The Effect of Physical Activity on Children's Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

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Research between physical activity and cognitive work in children is still relatively rare and inconsistent, even though children's motor development and cognitive learning are related to positive effects on academic work. This study aims to determine the increase in mathematical logical intelligence of early childhood through physical activity. This is action research. This type of research was a sequential exploratory design. Data analysis in this study used a combined quantitative and qualitative analysis (Mix Method). The results showed increasing logical mathematics intelligence in DKI Jakarta's childhood. The initial assessment results showed that the average value of the child's logical mathematics intelligence was 28 and then increased to 57 in the final assessment of cycle 1 and continued to increase to 78 in the final assessment of cycle 2. Physical activity learning with games strategies increasing the logical mathematics intelligence in childhood in Jakarta Kindergarten. 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