A. Widowati, L. Widyastuti, E. Widodo
This research was conducted to describe the students' scientific literacy profile for the competence aspect in general, and each sub-aspect of scientific literacy competence for the students of grade VIII in junior high school of Yogyakarta city and how the sequence of scientific literacy acquisition for student competence aspect based on the favorite ranking of the school. This research is a descriptive quantitative design research with research is survey method. This research was conducted in six public junior high schools located in Yogyakarta with different favorite ranking. The sample of this research is 200 students. The sample is determined by purposive sampling technique based on favorite ratings and research permit. The results of the research indicate that the literacy profile of science on competency aspect, in general, is still lacking. In detail, for the sub-aspect of scientific literacy ability other aspects of competence that is evaluating and designing scientific questions and interpreting scientific evidence and data is still lacking, even for sub aspect ability to explain the phenomenon in a scientific way which still very less. Ranking aspects of the competence of scientific literacy sequentially from top to bottom linearity according to the school's favorite rating. © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Science Education Department, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
