Micronutrients Intake and Mathematics Achievement among Primary School Children in Magelang, Central Java

Introduction. Innovative teaching and learning systems involve intensification of the educational process and greater academic loads; it results in the exertion of adaptation systems in a body, especially when it comes to primary school children. Purpose of the study. Our research goal was to assess peculiarities of adaptation capabilities in primary school children who attended schools with different educational processes. Material and methods. To study peculiarities of adaptation capabilities in primary school children, we performed a clinical examination of 183 children (51.4% boys and 48.6% girls, the average age being 9.51±0.17) who attended a lyceum (group A), a school with advanced studies of physics and mathematics (Group B), and an ordinary secondary school (Group C). We also analyzed how intense educational loads were in all three educational establishments. Children’s adaptation capabilities were assessed as per functional parameters of their cardiovascular and vegetative nervous systems and catecholamines’ contents in blood. Results. The entry-level secondary schools tend to have more intense educational processes. We established that primary school children who attended a lyceum faced 1.5 times greater intellectual and sensory loads; children who attended a school with advanced studies of physics and mathematics had educational loads that were 1.3-1.4 times more monotonous than in other establishments; children who attended an ordinary school had to bear 1.8 times higher emotional loads. ⅔ primary school children had exertion of functional reserves in their cardiovascular system caused by a longer educational load duration. 36% of primary school children who attended a school with advanced studies of physics and mathematics had tension in their adaptation mechanisms caused by monotonous educational loads combined with lower noradrenalin contents in blood. Those children also ran up to 4.9 times higher risks of adaptation mechanism exertion. 48.5-56.7% of children who attended a lyceum and an ordinary school had vegetative imbalance that became apparent via activated adaptation-trophic influence promoted by the sympathetic section in the vegetative nervous systems and related to the duration of learning activities. Conclusion. Intensification of the educational process results in disorders of compensatory-adaptation mechanisms in primary school children.

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THE EFFECT OF DIETARY INTAKE AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE RISK OF STUNTING IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SURAKARTA, CENTRAL JAVA

MULTISECTORAL ACTION TO COMBAT REGIONAL AND SOCIAL INEQUITIES IN HEALTH ◽

10.26911/theicph.2017.002 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Agustina Dwi Utami ◽

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Dono Indarto ◽

Yulia Lanti Retno Dewi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dietary Intake ◽

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Social Economic ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Economic Factors ◽

Central Java

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The Effect of Dietary Intake and Social Economic Factors on the Risk of Stunting in Primary School Children in Surakarta, Central Java

10.26911/jepublichealth.2017.02.01.01 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 02 (01) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Agustina Dwi Utami ◽

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Dono Indarto ◽

Yulia Lanti Retno Dewi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dietary Intake ◽

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Social Economic ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Economic Factors ◽

Central Java

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The Relationship Between Approximate Number System and Mathematics Competency in Indonesian Primary School Children

Advanced Science Letters ◽

10.1166/asl.2018.12708 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (8) ◽

pp. 6259-6264

Author(s):

Kevin Wijaya ◽

Fransiskus X Ivan ◽

Adre Mayza

Keyword(s):

Response Time ◽

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Weber Fraction ◽

Number System ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Methodological Aspect ◽

Approximate Number System ◽

And Mathematics ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between Approximate Number System (ANS), a cognitive system which represents and estimates the cardinality of a set, and mathematics competency of primary school children. Many findings on ANS and its relations with mathematics competency showed inconsistency. This research is the first of its kind in Indonesia. 318 fourth and fifth-grade primary school students were instructed to perform non-symbolic (dots) comparison task to measure their Weber fraction (w), accuracy (percentage correct), and response time (ms) which are the measurement for ANS acuity. Mathematics competencies of the students were taken from school’s report card and the data were standardized for each school separately. Correlation and regression linear analysis were conducted to find the relationship between ANS acuity and mathematics’ competency. Analysis showed there was a weak but significant (p < 0.05) correlation between two measurements of ANS acuity, namely the Weber fraction and accuracy, with mathematics competency, but not response time (p > 0.05). Further analysis with linear regression showed there was no relationship between the two variables and mathematics score, which disproves this correlation. This study shows that there is no relationship between children’s ANS acuity and mathematics competency. Intrinsic factors such as children’s attention, engagement, and motivation, also methodological aspect needed further consideration. Future studies are needed to investigate the methodological aspect related to the measurement of ANS and mathematics’ competency as there is no ‘gold standard’ yet to measure ANS.

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Longitudinal development of number line estimation and mathematics performance in primary school children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ◽

10.1016/j.jecp.2015.02.002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 134 ◽

pp. 12-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

Ilona Friso-van den Bos ◽

Evelyn H. Kroesbergen ◽

Johannes E.H. Van Luit ◽

Iro Xenidou-Dervou ◽

Lisa M. Jonkman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

School Children ◽

Number Line ◽

Mathematics Performance ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Longitudinal Development ◽

Number Line Estimation ◽

And Mathematics

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Risk factors for acute otitis media in primary school children: a case-control study in Central Java, Indonesia

Journal of Public Health Research ◽

10.4081/jphr.2021.1909 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Siwi Pramatama Wijayanti ◽

Daniel Joko Wahyono ◽

Dwi Sarwani Sri Rejeki ◽

Devi Octaviana ◽

Aris Mumpuni ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Primary School ◽

Otitis Media ◽

School Children ◽

Acute Otitis Media ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Central Java ◽

Poor Nutritional Status ◽

History Of

Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common disease in young children requiring antibiotic treatment. Information on AOM-related determinant risk factors in primary school children is still limited, particularly in Indonesia. This study aims to identify risk factors related to AOM in primary school children in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.Design and Methods: This is an analytical study with a case-control design in Banyumas Regency, Indonesia. 3574 children from 6 regions of the Banyumas Regency were recruited for the screening of AOM detection, and confirmation of AOM diagnosis was determined by Otolaryngologist. One hundred and twenty-five cases and 125 control were involved in this study. Data collection was carried out using a structured questionnaire focusing on several variables such as household cooking fuel, house environment, smoking exposure, knowledge of parents, and nutrition status. Univariate, bivariate using chi-square and multivariate with regression logistic was conducted for data analysis. Results: This study highlights the risk of household firewood use (p=0.003), poor nutritional status (p=0.009), and a family history of ear infections (p=0.015) with an increased risk of otitis media.Conclusions: Household firewood use, poor nutritional status and family history of ear infection are factors associated with the occurrence of acute otitis media. It is necessary to provide public health education to prevent exposure to fuel at risk for children and to improve their nutritional status.

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