Analysis of UoS contextual chemical literacy ability of chemistry pre-service teacher on reaction rate topic

Abstract

The chemical literacy ability is an essential ability that should be possessed by a pre-service teacher. This research aims to acknowledge the achievement of knowledge, context, competence, and attitude. This research was descriptive-qualitative research whose population consisted of the students of chemistry education. The subjects were 25 students who took a general chemistry class. The techniques of data collection were the interview and questionnaire. The research instrument was the assessment instrument based on chemical literacy and UoS. Based on the research conducted, it was known that the chemical literacy ability of pre-service teachers on the reaction rate topic, the aspect of knowledge found was 71,87%, the aspect of context was 70,25%, the aspect of competence was 73,67%, and the aspect of attitude was 71,53%. The results showed that chemistry pre-service teachers’ chemical literacy ability on the reaction rate was medium, with 71,83%.