Analysis of Junior High School students’ scientific literacy on simple effort and aircraft for everyday life

Abstract

Scientific literacy was the ability to solve everyday problems and provide concrete evidence in scientific resolution. This research aimed to analyse junior high school students’ scientific literacy about effort and simple aircraft in everyday life. This research was included in descriptive quantitative would be using test questions. Test results will be analysed to measure students’ scientific literacy skills. The subjects of research were 8^th-grade students at schools of medium quality. The research population was all 8-grade students, where all classes were homogeneous and had the same average ability. The sample was chosen because there are no superior classes and academic abilities possessed by heterogeneous students (high, medium, and low). The sampling technique used a purposive sampling technique. The instrument used to measure students’ scientific literacy was a scientific literacy test that matched the indicators of scientific literacy. The result of the analysis obtained from each aspect assessed namely identifying scientific issues was of 19.69% included in the very poor category, explaining that scientific phenomena were 32.19% included in the moderate category, and interpreting scientific data and evidence was 33.59% included in the moderate category. These results indicated that the literacy ability of students falls into the poor category.