIVITAS PELATIHAN BUNYI HURUF DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA AWAL SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

Jurnal Muara Ilmu Sosial, Humaniora, dan Seni ◽

10.24912/jmishumsen.v3i2.6022 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 440

Author(s):

Beatrix Carnatia Sanoe ◽

Sri Tiatri ◽

Soemiarti Patmonodewo

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Phonological Awareness ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Reading Ability ◽

Reading Assessment ◽

Control Group ◽

School Students ◽

Early Grade ◽

Letter Sound ◽

Experimental Group

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Apakah pelatihan bunyi huruf efektif dapat meningkatkan kemampuan membaca permulaan pada Siswa kelas 1 Sekolah Dasar. Pelatihan Bunyi Huruf ini mengacu pada teori Phonological Awareness dari Torgessen dan Wagner (1998) Phonological Awarenes adalah sensitivitas atau kesadaran eksplisit seseorang yang meliputi kemampuan mendengar, melihat, memikirkan atau memanipulasi struktur bunyi dari kata-kata dalam bahasanya. Subyek dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 12 siswa kelas 1 SD yang belum lancar membaca. Siswa tersebut dibagi mejadi 2 kelompok yaitu kelompok kontrol dan kelompok eksperimen. Alat pengumpulan data yang digunakan sebagai test yang pada pretest dan postest adalah EGRA (Early Grade Reading Assessment). Pelatihan Bunyi Huruf dilakukan sebanyak 8 kali pertemuan, dan hasil penelitian menunjukan adanya peningkatan skor kemampuan membaca yang sangat signifikan pada kelompok eksperimen setelah diberikan pelatihan bunyi huruf. Disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan bunyi huruf terbukti efektif dalam meningkatkan kemampuan siswa sekolah dasar. This study aims to find out whether effective letter sound training can improve initial reading skills in Grade 1 Elementary School students. This Letter Sound Training refers to the Phonological Awareness theory of Torgessen and Wagner (1998) Phonological Awareness is the sensitivity or explicit awareness of a person which includes the ability to hear, see, think or manipulate the sound structure of words in the language. The subjects in this study were 12 grade 1 elementary school students who had not read fluently. The students were divided into 2 groups, namely the control group and the experimental group. The data collection tool used as a test at the pre-test and post-test was EGRA (Early Grade Reading Assessment). Letter Sounding Training was conducted in 8 meetings, and the results of the study showed a very significant increase in the reading ability score in the experimental group after being given letter sound training. It was concluded that letter sound training proved effective in improving the ability of elementary school students

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DEVELOPING ANTI-CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING

10.31227/osf.io/k723j ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Adi Heryadi

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Control Group ◽

Measuring Instruments ◽

Group Training ◽

School Students ◽

Corruption Perception ◽

5Th Grade ◽

Training Modules ◽

Experimental Group

This study aimed to testify whether the program given in the form of anti-corruption training with the experimental methods in design pretest-posttest control group influenced to create an anti-corruption perception of elementary school students. Subjects in this study were 24 Student of 5th Grade in Elementary school of Purwosari Sinduadi Village, Mlati, Sleman, Yogyakarta as the experimental group and 25 other students as a control group. Training modules and measuring instruments used in this program was made by writer referred to the concept of anti-corruption education (Higher Education, 2011), nine anti-corruption values were modified to be appropriately used by elementary students. Measuring instruments used in this research was anti-corruption perception scale which has a reliability of coefficient value 0,813 after tested. The data were analyzed by different test statistical analysis. The Results of statistical calculations by different test in the experimental group was showed t = 67.79 and t end = 68.88 meant that there was significant influence of anti-corruption training program in developing anti-corruption perception of 5th Graders Purwosari’s Elementary School.

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SETS-based guided experiment book: Empowering science process skills of elementary school students

Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia ◽

10.22219/jpbi.v4i3.6684 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Pinkan Anita Tri Prasasti ◽

Ivayuni Listiani

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Control Group ◽

Process Skills ◽

School Students ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Science Process Skills ◽

Before And After ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

In this 21st–century, students are expected to have current competencies in which one of them is science process skills. The aim of this research was to empower science process skills through the SETS-based guided experiment book. This Posttest Only Control Group Design study involved 50 students of fifth grade which divided into two groups i.e. 25 students as the experimental group and 25 students as the control group. The activities were carried out for three months outside of school. The empowerment of science process skills was measured from the increasing scores before and after the implementation of the SETS Guided Experiment Book. The results showed that there was a significant different between experimental group and control group as the significancy value was 0.01 (sig. < 0.05). This means that the SETS-based guided experiment book can empower Science process skill of elementary school students.

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Developing sosiocultural base thematic-integrative learning instrument for elementary school students

Jurnal Prima Edukasia ◽

10.21831/jpe.v5i2.14510 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 186

Author(s):

Slamet Arifin

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Development Stage ◽

Control Group ◽

Integrative Learning ◽

School Students ◽

Testing Stage ◽

Operational Test ◽

Product Test ◽

Experimental Group

This study aimed at: (1) generating sociocultural base-thematic-integrative learning instrument on the theme “My Aspiration” for the students of SD N Pujokusuman 1; and (2) identifying the effectiveness of the sociocultural base-thematic-integrative learning instrument on the theme “My Aspiration”. This study referred to the steps that had been developed by Borg & Gall. The developmental design was categorized into three procedures which consisted of: (a) preliminary stage; (b) development stage; and (c) testing stage. The subjects of the main experiment were 28 elementary school students. Then, the subjects of the operational test were 84 students from SDN Pujokusuman 1. The subjects of operational product test in the experimental group were 56 students and in the control group were 28 students. In gathering the data for this study, the researcher employed interview guideline, learning instrument product assessment sheet, teacher’s checklist observation sheet, student’s checklist observation sheet, learning results test, and teacher’s response questionnaire. In conducting the data analysis, the researcher made use of independent sample t-test with the rate of significance 0.05. The results of the study show that the learning instrument belongs to the “Good” category. The implementation of the learning instrument, in general, belongs to the “Very Good” category. However, there are differences between the control group and the experimental group after the implementation of the sociocultural based-thematic-integrative learning instrument with p < 0.05. There is also a significant improvement with p = 0.0001.

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EFEKTIVITAS MODEL STM (SAINS TEKNOLOGI MASYARAKAT) TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN SISWA PADA KONSEP ENERGI DAN PERUBAHANNYA DI SEKOLAH DASAR

Didaktik : Jurnal Ilmiah PGSD STKIP Subang ◽

10.36989/didaktik.v1i1.15 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 92-102

Author(s):

Fery Muhamad Firdaus

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Primary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Research Process ◽

The State ◽

Control Group ◽

School Students ◽

Science Society ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Experimental Group

The research objective was to determine the influence of STM (Science Society Technology) of the elementary school students' understanding. The study was conducted in the second semester of academic year 2012-2013 at the State Primary School Cipaku 03 as the experimental group, and at the State Primary School Nangela as a control group. The research sample of 20 students from each group. During the research process, the experimental group was given STM (Science Society Technology), while the control group was given conventional learning. The approach used in this study is a quantitative approach with quasi experimental design method nonequivalent groups pretest-posttests. Data analysis was performed using t-test. 0.05 significance level. The results showed a significant difference between the scores of students' understanding of the experimental group and the control group. It also found that the STM (Science Society Technology) is more effective in improving students' understanding compared to conventional learning, so that the STM (Science Society Technology) can be an alternative to learning that can be applied in an effort to improve understanding of elementary school students.

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Hubungan Antara Sikat Gigi Menggunakan Pasta Gigi dan Tanpa Pasta Gigi Terhadap Score Plak Gigi Pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar

Journal of Oral Health Care ◽

10.29238/ohc.v6i2.333 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 41-48

Author(s):

Almujadi Almujadi ◽

Dwi Eni Purwati

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Tooth Brushing ◽

Control Group ◽

Homogeneity Test ◽

School Students ◽

Plaque Score ◽

Significant Difference ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

Cleaned toothbrushing is an activity to clean all the surface of teeth by using tooth brush and tooth paste. This study purposes to know the relationship between tooth brushing with and without toothpaste and plaques score in elementary school students. This study used quasi experiment study design. This study population and subject were all of students in class IV and V SD Negeri Kandangan I and SD Negeri Kandangan II. Seventy students were divided into intervention and control group, with each group contained 35 students. Plaque data was evaluated by using plaque coloring material disclosing solution which was dropped on the tip of the tongue then spread on teeth surfaces. Plaque score was measured by Personal Hygiene Performan-Modified (PHP-M) technique using all plaque scores on the index teeth. Data analysis were performed by independent t-test, with normality and homogeneity test were performed before it. This study showed that there was significant difference in tooth plaque scores decline between experimental group and control group. Experimental group declined as much or 22,94, wherias control group declined at much as 11,00. This study concluded Tooth brushing with toothpaste could reduce plaque score in elementary school students compared to tooth brushing without toothpaste.

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The Impact of Music in Increasing Intelligence: A "Gendhing Lancaran" Experiment on Spatial-Temporal Ability

Journal of Music Science Technology and Industry ◽

10.31091/jomsti.v2i1.606 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 113

Author(s):

Oriana Tio Parahita Nainggolan

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Fourth Grade ◽

Intelligence Test ◽

Control Group ◽

School Students ◽

Random Methods ◽

Data Support ◽

Before And After ◽

The Impact

The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of the Javanese gamelan pieces, namely gendhing lancaran towards the increasing of the spatial-temporal ability. The subjects of this research consist of 60 elementary school students in the fourth grade. By using random methods, those subjects are grouped into two groups those are 30 students on the experiment group and 30 others on the control group. The subjects were assigned to one of two conditions: listening gendhing lancaran (for the experiment group) or no music (for the control group). As a spatial-temporal task, CFIT (culture fair intelligence test) was administered before and after listening gendhing lancaran. The experiment group is scored significantly higher than the non-music group on CFIT. These data support this research as the elements of sounds produced by various music instruments can give stimulus or influence spatial-temporal ability. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menginvestigasi pengaruh tetembangan gamelan Jawa, yaitu gendhing lancaran terhadap peningkatan kemampuan spasial-temporal. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 60 murid sekolah dasar di kelas empat. Dengan menggunakan metode acak, subjek-subjek tersebut dijadikan ke dalam dua kelompok, yaitu 30 dalam kelompok eksperimen dan 30 lainnya dalam kelompok pengawasan. Mereka dikaitkan dengan salah satu dari dua kondisi: mendengar gendhing lancaran (untuk kelompok eksperimen) atau tidak mendengar musik tersebut (untuk kelompok pengawasan). Sebagai tugas spasial-temporal, CFIT (culture fair intelligence test) dicatat sebelum dan sesudah mendengar gendhing lancaran. Kelompok eksperimen secara signifikan bernilai lebih tinggi dibandingkan kelompok pengawasan melalui CFIT. Data ini mendukung penelitian ini di mana elemen-elemen bunyi yang dihasilkan berbagai alat musik dapat memberikan stimulus atau pengaruh pada kemampuan spasial-temporal.

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