Analisis Kebutuhan Penilaian Capaian Literasi STEM Peserta Didik dalam Pembelajaran Biologi

STEM literacy in education aims to be able to prepare students to be able to compete in the world of education in the world of work in the future. The benefit of STEM Literacy is that it makes students more skilled in all areas including science, technology, mathematics, and engineering. In ad- dition, STEM literacy can also make students improve their critical thinking skills and become crea- tive, logical, innovative, productive and relate directly to real conditions. This study aims to analyze the needs of students' STEM literacy achievement assessment in learning biology. The type of research used is descriptive, with data collection techniques carried out by conducting observations and inter- views. The results showed that biology learning has been implemented based on STEM literacy, stu- dents are still less enthusiastic in reading, students are more interested in learning related to technol- ogy, teachers do not know the assessment of students' STEM literacy achievement in biology learning.

Analysis of the need to development an assessment integrated with STEM literacy

Facing the challenges in the 21st century and entering the 5.0 society era, education plays a major role in preparing quality students, students are required to have the competence to think creatively in dealing with various problems. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) literacy is a new approach developed to support learning in the 21st century. This article aims to explore the perceptions of physics teachers in the development of an integrated assessment instrument with STEM Literacy. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative with purposive sampling technique. The main respondents of this study were five high school physics teachers. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through the thematic analysis approach. The main finding of this study is that teachers have different understandings of the STEM concept in learning. Teachers do not have experience in developing between assessment and STEM Literacy. Teachers are interested in developing assessments that are integrated with STEM Literacy.

STEM Literacy of Students in Vocational Education

Knowledge of all disciplines is more or less equally important and crucial but, in education management, it is important to integrate disciplines so that the knowledge is useful and can be applied to create new things, solve problems and prevent future threats. STEM education for vocational student is not only a trend in education, but also an instructional approach that focuses on students and will lead to sustainable knowledge and learning. This research studied documents that explored the importance of STEM literacy for vocational school students in Thailand. Vocational education must be aligned with Thailand 4.0 and Industrial 4.0 models, and thus vocational schools must adjust their learning approach to be aligned with the Education 4.0 model. As vocational school students will be valuable to the development of the country, STEM literacy must be integrated into a project-based learning model which is a teaching approach for creating invention and innovation. The result of the study shows that STEM literacy for Thai vocational education consists of six components: identifying a STEM problem, exploring and acquiring new knowledge, applying STEM concepts, solving the STEM problem, communicating STEM information and making a STEM decision. The aforementioned components can be used to create a STEM literacy evaluation form for vocational school students.

Retrospective analysis of a STEM outreach event reveals positive influences on student attitudes toward STEM careers but not scientific methodology

Substantial, involved, and expensive efforts to promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge and career interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are enthusiastically supported by many scientific, federal, and local organizations. The articulated underlying goals for these efforts include an enhanced public understanding of science and science-related policy, an increased diversity in STEM careers, and an increase in the future STEM workforce. This effort is primarily driven by an underperformance of the United States that includes poor test performance and limited number of students pursuing STEM degrees. Despite this investment, attitudes toward STEM have not notably changed. The goal of this project was to determine students’ attitudes toward STEM in response to a previously established scientific outreach event. This event was used to address three common goals in STEM outreach: STEM literacy, diversity and inclusion, and career preparedness. We found there was a notable difference in the attitudes toward scientific activities and interest in pursuing a “Science Career” after participation in this event. Strikingly, interest in hypothesis development, the keystone of all STEM disciplines, was the least liked of all the activities offered during the event. Our data suggest that events designed to enhance interest in pursuing a STEM career may benefit from different elements compared with events designed to increase understanding of STEM literacy concepts, such as hypothesis development.

STEM Integrated Ethnoscience-Based Vocational School Science Teaching Materials in Improving Student’s HOTs

The research objective was to analyze the feasibility and practicality of Vocational School teaching materials based on STEM integrated ethnoscience. Research and Development of Borg and Gall (2003) with Methods Embedded Experimental were used in this research. The results showed that the STEM integrated ethnoscience-based Vocational School science teaching materials were feasible to be used in research trials based on the assessment of 4 experts judgment which were 2 expert lecturers (material and media), and 2 education practitioners. The teaching material components included Syllabus; Lesson plan; Student Worksheet; HOTs assessment; Material Expert; and Media expert. All components showed very good criteria. Furthermore, the practicality of teaching materials was in a good category based on student responses. Teaching materials were effective in increasing the HOTs of vocational school students based on the Gain score of 0.44 in the moderate category. Teaching materials can improve students' high-order thinking habits through contextual and complex learning resources in ethnoscience studies through STEM literacy.

Equity-Oriented Conceptual Framework for K-12 STEM literacy

We introduce a conceptual framework of K-12 STEM literacy that rightfully and intentionally positions each and every student, particularly minoritized groups, as belonging in STEM. In order to conceptualize the equity-based framework of STEM literacy, we conducted a systematic review of literature related to STEM literacy, which includes empirical studies that contribute to STEM literacy. The literature on the siloed literacies within STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics literacy) also contributed to formulate the necessity of and what it means to develop STEM literacy. The Equity-Oriented STEM Literacy Framework illuminates the complexities of disrupting the status quo and rightfully transforming integrated STEM education in ways that provide equitable opportunities and access to all learners. The Equity-Oriented STEM Literacy Framework is a research-based, equity and access-focused framework that will guide research, inform practice, and provide a lens for the field that will ensure each and every student, especially minoritized students, develop, and are developing STEM literacy.

Critical STEM Literacy and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented amounts of information communicated to the public relating to STEM. The pandemic can be seen as a ‘wicked problem’ defined by high complexity, uncertainty and contested social values requiring a transdisciplinary approach formulating social policy. This article argues that a ‘Critical STEM Literacy’ is required to engage sufficiently with STEM knowledge and how science operates and informs personal health decisions. STEM literacy is necessary to critique government social policy decisions that set rules for behaviour to limit the spread of COVID-19. Ideas of scientific, mathematical and critical literacy are discussed before reviewing some current knowledge of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to aid interpretation of the examples provided. The article draws on experience of the pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK), particularly mathematical modelling used to calculate the reproductive rate (R) of COVID-19, communication of mortality and case data using graphs and the mitigation strategies of social distancing and mask wearing. In all these examples, there is an interaction of STEM with a political milieu that often misrepresents science as activity to generate one dependable truth, rather than through careful empirical validation of new knowledge. Critical STEM literacy thus requires appreciation of the social practices of science such as peer review and assessment of bias. Implications of the pandemic for STEM education in schools requiring critical thinking and in understanding disease epidemiology in a global context are discussed.

Modul Sains Komik (MOSAKO) berbasis Science Technology Engenering and Mathematic (STEM) untuk Siswa Sekolah Dasar

The results of education in Indonesia are considered unsuccessful, especially at the primary and secondary levels. The Program for International Students Assessment (PISA) assessment of the literacy abilities (mathematics, science, and language) of students from around the world respectively in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012. The purpose of this study was to develop a science comic module media approach. STEM for grade V students. This type of research is Research and Development (R&D) research. The development model used is 4D from Thiagarajan (1974). The sample technique used is purposive sampling. Data collection techniques using interviews, questionnaires and tests. Data analysis using descriptive statistics. The research results obtained (1) MOKOSA media needs to be developed based on a preliminary study, there is no media that packs comics and STEM. (2) STEM-based MOKOSA is feasible and valid based on the results of media validation, material and student responses with very good categoriesKeywords: Development, MOSAKO, STEM, Literacy, Elementary School

In Search of a Long-Awaited Consensus on Disciplinary Integration in STEM Education

The emergence of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in research and the practice of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education is today an unquestionable fact at international level. Despite the importance attached to STEM education, there is a lack of synthesized approaches to teaching the interdisciplinarity of STEM. This lack of synthesis can hinder a strong theoretical foundation for STEM education and possible new contributions. The purpose of this position paper is to contribute a theoretical framework for STEM education that enables the unification of criteria regarding disciplinary integration and associated teaching methods. The authors discuss disciplinary integration in STEM activities, the implication of STEM literacy, educational stage, and teaching method, and provide suggestions for future research.