THE EFFECT OF MODIFICATION GAMES IN IMPROVING RUDE MOTORS (THROWING) TUNAGRAHITA STUDENTS
Ramdan pelana, Nadya Oktafiranda, Rizka Antoni

Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

A mentally retarded child is one of the children with special needs or ABK who has an IQ below 70, besides that there are those who experience motor, cognitive, sensory, emotional and social problems. This study aims to improve gross motor skills through sport modification (throwing). The population in this study were students with mild mental retardation in South Jakarta Junior High School with sample selection using total sampling, where the sample is the total population, namely 20 mild mentally retarded students. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative by providing a preliminary test and followed by treatment ending with a final test. The results of the treatment carried out by the researcher showed that the game modification (throwing) could improve the gross motor skills of children with mild mental retardation by showing the results of t-count 2.595> t-table 1.729 with a significance level of 0.018 <0.05. So it can be concluded that there is an increase in the results of the treatment carried out by researchers, by using modified games (throwing).

Keywords: Game modification, gross motoric, mild mental retardation

Topic: Education