Learning media innovation with assistive devices to improve motor skills of students with special needs and visual impairment

Deddy Whinata Kardiyanto — 2024-10-15

This study addresses the limited variations in tactile movement learning, mobility, and jumping exercises that support the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective abilities of blind students with special needs. The purpose of this research is to enhance students' movement, mobility, and jumping skills through the use of embossed mat media in a frog-jumping exercise. A development method was employed, involving a small-scale trial with 3 students and a large-scale trial with 11 students. The study utilises descriptive percentage analysis and qualitative analysis methods to examine recommendations and rationales for response selection. Data from the small-scale trials show the following results: adaptive PE expert 1 at 89.33%, adaptive PE expert 2 at 93.33%, and learning expert at 80.00%. On a larger scale, adaptive PE expert 1 rated 93.33%, adaptive PE expert 2 rated 89.33%, and the learning expert rated 82.66%, yielding an average score of 88.44%. The percentage results for the embossed mat indicate that the product meets the "good" criteria based on the data analysis. The study concludes that the embossed mat media can be effectively used to teach frog jumping to blind students with special needs. It is recommended that teachers adopt this media and consider incorporating additional variations in PE learning for students with special needs.

Effects of dietary patterns, economic factors, and hemoglobin on physical fitness in adolescent students

Dira Kurnia Sari — 2024-10-23

Increased understanding of a balanced diet, the role of economic factors, and the importance of hemoglobin levels are essential for improving students' physical fitness. This research aims to determine the influence of food patterns, economic factors, and hemoglobin on students' physical fitness. The research method uses quantitative survey methods and path analysis. The sample involved 58 adolescent students selected through simple random sampling. Data collection included a closed questionnaire on diet and economic factors, BMI measurements based on age and gender norms, physical fitness tests using the Nusantara Student Fitness Test, and hemoglobin level assessments according to WHO standards. The data analysis employed normality and homogeneity tests, with t-tests to determine variable effects using SPSS 25. The results concluded that dietary patterns and economic factors significantly influence hemoglobin, with p-values of 0.041 and 0.028. The R Square value of 0.427 indicates that these factors explain 42.7% of hemoglobin variability. The variables of diet, economic factors, and hemoglobin were significant to physical fitness, with p-values of 0.044, 0.000, and 0.006, respectively. The R Square value of 0.724 indicates that these three variables can explain 72.4% of the variability in physical fitness. This study contributes to demonstrating the impacts of diet, economic factors, and hemoglobin on students' physical fitness. Path analysis clarifies the relationships between these variables, while comprehensive fitness assessments provide insights into hemoglobin's impact on performance.

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Learning media innovation with assistive devices to improve motor skills of students with special needs and visual impairment

Effects of dietary patterns, economic factors, and hemoglobin on physical fitness in adolescent students