Science textbook development based on scientific literacy aspects theme matter changes in environment

Abstract

The type of this study is Research and Development (R&D) that produces science literacy textbook as the product. The goals of this study is knowing the characteristics, feasibility, readability, and effectiveness of the product. The study start with product development and then continued by feasibility test, readability test, and effectiveness test. Feasibility test was done with the respondent are lecturer and science teacher of VII grade. Readability test uses cloze test that filled by VII grade students. The effectiveness test was done at SMP Negeri 1 Sidareja, Cilacap. Effectiveness test uses prestest-postest control group design on VIIF students and VIIH students. The students of VIIF as experimental group and VIIH students as the control group. Groups choosed by random sampling sistem. The study results in feasibility test show that the literacy science textbook that developed has > 81,25% of percentage from validators. It means the literacy science textbook is suitable. Based on there adability test result, science literacy textbook is easy to learn. Because the test show that science literacy textbook hasil > 57% percentage from respondents. The effectiveness test results show that the experimental group has higher gain of cognitive aspect, affective and psychomotor mean score than control group. It means that the textbook is effective to gain the science literacy of student.