Integration of Scientific Article Writing in the Animal Systematics Course to Train Scientific Literacy

摘要

One of the 21st century skills needed by students is scientific literacy skill. Students who take Animal Systematics courses which are needed to train in scientific literacy skills through scientific writing activities. This study aimed to describe the integration of writing scientific articles in systematic courses of animals. The purpose of this research was to train scientific literacy in biology students. The indicators of scientific literacy that are expected of students that they could deal with ideas, shared their thoughts, enriched their understanding, and could solve their problems. To realize the indicators, a series of scientific writing activities were carried out consisting of making research proposals, conducting research by taking data in the field, processing and analyzing research data, writing research articles, and presenting. The research was done in the Department of Biology Universitas Negeri Surabaya (Unesa). The respondents were 31 biology students class of 2016 which are programming Animals Systematics and have written an article as the final report of project assignment from the field of practicum in Labuhan Mangrove Education Park Area, Bangkalan, Madura. Data were collected by using article assessment and questionnaire sheets. Data were analyzed descriptively. The results of this research showed Integration of scientific articles in systematic courses of animals to train scientific literacy in biology students was declared successful because the average value of articles produced by more than 75 and 75% of respondents was responded positively to this activity. Good article value and positive responses showed that students have met scientific literacy indicators.