Scientific Literacy Skills of Seventh Grade Junior High School (SMP Negeri) Students in North Labuhanbatu Regency
Parningotan Siagian1, Melva Silitonga2*, Ely Djulia2
Citation :Parningotan Siagian, Melva Silitonga, Ely Djulia, Scientific Literacy Skills of Seventh Grade Junior High School (SMP Negeri) Students in North Labuhanbatu Regency International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education 2017,4 (11) : 176-182.
This research was conducted to describe scientific literacy skills, to know the comparison of scientific literacy skills based on geography and to see the relationship of scientific attitudes on the dimensions of content, context and process of junior high school students in NorthLabuhanbatu Regency. Sample used was 180 students, taken by using purposive sampling technique. Data collection techniques were conducted using science literacy tests, science process skill observation sheets and scientific attitude questionnaire. The result showed that scientific literacy skills of junior high school students in North Labuhanbatu Regency was 60,3 (low). As for scientific literacy skills based on dimension, obtained value of content dimension 50,2, context 53,3, process 62,01 and science attitude 58,6. Based on geography there was no difference in scientific literacy skills of students whom live in town or village, both in low category. Furthermore, to know the relation between dimension of scientific attitude toward content dimension, context and process, correlation test and regression test was done as follow-up test. The value of rcount relationship of scientific attitudes with content was 0.611, rcount relationship of scientific attitudes to context was 0.478, and rcount scientific attitude toward process was 0.882. Correlation test showed that there was a close relationship between dimensions of scientific attitude towards dimensions of content, context, and process and the correlation was positive. The results indicated that teachers, school and education authorities in regency need to make improvements in the learning process to improve student's science literacy.