Designing and Content Validity of Instrument for Measuring Marine Environmental Care Attitude Through Integrated Science Learning

Biology Education Departement, Raja Ali Haji Maritime University, Tanjungpinang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: diossarkity@umrah.ac.id

Abstract

Marine environmental issues often occur due to human activity. Students as agents of change for the future should make the marine environment better and habitable. It can be realized by internalizing marine environmental care attitude (MECA) through integrated science learning whose study field are closely related to the environment. To find out how far the contribution of integrated science learning in internalizing MECA, an instrument for measuring MECA is needed. This study aimed to determine how to design and how valid the content of the instrument for measuring MECA of junior high school students in Coastal Area. This was a descriptive research. Data were collected by literature review and questionnaires. The data were analyzed qualitatively by presenting instrument that were designed based on a literature review and quantitatively with Aiken’s V formula. The results of the literature review on designing MECA through integrated science learning were four main indicators for measuring MECA, namely marine knowledge, preserving marine environment, preventing marine environment damage, and repairing marine environment damage. The results of the content validity test of instrument assessed by 5 experts showed that instrument for measuring MECA through integrated science learning was valid.