Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 20, Issue 2, Article 8 (Jun., 2021) SUGIARTI, Usman MULBAR, ADNAN & Arsad BAHRI Students' scientific literacy skill: The starting point of chemistry learning in the junior high school Previous Contents Next

Results

The results of the study are presented in tabular form and to facilitate the analysis of descriptive analysis results on the two aspects studied, namely aspects of chemical knowledge and aspects of scientific literacy competencies. The results of the analysis for aspects of knowledge are presented in Table 3.

Table 3. Result of Chemistry Knowledge in all Aspect

Knowledge Indicators	SMPN 6 Makassar		SMPN 2 Maros		SMPN 4 Sinjai		Average/ Category
	%	C	%	C	%	C
Atom, ion, and molecule	67.18	Good	63.23	Fair	68.17	Good	66.19 Good
Identify atom number, mass number, proton, neutron, and electron	74.40	Good	65.43	Fair	62.22	Fair	67.35 Good
Connect atom concept, ion, and molecule with chemical daily product	63.45	Fair	67.83	Good	60.41	Fair	63.89 Fair
Compare the uncure and compound molecule	63.41	Fair	69.24	Good	61.35	Fair	64.73 Fair
Average	67.11	Good	66.43	Good	63.04	Fair	65.53 Good

Note: %  = percentage   C  = Category

The results of data analysis regarding the aspects of students' knowledge on chemical materials about atoms, ions and molecules shown in Table 4 informs that the highest indicator achievement (74.40%) is achieved by SMPN 6 Makassar for indicators of identification of atomic number, mass number, protons, neutrons and electrons. The mean score of students' knowledge on chemical materials is in the good category.

Table 4. Test Result of Scientific Literacy Ability to Science

Note: %  = percentage   C  = Category

In Table 4 illustrates the average achievement score of the indicators of scientific literacy ability, which consists of four indicators in three schools in both categories. The score of scientific literacy ability of SMPN 6 Makassar and SMPN 2 Maros students is in the good category while SMPN 4 Sinjai is in the sufficient category.

The results of the normality test of the data literacy abilities of chemical science in each indicator showed a value of p> 0.05 (p = 0.153-0.295) so that the data is said to be normally distributed. Homogeneity test results of the ability of chemical science literacy in each indicator shows a value of p> 0.05 (0.723-0.967) so that the data was to be homogeneous.

A summary of the results of the ANOVA test on the literacy abilities of chemical science in students at SMP Negeri 6 Makassar, SMP Negeri 2 Maros, and SMP Negeri 4 Sinjai is shown in table 5.

Table 5.  Summary of ANOVA Test on Scientific Literacy Abilities

Table 5 shows that there are differences in the scores of each indicator on the literacy ability of students in chemical science where p <0.05 (sig. 0.000), there are differences in the scores of students in chemical science literacy in the three schools where p <0.05 (sig. 0.000), and there are differences in scores indicators of the literacy abilities of students' chemical science based on the level of the scale where p> 0.05 (sig. 0.020).

The difference in scores between indicators of the students' literacy abilities in chemical science, then continued with LSD test. The LSD test results on the four indicators of chemical science literacy ability are shown in Table 6.

Table 6. LSD Test in Scientific Literacy

Table 6 shows that the ability of the students to carry out an effective literature search (LS2) indicator had the highest score and was significantly different from the other indicators. The ability of the students’ indicators to understand the methods/meaning of questions that lead to scientific knowledge (LS1) is not significantly different from the indicators of drawing conclusions based on learning experiences (LS4). The ability of the students on the indicators of organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data and scientific information (LS3) has the lowest score compared to other indicators of ability.

There is a difference in the score of chemical science literacy ability between the students of SMPN 6 Makassar, SMPN 2 Maros, and SMPN 4 Sinjai, then it was continued with LSD test. The results of the LSD test on the literacy ability of chemical sciences in the three schools are shown in Table 7.

Table 7. LSD Test Result According to The Difference on School Level

Table 7 shows that the literacy ability of chemical science of the students in SMPN 6 Makassar achieved the highest score and was significantly different from the literacy abilities of chemical science of the students in SMPN 2 Maros and SMPN 4 Sinjai. The lowest literacy score of chemistry was the students in SMPN 4 Sinjai.

The difference in the score indicators of chemical science literacy abilities between the students of SMP Negeri 6 Makassar, SMP Negeri 2 Maros, and SMPN Negeri 4 Sinjai, then continued with LSD test. The results of the LSD test on the literacy ability of chemical sciences in the three schools are shown in Table 8.

Table 8. Result of LSD Test on Scientific Literacy in Different School

The results of the LSD interaction between the indicators and school level in Table 8 show that the ability to conduct an effective literature search (LS2) on SMP 6 Makassar students achieved the highest score and was significantly different from other abilities at other schools. As for the same ability (LS2), SMP 2 Maros students were not significantly different from SMP 4 Sinjai students. The ability to understand the methods/meaning of questions that lead to scientific knowledge (LS1) of SMPN 6 Makassar students is not significantly different from the students of SMPN 2 Maros but it is significantly different from the students of SMPN 4 Sinjai. The ability to draw conclusions based on the learning experience (LS4) of SMPN 6 Makassar students was significantly different from students of SMPN 2 Maros and SMPN 4 Sinjai. The ability to organize, analyze, and interpret scientific data and information (LS3) for SMPN 2 Maros students was not significantly different from SMPN 4 Sinjai students, but both were significantly different from SMPN 6 Makassar students.

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