Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 63-72
Biology Scientific Literacy of Indonesian Students: Case Study in Aceh Tamiang - Aceh
Fitriani1), Fauziyah Harahap2), Binari Manurung2)
1) Post Graduate Program, Biology Department, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia
2) Lecturers of Biology Department Universitas Negeri Medan - Indonesia
Jl. Willem Iskandar Psr. V Medan Estate, Kotak Pos No. 1589 Medan, Indonesia, 20221
Corresponding Author: Fauziyah Harahap
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to find out students’ scientific literacy skills of Biology in Aceh Tamiang. The research method applied a survey descriptive analysis in which the sample was 301 students of the entire 12 schools and each class was taken by cluster random sampling technique. To obtain the data, multiple choice and essay tests as well as the observation for measuring students’ science process skills were employed. The results showed that students’ scientific literacy skills in Aceh Tamiang were 40.61% and it belongs to the low category. The average of science as a body of knowledge, science as a way of thinking, science as a way of investigation and interaction of science, environment, technology and society were 37.42%, 50.55%, 55.97% and 18.48% respectively, all of them belong to the low category in which the percentage value was below 60%.
Key words: Scientific Literacy, Body of Knowledge, Way of Thinking, Way of Investigation, Interaction of Science, Environment, Technology and Society
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