Strengthening students’ physics literacy through the WHK flow

Abstract

Strengthening students’ physics literacy is urgent to do. The purpose of this study is to apply the Wacana-Holistik-Kunci (WHK) flow in strengthening physics literacy for students. This research method was descriptive research applied to 9 elementary schools in Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The results of the study show that the WHK flow can be implemented through teacher training to teaching teacher assistance in class. A total of 25 teachers have succeeded in implementing the WHK flow smoothly through peer learning, where in the WHK flow in the Wacana (W) stage students listen to the discourse text and find difficult words to discuss, in the Holistik (H) stage students find the context of physical science and retell it. with their own sentences, as well as the Kunci (K) stage students find answers to questions based on the discourse text. The conclusion of this research shows that the WHK flow helps strengthen students’ scientific literacy, especially at the Holistik (H) stage, and can equip students to discover the context, concepts and applications of physical discourse. The implication of this research is the need to disseminate this pathway to facilitate and accelerate the achievement of increasing students’ physics literacy.