Abstract
The purpose of this research is to analyze the biological science literacy ability of students’ grade IX at Ujung Batu Junior High Schools. Students’ biological science literacy abilities are affected by many things, such as untrained students’ to solve characteristic questions such as the questions on PISA. This research used a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. The instrument used to capture students’ biological science literacy ability is a test. The research conducted at Ujung Batu Junior High Schools Accredited “A” population distributed in three schools with the population in this study was all the students in grade IX at Ujung Batu Junior High Schools in the 2019/2020 academic year. The Sampling technique used simple random sampling. The comprehensive scientific literacy score is 69.15, which is in the middle level. Based on aspects of scientific literacy (1) science content, amounted to 71.18 medium categories; (2) science process, 59.73 medium categories and (3) science context, 76.53 medium categories. The research conclusion is that there is a different capacity of students’ biological science literacy after using test questions on students’ scientific literacy ability.
Highlights
Education systems in Indonesia need to prepare the nation's next-generation who are capable and skilled, that it is necessary to have the 21st-century capability in the education scope (Dhani, 2015)
The data in this study are in the form of quantitative data, and the data examined are students’ biological science literacy abilities in biological learning, which are obtained from the assessment scores of competency-based science literacy test questions
The assessment of scientific literacy is not merely a measurement of the level of understanding of scientific knowledge and an understanding of various aspects of the scientific process as well as the ability to apply knowledge and scientific processes in real situations faced by students, this means that the assessment of scientific literacy is oriented towards mastering science material, and on the mastery of life skills, thinking skills, and the ability to carry out scientific processes in the real life of students’ (Yuliati, 2017)
Summary
Education systems in Indonesia need to prepare the nation's next-generation who are capable and skilled, that it is necessary to have the 21st-century capability in the education scope (Dhani, 2015). Science has the meaning of science, so science is defined as the acquisition of systematically arranged knowledge. Ayu Andira et al / Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 6 No 1 (Jan, 2022) 168-177 phenomena systematically, so that learning science is mastery of knowledge in the form of facts, concepts, principles, and a process of discovery. Science learning plays an important role in advancing the nation. Science has a crucial role in the educative process and technological development, because science has a way of generating human interest and ability in developing science and technology (Fidiantara et al, 2020)
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