Identification of Scientific Literacy of Elementary School Students in Central Lampung District

Abstract: Identification of Scientific Literacy of Elementary School Students in Central Lampung District. Objective: Identify scientific literacy skills of elementary school students that can be actualized in the form of local government policies. Method: This descriptive study involved 36 schools with a total of 380 Elementary School students in Lampung Tengah District obtained using purposive sampling technique. Students appreciate with scientific literacy adapted from PISA questions (Programs for International Student Assessment) and scientific literacy data are analyzed descriptively. Findings: The results of the study showed that students who understand the concept were only 16.07%, misconcept are 8.6%, wrong concept are 37.5%, and missunderstand concept are 37.8%. Elementary students who understand the concept are still few for most of the questions especially competencies of interpret scientific data and evidence, procedural knowledge categories, and the content of the physical system area. Conclusion: Elementary students' scientific literacy in Central Lampung is still in the low category.  Keywords:  scientific literacy, elementary school students, descriptive study. Abstrak: Identifikasi Literasi Sains Siswa Sekolah Dasar di Kabupaten Lampung Tengah. Tujuan: Mengidentifikasi kemampuan literasi sains siswa sekolah dasar yang dapat diaktualisasikan dalam bentuk kebijakan pemerintah daerah. Metode: Penelitian deskriptif ini melibatkan 36 sekolah dengan total 380 siswa Sekolah Dasar (SD) di Kabupaten Lampung Tengah yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan purposive sampling technique . Siswa diuji dengan soal literasi sains yang diadaptasi dari soal PISA (Programme for International Students Assessment) dan d ata literasi sains dianalisis secara deskriptif. Temuan: Data hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa yang paham konsep hanya 16,07%, siswa yang miskonsep 8,6%, siswa yang salah konsep 37,5%, dan siswa yang tidak paham konsep 37,8%. S iswa SD yang paham konsep sains masih sedikit setiap soal terutama pada kompetensi sains interpret data and evidence scientifically, kategori pengetahuan procedural, dan konten area physical system. Kesimpulan: Literasi sains siswa SD di Lampung Tengah masih dalam kategori rendah. Kata kunci:  literasi sains, siswa sekolah dasar, penelitian deskriptif. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v10.i1.202013