Integration local potential “Ketingan Tourism Village” in science learning to improve critical thinking and scientific literacy based on the nature of science framework

Abstract

This study aims to develop science learning by integrating the local potential of the Ketingan Tourism Village (KTV) in Yogyakarta as a learning resource for the interaction of living things topic, knowing its effectiveness on students’ critical thinking skills and scientific literacy. To develop these learning tools used the Plopms’ model. Learning is done by involving students’ experiences as part of the learning process related to local potentials that are used as learning resources. The students’ critical thinking and scientific literacy data were obtained using the Test Critical Thinking Skill in Science (TCSS) and Test on Scientific literacy (TSL), respectively. In addition, an Observation Sheet on Critical Thinking Skills (OSCTS) was prepared to observe students’ critical thinking during the learning process. Descriptive Statistics and normalized gain technique were used to examine the influence of teaching learning on students’ critical thinking and scientific literacy in this instructional learning. The findings revealed that the teaching with experiential learning model based on “Ketingan Tourism Village” has a high category on N-gain of scientific literacy, however medium on students’ critical thinking. Students have a better to show scientific data and evidence, but it was less on doing investigation and explain the relationship content and phenomena. Meanwhile, for critical thinking, students have better to inference the phenomena and less on analysis it in science learning process. It is meaningful to promote students critical thinking skills and scientific literacy to create appropriate learning based on the nature of science framework using local potential as a resource in the learning process