The Effect of Smartphones Usability on High School Students' Science Literacy Ability in Physics Learning

Himawan Putranta,Hery Setiyatna,Supahar Supahar,Rukiyati Rukiyati

doi:10.12973/eu-jer.10.3.1383

Abstract

<p style="text-align:justify">Learning in high schools has used a lot of smartphone assistance to make it easier for students to understand the material explained by the teacher. However, with the many uses of smartphones in learning, of course, it must provide positive benefits to the ability of students, especially the science literacy ability. In this study, the objectives to be achieved are to examine how much the smartphone's usability in physics learning, examine students' science literacy and examine the effect of the smartphone’s usability on students' science literacy in physics learning. The method used in this study is a quantitative method with a research design used is a one-shot case study. The data on smartphone usability is obtained using a questionnaire, and science literacy of students is obtained through on physics science literacy test. The results of this study indicate that the smartphones usability and students' science literacy in physics learning are respectively in the high and medium categories with a respective percentage of 57.20% and 36.36%. The students' science literacy is influenced by the smartphone's usability in physics learning by 34.30%. These results indicate that smartphone usability by most students is very high, but has not been able to contribute optimally to students' science literacy. Therefore, special treatment is needed in utilizing the use of smartphones in physics learning so that students' science literacy can be optimized.</p>

Highlights

Every high school wherever located, it has been demanded to better utilize the use of technology and information advancements in carrying out any learning or non-learning activities
After obtaining the results of the validity and reliability of measurement instruments in the form of questionnaires and physics science literacy tests, we propose the results obtained the results of the smartphone's usability of high school students in physics learning
These results certainly show that the benefits felt by students in using smartphones in physics learning are high, so there is a need for optimization in utilizing the use of smartphones in physics learning so that the science literacy ability of high school students can be increased

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Introduction

Every high school wherever located, it has been demanded to better utilize the use of technology and information advancements in carrying out any learning or non-learning activities. This is certainly done with the aim that new information from outside can be immediately known by teachers or high school students, so they can optimize their abilities (Annamalai, 2018). The smartphone is a medium of communication and information that lately has been widely owned by everyone, including teachers and high school students In line with this statement, almost 90% of high school students use smartphones in learning at school (Kermani, 2017). No exception in learning at schools, if high school students can use smartphones to be used wisely and

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