Junior high school students’ scientific literacy on earth science concept

Abstract

This study aims to investigate junior high school students’ scientific literacy on earth science concept through scientific literacy test. The context of earth science in this research consists of layer of earth, earthquake, and volcano. The research instrument employed was 14 multiple choices with four alternative answers that covered 3 competencies of scientific literacy. The participants of this study were 29 students enrolled in grade 8 in a public junior high school in Bandung. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics in form of percentage and bar chart. The results show that the average score of each competency in respective way is: 67,59% for explaining phenomena scientifically, 58,62% for evaluating and designing scientific enquiry, and 61,64% for interpreting data and evidence scientifically. The findings could be interpreted that the scientific literacy on earth science concept of the 8th grade junior high school students was in medium category. This research suggests to develop scientific literacy ability with levels of inquiry as science practices.