Abstract:
Primary age children are children who are in the age range of 7-12 years
and above or in the education system can be called children who are in elementary
school age. elementary age children do not have maturity in thinking, children have
limitations in sorting and choosing something positive or negative and which has a
good or bad impact. One aspect that is very important to know and understand from
the development of elementary age children is the cognitive aspect. The purpose of
this study was to determine the relationship between cognitive development and
learning achievement in school-age children at SD Negeri Kaligoro Kutorejo,
Mojokerto Regency. The research design used correlation analytic using a cross
sectional approach. The population in this study were grade III to fifth grade
students at SD Negeri Kaligoro Kutorejo, Mojokerto Regency, totaling 92 students.
A sample of 75 respondents was taken using proportional random sampling
technique. data using primary data through instruments and documentation to view
report cards. The results showed that from 75 respondents, there were 8 respondents
(10.7%) cognitive development with sufficient category, and 67 respondents
(89.3%) cognitive development with strong category. The results showed H0 was
rejected and H1 was accepted, which means there is The relationship between
cognitive development and learning achievement in school-age children at SDN
Kaligoro Kutorejo Mojokerto, which is indicated by the p value (0.000) < (0.05)
with the level of closeness of the relationship is not strong indicated by the
correlation coefficient value of 0.000. The direction of the relationship between
variables is not in the same direction as indicated by a negative sign on the
correlation coefficient of cognitive development with learning achievement in
school-age children, which means that the better the cognitive development of
children, the higher the learning achievement of school-age children.
