English language learning motivation of sports exchange students

One of the benefits from students exchange program is to learn a foreign language. In the Faculty of Sports Science, UNNES, most students going abroad all-around Southeast Asia which English is the medium of instruction between countries. Thus, the exchange program were likely helped to motivate them to learn English. However, limited studies have discussed the English learning motivation of students who have been studying abroad. This study aims to explain the students’ motivation to learn English after being exposed to the exchange experience. The study explains their motivation in two domains: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. It is descriptive quantitative research with a set of questionnaires as the primary source of data supported by interviews as the secondary data. The subjects of this study are 37 students from 4 majors; sports science (12), public health (11), physical education (7), and coaching education (7) which consisted of 20 females and 17 males, under the Faculty of Sports Science, UNNES who experienced the exchange programs between 2018-2019. The study found that personal belief on the importance of English to upgrade self-capacity, followed by practical practice of independent study to upgrade English performance, are the intrinsic motivational factors embraced by the exchange students. Furthermore, the exchange students’ view of the importance of English for their future career and the positive opinion from their environment on the people who can speak English have extrinsically motivated them to learn English. Future study needs to involve bigger participants by comparing those exchange and non-exchange students and examine the role of motivation toward the student's learning performance

Relationship between parenting style and physical activity participation among adolescents

Parents play an important role in the development of healthy lifestyle behaviors in their children. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between parenting style and physical activity participation. A random 100 student’s aged range from 13 to 17 years old were selected as respondents of this study. The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescences (PAQ-A) was used as the instrument to measure respondent's general level of physical activity meanwhile the Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ) was used to assessed respondent's perceived parenting style of their parents. The results showed that majority of adolescent were involved in moderate level of physical activity and only 29% reported to be very active during physical education class and 40% claimed that they did not active after school hour. Data analysis also showed that 60% of the respondents perceived the parents are using authoritative style, authoritarian style (31%) and permissive style (9%). Finally, the statistical analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between parenting style and physical activity participation thus conclude parenting styles play as a role in the promotion and involvement of physical activity among adolescents

Faktor yang menggalakkan penglibatan siswi di dalam sukan wanita: satu tinjauan kualitatif / Ani Mazlina Dewi Mohamed...[et al.]

Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi penglibatan penuntut wanita di universiti dalam bidang sukan. Sepuluh sampel terdiri daripada penuntut universiti yang pernah menyertai program Sukan Wanita Kebangsaan 2007 telah bersetuju untuk ditemu bual. Responden ini telah bersetuju untuk melakukan rakaman temu bual bagi tujuan kajian ini. Semua rakaman temu bual ditranskrip semula oleh pengkaji dan digunakan untuk menentukan tema-tema utama dalam kajian. Tiga tema utama telah diperolehi daripada hasil analisis iaitu bersukan, intrapersonal dan interpersonal. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa keseronokan merupakan faktor utama penglibatan wanita dalam bidang sukan. Cadangan dan penemuan kajian turut dibincangkan dalam kajian ini

Foam rolling reduced total creatine kinase in acute muscle inflammation following long-distance running

Strenuous physical activity is able to cost muscle damage. In urban society, ten kilometers running has become a modern culture. It induces acute inflammation as a normal physiological response. Conversely, a foam roller is known as a self-myofascial release (SMR) technique which can be done individually. Previous studies stated that foam rolling (FR) could increase flexibility, and reduce muscle pain sensation. However, there is still a limited supply of scientific evidence to prove its positive effects, especially through biomarkers such as creatine kinase (CK). This study aims to elucidate the beneficial effects of a foam roller in CK concentration after 10 kilometers of running which induces DOMS. A quasi-repeated measures design was elected as an approach to conducting this study. The purposive sampling technique was used to obtain the subjects (n= 10). Creatine kinase measurements were performed before 10 km running and 3 days post running by using the COBAS INTEGRA 400 Plus Test (the UV-test concept). Repeated Measures ANOVA was used to determine the effect of FR on CK. Ten kilometers of running increased Total CK concentration, pre-test data was 146.2 ± 36.3 (U/L), and 24 hours was 452.3 ± 216.5 (U/L). Creatine Kinase decreased at 48 hours (300.6 ± 117.6 (U/L), and 72 hours (238.4 ± 67.5 (U/L) post-application of foam rolling. We conclude that long distance running increased significantly total CK, and foam rolling might decrease CK concentration in the blood

Relation Between Knowledge and Attitude Regarding DHF with PSN Behavior Among the Community Around the Campus

The city of Semarang as the capital of Central Java province is a DHF endemic city and has a high risk of dengue fever. Based on data from Central Java Provincial Health Office in 2015, DBD IR from 2012 to 2015 has increased. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in the work area of Puskesmas Sekaran, Gunungpati in 2013 there are 7 cases of DHF patients, the highest number of Dengue fever is in Sukorejo Village with 6 patients then followed by Kelurahan Sekaran with 1 patient. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship Knowledge and Public Attitudes about DHF with the Behavior Eradication Mosquito Nest (PSN) in the Village Sekaran Gunungpati District Semarang City. This type of research is observational analytics with cross sectional approach. The sample of this research is the community of Village Saving as many as 52 people. The research instrument used questionnaires and observation sheets. Data analysis using chi square test. The result of this research is that there is no correlation between knowledge about dengue behavior toward PSN behavior (p = 0,477) and there is no correlation between public attitudes about DBD on PSN behavior (p = 1,96). Conclusion from this research that there is no relation between knowledge and attitude of society about DBD to behavior of PSN DBD

Pengajaran penyalahgunaan dadah dalam kalangan pelajar tingkatan empat

This research examines the effectiveness of drug abuse education in school. Demography variable in terms of academic qualification, parent’s knowledge and family experience that influence the effectiveness of drug abuse education among the form four students at secondary school in Shah Alam, Selangor. The respondents of this study are 80 participants who are basically involved in drug abuse education class. It involves 31 male students and 49 female students. This study is conducted by survey using questionnaire which have four sections as research instruments. Data and information will be evaluated via percentages and frequency only. The findings of the previous study have shown that drug abuse education in this school has its positive contribution towards the drug knowledge among students. More than fifty percent students also agreed that drug education session in school done effectively. Besides that, the findings for this research suggest that parents plays a crucial role in distributing drug abuse information to students compared to other sources. This research also recommends that drug education in school be improved by using variety of teaching and learning techniques by teachers

Kesan tahap pelaksanaan pendidikan jasmani terhadap perkembangan motor kasar kanak-kanak dalam kalangan 7 hingga 9 tahun di Selangor, Malaysia

Program Pendidikan Jasmani (PJ) yang berkualiti adalah penting untuk membentuk perkembangan motor kasar kanak-kanak. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menilai tahap pelaksanaan program PJ di sekolah-sekolah rendah di Selangor dan seterusnya menentukan kesan tahap pelaksanaan PJ terhadap perkembangan motor kasar kanak-kanak. Soal selidik SKPM 2010 diberi kepada 111 guru panitia PJ dan skor penarafan yang direkod digunakan untuk menilai tahap pelaksanaan PJ di sekolah terpilih. Tahap pelaksanaan PJ ini dikategorikan kepada tiga tahap iaitu tinggi, sederhana dan rendah. Berdasarkan kepada data tahap pelaksanaan tersebut tiga sekolah yang berbeza tahap pelaksanaan (tinggi, sederhana dan rendah) telah dipilih secara rawak untuk dijadikan sampel kajian seterusnya. Untuk menentukan keberkesanan tahap pelaksanaan PJ terhadap perkembangan motor kasar kanak-kanak, skor ujian kemahiran motor kasar direkodkan. Ujian ini menggunakan instrumen Test of Gross Motor Development 2 (TGMD-2) yang melibatkan 12 kemahiran lokomotor (berlari, gallop, lari sisi, lenting, lompat sebelah kaki dan lompat jauh berdiri) dan kemahiran manipulatif (pukul bola pegun, menendang bola, menggolek bola, membaling bola, menangkap bola dan melantun bola). Kajian ini melibatkan 605 kanak-kanak (308 lelaki dan 297 perempuan) berumur 7 hingga 9 tahun daripada 3 sekolah yang terpilih. Turut direkod adalah pemboleh ubah kovariat Indeks Jisim Tubuh Badan (BMI), kegiatan aktiviti fizikal (SKAF), dan status sosioekonomi (SES) bagi menentukan hasil perbezaan adalah bukan dipengaruhi oleh pemboleh ubah ini. Keputusan yang diperolehi daripada bahagian pertama kajian ini menunjukkan secara keseluruhannya tahap pelaksanaan PJ di sekolah rendah di Selangor adalah di tahap sederhana. Aspek kepimpinan yang berimpak tinggi dalam meningkatkan kualiti pembelajaran dan pengajaran serta pengurusan organisasi sekolah yang cekap dan berkesan mengurus sumber dalam dan luaran perlu ditingkatkan untuk memastikan tahap pelaksanaan PJ di tahap yang tinggi, 3) keberkesanan dan kecekapan pengurusan kurikulum, kokurikulum, sukan dan Hal Ehwal Murid melahirkan murid yang seimbang dari segi intelek, rohani, emosi dan jasmani, 4) perancangan guru dan pelaksanaan proses pembelajaran dan pengajaran yang berkualiti tinggi dan 5) keberhasilan Pendidikan Jasmani melahirkan murid yang berpengetahuan, berketrampilan, berakhlak, bertanggungjawab dan berupaya mencapai kesejahteraan diri. Antara isu yang dikenalpasti dalam pengurusan kurikulum Pendidikan Jasmani di sekolah ialah kekurangan guru yang berkelayakan untuk mengajar PJ dengan berkesan. Berdasarkan analisis MANOVA yang dijalankan untuk membandingkan skor pra dan skor pasca perkembangan motor kasar di antara tiga tahap pelaksanaan program PJ bagi semua kumpulan umur mendapati terdapat kesan yang signifikan tahap pelaksanaan PJ terhadap skor perkembangan motor kasar kanak-kanak. Walaubagaimana pun, keputusan univariat F skor pra perkembangan motor kasar bagi kumpulan umur 7 tahun menunjukkan tiada perbezaan yang signifikan bagi skor Age Equiavalent Locomotor (AEL) manakala kumpulan umur 8 tahun pula menunjukkan tiada perbezaan yang signifikan bagi semua skor perkembangan motor kecuali Age Equivalent Manipulative (AEM). Keputusan univariat F skor pasca perkembangan motor kasar bagi kumpulan umur 7 tahun menunjukkan tiada perbezaan yang signifikan bagi Skor Piawai Lokomotor (SPL) dan Age Equivalent Locomotor (AEL) manakala kumpulan umur 9 tahun pula menunjukkan tiada perbezaan yang signifikan bagi semua skor perkembangan motor kecuali Gross Motor Development Quotient (GMDQ). Analisis MANCOVA menunjukkan masih terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan tahap pelaksanaan Program Pendidikan Jasmani terhadap skor pra dan pasca perkembangan motor kasar walaupun selepas kawalan dibuat ke atas faktor-faktor lain (BMI, SKAF dan SES). Kesimpulannya, tahap pelaksanaan yang berbeza mempengaruhi perkembangan kemahiran motor. Oleh itu, sekolah perlu memastikan pelan yang berkesan untuk menyediakan memastikan pelaksanaan Program PJ yang berkualiti tinggi dalam mencapai matlamat meningkatkan kemahiran motor kanak-kanak

Kebimbangan dan Kemerosotan Prestasi di Kalangan Atlet Lelaki di Peringkat Universiti

This research was conducted to further understand the relationship between anxiety and performance as indicated by Multidimensional Anxiety Theory. The main objective of this study is to identify as to how far cognitive and somatic anxiety influence the performance of male athletes in universities. It is hypothesized that there is a relationship between anxiety and performance. A total 125 male athletes between the age of 18-45 years old from a university that took part in the Malaysian Private Universities Games took part in this study. The data was collected using the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) which was introduced by Martens, Vealey, Bump and Smith (1990). The respondents were asked to answer the questionnaire 30 minutes before the games began. The results of the study show that cognitive anxiety has a significant influence on performance while somatic anxiety is insignificant. The ANOVA test shows that there is no significant difference between cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety among the university teams that took part in the Malaysian Private University Games

Faktor yang Menggalakkan Penglibatan Siswi di dalam Sukan Wanita: Satu Tinjauan Kualitatif

The objective of this research is to identify factors that influence the involvement of female university students in sports. Ten university students who were involved in the National Women’s Sports 2007 agreed to be interviewed. These respondents agreed to be taperecorded during the data collection for this research. All recordings were transcribed and analyzed thematically. The three main themes that emerged from the analysis were: involvement in sports, intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects. The findings show that excitement was the main factor for the female students’ involvement in sports. The recommendations and other findings are also discussed in this research