Hubungan Antara Minat Belajar dan Kemampuan Literasi Sains Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama
Learning interest is an important internal factor that can enhance students' scientific literacy skills by fostering active engagement, curiosity, and perseverance throughout the learning process. This study aimed to examine the relationship between learning interest and scientific literacy skills and to determine the extent to which learning interest contributed to the scientific literacy skills of junior high school students. A quantitative approach with a correlational research design was employed. The study involved 127 students from SMP Negeri 8 Tarakan, selected using simple random sampling. Learning interest was measured using indicators of enjoyment, attention, interest, and engagement, while scientific literacy skills were assessed through a scientific literacy test focusing on the scientific competency dimension. The results show that the mean score for learning interest was 67, indicating a high level of learning interest among students, whereas the mean score for scientific literacy skills was 41 70. Pearson's correlation analysis produced a significance value of 0.695 (p>0.05) and a correlation coefficient of 0.035, indicating a very weak relationship between the two variables. Furthermore, linear regression analysis yielded a coefficient of determination (R) of 0.001 (0.1%), indicating that learning interest accounted for only 0.1% of the variance in students' scientific literacy skills. These findings imply that learning interest is not a significant predictor of scientific literacy skills among the participants. Therefore, it can be concluded that no statistically significant relationship exists between learning interest and the scientific literacy skills of junior high school students in this study.