This study aims to examine the effects of digital science scrapbook on students’ science visual literacy. Digital science scrapbook was designed to teach junior high school students, and the instrument was designed to measure the level of visual literacy before and after the treatment. This study employed a quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The population was junior high school students. The convenience sampling method was chosen to carry out the pilot study on 25 students in SMP 9 Salatiga. The visual literacy course was based on the ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards. The differences in visual literacy levels were measured through 30 items of the visual literacy test. After conducting paired sample t-test on the data, differences between pretest and posttest were found. From the findings, significant differences in pretest and posttest scores were found. It can be concluded that digital science scrapbook is effective to train digital literacy in science. The novelty of this research is the use of digital science scrapbook on students’ science visual literacy.

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengembangkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menyusun perangkat pembelajaran berpendekatan saintifik. Penelitian dirancang dengan metode penelitian tindakan kelas. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah diperoleh, dapat disimpulkan penerapan critical review terhadap buku guru IPA kurikulum 2013 dapat mengembangkan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menyusun perangkat pembelajaran berpendekatan saintifik.The research to develop students ability to formulate scientific approach learning. The study was designed with the method to action research. Based on the results that have been obtained, can be concluded the application of the critical review of the 2013 book science teacher curriculum can develop students ability to formulate scientific approach learning.

Science Education Seminar course aims to develop the communication skill of students. The materials and assignments are given to train how to communicate effectively both written and orally. The tasks consist of the scientific papers analysis, conceptual article draft, and other assignments. It took longer time to assess those assignments with only pencil and paper methods therefore a web-based alternative assessment was designed to assess the assignments. Web-based alternative assessment (e-assessment) can facilitate students and lecturer in the process of collecting and assessing tasks. The validation score by the assessment expert of the four aspects resulted 94,64%, 92,86%, 91,07%, and 92,86% meanwhile the score of expert information systems was 90, 63%. Thus the product can be said as valid in very feasible category with the average score of 81.5%. The percentage of positive responses of students was 84,43% that indicates the product is effective to help students and lecturers in the assessing students' assignment and performance. Therefore, it can be said that the research has met the indicator of feasibility to result a valid and effective product.

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This study intended to examine the effectiveness of science uno card-assisted CIRC method on solar system topic to classification and scientific communication skills. This is experimental research whose samples are consisted of two classes; one as an experimental group and the other as a control group. The data of students' classification skills were gathered from posttest score on cognitive learning outcomes arranged based on four indicators. Observations were carried out in three-time learnings to obtain the data of scientific communication. The analysis of t-test of the total score of classification skills resulted in tcount=2.29 and ttable=2.00, meaning that the experimental group's classification skills were better than the control group. A Mann Whitney differential test of the total score of scientific skills resulted in Zcount=4.83 and Ztable=1.69 meaning that there was a difference of communication skills between the two classes. Based on the research results, it could be said that science uno card-assisted CIRC method on solar system topic was effective in improving classification and scientific communication skills.