The Profile of Enhancing Student Science Literation Ability Through Scientific Learning

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10.2991/978-2-38476-106-7_21How to use a DOI?

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Scientific Literacy; Scientific Learning; Environmental Pollution

Abstract

This research is an insufficient experiment that seeks to characterize the profile of the improvement in students’ literacy ability as a result of their involvement in scientific study. The research methodology that was employed was a one group pretest-posttest design, and the sample size for the study was 32 students from class VII at one of the SMP Muhammadiyah 3 campuses in Yogyakarta during the academic year 2014/2015. These students were chosen using the purposive sampling method. The procedure for collecting the data involved administering a science literacy test that was comprised of 22 questions and offered respondents a total of four possible responses to each question. In order to determine whether or not there was an increase in the user’s capacity for scientific literacy, the data were evaluated by computing the normalized average score (N-gain) score data. This was done with Microsoft Excel. After that, the data were subjected to statistical analysis, which consisted of comparing the students’ pre-test and post-test values, as well as carrying out a normality test, a homogeneity test, and a paired sample t-test with the help of the IBM SPSS Statistics 22 program. The overall yield of N-gain that was obtained was 0.46, which places it in the category of having a moderate rise. The outcome of the hypothesis test using the t-test indicates a significance level of 0.00; it is lower than = 0.05 (Sign 0.05), which indicates that the hypothesis is not supported. The results of this test suggest that students’ levels of science literacy before and after they applied scientific study are not the same. Another way of expressing this idea is to say that there is a substantial gap between students’ levels of science literacy before and after they applied scientific learning. According to the findings of this study, students’ literacy skills can be improved through the study of science, both in terms of their level of competency and their level of knowledge on the subject matter of environmental pollution.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Agustinus Pat Madyana
AU  - Slamet
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/09/26
TI  - The Profile of Enhancing Student Science Literation Ability Through Scientific Learning
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social, Politics, Administration, and Communication Sciences (ICoSPACS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 166
EP  - 179
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-106-7_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-106-7_21
ID  - Madyana2023
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