Analysis of Language and Scientific Literacy Skills for 4th Grade Elementary School Students through Discovery Learning and ICT Media

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of discovery learning using ICT in bamboo conservation topics on students' language and scientific literacy. The matching only pretest and posttest control group design was used in this research. The participants were fourth-grade students in the academic year 2017-2018 with a total of 36 students. The research instrument for language literacy is essay questions, and scientific literacy is multiple-choice questions. Data were analyzed using the T-test. The analysis results show that there are differences in language and scientific literacy skills in students who were taught using discovery learning with ICT media and students who were taught using a conventional approach with visual media. The findings exhibited that: (1) there is an influence of the use of discovery learning with ICT media on students' language and scientific literacy, and (2) there is an influence of the interaction of discovery model with ICT language and scientific literacy in fourth-grade students. It is recommended for elementary school teachers and further researchers that the discovery learning model be adopted with ICT media, because: (1) scientific literacy can be developed through the understanding ability or part of language literacy, and (2) ICT media as the bamboo identification application as learning media can attract students' attention by creating an active and pleasant learning atmosphere.