The Relationship between Curiosity and Reading Comprehension Ability with Science Literacy in High School Students
Ratna Dewi Wulaningsih, Dhia Rahid, Mieke Miarsyah

Biology Education Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

Science plays an important role in the life of modern society in an effort to meet their needs. Scientific literacy is an ability that must be possessed in order to be able to think logically, think critically and creatively, be able to solve problems, master technology and be adaptive to changes and developments of the times. Curiosity about science will support one^s scientific literacy. Knowledge can be obtained through various ways, one of which is through the reading process. Good reading skills will support someone to understand science content. This study aims to determine the relationship between curiosity and reading comprehension ability with high school student scientific literacy. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 98 Jakarta in semester 1 of the 2019/2020 academic year, this research method uses the correlational method. Data were analyzed by means of multiple correlation significance test. The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between curiosity and scientific literacy, there was a significant positive relationship between the ability to read comprehension and scientific literacy, there was a significant positive relationship between curiosity and the ability to read comprehension and scientific literacy. This shows that the higher the curiosity and reading comprehension ability of students, the higher the students scientific literacy ability.

Keywords: curiosity, reading comprehension ability, scientific literacy

Topic: Biology Education