Profile of Students’ Scientific Literacy Abilities in Higher Education on Chapter Heat and Temperature

Abstract

Students’ scientific literacy is very important to determine the extent to which students are literate about the scientific concepts that have been learned. Therefore, prospective physics teacher students must master scientific literacy to solve various problems from the real world as individuals and must interact in society and the environment as social beings. The purpose of this study was to analyze the scientific literacy skills of students of the 2019 class of physics education study program on chapter heat and temperature. This type of research used to achieve these objectives is descriptive qualitative with qualitative analysis. The subjects in this study were Lecturers in the basic physics course I and students of the 2019 class of physics education study program at Universitas Cenderawasih. Data collection techniques used in this study were tests, interviews, and documentation. The results of the research from the test instrument showed that the scientific literacy skills of physics education students class 2019 were still low. The results of the interviews strengthen the findings that there are still many physics education students of 2019 who do not have scientific literacy skills of concepts on chapter heat and temperature.

Exploration of students’ scientific literacy in work and energy through STEM-based 7E learning cycle with formative assessment

“…Work and energy learning in Indonesia has not been able to link a concept with technological developments such as in Singapore and Malaysia [17,18]. In addition, students' scientific literacy skills in work and energy topic are still low [19] apart from kinematics of rectilinear motion [20], temperature and heat [21], and fluid dynamics [22]. Students' scientific literacy abilities in this material are at the functional level, followed by the nominal and conceptual levels [19,23].…”

“…The alternative of using STEM-based education to help students develop their 21st-century skills is worth considering. [21], such as scientific literacy. STEMbased learning trains in dealing with globalization problems that are often encountered everyday through engineering project activities involving science, technology, and mathematics [30].…”