Science Learning and Environment: Analysis of Student’s Scientific Literacy Based on Indonesia’s Waste Problem

Abstract

The purpose of the study to analyzes 7 th junior high school student's scientific literacy about Indonesia's waste problem. The study used survey research. The subject of the study was students of 7 th-grade junior high school by using random sampling. The instrument was arranged based on the scientific literacy aspect, according to the OECD. The data were analyzed by using quantitative descriptive. The result shows that all of the competence domains are in the medium category and the average of all aspects was 58,6. The result of each aspect to explaining phenomena scientifically was 57,14 %, evaluating and designing scientific inquiry was 58,95%, interpreting data and evidence scientifically was 64,3%. The criteria of scientific literacy category was developed based on the answer each item. The Student's scientific literacy was facilitated by Problem Based Learning (PBL) model on the learning.