ENHANCING STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC LITERACY THROUGH A DISCOVERY LEARNING MODEL ASSISTED BY SCIENCE MODULES ON MADURESE BATIK

Abstract

Students’ scientific literacy in Indonesia, especially at the junior high school level, is still low, thus requiring an innovative learning approach. Integrating local wisdom, such as Madurese batik, into science learning makes learning more contextual. This research aimed to analyze the effect of discovery learning assisted by a Madurese Batik science module on students’ scientific literacy improvement. A one-group pretest-posttest design was utilized for this study, involving a sample of 31 students from class 7 at SMPN 2 Bangkalan. The research instrument used an essay test on scientific literacy competency. The analysis technique used the Wilcoxon and the N-Gain tests. The findings indicated a significant improvement in students’ scientific literacy (Wilcoxon sig. = 0.000), with a moderate N-Gain of 0.65. This study implies that integrating local wisdom into discovery learning can be an effective strategy to enhance students’ scientific literacy.