Socio-scientific issues in gadget: interactive multimedia to increase z-generation scientific literacy

摘要

Indonesian student scientific literacy needs to be improved. Middle school students today are millennial (generation Z) who cannot be separated from gadget in almost all of their daily activities. This study aims to find alternative ways to improve Z generation science literacy by utilizing gadget, namely studying Socio Scientific Issues (SSI) and their analysis which are packaged in a multimedia interactive (MI) form. The Ml-SSI-gadget development uses a 4-D model, with adjustments to the design stage. This study uses i-spring, AIR_SDK, Andaired, and JAVA to develop gadget-based multimedia. This study is on the validity stage according to experts on MI-SSI-gadget to improve scientific literacy. Validity data is obtained from the expert assessment using a multimedia validity assessment instrument. Data were analyzed by descriptive analysis. The results showed that the Ml-SSI-gadget according to experts is suitable for learning to improve generation Z scientific literacy, with some suggestions for improvement.