THE INFLUENCE OF BRAIN GYMNASTIC TO LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ON STUDENTS IN MOJOKERTO REGENCY

Memory is used for building self-reliance and self-confidence in children. Memory disorders will complicate learning process and cause health problems for children. Exercise activities will familiarize children to maintain the main cognitive function of the brain and can help them to achieve achievement. This study aims to determine the influence of brain gymnastic to learning achievement on Al-Akbar Islamic Elementary School students Mojokerto. This research was done with quasi-experiment method with "Pretest-Postest with Control Group Design" in Islamic Elementary School of Al-Akbar Mojokerto. The sample was determined purposively, with 50 students. Brain gymnastic was done 6 times a week for 4 weeks with 7-10 minutes in each exercise, while the child's learning achievement was measured by the test score. The instruments in the study used observational data on brain exercise and reports on children's learning achievement Data were analyzed by using Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test with SPSS for Windows. The results showed that learning achievement before brain gymnastics was mostly satisfying amounted to 32 respondents (97%) in treatment group and for control group were mostly very satisfying amounted to 9 respondents (28%) in. The learning achievement after brain exercises for 4 weeks was mostly very satisfying 29 respondents (88 %) in treatment group, while in control group, almost half respondents were rated satisfying amounted to 16  respondents (49%). Data result with Man Witney got p value 0,008, meant there was influence of brain gymnastics in improving learning achievement. By doing simple movement has already activate brain cells and increase blood flow to the brain so student can receive knowledge that provided by teachers and increase learning concentration.

The teacher has a very important role in determining the quantity and quality of the teaching that is carried out.

General Data
Respondent characteristic based on gender  Based on the tabel 1, it is known that almost respondents are male as many as 68 students (51,5%).

Specific Data
a. Learning achievement before doing brain gymnastic   Learning achievement is a change of behavior that is considered important and expected to reflect the changes that occur as a result of student learning, in dimensional of idea, sense, and passion to create (Leonard & Amanah, 2017).Gymnastics in simple movements has already ease learning activities in adjusting to the tension and demands of everyday life.(Sukmayasa & Lasmawan, 2013).
na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) ,Volume3, Iss ue1,April 2019 PREFACE Learning achievement is the result obtained in the form of impressions that result in changes in the individual and skills in knowing something as a result of learning activities.While in the learning process, one thing that becomes a reference point for students' success in learning is measured by student learning achievement which can be seen in the values of student learning outcomes.In the learning process, methods, strategies and the provision of facilities and infrastructure as supporting media in the learning carried out by the teacher should be something that is truly appropriate and meaningful, to obtain maximum results in improving student learning achievement in accordance with the stage of child development.The interaction between teacher and student as an active role in learning is working well teaching method.Student learning achievement is also determined by the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process.Teacher as a mediator and facilitator who must prepare himself in planning, implementing and evaluating learning.The level of success of students in mastering subject matter is usually expressed by value.arethose who get good achievements, enough, even some are very lacking.The high and low learning achievement is related to several factors.These various factors interact with each other so it can produce certain outputs in the form of learning achievement.Factors that influence the learning achievement include internal factors such as intelligence and external factors such as diligent in going to school, sincerity in attending lessons, length of study and support of parents.(Djaali, 2009).The problem of low interest in learning has long been a matter of teacher thought and attention.In general, students show a lack of enthusiasm and lack of enthusiasm and are not ready to take lessons so that the atmosphere is less active, the interaction between teachers and students or students with other students is lacking, students tend to be passive and only accept what the teacher gives.(Aswar,2012).The possibility of low student interest in learning is caused by many factors, including rote teaching method that will be done by students before the test or exam is held.Students have not I nte r na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) ,Volume3, Iss ue 1, April 2019 Therefore, the teacher has to think through and plan carefully in increasing the learning opportunities for his students and improving the quality of his teaching.This requires changes in organizing the class, the use of teaching models, teaching and learning strategies and the attitudes and characteristics of the teacher in managing the teaching and learning process, acting as facilitators who try to create effective learning conditions that enable teaching and learning, develop learning materials well and improve students' ability to listen to lessons that master the educational goals that must be achieved.To fulfill this, teachers are required to be able to manage the teaching and learning process that provides stimulation to students so they want to learn because students are the main subject in learning.(Putranto,2009).Brain gymnastics is one alternative solution to help children in overcoming the lack of concentration, and stimulate the brain to receive information easily.It has simple movements and is not tiring and can be done anytime and anywhere.(Fajriati, Safei, & Saprin, 2017).By doing brain gymnastics before learning begins it is expected that children are happy, so learning is not boring which has an impact on increasing students' enthusiasm.Brain gymnastics is a series of body movements that are able to maintain mental health and cognitive function of the child.Body movement is very influential on brain activity.By routinely doing brain exercises, children can absorb information faster, improve learning abilities, sharpen body reflexes and coordination, sharpen memory and concentration, and balance the body and mind.At present, anyone can and is strongly encouraged to do brain exercises, ranging from children to the elderly.The brain is a vital organ that I nte r na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) ,Volume3, Iss ue 1, April 2019 everyone has to support their ability to think.Having a healthy brain is very useful to improve memory, concentration, focus, and so on.Therefore, a person's success is determined by the quality of his brain, both the right brain and the left brain.(Gallagher,McLeod, & McMillan, 2019).Many people are successful, both in Indonesia and abroad using intuition (right brain) as well as the ratio (left brain) to think about overcoming the problem.So, indirectly explaining that one's success is strongly influenced by the balance between the right and left brain.In order for the right and left brain to develop in a balance way, it takes a right or left brain exercise or exercise that can be done easily at home.Based on the background described, the researcher conducted a study "The Influence of Brain Gymnastic to Learning Achievement On Students InMojokerto Regency"MATERIAL AND METHODSIn this study, researchers used the research design of the Quasy experiment, which is a design that seeks to reveal a causal relationship by involving a control group other than the experimental group(Nursalam, 2008).This research was conducted at the Alat the test scores before and after brain exercises.To analyze differences before and after brain gymnastics, Wilcoxon signed rank test was used, while for differences in learning achievement in the control and treatment groups were analyzed by Mann Whitney.(Nursalam, 2008).I nte r na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) (3%).And mostly I nte r na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) factors: The environment is part of the life of the students.In the environment students live and interact in the chain of I nte r na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) ,Volume3, Iss ue1,April 2019 life called ecosystems.During the lives, of respondents are rated satisfying in the treatment group and at mostly very satisfying in the control group.But although there are students who get very satisfying score, there are also found some students who have enough learning achievement, less, and even failed.(Kim, Han, Lee, & Renshaw, 2012).By the existence of differences in academic ability among students, it is not only caused by the intelligence but are also determined by the way teachers are teaching, the facilities provided, giving nutrition in the children, family condition, and supportive environments.(Fajriatiet al., is a series of exercise with the basis of simple body movements.The movement is made to stimulate the left and right brain (lateral dimension), relieve or relax the back of the brain and the front of the brain (focusing dimension), stimulate the emotional system, the central brain (limbis) and the big brain (dimension) .
and more attachment to a thing or activity on the order.Interest can be grown to the learners by providing information to students about the relationship between teaching materials that will be learned with learning materials that have been learned and describing the benefits in the future.According to M. Dalyono (1997: 56) in Djamarah's book 2011, said that someone who has good intelligence (high IQ) is usually easy to learn and having good results.Conversely someone who has low intelligence tend to have difficulty in learning, slow thinking so that learning achievement is low.(Kim et al., 2012).The research result both in the control group and experimental group showed improvement in learning achievement.This indicates a strong motivation in both groups, so that both are increasing.The strength or weakness of one's learning motivation also influence the success of learning.I nte r na ti ona l Jour na l O f Nurs i ng a nd Mi d wif e ry S ci e nce (I JNMS ) ,Volume3, Iss ue1,April 2019 However, in the group who performed brain exercises before the learning process had a higher increase in comparison with the control group.Simple gymnastic movements can stimulate the left and right brain, relax the back of the brain and the front of the brain, stimulate the emotional system, the central brain (limbis) and the cerebrum.Simple movements in brain gymnastic has already able to activate the brain cells and increase blood flow to the brain so children are easy to receive knowledge provided from the teacher and can concentrate in learning activities.(Denisson, 2000).CONCLUSION a. Learning achievement of students in Al-Akbar Islamic Elementary School before doing brain gymnastic mostly have satisfying score in the treatment group and most of the control group respondents have very satisfying score.b.Learning achievement of students in Al-Akbar Islamic Elementary School after doing brain gymnastic mostlyhave very satisfying score in the treatment group, while in the control group almost a half of respondents have very satisfying score.c.There is influence of brain gymnastic on the improvement of learning achievement on students of Al-Akbar Islamic Elementary SchoolMojokerto.Light brain gymnastic movement can stimulate left and right brain, relax back and front brain, stimulate emotional system which are middle brain (limbis) and also big brain.By doing brain gymnastic although in simple movement has already activate brain cells and increase blood flow to the brain so that children can receive knowledge easily that provided by their teachers and can concentrate in the learning process.