Physical literacy of elementary school students in Gorontalo 2018

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10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.70How to use a DOI?

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elementary school students’ physical literation, Gorontalo

Abstract

This study aims to examine the physical literacy of elementary school students in Gorontalo city. The study involved 338 participants consisting of 207 males and 131 females. The location was conducted at Stadium Merdeka 23 Januari. This is descriptive research with an evaluative method. The research instrument consisted of sprint tests, pull-ups, sit-ups and upright jumps and moderate running. Sprints are done to find out the level of students’ speed at a certain distance. Pull up is to find out the strength of the arm,whichis realized through the frequency of lifting the body's weight. Sit-ups are to determine the strength of abdominal muscles marked by frequency. Upright jump is to determine the explosive power of the leg muscles by making the highest jump. Running is a run that maintains the stability of accuracy from running fast to moderate. The results showed that the physical literacy level of elementary school students in Gorontalo City was divided into four categories, namely very low, low, medium,andgood. Students with a physical literacy in the low-level category were eight (2.36%), low physical literacy level was 135 (39.94%), medium category was 166 (49.11%) and good physical literacy level category was 38 people (9.79%).

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hariadi Said
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - Physical literacy of elementary school students in Gorontalo 2018
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 430
EP  - 434
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.70
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