Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)

Survey of Physical Fitness Level for Elementary and Junior High School Student in Palembang

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Iryakus
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Available Online February 2018.
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10.2991/ice-17.2018.3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
physical fitness; elementary school students; junior high school students
Abstract

This study aims to determine the physical fitness level of elementary and junior high school students in Palembang. This study was a descriptive study; the method used is survey method with test and measurement techniques. The samples are 46 elementary school students from grades 5 and 6 aged 10-12 years and 46 junior high school students aged 13-15 years in Palembang. The instrument used in this study is using the bleeP Physical Freshness test. Data analysis techniques using quantitative descriptive analysis. The result showed that the physical fitness level of elementary and junior high school students in Palembang are: 2.08 % is excellent, 4.16 % is good, 4.16 % is average, 8.33 % is fair, and 81.25 % are poor. the physical fitness level of elementary and junior high school students in Palembang are: 8.69 % is excellent, 4.35 % is good, 23.91 % are average, 8.69 % is fair, 54.35 % are poor. Based on the test results, we can conclude that the physical fitness of elementary school students in Palembang categorized poor, while the junior high school student physical fitness category fair. It is suggested to each school both elementary and junior high school can improve the physical fitness of students with extracurricular activities in accordance with the interests of students at least 3 times a week.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
February 2018
ISBN
10.2991/ice-17.2018.3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ice-17.2018.3How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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