KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS REGARDING PUBERTY Herlina Usman, Erry Utomo, Nurfadhilah, Noldy Pelenkahu, Teguh Trianung Djoko Susanto
Education Faculty Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Abstract
National survey show that lack of Indonesian adolescents^ knowledge regarding puberty. On the other hand, the primary school sign of puberty as a marker of the final stage has occurred at the age of 9 years, while still sitting in elementary school. This study aims to identify puberty knowledge of elementary school students with gender-based analysis. The method used is an online survey and analysis using an independent T test equipped with item knowledge analysis. The samples taken were 221 elementary school students throughout Indonesia. The results of the analysis showed that the knowledge of female students was significantly higher than that of male students. While the One-way ANOVA test shows that the difference in knowledge based on level/class is not significant, however, if first year student^s data is ignored, it can be seen that the higher the level, the higher the students^ knowledge. The most questions answered correctly by both female and male students were related to smoking as a behavior that must be avoided and its dangers, while the questions that were answered the least were related to the characteristics of puberty in males. Massive, measurable, and planned interventions need to be carried out on an ongoing basis to be able to increase the knowledge of elementary school students about puberty.
Keywords: elementary school students, knowledge, puberty
