Child Focus Research Articles

Studi Tentang Kesulitan Fokus Anak dalam Pembelajaran: Tinjauan Psikologis dan Edukatif

The advancement of technology and the transformation of learning methods in the modern era have brought positive impacts to children's education. However, these developments also pose challenges, including increasingly complex focus difficulties among children. These focus difficulties affect children's academic, social, and emotional aspects. This study aims to identify the factors contributing to focus difficulties, encompassing psychological and educational aspects, and their impact on the learning process. From a psychological perspective, focus difficulties are often linked to emotional conditions such as anxiety and disorders like ADHD. Meanwhile, educational factors include teaching methods, curricula, and less conducive learning environments. This research employs a literature review method, with data collection conducted by searching, reading, analyzing, and citing relevant information from available literature. The data obtained is analyzed using a content analysis approach. This study highlights the importance of a holistic approach, both through psychological interventions and adjustments in teaching methods, to create a learning environment that supports children's focus abilities. The findings are expected to serve as a foundation for educators, parents, and psychologists in supporting children's optimal development through interactive and adaptive learning strategies.

Giving children a voice: Concept development and foundation of the first Children's council "mental health" in Germany.

As summarized by the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health (McGorry etal., 2024), the statistics on mental disorders in children are alarming and highlight the need to expand and optimize research on childhood mental health. Although patient and public involvement (PPI) of those affected has the potential to boost both the acceptance and outcomes of research studies, the active involvement of young children, that is, primary school children, in mental health research has been neglected. Based on the results of our systematic literature analysis of PPI of children in mental health research, the concept development of the Children's Council 'Mental Health' was administered in cooperation with several stakeholders and focus groups (practitioners and researchers in the field of clinical psychology and psychotherapy across the lifespan, representatives from three self-help organizations for mental disorders, children's focus group). The concept was further optimized in collaboration with the German Children's Fund (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk e. V.). The Children's Council was successfully founded with five children aged between 6 and 9years. Participation is positively received, and each meeting is evaluated using visual measurements. The results from the meetings are presented and discussed. They serve as basis for concrete recommendations for involving young children in mental health research. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first structured approach involving young children in mental health research studies. The main goal of our study is the direct and immediate empowerment of children, in this case primary school children at the age of 6-12years. This is associated with a child-friendly exchange on topics related to mental health, as well as the enhancement of the education process on mental disorders and prevention.

An early parenting intervention focused on enriched parent-child interactions improves effortful control in the early years of school.

This study examined long-term mediating effects of the smalltalk parenting intervention on children's effortful control at school age (7.5 years; 2016-2018). In 2010-2012, parents (96% female) of toddlers (N = 1201; aged 12-36 months; 52% female) were randomly assigned to either: standard playgroup, smalltalk playgroup (group-only), or smalltalk playgroup with additional home coaching (smalltalk plus). Multi-informant data indicated that smalltalk plus had unique indirect effects on children's effortful control, through parents' capacity to 'maintain and extend' children's focus during joint interactions. Possible mediating pathways via parent verbal responsivity, home learning activities, and descriptive language use were not supported. When parents received a structured playgroup program with additional home coaching, sustainable benefits were evident in children's self-regulation, assessed in the early school years.

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Sosialisasi Game Edukasi Virtual Quiz Berbasis Mediapipe untuk Sekolah Dasar

Virtual educational game quiz using Mediapipe is one of the innovative and exciting learning methods for 3rd grade elementary schoolchildren at SDN Wonorejo Talun Blitar. This game was created with the aim to help improve children's understanding and knowledge in a variety of subjects in an interactive and fun way. In this game, children will be asked to answer the questions given through video and voice displays using Mediapipe technology. They can answer questions by moving their bodies or showing answers through specific gestures. This will provide a more interactive and educational learning experience for children, so that they can more easily understand the lesson submitted. Besides, virtual educational quiz games can also help improve children's concentration and focus in learning. With a fun and exciting way of playing, children will be more motivated to learn and follow every question well. They will also learn to collaborate and communicate with their friends in search of the right answers. Through these games, children are expected to be able to learn more effectively and efficiently, as well as improve their academic scores at school. They will also become more skilled in using technology and understand lesson concepts better. Thus, a virtual educational quiz game using Mediapipe can be one of the effective and innovative learning methods for 3rd grade elementary schoolchildren at SDN Wonorejo Talun Blitar. For the outdoors proposed by the executive team are publications of scientific journals and virtual games quizzes.

Mengenalkan Perubahan Warna dengan Pendekatan Interaktif di RA Al- Abror melalui Eksperimen Sains Pencampuran Warna-warna

Through the use of experimental methods, this researcher seeks to increase children's focus. Kindergarten A RA Al-Abror. Class Action Research (PTK) is the research method used. The design developed by Kemmis and McTaggart was used in this research. Ten class A students served as study participants. The data collection approach is through observation with instruments. The aim of this research is to explore the effectiveness of an interactive approach in teaching the concept of color change to preschool children at RA Al-Abror. Research shows that children can improve their focus by experimenting with mixing colors. In this study, in the first indicator there were nine children who were in the BSH stage and one person was still in the MB stage, in the second indicator there were eight children who were in the BSH stage and two were still in the MB stage and in the third indicator there were eight children who were in the BSH stage. BSH and two people are still in the MB stage. before the experiment, the focus value was MB (Starting to Develop), but after the experiment, the value changed to BSH (Developing According to Expectations). This indicates a change in the child's focus as a result of the intervention carried out during the experiment. The results of this experiment are increased focus, knowing colors, mixing colors, changing colors, increasing thinking and creativity and being able to create good and creative ideas.

Increasing the Concentration of School Holidays in Early Childhood

It is very important for fathers and mothers to train their children to focus from an early age because many fathers and mothers make mistakes when introducing basic learning to their children but forget to teach them how to train their children's focus first. If children are used to practicing focus from an early age, they will easily accept various stimulation and basic learning that parents and mothers give their children at home, and children will get used to good focus. Training children to focus is not easy, and it cannot be done quickly, it needs to be gradual and takes time, so parents need to be patient so that children are able to focus well, which will affect the child's growth and development at home and at home. The research method uses descriptive qualitative so that it can describe the results of the research that has been carried out by the author and the research location at PAUD An-Nur. The data collection technique was direct observation at An-Nur PAUD, after which the author conducted interviews and documentation. It is hoped that the results of this research will serve as a guide for prospective mothers and fathers and those who are already fathers and mothers in educating their children and being able to train their children to focus from an early age because children's focus is related to concentration so that they get used to being at home with their fathers and mothers.

DEVELOPING CHILDREN'S LITERACY USING THE PROJECT BASED LEARNING MODEL, MASTERY LEARNING MODEL, NUMBER HEAD TOGETHER MODEL AND SAND MEDIA IN GROUP A

The low ability to recognize children's early literacy, low children's learning activities and low focus on learning activities that make children lack learning motivation and lack of desire to excel in a learning activity should be a concern in this study. The purpose is to analyze teacher activities, children's activities and literacy development results using sand media in Kenanga Banjarmasin Kindergarten. This research use Classroom Action Research with qualitative and quantitative approaches used in this study. It is conducted in three meetings with children from group A of Kenanga Banjarmasin Kindergarten, with a total of 8 children. The results showed that teacher activity always increased in every meeting starting from the 1st meeting obtaining a score of 26 with Good criteria, until the 3rd meeting obtaining a score of 34 with Very Good criteria. Child activity 1st meeting with 38% Active criteria, 2nd meeting with 75% Active criteria and 3rd meeting with 100% Very Active criteria. The results of child literacy development at the last meeting reached 100%. It was concluded that the combination of Project Based Learning, Mastery Learning, Number Head Together models using sand media was proven to develop children's activities and children's literacy development outcomes. It is recommended that principals, educators and subsequent analysis can be material to further develop learning in children.

Pengenalan cita-cita melalui fun learning untuk meningkatkan minat belajar siswa taman kanak-kanak

This community service aims to enhance students' interest in learning at TK Karitas V, Surabaya, by introducing future goals through fun learning. Early childhood education, which falls within the golden age phase, requires teaching methods that can enhance children's focus, considering that children often face emotional instability during this period. In an effort to achieve this goal, the introduction of future goals is implemented through an engaging and interactive learning model, utilizing playful activities and musical movements to create an enjoyable and meaningful learning experience, thus enhancing the students' learning interest. The method used in this community service is service learning, involving direct interaction with children to create strong emotional bonds and interactions. The results of this community service show changes before and after participation among TK Karitas V students. Students demonstrate increased enthusiasm and eagerness to learn in pursuit of their dreams. Students also show improvement in their ability to understand and interpret aspirations related to their future.

Malnutrition in Argentine preschoolers: 2005-2019

In low- and middle-income countries, studies on children's health focus primarily on their nutritional status, especially the presence of malnutrition. Child malnutrition is a major public health problem in Argentina. The objective of this research is to study the determinants and evolution of young children’s nutritional status in Argentina at the national level, and at different socioeconomic levels, between 2005 and 2019. We use data from the 2004-05 and 2018-19 National Survey of Nutrition and Health (ENNyS1 and ENNyS2). We use multivariate logit models, including household risk factors for childhood malnutrition, to estimate the likelihood of the occurrence of stunting and overweight in Argentinian children aged 24 to 60 months. Our results show that the prevalence of overweight among preschoolers has increased significantly between 2005 and 2019, from just below 10%, still a medium prevalence level, to more than 13%, a high prevalence level. The prevalence of overweight increased between 2005 and 2019 at all socioeconomic levels. The prevalence of stunting has not significantly changed in almost 14 years, remaining at around 7%, a low level. Except for the Cuyo region, which is close to the intermediate level, stunting prevalence in all regions remains between 5 and 8%. Understanding the determinants and evolution of young children’s nutritional status is key to implementing policies aimed at improving childhood nutrition.

The Importance Of The Role Of Parents In The Formation Of Children's Character Amidst The Rise Of Cases Of Violation By Minors

Parents play a very important role in the process of child personality development. The role of parents is to be aware of the child's condition and focus on understanding good examples of his character. Especially with the current rise in bullying cases, the role of parents is very important in shaping children's character so that they do not become victims or perpetrators. The reason for carrying out this investigation is the prevalence of bullying among minors, which is a serious problem and requires follow-up action. The aim of this research is to clarify the role of parents in developing children's character in responding to bullying. The method used in this research is qualitative method. Research shows that parents have a very important role in the development of a child's personality. Because, the first people who model their behavior are their parents. Parents can instill character in their children by setting an example, doing good deeds, communicating, and involving children in activities at home. Therefore, the character that parents instill in their children from an early age will make them more confident, strong and able to appear assertive in their environment. To combat bullying, parents must educate and strengthen their children to be fearless and self-confident, empowering them to choose friends at social gatherings and even to protect themselves and even seek revenge.

Avatar-Based Picture Exchange Communication System Enhancing Joint Attention Training for Children With Autism.

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often struggle with social communication and feel anxious in interactive situations. The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is commonly used to enhance basic communication skills in children with ASD, but it falls short in reducing social anxiety during therapist interactions and in keeping children engaged. This paper proposes the use of virtual character technology alongside PECS training to address these issues. By integrating a virtual avatar, children's communication skills and ability to express needs can be gradually improved. This approach also reduces anxiety and enhances the interactivity and attractiveness of the training. After conducting a T-test, it was found that PECS assisted by a virtual avatar significantly improves children's focus on activities and enhances their behavioral responsiveness. To address the problem of poor accuracy of gaze estimation in unconstrained environments, this study further developed a visual feature-based gaze estimation algorithm, the three-channel gaze network (TCG-Net). It utilizes binocular images to refine the gaze direction and infer the primary focus from facial images. Our focus was on enhancing gaze tracking accuracy in natural environments, crucial for evaluating and improving Joint Attention (JA) in children during interactive processes.TCG-Net achieved an angular error of 4.0 on the MPIIGaze dataset, 5.0 on the EyeDiap dataset, and 6.8 on the RT-Gene dataset, confirming the effectiveness of our approach in improving gaze accuracy and the quality of social interactions.

The importance of home numeracy environment in preschoolers’ spontaneous focusing on numerosity: A mediation study

Home numeracy environment encompasses both home provision of numeracy activities for preschool children as well as parental attitudes toward mathematics. The present study investigated the mediating role of home numeracy activities in the relationship between parental academic expectations for their children and children's spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON). A total of 176 parent-child dyads from Hong Kong participated in the study where children were tested on their SFON tendency, while parents completed a questionnaire on home numeracy environment which included measures on both home numeracy activities and parental expectations for their children on numeracy performance. Our results revealed, for the first time, a mediating role of home numeracy activities—specifically operational activities—in the relationship between parental expectations for their children on numeracy performance and their children's SFON tendency. The present findings highlight the importance of a nurturing home numeracy environment on preschoolers’ SFON tendency, which has potentially far-reaching significance on children's math achievement in later years.

The Impact of The Boss Baby 2 Animated Film on Children’s Personality and Behavior

This research aims to find out the impact of The Boss Baby 2 Animated Film on Children’s Personality and Behavior. This research uses descriptive qualitative method and Sigmund Freud's theory to analyze the impact of watching animated films on various aspects of children's personality and behavior focusing on the Id, Ego, and superego. The researcher found that The Boss Baby 2 is about adult issues framed from the children's perspective and id are too dominant in this animated film so it is recommended children watching this film with adults. The researcher hope, that readers can develop a better understanding of psychoanalysis study through this research and hope can be an additional reference in studying psychoanalysis for further researcher.Keywords: Freud’s theory, id, ego, superego

Outbound Method to Improve Group B Children's Cooperation Ability

The lack of application of creative learning methods hinders children's focus in completing assignments. This research aims to determine the significant effect of using the outbound method to improve group B children's cooperative abilities, such as interpreting instructions and directing when mistakes occur. This type of research is a quasi-experiment with a non-equivalent control group design. The population in this study was 38 children. Research samples were taken using random sampling techniques. The selected models were Group B1, with 20 children as the experimental group, and Group B2, with 18 children as the control group. The data collection method used is a non-test method, namely observation with an analysis method using inferential statistics. The results of this study showed that the average post-test score for the experimental group was 95.17, while for the control group, it was 63.28. The results of data analysis obtained a count of 18.58. The data analysis shows that using the outbound method affects the cooperative abilities of group B children. It is concluded that the outbound process can improve the collective skills of group B children.

Beyond mothers' time in childcare: Worlds of care and connection in the early life course.

Family scholars examining time spent on children's care focus heavily on mothers' allocations to a specific sphere of active caregiving activities. But children's needs for care and supervision involve connection to others; and many others beyond mothers can and do provide care, especially as children grow. Using a "linked lives" approach that centers relationality, we show how time diaries can illuminate children's time spent in "socially connected" care. Using recent (2014-2019) time diary data from the American and the United Kingdom Time Use Surveys, we examine mothers', children's, and teenagers' days to assess two forms of connected care time. First, results show that in addition to childcare time as traditionally measured by time use studies, mothers spend considerable further time providing connected care through social and community time in which children are included, religious activities with their children present, and mealtime with children. Second, looking from the child's perspective also underscores time in the larger "village" of carers within which children and youth are embedded. Fully two-thirds of 8-14-year-olds' and three-quarters of 15-17-year-olds' waking time is not with mothers-it is spent alone or in social connection to fathers, extended family, teachers, neighbors, and friends. A "linked lives" approach shifts attention to assessing care time in diverse activities with others and to measuring mothers' and children's time in social connections within the larger world. This analytic frame also moves away from maternal determinism to highlight the contours of children's care and social time occurring within the community at large, as well as the roles and responsibilities of those outside of the mother-child dyad across the child's early life course.

Problematika dalam Proses Pembelajaran di Tingkat Sekolah Dasar

The school level that forms the basis of children's knowledge in acquiring calistung or reading, writing, and arithmetic abilities is elementary school education. This level of education is the most basic gateway for children in the process of their intellectual development. Therefore, it is important for teachers to optimize the learning process in elementary schools. Unfortunately, until now the learning outcomes obtained by students are still not optimal. The purpose of writing this article is to find out the problems in the learning process of elementary school age children. The research method used is qualitative with a literature review design. The results of the research show that learning is less interesting. Elementary school children generally have low curiosity in the learning process where in early childhood they are more interested in playing games, especially when meeting children of their own age or age of play, of course the child's focus in carrying out the learning process is divided so that children find it difficult to absorb the material given by the teacher. Lack of facilities and infrastructure. In carrying out teaching and learning activities, facilities and infrastructure are one of the crucial aspects that must be considered. This is because the lack of infrastructure can disrupt teaching and learning activities. Learning curriculum that changes too often. The curriculum, which is actually a guideline for schools and educators to provide knowledge to students, in fact, becomes one of the problems for educators and students. Learning at school is not repeated and studied again at home. In the learning process, studying and repeating what has been learned at school is an aspect that is often neglected in learning because it is considered that if one has studied at school then there is no need to repeat it at home.

PSIKOEDUKASI MELATIH DAYA INGAT DAN FOKUS ANAK DENGAN MUSIK MELALUI AKTIVITAS GERAK DI TK IT FATHIYYAH PALEMBANG

This writing (implementation) aims to train children's memory and focus, develop children's learning potential as well as to understand the relationship between movement and provide appropriate stimulation to develop children's learning abilities. The implementation technique used is to make observations at TK IT Fathiyyah, Seberang Ulu II District, Palembang. The conclusion from this writing/implementation is that the existence of real work lectures will help children to train their memory and focus through psychoeducational games with music through movement activities. And help teachers pay more attention to the stimulus given to children so that their feelings don't get bored, and increase their enthusiasm. With that children more easily accept the lessons given.

Pengaruh Metode Eksperimen (Gejala Alam Banjir) terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Anak di TK Aisyiyah Bebekan

Based on the results of field studies carried out through observation activities in learning at Aisyiyah Bebekan Kindergarten, it was found that there was a phenomenon of children's critical thinking abilities that were not optimal when learning in the room watching videos. children can’t focus when learning in the room. The percentage obtained between students who responded and those who responded less during reflection was 10% and 90%. In the observations we have observed, the method used is the experimental quantitative method. Therefore, it can be seen that using this experimental method greatly influences the effectiveness of learning, because it could be that when the video is broadcast, the class situation is less stable, so that the child's focus on learning is not focused on one object, in other words, the child's level of focus is less. The high knowledge of children is caused by the teacher using media in the learning process, namely audio-visual media (video). using non-experimental methods on natural phenomena it is known that the theme of flooding is the inability of children to mention the causes and effects of flooding by 71%.

Dampak Permainan Bola Keranjang & Bowling Terhadap Gerak Tubuh Anak

This research is motivated by the teacher's lack of awareness of gross motor development of the upper limbs in children, most teachers only provide stimulation to the gross motor development of children's lower limbs such as running, and jumping. Gross motoric upper limbs need to be developed because by training gross motoric upper limbs in children can train children's focus on objects, and can train children's hand-eye coordination. The aims of this study were: to determine the effect of basketball games on the gross motor development of the upper limbs in Dharma Wanita Kindergarten, to determine the influence of bowling on the gross motor development of the upper limbs at Ichlashul Amal Kindergarten, to determine the mutual influence between the games. basket ball and bowling on gross motor development of the upper limbs in grade B children. This study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design type of research. The population in this study amounted to 30 children from 3 schools. The results of the ANOVA test obtained sig 0.000 < 0.05 which means H1 accepted andHo rejected and the post hoc obtained sig 0.558 > 0.05 which means that there is an influence from both games to develop gross motor skills of upper limbs in grade B children.