Implementation of Scientific Inquiry Approach for Enhancing Scientific Literacy among Elementary Students
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https://doi.org/10.56207/iraono.v1i1.131Keywords:
scientific literacy, elementary students, scientific inquiry approachAbstract
This study aims to determine how scientific literacy in elementary school students is in science learning using the scientific inquiry approach. The method used in this research is library research or literature study that relies on bibliographical sources from various literature bases, books, and scientific articles. The results of this study show that scientific literacy through a scientific inquiry approach can deliver students to have scientific process skills and scientific attitudes and be able to communicate a problem scientifically. Scientific literacy is needed in science learning for elementary school students. In the Merdeka curriculum, the scientific approach emphasizes student-centered learning and emphasizes the process of inquiry through the stages of the scientific approach. The scientific inquiry approach is an activity where the teacher still determines questions and processes, but students produce an explanation that is supported by the evidence that has been collected. This approach can train students to become scientists in discovering the studied concepts.
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