Identifying Energy Literacy Understanding of Physics Teacher Candidate Students Using a Four-Tier Test Instrument Based on Energy Literacy

Abstract

This research aims to identify the energy literacy abilities of prospective physics teacher students using a test instrument in the form of a four tier test. This type of research is quantitative descriptive research. The population of this study was one class of prospective physics teacher students at the first level, totalling 30 students. The data collection technique was carried out using a test technique using a test instrument in the form of a four-tier test with a total of 40 questions. The four-tier test has the advantage of being able to capture more accurate information with diverse answer patterns, which is one of the reasons for its use. The analysis technique in this research is descriptive statistical analysis. The level of understanding of students' energy literacy is categorized into three categories, namely understanding, not understanding, and misunderstanding. The energy literacy indicators measured in this research consist of six indicators which include: (1) basic energy knowledge; (2) understanding energy sources and their relationships; (3) awareness of the importance of energy use for individuals and social life; (4) knowing trends in energy use in Indonesia and global energy sources-supply and use; (5) understand the influence of the development of energy sources and the implementation of their use in society; and (6) understand the influence of the development of energy sources and their use on the environment. The research results show that the level of understanding of energy literacy among students is in the category of not understanding as much as 5.83% of students. Furthermore, the level of understanding of students' energy literacy in the understanding category was 31.38% of students. Meanwhile, there were 62.79% of students who had a level of understanding of energy literacy in the misunderstanding category.