Analysis and Proposal about the Effect of Time, Types of Subject and Types of Room Factor to the Students’ Concentration.

Message from the APIEMS President
Greeting and a warm welcome to the participants of the 15th Asia Paciic Industrial Engineering
and Management Systems Conference. Started in 1998, APIEMS has grown to become the premier
conference for industrial engineering and management systems in the region with participants from
all around the world. The main theme of this year conference: “Sustainable Industrial Systems and
Big Data Management”, is an attempt to address the balance among economic and technical development, social development, and environmental protection in this fast changing world.

I congratulate and thank Prof. Dr. Chi-Hyuck Jun, the conference chair, whose leadership made this
APIEMS 2014 conference possible. We are also grateful for the enthusiastic support of APIEMS
from the KIIE and the Korea research community.

On behave of the Asia Paciic Industrial Engineering and Management Society, I wish you a successful conference with many thoughtful discussions and debates with old and new friends.

Professor Voratas Kachitvichyanukul
APIEMS President, (2013-2014)
Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Dean, School of Engineering and Technology
Asian Institute of Technology, THAILAND

Message from the General Chair
Welcome to APIEMS 2014 in Jeju City, a beautiful island located at the most south of Korea. It is

our great pleasure to organize this conference, which is supported by Korean Institute of Industrial
Engineers (KIIE). APIEMS conferences have rapidly emerged as an important forum for exchange
of ideas and information about latest developments in the ield of industrial engineering and management systems among professionals mostly from Asia-Paciic countries. APIEMS 2014 conference encourages contributors to address the topical theme: Sustainable Industrial Systems and Big
Data Management. Papers will represent the latest academic thinking and successful case examples.
The wider audience will beneit from the knowledge and experience of leading practitioners and
academics in this area.
The conference seeks research contributions from researchers, educators, modelers, software developers, users and practitioners. We hope that you enjoy participating in APIEMS 2014 and staying
in Jeju.

Professor Chi-Hyuck Jun
General Chair, APIEMS 2014
Industrial & Management Engineering
POSTECH, Korea

Conference Committee Members
Conference Committee
• Conference Chair
• Chi-Hyuck Jun (POSTECH, Korea)

• Honorary Chairs

• Hark Hwang (KAIST, Korea)
• Mooyoung Jung (UNIST, Korea)
• Kap Hwan Kim (Pusan National Univ., Korea; President, KIIE)

• Conference Co-Chairs (International Advisory Board)
• Abdul Hakim Halim (InstitutTeknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
• Anthony Shun Fung Chiu (De La Salle University, Philippines)
• Baoding Liu (Tsinghua University, China)
• Bernard Jiang (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
• C. J. Liao (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
• Che-Fu Chien (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
• Du-Ming Tsai (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan)
• ErhanKozan (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
• HirokazuKono (Keio University, Japan)
• Jin Peng (Huanggang Normal University, China)
• Jinwoo, Park (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
• Katsuhiko Takahashi ( Hiroshima University, Japan)
• Kazuyoshi Ishii (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan)
• Kin Keung Lai (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
• Mao Jiun Wang (National Tsing Hua Univeristy, Taiwan)

• Min K. Chung (POSTECH, Korea)
• Mitsuo Gen (Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute, Japan)
• P. L. Chang (Feng Chia Uni)
• Shouyang Wan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• Tae Eog Lee (KAIST, Korea)
• Takashi Oyabu (Kanazawa Seiryo University, Japan)
• VoratasKachitvichyanukul (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)

• Yon-Chun Chou (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
• Young Hae Lee (Hanyang University, Korea)
• ZahariTaha (Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia)

Organizing Committee
• Technical Program Chairs
• Il-Kyeong Moon (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
• Byung-In Kim (POSTECH, Korea)

• Publication Chairs
• Jaewook Lee (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
• Hosang Jung (Inha Univ., Korea)


• Publicity Chairs
• Chulung Lee (Korea Univ., Korea)
• Yoo-Suk Hong (Seoul National Univ., Korea)

• Sponsorship Chairs
• Minseok Song (UNIST, Korea)
• Young Jin Kim (Pukyong National Univ., Korea)

• Exhibition Chairs
• Hyunbo Cho (POSTECH, Korea)
• Yonghui Oh (Daejin Univ., Korea)

• Finance Chair
• Dong-Ho Lee (Hanyang Univ., Korea)

• Award Chairs
• Kyung sik Lee (Seoul National Univ., Korea)
• Young Jae Jang (KAIST, Korea)


• Local Arrangement Chair
• Dong-Cheol Lee (Jeju National Univ., Korea)

Conference Sponsors
The Korean Federation of Science
and Technology Societies

DOOSAN

SAS KOREA

Pohang University of Science
and Technology

The Korean Operations Research
and Management Science Society

THE KOREAN OPERATIONS RESEARH
AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE SOCIETY


Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech I
Research Issues in Future Logistics
Oct 13 (Monday) 11:00-12:00
Room: Ramada-1

Chung– Yee Lee
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Dr. Chung-Yee Lee is Chair Professor/Cheong Ying Chan Professor of Engineering in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Logistics Management at Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. He served as Department Head for seven years (2001- 2008). He is also the Founding
and Current Director of Logistics and Supply Chain Management Institute. He is a Fellow of the
Institute of Industrial Engineers in U.S. and also a Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering
Science. Before joining HKUST in 2001, he was Rockwell Chair Professor in the Department of
Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University. He worked as a plant manager and also had few
years consulting experience in Taiwan. In the past thirty years he has engaged in more than forty
research projects sponsored by NSF, RGC, ITF, IBM, Motorola, AT&T Paradyne, Harris Semicon
ductor, Northern Telecom, Martin Marietta, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminal, Hongkong International Terminal, Philips Medical, ...,etc.
His search areas are in logistics and supply chain management, scheduling and inventory management. He has published more than 130 papers in refereed journals. According to an article in Int. J.
Prod. Eco. (2009), which looked at all papers published in the 20 core journals during last 50 years

in the ield of production and operations management, he was ranked No. 6 among all researchers
worldwide in h-index.

He received a BS degree in Electronic Engineering (1972) and a MS degree in Management Sciences (1976) both from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan. He also received a MS degree
in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University (1980) and PhD degree in Operations Research from Yale University (1984).

Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech II
Data-Driven Decision Making in Manufacturing:
Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities
Oct 14 (Tuesday) 11:00-12:00
Room: Ramada-1

Ronald G. Askin
Arizona State University, USA

Ronald G. Askin, Ph.D., is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the School of
Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Professor
Askin received his B. S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University followed by an M.S. in
Operations Research and PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of

Technology. He has over 30 years of experience in the development, teaching and application of
methods for systems design and analysis with particular emphasis on production and material low
systems. Other interests include quality engineering and decision analysis. He has published over
120 journal and conference proceedings papers in these areas.
Dr. Askin is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and serves as Editor-in-Chief
of IIE Transactions. He has served on the IIE Board of Trustees, as President of the IIE Council
of Fellows, Chair of the Association of Chairs of Operations Research Departments (ACORD)
Chair of the Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads (CIEADH) and President of the
INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society (MSOM). He was also
General Chair of the 2012 INFORMS Annual Conference. His list of awards includes a National
Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Shingo Prize for Excellence in
Manufacturing Research, IIE Joint Publishers Book of the Year Award (twice), IIE Transactions on
Design and Manufacturing Best Paper Award (twice), the Eugene L. Grant best paper award from
The Engineering Economist, and the IIE Transactions Development and Applications Award.

Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech III
Big Data Management
Oct 14 (Tuesday) 13:00-14:00
Room: Ramada-1


Sungzoon Cho
Seoul National University, Korea.

Sungzoon Cho is currently professor of Industrial Engineering Department, the director of Data
Mining Center at Seoul National University (SNU) and a member of Government 3.0 Committee
of Korean government. He is on the editorial board of International Journal of Operations Research
and Information Systems and International Journal of Cognitive Biometrics. He served as the presi
yundai Motors, Hyundai Heavy Industries, POSCO, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, LG Electronics, Doosan Infracore, SK Hynix, SK Telecommunication and CJ. He advised nine
PhDs and 56 Master students. He teaches Data Mining and Computational Intelligence at SNU as
well as at irms. He received BS and MS in Industrial Engineering at SNU. He won a Fulbright
Scholarship to obtain Masters and PhD at University of Washington in Seattle, US, and University
of Maryland in College Park, US, respectively.

Conference at a Glance
Oct 12 (Sunday)

10:00-18:00

Oct 13 (Monday)

08:00-17:00

Registration

08:30-10:10

Technical sessions
MA

10:10-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:00

Opening addresses :
APIEMS President,
KIIE President,
General Chair


08:00-17:00

Technical sessions TA

10:40-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00

Keynote speech I
(Prof. Chung-Yee Lee:
Research issues in
Future Logistics)

11:00:12:00

Keynote speech II
(Prof. Ronald Askin:
Data-Driven Decision
Making in
Manufacturing)

12:00-13:30

Lunch

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:00

Keynote speech III
(Prof. Sungzoon Cho:
Big Data
Management)

14:00-14:20

Coffee break

Registration

Technical sessions
MB

Excursion

15:30-15:50

Coffee break

14:20-16:00

Technical sessions
TB

15:50-17:50

Technical sessions
MC

16:00-16:20

Coffee break

16:20-18:00

Technical sessions
TC

13:00-18:00

Poster Session

18:30-21:00

General Reception

Registration

18:00-20:00

Welcome
Reception

Registration

08:40-10:40

13:30-15:30
13:00-17:20

Oct 14 (Tuesday)

Oct 15 (Wednesday)
08:00-12:00

Registration

08:30-10:10

Technical sessions
WA

10:10-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-12:10

Technical sessions
WB

12:10-13:30

Lunch

Oct 12 (Sunday)
10:00-18:00

Registration

13:00-17:20

Excursion

18:00-20:00

Welcome Reception

Oct 13 (Monday)
Registration

08:00-17:00
Room
08:30-10:10

Session
name

Paper #

Mara

Biyang

Udo

Chuja

Ramada-1

Ramada-2

Ramada-3

Ramada-4

Halla(8F)

Technical sessions MA
MA1

MA2

MA3

MA4

MA5

MA6

MA7

MA8

MA9

Data Mining 1

Management
of Technology
and
Innovations 1

ERP/
E-Business

Service
Sciences 1

Quality
Engineering
&
Management 1

Production and
Operations
Management 1

Metaheuristics

Financial
Models &
Engineering

Uncertainty
Theory (Session I)

528

100

37

54

23

75

42

41

551

207

111

38

55

28

158

43

146

555

276

143

352

108

109

211

175

180

556

324

44

360

215

113

269

353

267

584

296

97

255

244

226

213

465

273

10:10-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:00

Opening addresses: APIEMS President, KIIE President, General Chair

11:00-12:00

Keynote speech I (Prof. Chung-Yee Lee: Research Issues in Future Logistics)

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:30

Session
name

Paper #

Technical sessions MB
MB1

MB2

MB3

MB4

MB5

MB6

MB7

MB8

MB9

Decision Support Systems
& Expert
Systems

Probability
& Statistical
Modeling

Ergonomics/
Human
Factors 1

Service
Sciences 2

Quality
Engineering
&
Managment 2

Production
and
Operations
Management 2

Green
Manufacturing/
Management

Transportation

Ergonomics &
Welfare Management

173

190

96

322

227

338

417

73

488

254

299

131

401

228

362

550

91

484

290

333

305

411

229

394

119

103

530

460

334

315

479

346

396

156

312

485

116

3354

326

504

294

442

342

340

471

538

450

332

323

307

361

53

505

15:30-15:50
15:50-17:50

Session
name

Paper #

Coffee break
Technical sessions MC
MC1

MC2

MC3

MC4

MC5

MC6

MC7

MC8

MC9

Supply Chain
Management 1

Reliability &
Maintenance

Ergonomics/
Human
Factors 2

Network
Optimization

Quality
Engineering
&
Management 3

Simulation 1

Healthcare
Systems 1

Optimization
Techniques 1

Educational
Support
System

252

118

456

407

325

500

482

374

501

261

121

359

363

328

196

99

217

562

279

153

393

268

339

424

112

201

448

280

320

419

515

346

66

194

169

455

355

580

449

319

370

179

248

206

154

336

582

341

142

402

271

507

Oct 14 (Tuesday)
Registration

08:00-17:00
Room
08:40-10:40

Session
name

Paper #

Mara

Biyang

Udo

Chuja

Ramada-1

Ramada-2

Ramada-3

Ramada-4

Halla(8F)

Technical sessions TA
TA1

TA2

TA3

TA4

TA5

TA6

TA7

TA8

TA9

Supply Chain
Management 2

Communication
Support

Data Mining 2

Tourism
Management/
Topics in
IE/MS

Sustainable
Management

Simulation 2

Production &
Operations
Management 1

Logistics
Management

Uncertainty
Theory
(Session II)

50

443

128

472

35

98

282

440

558

59

535

147

444

114

105

327

477

559

60

489

203

564

136

221

349

483

560

61

536

392

15

137

272

431

543

561

130

480

412

264

291

295

104

344

565

161

537

216

225

347

356

218

313

428

10:40-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00

Keynote speech II (Prof. Ronald Askin: Data Driven Decision Making in Manufacturing)

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:00

Keynote speech III (Prof. Sungzoon Cho: Big Data Management)

14:00-14:20

Coffee break

14:20-16:00

Session
name

Paper #

Technical sessions TB
TB1

TB2

TB3

TB4

TB5

TB6

TB7

TB8

TB9

Supply Chain
Management 3

Management
of Technology
and
Innovations 2

Data Mining 3

Scheduling &
Sequencing 1

Knowledge &
Information
Management

Production &
Operations
Management 2

Healthcare
Systems 2

Flexible
Manufacturing
Systems

Topics in IE/MS

165

188

437

122

250

49

95

579

575

176

425

469

233

278

124

106

48

354

208

317

486

284

445

151

306

62

378

160

150

502

287

297

187

379

286

212

234

22

581

309

389

12

76

457

202

16:00-16:20
16:20-18:00
Session
name

Paper #

Coffee break
Technical sessions TC
TC1

TC2

TC3

TC4

TC9

Heuristics/Metaheuristics

Inventory Modeling / Artiicial
Intelligence

Artiicial Intelligence

Scheduling &
Sequencing 2

Lean Production Management

70

381

182

399

542

464

123

260

405

546

481

101

490

418

94

520

318

391

398

545

499

79

547

192

POSTER Session

13:00-18:00
Paper #

18:30-21:00

47

149

166

204

220

245

253

265

205

365

366

382

400

414

422

432

435

524

451

473

487

522

527

491

420

145

General Reception

Oct 15 (Wednesday)
Registration

08:00-12:00
Room
08:30-10:10
Session
name

Paper #

Mara

Biyang

Udo

Session
name

Paper #

12:10-13:30

Ramada-3

Ramada-4

WA1

WA2

WA3

WA4

WA5

WA6

Inventory Modeling & Management

SCM and
Forecasting 1

Production
Design &
Management 1

Scheduling &
Sequencing 3

Fuzzy Logic

Optimization
Techniques 2

65

92

117

85

30

125

80

31

162

120

58

69

71

34

198

177

224

288

446

32

222

316

576

577

518

102

249

509

415

Coffee break

10:10-10:30
10:30-12:10

Chuja

Technical sessions WA

Technical sessions TB
WB1

WB2

WB3

WB4

WB5

WB6

Industrial
Engineering
Education

SCM and Forecasting 2

Production
Design &
Management 2

Scheduling &
Sequencing 4

Quality
Engineering &
Reliability

Lean
Manufacturing

526

52

283

329

453

129

139

36

348

46

508

371

256

87

350

403

270

553

495

413

93

426

517

110

84

454

421

516

Lunch

Ramada-1

Ramada-2

Floor Plan
8F
Tamna Hall

Halla Hall

Ora
Hall

2F
Po

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r
te

Se

i
ss

Ara
Hall

Technical
Session(10/13~14)

on

Ballroom Lobby
Registration

Ramada
Ballroom

Mara Hall

Udo Hall

Biyang Hall

Chuja Hall

Technical
Session

Ramada Ballroom −> Banquet
Ramada 2,3,4 −> Welcome Reception
Ramada 1,2,3,4 −> Technical Session

Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference 2014

Analysis and Proposal about the Effect of Time, Types of
Subject and Types of Room Factor
to the Students’ Concentration
Elty Sarvia
Department of Industrial Engineering
Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, Indonesia
Tel: (+62) 22-2012186 ext 1262/1276, Email : eltysarvia@yahoo.com

Evan Pratama Sentosa
Department of Industrial Engineering
Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, Indonesia
Tel: (+62) 22-2012186 ext 1262/1276, Email: evan_sentosa@yahoo.com

Abstract. Decreasing of the learning concentration was defined as a decreasing ability to concentrate on
learning activity which was reflected through one's behavior (Ahmadi Abu, 2003). This condition affects a
person's understanding. This study aimed to analyze the effect of time, types of subject and types of room
factor to the decrease of students’ concentration in learning and analyze the maximum point of the students to
concentrate in learning and propose ergonomic systems (GWM H02C05 room and H02A07 room,
Department of Industrial Engineering, Maranatha Christian University, Bandung).
Data that were collected in this study were Visual Analogue Scale, Group Bourdon Test and field observations
with 48 total respondents. The further observations were processed using ANOVA test with between-subjects
design (3-ways interaction)
ANOVA test results showed that the time factor and the types of subject factor affected to the learning
concentration of students. Types of room factor did not affect to the learning concentration of students. The
result of Visual Analogue Scale, Group Bourdon Test and observations gave the same result, that learning
concentration of the students was decreased. The proposals that could be given were doing a good course
scheduling such as mathematical subject should be placed in the morning time (at 07.00 am - 11.00 am) and
theoretical subjects placed on the day time (at 11.00 am - 03:00 pm).
Keywords: time, types of subject, types of room factor, VAS, Group Bourdon Test

1. INTRODUCTION
If the decrease of the learning concentration was
further reviewed, it would lead to misunderstanding and
ignorance about the learning materials, which was
essentially a student must know and understand the
learning material provided by an institution, so that there
will be a change in behavior in the learning process that
exist (Moh. Surya, 1977). Thus, it could be said that the
level of understanding in learning was affected by the
learning concentration. If there was a decrease in the
learning concentration, then there was a decrease in the
ability to concentrate on learning activities (Ahmadi Abu,

2003). This condition was reflected from each of the
behavior which is an indicator of a persons’ psychological.
The decrease of the students’ learning concentration was
affected by various factors, including the time, type of
subject and type of room factor.
Researchers determined the initial hypothesis based on
the results of preliminary processing of the data
questionnaire that had been distributed by the researchers to
the students and also the results of the interviews conducted
by researchers introduction. Thus, the following hypothesis
were proposed:

1

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1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

H1A : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from time factor (Factor A).
H1B : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from type of subject factor (Factor B).
H1C : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from type of room factor (Factor C).
H1AB : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from the interaction between the time
factor and type of subject (AB Factor Interactions).
H1AC : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from the interaction between the time
factor and type of room factor (AC Factor
Interactions)
H1BC : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from the interaction between the type
of subject and type of room factor (BC Factor
Interactions)
H1abc : There was an effect for students’ learning
concentration from the interaction between time
factor, type of subject factor and type of room
factor (ABC Factor Interactions)
H 1 : Maximum point (how long (in hours) a student
would be able to concentrate) students’
concentration on learning was set as 1 hour from the
beginning of learning process.

The limitations of this study were as follows :
 Participants who became the object of research were
the student of Industrial Engineering Department,
Faculty of Engineering, Maranatha Christian
University.
 The total number of respondents would be observed
in this study were 6 respondents for each interaction,
which the total of the interactions were 8.
 The independent variable was only based on the time
of factor, type of subject and type of room factor to
know a decrease in the concentration of student
learning. Other independent variables such as age,
gender, consumption and health conditions, physical
work environment, the level of understanding and
ability of students, lecturers way of explanation and
exposure, psychological receiver and so on, did not
discussed in this study.

 Type of room factor (Factor C) which consists of
two levels as H02C05 and H02A07 room (Graha
Widya Maranatha).
Preliminary Study
Preliminary questionnaire
Interview with students

Preliminary Data Processing
Tabulation of the results of the preliminary questionnaire

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The Limitations of Study
Participants who became the object of research were
the student of Industrial Engineering Department,
Faculty of Engineering, Maranatha Christian
University.
The total number of respondents would be observed
in this study were 6 respondents for each interaction,
which the total of the interaction were 8 .
The independent variables was only based on the
time of factor, type of subject and type of room factor
to know a decrease in the concentration of student
learning.

Research Goal
Identify and analyze the effect of time, type of
subject and type of room to decrease of students’
learning concentration.
Identify and analyze the maximum point (hours) of
student would be able to concentrate on learning
process.
Propose an ergonomic system in order to enhance
student learning in terms of the concentration of the
factors that affect the decrease of the students’
learning concentration .

Data Collecting
1. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
2. Bourdon Group Test
3. Key Behaviour Weight

Data Processing
1. Testing Assumption of ANOVA
2. ANOVA test
3. Descriptive Statistics test

Discussion

2. RESEARCH METHOD
Conclusion dan Suggestion

The independent variables used by researchers in the
study are:
 The time factor (Factor A), which consists of two
levels as before lunch and after lunch conditions.
 Type of subject factor (Factor B) which consists of
two levels as mathematical and theoretical subjects.

Figure 1. Research Framework

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Table 1. Key Behavior

1

FOCUS VIEWS

2

ATTENTION CONCENTRATION

3

VERBAL RESPONSE

1

Eyes looked at the left side or right side (turning to the left or right)

2

Eyes looked at downward (head down or asleep)

3

Blank stare (eyes) or daydreaming

1

Pay attention to other things (attention to others conversation or to outside of classroom)

2

Concentration focused to an object

1

Did not give a response (question) as oral speech (verbal response) from lecturer

4

DISCLAIMS OR COMPARE

-

-

5

ANSWER

1

Answering questions negatively (deviate from the problem) or doubtful (uncertain)

6

REPRESENTATION (STATEMENT)

1

Not responding when lecturer asked to respond

1

The position of the body which indicated unpreparedness in learning

7

8

PSYCHOMOTOR RESPONSE

EXPRESSIVE RESPONSES

Before
Treatment

2

Yawning

3

Conduct activities outside the classroom that does not mean

4

Rubbing eyes (sleepy)

5

Blinking eyes very often

6

Did not give a response (movement) as a psychomotor response from lecturer

7

No meaning hand gestures

1

Did not have motivation to listen to the lecturer

During
Treatment

Post
Treatment

Key
Behavior

Researchers’
benchmark for
Observation

Initial
Visual
Analogue
Scale (VAS)

Initial
Group
Bourdon Test

Field
Observation

Final
Visual
Analogue
Scale (VAS)

Final
Group Bourdon
Test

Key
Behavior
Weight

Figure 2. Data Collecting Scheme

3. DATA COLLECTION
Data collecting for the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
was a data collecting carried out by the researcher to
obtained students’ concentration conditions in a
subjectively manner because measuring the perceived level
of concentration of an individual at the time.
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a measurement
instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude
that is believed to range across a continuum of values and
cannot easily be directly measured. For example, the
amount of pain that a patient feels ranges across a
continuum from none to an extreme amount of pain.
Operationally a VAS is usually a horizontal line, 100 mm in
length, anchored by word descriptors at each end, as
illustrated in Figure 3. The VAS score is determined by
measuring in millimetres from the left hand end of the line
to the point that the patient marks. The visual analogue
scale (VAS) has been reported to be the most standardized,

valid and easy to comprehend self-report pain assessment
instrument. (Gould et al, 2002).
Group Bourdon Test is a train driver concentration test.
It is also knows as dot cancellation test. This test based
train driver psychometric used to maintain vigilance, speed,
accuracy, and concentration while looking a group of 4 dots.
Data collection for Group Bourdon Test is a data
collection conducted by researchers to obtain students’
concentration condition in a objectively manner, by
measuring objectively and calculating mathematically
about one’s concentration level.
Data Collecting in a subjectively-objectively manner
by :
a. Measurement of the respondents conducted by the
makers of observation data through behavior of the
respondents (subjective). Weighting on the indicator of
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Figure 3. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

b.

respondent due to the weight of one with the other
respondents will create different results.
Measurement of behavior of the respondents through
the key behavior (objective) shown in table 1.

Figure 2 illustrates a data collection scheme conducted by
researchers of the 48 respondents :
 Before Treatment : Data collection was performed
outside the classroom before the lecture begins by
using initial Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and initial
Group Bourdon Test.
 During Treatment : Data collection was performed by
observations in the classroom. Initial benchmark of
this observation is the key behavior that have been
described previously (Table 1)
 Post Treatment : Data collection was performed
outside the classroom after the lecture is finished by
using the Final Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Final
Group Bourdon Test and weights of key behavior.

4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
The overall condition of the concentration of
respondents (using the Visual Analogue Scale: subjective)
before treatment was higher than the post treated condition
as shown in figure 5. The overall condition of the
concentration of respondents (using the Group Bourdon
Test : objective) before treatment was higher than the posttreated conditions as shown in figure 6. Table 2 showed the
results of the data collection which were performed by the
researchers could be concluded as an eligible data for
ANOVA test (the data is independent, normal distribution
and homogeneous). Table 3 showed the results of the
ANOVA test (used by researchers to answer the initial
research hypothesis 1 to hypothesis 7), it could be
concluded that there are only 2 factors that affected student
learning decreased concentration i.e. the time factor and
interaction between time and type of subject factor using 
0.05.
This research found that from the three methods, i.e
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) ratings, Group Bourdon Test

Figure 4. Group Bourdon Test
and ANOVA test, all had the same conclusion (Table 4).
The conclusion was there was an effect for students’
concentration (there was a significant decrease from
students’ learning concentration prior student learning
activities in the classroom to the students’ learning
concentration after learning activities in the classroom).
Descriptive statistics of test results (used by
researchers to answer the initial research hypothesis 8), it
showed that the maximum point required for students to
concentrate is between 0,750 first hours to 1,139 first hours
of their learning process, with a standard deviation 0,178
hours up to 0.643 hours.
So it could be concluded that the maximum point for
the students’ learning concentration required was
approximately 1 hour starting from the beginning of the
first lecture as shown in figure 7.
From the data processing and analysis result, therefore
it was suggested an ergonomic system to enhance the
student’s learning concentration as follow:
a. Allocating particular subjects on certain period
within student’s class time table such as
mathematical subjects should be placed in the
morning time (7.00 am – 11.00 am) and theoretical
subjects placed on the day time (11.00 am- 3.00
pm).
b. Notice the condition of the maximum point of
students in learning, approximately the first 1
hour lecture. Lecturer should be able to regain
students’ concentration by setting their tone up and
down during the lecture or designing games for
the lecture so that students are not bored or sleepy.
c. Changing the 3-credits-course (2 hours 30 minutes)
which only held in one class meeting, became two
classes meeting. (1 hour 40 minutes at the first
class meeting and 50 minutes at the second class
meeting).
d. Hence, for the 2-credits-course (1 hour 40 minutes)
would remain as it is, according to in accordance
with the conditions of the initial conditions of the
Industrial Engineering Department, Maranatha
Christian University.

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Table 2. Testing Assumption of Anova
Independence test
Time, type of subject and type of room
factor
Normality test
Time, type of subject and type of room
factor
Homogeneity test

Durbin-Watson

Comparison

1,525

1,5 - 2,5

Shapiro-Wilk

Comparison

0,084

0,05

Levene Test

Comparison

Time factor

0,221

0,05

Type of sucject factor

0,198

0,05

Type of room factor

0,191

0,05

Decision
Conclusion
1,5 - (1,525) - 2,5
There are no differences
between the populations
Accept Null hyphotesis
Decision
Conclusion
(0,084) > 0,05
Normal distribution
Accept Null hyphotesis
Decision
Conclusion
(0,221) > 0,05
Variables are homogeneous
Accept Null hyphotesis
(0,198) > 0,05
Variables are homogeneous
Accept Null hyphotesis
(0,191) > 0,05
Variables are homogeneous
Accept Null hyphotesis

Table 3. Result of Anova Test with between-subject design
Interaction

Source of Variation

F ANOVA

1

Time factor (Factor A)

7,328

2

Type of subject factor
(Factor B)

F Table
df1 = 1
4,08
df2 = 40
α = 0,05
df1 = 1

0,098

3

Type of room factor
(Factor C)

4

Interaction between time and
type of subject factor
(Factor AB)

24,976

5

Interaction between time and
type of room factor
(Factor
AC)

0,271

6

Interaction between type of
subject and type of room
factor (Factor BC)

0,173

7

Interaction between time, type
of subject and type of room
factor (Factor ABC)

1,832

1,312

Conclusion

7,328 > 4,08

There was an effect from time factor for
student learning concentration

Reject null hyphotesis

df2 = 40
α = 0,05
df1 = 1

4,08

df2 = 40
α = 0,05
df1 = 1

4,08

df2 = 40
α = 0,05
df1 = 1

4,08

df2 = 40
α = 0,05
df1 = 1

4,08

df2 = 40
α = 0,05
df1 = 1

4,08

df2 = 40
α = 0,05

4,08

Figure 5: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Decision

0,098 < 4,08

There was no effect from type of subject factor
for student learning concentration

Accept null hyphotesis
1,312 < 4,08

There was no effect from type of room factor
for student learning concentration

Accept null hyphotesis
24,976 > 4,08

There was an effect between time and type of
subject factor for student learning concentration

Reject null hyphotesis
0,271 < 4,08

There was no effect between time and type of
room factor for student learning concentration

Accept null hyphotesis
0,173 < 4,08
Accept null hyphotesis
1,832 < 4,08
Accept null hyphotesis

There was no effect between type of subject
and type of room factor for student learning
concentration
There was no effect between time, type of
subject and type of room factor for student
learning concentration

Figure 6: Group Bourdon Test

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Figure 7 : Maximum Point of the Students’ Learning Concentration (hours)
\
Table 4. Analysis of Three Methods
Data Collection

Method

Subjective

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Objective

Group Bourdon Test

Subjective-Objective

Observation in the classroom

Conclusion
There was an effect for students’
concentration before treatment and after
treatment
There was an effect for students’
concentration before treatment and after
treatment
There was an effect for students’
concentration before treatment and after
treatment

Final Conclusion
There was a significant
decrease from students’
learning concentration prior
student learning activities in
the classroom to the
students’ learning
concentration after learning
activities in the classroom

5. CONCLUSION

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