The effect of meditation to increase students concentration who have learning difficulties : an experimental study

Concentration is very important thing for student because concentration is the main key needed by student to be successful in learning process. If the student can concentrate to focus for all the resources he has, he will be able to flow the maximum for to purpose he need. When the student is learn with more concentration, it will give the final result is well. But in fact, cause of learning quality is low, mostly caused by weakness of ability to do concentration of learning. Whereas, optimal or not the result of learning very depend for the people ability intensity to do the concentration. The problems that can hinder the success of learning who faced by student especially is concentration. So, the student cannot absorb of lessons is well. In this research, researcher examines meditation and it is effect to student who has difficulties in learning. This meditation is given to increase the concentration of student in the learning process. Concentration is the ability to focus one mind at the time a thing. Researcher uses the meditation to increase the concentration for student because in fact, meditation can improve the concentration for student, creativity and be able to cope of troubled student, and also who are hyperactive. Meditation practice can improve the attitude of self acceptance. Meditation can develop a sense of friendship with our self. Self acceptance correlation with self esteem, self image, self identity, and self actualization. The purposes of this experiment are to know is there any positive effect of meditation toward concentration barrier on student who has learning difficulties and to know the quality of the effect of meditation. The hypothesis proposed is meditation give positive effect toward concentration barrier on student who has learning difficulties. Meditation is a way of healing on physical and psychological strength. Meditation is a technique or exercise used to train attention in order to improve the awareness that can lead the mental processes can be better controlled. This experimental research using Single Case Experimental Design, the type is A-B-A withdrawal. To measure the degree of concentration test of subjects, the researcher used the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) test. This meditation is given to three subjects who had concentration difficulties are Subject MF, Subject FF and subject OS from class XII at SMK Darul Musyawaroh Bangsri Jepara. This experimental research is done in 6 days, started on 13 until 18 November 2013. The analysis in this research uses a graph. The finding of this experimental research indicates that there is an increase in the results of concentration test which is given to the subject. The result is taken from three subjects those are Subject MF, has increased as much as 8 points with final score is 14, Subject FF, has increased as much as 7 points with a final score is 12 and subject OS, has also increased as much as 7 points with a final score is 13. Based on the results of this research, it is can be concluded that there is a positive effect of meditation toward concentration barrier on students who have learning difficulties